Sahitya Akademi Award 1988 Winners List

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Name	Sahitya Akademi Award
Type	Literary Awards
Award For	Promotion of Literature
Award By	Goverment of India
First	1954
Last	2026
Status	Active
Country	India

About Sahitya Akademi Award 1988

The Sahitya Akademi Award is one of India’s most prestigious literary honors, presented annually by the Sahitya Akademi. Established in 1954, it recognizes outstanding books of literary merit in 24 Indian languages, including English. The award celebrates excellence across genres such as poetry, novels, short stories, and criticism, promoting cultural diversity and linguistic heritage while encouraging writers to contribute significantly to Indian literature.

Sahitya Akademi Award 1988 Winners List

This Winners List features 23 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1988, in 1988.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1988	Prof. Vangalampalayam Chellappagounder Kulandaiswamy Also won: Padma Bhushan (2002)	male	Vaazhum Valluvam	Literary criticism	Tamil
1988	Lakshmi Nandan Bora Also won: Saraswati Samman (2008)	male	Patal Bhairavi	Novel	Assamese
1988	Ramapada Chowdhury	male	Bari Badle Jai	Novel	Bengali
1988	Ram Lal Sharma	male	Rattu Da Chanan	Poetry	Dogri
1988	Vikram Seth	male	The Golden Gate	Novel	English
1988	Bhagwatikumar Sharma	male	Asooryalok	Novel	Gujarati
1988	Naresh Mehta Also won: Jnanpith Award (1992)	male	Aranya	Poetry	Hindi
1988	Shankar Mokashi Punekar	male	Avadheshwari	Novel	Kannada
1988	Ghulam Nabi Gowhar	male	Pun-Te-Pap	Novel	Kashmiri
1988	Chandrakant Keni	male	Vhonkolpavnni	Short stories	Konkani
1988	E. Harikumar	male	Dinosarinte Kutty	Short stories	Malayalam
1988	C. Radhakrishnan	male	Spandamapinikale Nandi	Novel	Malayalam
1988	E. Sonamani Singh	male	Mamangthong Lollabadi Maningthongda Lakudana	Short stories	Manipuri (Meitei)
1988	Mayanand Mishra	male	Mantraputra	Novel	Maithili
1988	Laxman Maruti Gaikwad	male	Uchalya	Autobiography	Marathi
1988	Pushpalal Upadhyaya	male	Usha Manjari	Poetry	Nepali
1988	Sourindra Barik	male	Akash Pari Nibida	Poetry	Odia
1988	Sohinder Singh Wanjara Bedi	male	Galiey Chikar Duri Ghar	Autobiography	Punjabi
1988	Bhagwati Lal Vyas	male	Anahad Naad	Poetry	Rajasthani
1988	Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra	male	ikṣugaṃdhā	Short stories	Sanskrit
1988	Moti Prakash	male	Se Sab Sandhyam Saah Sen	Travelogue	Sindhi
1988	Rachamallu Ramachandra Reddi	male	Anuvaada Samasyalu	Criticism	Telugu
1988	Sheikh Abdullah	male	Aatish-e-Chinar	Autobiography	Urdu