Sahitya Akademi Award 1989 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 1989

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 1989 Winners List

This Winners List features 22 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1989, in 1989.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1989	Hiren Gohain	male	Asamiya Jatiya Jivanata Mahapurushiya Parampara	Literary criticism	Assamese
1989	Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay	male	Manabjamin	Novel	Bengali
1989	Mohanlal Sapolia	male	Sodh Samundaren Di	Poetry	Dogri
1989	Amitav Ghosh Also won: Jnanpith Award (2018)	male	The Shadow Lines	Novel	English
1989	Joseph Macwan	male	Angaliyat	Novel	Gujarati
1989	Kedarnath Singh Also won: Jnanpith Award (2013) , Vyas Samman (1997)	male	Akaal Mein Saras	Poetry	Hindi
1989	Harogadde Manappa Nayak	male	Samprati	Belles-Lettres	Kannada
1989	Pran Kishore	male	Sheen Te Watpod	Novel	Kashmiri
1989	C.F.D'Costa - Cha. Fra. D'Costa	male	Sonshyache Kan	Poetry	Konkani
1989	Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad Also won: Odakkuzhal Award (1988)	male	Nizhalana	Poetry	Malayalam
1989	Nilabir Sharma Shastri	male	Tatkhrabha Punshi Leipul	Short stories	Manipuri (Meitei)
1989	Kanchinath Jha ‘Kiran’	male	Parasar	Epic	Maithili
1989	Prabhakar Urdhwareshe	male	Haravlele Diwas	Autobiography	Marathi
1989	Tulsi Bahadur Chhetri	male	Karna-Kunti	Epic	Nepali
1989	Bhanuji Rao	male	Nai Aarapari	Poetry	Odia
1989	Tara Singh Kamil	male	Kahikashan	Poetry	Punjabi
1989	Yadavendra Sharma `Chandra'	male	Jamaro	Short Stories	Rajasthani
1989	Ram Karan Sharma	male	saṃdhyā	Poetry	Sanskrit
1989	M. Kamal	male	Bahi Ja Warisa	Poetry	Sindhi
1989	Lalgudi Saptarishi Ramamrutham	male	Chintanadi	Autobiographical Essays	Tamil
1989	S. V. Joga Rao	male	Manipravalamu	Essays	Telugu
1989	Surendra Prakash	male	Baaz Goyi	Short stories	Urdu