Sahitya Akademi Award 1997 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 1997

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 1997 Winners List

This Winners List features 21 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1997, in 1997.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1997	Nagen Saikia	male	Andharat Nijar Mukh	Short stories	Assamese
1997	Nabarun Bhattacharya	male	Herbert	Novel	Bengali
1997	Shiv Dev Singh Sushil	male	Bakhre Bakhre Sach	Novel	Dogri
1997	Ashokpuri Goswami	male	Kuvo	Novel	Gujarati
1997	Leeladhar Jagudi Also won: Vyas Samman (2018)	male	Anubhav Ke Aakash Mein Chand	Poetry	Hindi
1997	M. Chidananda Murthy Also won: Pampa Award (2002)	male	Hosatu Hosatu	Criticism	Kannada
1997	Rafiq Raaz	male	Nai Che Nallan	Poetry	Kashmiri
1997	Sheela Kolambkar	female	Bhuim Chafim	Pen-portraits	Konkani
1997	Anand (P. Satchidanandan) Also won: Vayalar Award (1993) , Odakkuzhal Award (1996) , Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2019)	male	Govardhante Yatrakal	Novel	Malayalam
1997	Thangjam Ibopishak Singh	male	Bhut Amasung Maikhum	Poetry	Manipuri (Meitei)
1997	Keerti Narayan Mishra	male	Dhwast Hoet Shanti Stoop	Poetry	Maithili
1997	Madhukar Vasudev Dhond	male	Dnyaneshwaritil Laukik Srushti	Criticism	Marathi
1997	Mani Prasad Rai	male	Veer Jatiko Amar Kahani	Biographical essays	Nepali
1997	Chandrasekhar Rath	male	Sabutharu Dirgharati	Short Stories	Odia
1997	Jaswant Singh Kanwal	male	Taushali Di Hanso	Novel	Punjabi
1997	Malchand Tiwari	male	Utaryo Hai Abho	Poetry	Rajasthani
1997	Shyam Dev Parashar	male	Triveni	Poetry	Sanskrit
1997	Ishwar Anchal	male	Tandana (Andheri Raat Mein)	Poetry	Sindhi
1997	Thoppil Mohamed Meeran	male	Chaivu Narkali	Novel	Tamil
1997	Penumarthi Viswanatha Sastri (Ajanta)	male	Swapna Lipi	Poetry	Telugu
1997	Gian Singh Shatir	male	Gian Singh Shatir	Novel	Urdu