Sahitya Akademi Award 1998 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 1998

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 1998 Winners List

This Winners List features 21 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1998, in 1998.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1998	Arun Sarma	male	Asirbadar Rang	Novel	Assamese
1998	Dibyendu Palit	male	Anubhav	Novel	Bengali
1998	Mahesh Dattani	male	Final Solutions and Other Plays	Drama	English
1998	Jayant Kothari	male	Vank-dekham Vivechano	Criticism	Gujarati
1998	Arun Kamal	male	Naye Ilake Mein	Poetry	Hindi
1998	Bogadi Chandrashekhar Ramchandra Sharma	male	Sapthapadi	Poetry	Kannada
1998	Mohammad Yousuf Taing	male	Mahjoor Shinasi	Criticism	Kashmiri
1998	John Baptist Sequeira	male	Ashim Asim Lharan	Poetry	Konkani
1998	Kovilan (V. V. Ayyappan) Also won: Vayalar Award (1999) , Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2006)	male	Thattakam	Novel	Malayalam
1998	Keisham Priyokumar	male	Nongdi Tarak-Khidare	Short stories	Manipuri (Meitei)
1998	Jeeva Kant	male	Takait Achhi Chirai	Poetry	Maithili
1998	Sadanand More	male	Tukaram Darshan	Criticism	Marathi
1998	Man Prasad Subba	male	Adim Basti	Poetry	Nepali
1998	Chittaranjan Das	male	Biswaku Gabakhya	Criticism	Odia
1998	Mahan Bhandari	male	Moon Di Akh	Short Stories	Punjabi
1998	Shanti Baradwaj ‘Rakesh’	male	Ud Ja Re Sua	Novel	Rajasthani
1998	Bachchoolal Awasthi	male	Pratanini	Poetry	Sanskrit
1998	Shyam Jaisinghani	male	Zalzalo	Plays	Sindhi
1998	Sa. Kandasamy	male	Visaranai Commission	Novel	Tamil
1998	Balivada Kantha Rao	male	Balivada Kantha Rao Kathalu	Short stories	Telugu
1998	Nida Fazli	male	Khoya Hua Sa Kuch	Poetry	Urdu