Sahitya Akademi Award 1999 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 1999

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 1999 Winners List

This Winners List features 22 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 1999, in 1999.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

1999	Medini Choudhury	male	Bipponna Samay	Novel	Assamese
1999	Nabaneeta Dev Sen	female	Naba-Nita	Prose-Poetry	Bengali
1999	Kuldeep Singh Jindhrahia	male	Mangwi Pashakri	Poetry	Dogri
1999	A. K. Ramanujan	male	The Collected Poems	Poetry	English
1999	Niranjan Bhagat	male	Gujarati Sahiyta, Purvardha Uttarardha	Criticism	Gujarati
1999	Vinod Kumar Shukla Also won: Jnanpith Award (2024)	male	Deewar Main Ek Khirkee Rahathi Thi	Novel	Hindi
1999	D. R. Nagaraj	male	Sahitya Kathana	Essays	Kannada
1999	Rashid Nazki	male	Vahrat	Poetry	Kashmiri
1999	Saratchandra Shenoi	male	Antarnad	Poetry	Konkani
1999	C. V. Sreeraman	male	Sreeramante Kathakal	Short stories	Malayalam
1999	Sagolsem Lanchenba Meetei	male	Hee Nangbu Hondeda	Poetry	Manipuri (Meitei)
1999	Saketanand	male	Gananayak	Short Stories	Maithili
1999	Ranganath Pathare	male	Tamrapat	Novel	Marathi
1999	Bikram Bir Thapa	male	Bishaun Shatabdi Ki Monalisa	Short stories	Nepali
1999	Haraprasad Das Also won: Moortidevi Award (2012)	male	Garbhagriha	Poetry	Odia
1999	Niranjan Singh Tasneem	male	Gawache Arth	Novel	Punjabi
1999	Vasu Acharya	male	Seer Ro Ghar	Poetry	Rajasthani
1999	Srinivas Rath	male	Tadeva Gaganam Saivadhara	Poetry	Sanskrit
1999	Vasdev Mohi Also won: Saraswati Samman (2019)	male	Barf Jo Thahiyal	Poetry	Sindhi
1999	S. Abdul Rahman	male	Aalapanai	Poetry	Tamil
1999	Vallampati Venkata Subbaiah	male	Katha Silpam	Essays	Telugu
1999	Bashir Badr	male	Aas	Poetry	Urdu