Sahitya Akademi Award 2000 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 2000

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 2000 Winners List

This Winners List features 22 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2000, in 2000.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2000	Dr. Pratibha Ray	female	Ullanghan	Short Stories	Odia
2000	Apurba Sarma	male	Baghe Tapur Rati	Short stories	Assamese
2000	Joy Goswami Also won: Moortidevi Award (2017)	male	Pagli Tomar Sange	Poetry	Bengali
2000	Deen Bandhu Sharma	male	Meel Patthar	Short stories	Dogri
2000	Kiran Nagarkar	male	Cuckold	Novel	English
2000	Vinesh Antani	male	Dhundhabhari Khin	Novel	Gujarati
2000	Manglesh Dabral	male	Hum Jo Dekhte Hain	Poetry	Hindi
2000	Shantinath Desai	male	Om Namo	Novel	Kannada
2000	Harikrishna Kaul	male	Yath Raaz Danay	Short stories	Kashmiri
2000	Pandurang Rajaram Shenay Bhangui	male	Champhel\'li Sanj	Poetry	Konkani
2000	R. Ramachandran	male	R. Ramachandrante Kavithakal	Poetry	Malayalam
2000	Laitonjam Premchand Singh	male	Eemagi Phanek Machet	Short stories	Manipuri (Meitei)
2000	Ramanand Renu	male	Katek Raas Baat	Poetry	Maithili
2000	Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor	male	Panzad	Poetry	Marathi
2000	Ramlal Adhikari	male	Nisansmaran	Essays	Nepali
2000	Waryam Singh Sandhu	male	Chauthi Koot	Short Stories	Punjabi
2000	Jaya Prakash Pandya ‘Jyotipunj’	male	Kankoo Kabandh	Play	Rajasthani
2000	S. Srinivasa Sarma	male	Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati Vijayam	Poetry	Sanskrit
2000	Param A. Abichandani	male	Taka Tora	Literary Criticism	Sindhi
2000	Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran	male	Vimarsanangal Mathippuraikal Pettikal	Literary criticism	Tamil
2000	N. Gopi	male	Kalanni Nidra Ponivvanu	Poetry	Telugu
2000	Mohd. Idrees Ambar Bahraichi	male	Sookhi Tahni Par Hariyal	Poetry	Urdu