Sahitya Akademi Award 2002 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 2002

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 2002 Winners List

This Winners List features 22 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2002, in 2002.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2002	Gulzar Also won: Padma Bhushan (2004) , Jnanpith Award (2023)	male	Dhuan	Short stories	Urdu
2002	Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya	male	Mahat Oitiyya	Prose	Assamese
2002	Sandipan Chattopadhyay	male	Ami O Banabehari	Novel	Bengali
2002	Om Vidyarthi	male	Trip Trip Chete	Travelogue	Dogri
2002	Amit Chaudhuri	male	A New World	Novel	English
2002	Dhruv Prabodhrai Bhatt	male	Tattvamasi	Novel	Gujarati
2002	Rajesh Joshi	male	Do Panktiyon Ke Beech	Poetry	Hindi
2002	S. Narayana Setty	male	Yugasandhya	Epic	Kannada
2002	Naji Munawar	male	Pursaan	Criticism	Kashmiri
2002	Hema Naik	female	Bhogadandd	Novel	Konkani
2002	K. G. Sankara Pillai Also won: Odakkuzhal Award (2008) , Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2025)	male	K.G. Sankara Pillayude Kavitakal	Poems	Malayalam
2002	Rajkumar Bhubonsana	male	Mei Mamgera Budhi Mamgera	Poems	Manipuri (Meitei)
2002	Somdev	male	Sahasmukhi Chowk Par	Poems	Maithili
2002	Mahesh Elkunchwar Also won: Saraswati Samman (2002)	male	Yugant	Play	Marathi
2002	Prem Pradhan	male	Udasin Rukhaharu	Novel	Nepali
2002	Sarat Kumar Mohanty	male	Gandhi Manisha	Biography	Odia
2002	Harbhajan Singh Halwarvi	male	Pulaan Ton Paar	Poems	Punjabi
2002	Bharat Ola	male	Jiv Ri Jaat	Poetry	Rajasthani
2002	Kashinath Mishra	male	Harsacarita-Manjari	Poetry	Sanskrit
2002	Hari Himthani	male	Udamandarh Arman	Short Stories	Sindhi
2002	Sirpi Balasubramaniam	male	Oru Giraamattu Nadi	Poetry	Tamil
2002	Chekuri Ramarao	male	Smrti Kinankam	Essays	Telugu