Sahitya Akademi Award 2005 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 2005

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 2005 Winners List

This Winners List features 24 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2005, in 2005.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2005	Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya Also won: Padma Vibhushan (2015) , Jnanpith Award (2023)	male	Sribhargavaraghaviyam	Epic	Sanskrit
2005	Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi	male	Mouna Uth Mukhar Hridoy	Novel	Assamese
2005	Binay Majumdar	male	Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguchha	Poetry	Bengali
2005	Mangal Singh Hazowary	male	Jiuni Mwgthang Bisombi Arw Aroj	Poetry	Bodo
2005	Krishan Sharma	male	Dhaldi Dhuppe Da Sek	Short Stories	Dogri
2005	Arundhati Roy	female	The Algebra of Infinite Justice	Essays	English
2005	Suresh Dalal	male	Akhand Zalar Vage	Poetry	Gujarati
2005	Manohar Shyam Joshi	male	Kyap	Novel	Hindi
2005	Raghavendra Patil	male	Teru	Novel	Kannada
2005	Hamidi Kashmiri	male	Yath Miani Joye	Poetry	Kashmiri
2005	N. Shivdas	male	Bhaangarsaall	Short Stories	Konkani
2005	G. V. Kakkanadan	male	Jappana Pukayila	Short Stories	Malayalam
2005	M. Nabakishore Singh	male	Pangal Sonbee Eise Adomgeeni	Short stories	Manipuri (Meitei)
2005	Vivekanand Thakur	male	Chanan Ghan Gachchiya	Poetry	Maithili
2005	Arun Kolatkar	male	Bhijaki Vahi	Poetry	Marathi
2005	Krishna Singh Moktan	male	Jiwan Goreto Ma	Novel	Nepali
2005	Ramachandra Behera	male	Gopapura	Short Stories	Odia
2005	Gurbachan Singh Bhullar	male	Agni-Kalas	Short Stories	Punjabi
2005	Chetan Swami	male	Kisturi Mirag	Short Stories	Rajasthani
2005	Jadumani Besra	male	Bhabna	Poetry	Santali
2005	Dholan 'Rahi'	male	Andhero Roshan Thiye	Poetry	Sindhi
2005	G. Thilakavathi	male	Kalmaram	Novel	Tamil
2005	Abburi Chayadevi	female	Tana Margam	Short Stories	Telugu
2005	Jabir Husain	male	Ret Per Khema	Memoirs	Urdu