Sahitya Akademi Award 2009 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 2009

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 2009 Winners List

This Winners List features 24 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2009, in 2009.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2009	Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad Also won: Padma Bhushan (2016)	male	Draupadi	Novel	Telugu
2009	Dhrubajyoti Bora	male	Katha Ratnakar	Novel	Assamese
2009	Sourin Bhattacharya	male	Keno Amra Rabindranathke Chai Ebong Kibhabe	Essay	Bengali
2009	Manoranjan Lahary	male	Dainee?	Novel	Bodo
2009	Praduman Singh Jindrahia	male	Geet Sarovar	Lyrics and songs	Dogri
2009	Chaturvedi Badrinath	male	Mahabharata: An Inquiry into the Human Condition	Criticism	English
2009	Shirish Panchal (refused)	male	Vaat aapanaa vivechan-ni	Criticism	Gujarati
2009	Kailash Vajpeyi Also won: Vyas Samman (2002)	male	Hawa mein Hastakshar	Poetry	Hindi
2009	Vaidehi	female	Krouncha Pakshigalu	Short Stories	Kannada
2009	Mishal Sultanpuri	male	Vont	Literary Criticism	Kashmiri
2009	Jose Salvador Fernandes	male	Kirvontt	Collection of Poems	Konkani
2009	U. A. Khader	male	Thrikottoor Peruma	Novelite	Malayalam
2009	Raghu Leishangthem	male	Kunggang gee Chithi	Poetry	Manipuri (Meitei)
2009	Man Mohan Jha	male	Ganga-Putra	Short Stories	Maithili
2009	Vasant Abaji Dahake	male	Chitralipi	Poetry	Konkani
2009	Samiran Chhetri ‘Priyadarshi’	male	Gairigaonki Chameli	Short stories	Nepali
2009	Phani Mohanty	male	Mrugaya	Poetry	Odia
2009	Atamjit Singh	male	Tatti Tavi Da Sach	Play	Punjabi
2009	Major Ratan Jangid	male	Mayee Eida Poot Jan	Short Stories	Rajasthani
2009	Prashasya Mitra Shastri	male	Anabheepsitam	Short stories	Sanskrit
2009	Damayanti Beshra	female	Say Sahed	Poetry	Santali
2009	Anand Khemani	male	Rishtan Jee Siyasat	Short Stories	Sindhi
2009	Puviarasu	male	Kaioppam	Poetry	Tamil
2009	Abul Kalam Qasmi	male	Maasir Tanqidi Rawayyay	criticism	Urdu