Sahitya Akademi Award 2010 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 2010

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 2010 Winners List

This Winners List features 24 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010, in 2010.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2010	Keshada Mahanta	female	Assamiya Ramayani sahitya:kathabastur atiguri	Article	Assamese
2010	Bani Basu	female	Khanamihirer Dhipi	Novel	Bengali
2010	Aurobindo Uzir	male	Swdwbni Swler	Poetry	Bodo
2010	Manoj	male	Pandran Kahaniyan	Short stories	Dogri
2010	Esther David	female	The Book of Rachel	Novel	English
2010	Dhirendra Maheta	male	Chhavni	Novel	Gujarati
2010	Uday Prakash	male	Mohan Das	Short stories	Hindi
2010	Rahamat Tarikere	male	Katthiyanchina Daari	Literary Criticism	Kannada
2010	Basher Bashir	male	Yiman Padan Mye Vetsaar Gotshuy	Criticism	Kashmiri
2010	Arun Sakhardande	male	Kavlyanche Shradh	Collection of Poems	Konkani
2010	M. P. Veerendra Kumar Also won: Vayalar Award (2008) , Moortidevi Award (2016) , Odakkuzhal Award (1997)	male	Haimavatha Bhoovil	Travelogue	Malayalam
2010	Moirangthem Borkanya	male	Leikangla	Novel	Manipuri (Meitei)
2010	Usha Kiran Khan	female	Bhamati	Novel	Maithili
2010	Ashok Kelkar	male	Rujuvaat (रूजुवात)	Criticism	Marathi
2010	Gopi Narayan Pradhan	male	Akashlay Pani Thawan Khoji Rahechha	Poetry	Nepali
2010	Pathani Pattnaik	male	Jibanara Chalapathe	Autobiography	Odia
2010	Vanita	female	Kaal Pehar Gharian	Poetry	Punjabi
2010	Mangat Badal	male	Meera	Poetic epic	Rajasthani
2010	Mithila Prasad Tripathi	male	Bharqviyam	Poetry	Sanskrit
2010	Bhogla Soren	male	Rahi Ranwak’ Kana	Play	Santali
2010	Laxman Dubey	male	Ajan Yaad Aahe	Poetry	Sindhi
2010	Nanjil Nadan	male	Soodiya Poo Soodarka	A collection of short stories	Tamil
2010	Syed Saleem	male	Kaluthunna Poolathota	Novel	Telugu
2010	Sheen Kaaf Nizam	male	Gumshuda Dair ki Ghantiyan	poetry	Urdu