Sahitya Akademi Award 2011 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 2011

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 2011 Winners List

This Winners List features 23 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2011, in 2011.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2011	Dr. Ramachandra Guha Also won: Padma Bhushan (2009)	male	India after Gandhi	Historical Narrative	English
2011	Kabin Phukan	male	Aei anuragi aei udas	Poetry	Assamese
2011	Manindra Gupta	male	Bane Aaj Concherto	Poetry	Bengali
2011	Premananda Mosahari	male	Okhafwrni Dwima	Poetry	Bodo
2011	Lalit Magotra	male	Cheten Diyan Ga’liyan	Essays	Dogri
2011	Mohan Parmar	male	Anchalo	Short Stories	Gujarati
2011	Kashinath Singh	male	Rehan Par Raghu	Novel	Hindi
2011	Gopalakrishna Pai	male	Swapna Saraswata	Novel	Kannada
2011	Naseem Shafaie	female	Na Thsay Na Aks	Poetry	Kashmiri
2011	Melvyn Rodrigues	male	Prakriticho Paas	Collection of Poems	Konkani
2011	M. K. Sanu Also won: Vayalar Award (1992) , Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2013)	male	Basheer: Ekantha Veedhiyile Avadhoothan	Biography	Malayalam
2011	Kshetri Bira	male	Nangbu Ngaibada	Novel	Manipuri (Meitei)
2011	Uday Chandra Jha ‘Vinod’	male	Apaksha	Poetry	Maithili
2011	Manik Godghate "Grace"	male	Varyane Halate Raan	Collection of essays	Marathi
2011	Kalpanakumari Devi	female	Achihna Basabhumi	Novel	Odia
2011	Baldev Singh	male	Dhaawaan Dilli De Kingrey	Novel	Punjabi
2011	Atul Kanak	male	Joon Jaatra	Novel	Rajasthani
2011	Harekrishna Satapathy	male	Bharatayanam	Poetry	Sanskrit
2011	Aditya Kumar Mandi	male	Banchao Larhai	Poetry	Santali
2011	Mohan Geham	male	...Ta Khawaban Jo Chha Thindo	Plays	Sindhi
2011	Su. Venkatesan	male	Kaval Kottam	Novel	Tamil
2011	Samala Sadasiva	male	Swaralayalu	Essays	Telugu
2011	Khaleel Mamoon	male	Aafaaq Ki Taraf	Poetry	Urdu