Sahitya Akademi Award 2018 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 2018

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 2018 Winners List

This Winners List features 24 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2018, in 2018.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2018	Sananta Tanty	male	Kaliloir Dintu Amar Hobo	Poetry collection	Assamese
2018	Sanjib Chattopadhyay	male	Srikrishner Sesh Kata Din	Novel	Bengali
2018	Rituraj Basumatary	male	Dwngse Lama	Short Stories	Bodo
2018	Inderjeet Kesar	male	Bhagirath	Novel	Dogri
2018	Anees Salim	male	The Blind Lady\'s Descendants	Novel	English
2018	Sharifa Vijaliwala	female	Vibhajan Ni Vyatha	Essays	Gujarati
2018	Chitra Mudgal Also won: Vyas Samman (2003)	female	Post Box No. 203 - Nala Sopara	Novel	Hindi
2018	K. G. Nagarajappa	male	Anushreni-Yajamanike	Literary criticism	Kannada
2018	Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq	male	Aakh	Short Stories	Kashmiri
2018	Paresh Narendra Kamat	male	Chitralipi	Poetry	Konkani
2018	S. Ramesan Nair	male	Guru Pournami	Poetry	Malayalam
2018	Budhichandra Heisnamba	male	Ngamkheigee Wangmada	Short Stories	Manipuri (Meitei)
2018	Bina Thakur	female	Parineeta	Short Stories	Maithili
2018	Ma. Su. Patil	male	Sarjanprerana ani Kavitwashodh	Literary Criticism	Marathi
2018	Loknath Upadhyay Chapagain	male	Kino Royeu Upama	Short stories	Nepali
2018	Dasarathi Das	male	Prasanga Puruna Bhabana Nua	Literary Essays	Odia
2018	Dr. Mohanjit	male	Kone Da Sooraj	Poetry	Punjabi
2018	Dr. Rajesh Kumar Vyas	male	Kavita Devai Deeth	Poetry	Rajasthani
2018	Rama Kant Shukla	male	Mama Janani	Poetry	Sanskrit
2018	Shyam Sundar Besra	male	Marom	Novel	Santali
2018	Khiman U Mulani	male	Jia Mein Taandaa	Poetry	Sindhi
2018	S.Ramakrishnan	male	Sanjaaram	Novel	Tamil
2018	Kolakaluri Enoch Also won: Moortidevi Award (2015)	male	Vimarsini	Essay	Telugu
2018	Rahman Abbas	male	Rohzin	Novel	Urdu