Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 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 2019

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 2019 Winners List

This Winners List features 24 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019, in 2019.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2019	Joyasree Goswami Mahanta	female	Chanakya	Novel	Assamese
2019	Chinmoy Guha	male	Ghumer Darja Thele	Essays	Bengali
2019	Phukan Ch. Basumatary	male	Akhai Athumniphrai	Poetry	Bodo
2019	Om Sharma Jandriari	male	Bandaralta Darpan	Essays	Dogri
2019	Shashi Tharoor	male	An Era of Darkness	Novel (non-fiction)	English
2019	Ratilal Borisagar	male	Mojma Revu Re	Essays	Gujarati
2019	Nand Kishore Acharya	male	Chheelatey Hue Apne Ko	Poetry	Hindi
2019	Vijaya	male	Kudi Esaru	Autobiography	Kannada
2019	Abdul Ahad Hajini	male	Akh Yaad Akh Qayamat	Short stories	Kashmiri
2019	Nilba A. Khandekar	male	The Words	Poetry	Konkani
2019	V. Madhusoodanan Nair	male	Achan Piranna Veedu	Poetry	Malayalam
2019	L. Biramangol Singh (Beryl Thanga)	male	Ei Amadi Adungeigi Ethat	Novel	Manipuri (Meitei)
2019	Kumar Manish Arvind	male	Jingik Oriaon Karait	Poetry	Maithili
2019	Anuradha Patil	female	Kadachit Ajoonahi	Poetry	Marathi
2019	Salon Karthak	male	Biswa Euta Pallo Gaon	Travelogue	Nepali
2019	Tarun Kanti Mishra	male	Bhaswati	Short Stories	Odia
2019	Kirpal Kazak	male	Antheen	Short Stories	Punjabi
2019	Ramswaroop Kisan	male	Barik baat	Story collection	Rajasthani
2019	Madhusudan Penna	male	Prajnachakshusham	Poetry	Sanskrit
2019	Kali Charan Hembram	male	Sisirjali	Short Stories	Santali
2019	Ishwar Moorjani	male	Jeejal	Short Stories	Sindhi
2019	Cho.Dharman	male	Sool	Novel	Tamil
2019	Bandi Narayanaswamy	male	Sapta Bhoomi	Novel	Telugu
2019	Shafey Kidwai	male	Sawaneh-e-Sir Syed: Ek Bazdeed	Biography	Urdu