Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 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 2020

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 2020 Winners List

This Winners List features 23 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020, in 2020.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2020	Apurba Kumar Saikia	male	Bengsata	Short stories	Assamese
2020	Shankar	male	Eka Eka Ekashi	Memoirs	Bengali
2020	Dharanidhar Owari	male	Gwthenay Lamayao Gwdan Agan	Short Stories	Bodo
2020	Arundhathi Subramaniam	female	When God is a Traveller	Poetry	English
2020	Harish Meenashru	male	Banaras Diary	Poetry	Gujarati
2020	Anamika	female	Tokri Mein Digant \'Their Gatha	Poetry	Hindi
2020	Veerappa Moily Also won: Saraswati Samman (2014) , Moortidevi Award (2007)	male	Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam	Epic	Kannada
2020	Hriday Koul Bharti	male	Tilasm-e-Khanabadosh	Short stories	Kashmiri
2020	R S Bhaskar	male	Yugparivartancho Yatri	Collection of Poems	Konkani
2020	Omchery N. N. Pillai	male	Aakasmikam	Memoir	Malayalam
2020	Irungbam Deven	male	Malangbana Kari Hai	Poetry	Manipuri (Meitei)
2020	Kamalkant Jha	male	Gachh Roosal Achhi	Short Stories	Maithili
2020	Nanda Khare	male	Udya	Novel	Marathi
2020	Shankar Dev Dhakal	male	Kirayako kokh	novel	Nepali
2020	Yashodhara Mishra	female	Samudrakula Ghara	Short stories	Odia
2020	Gurdev Singh Rupana	male	Aam Khass	Short Stories	Punjabi
2020	Dr. Bhanwar Singh Samaur	male	Sanskriti ri Sanatana Deeth	Essay collection	Rajasthani
2020	Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam	male	Vaishali	Novel	Sanskrit
2020	Rupchand Hansda	male	Gur Dak Khasa Dak	Poetry	Santali
2020	Jetho Lalwani	male	Jehad	Plays	Sindhi
2020	Imaiyam	male	Sellaatha Panam	Novel	Tamil
2020	Nikhileshwar	male	Agniswaasa (2015-2017)	Poetry	Telugu
2020	Hussain Ul Haque	male	Amawas Mein Khwab	Novel	Urdu