Sahitya Akademi Award 2022 Winners List

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Published Sep 19, 2026 Updated Sep 19, 2026 1 min read

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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 2022

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 2022 Winners List

This Winners List features 24 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2022, in 2022.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2022	Gulammohammed Sheikh Also won: Padma Bhushan (2014)	male	Gher Jatan	Autobiographical Essays	Gujarati
2022	Manoj Kumar Goswami	male	Bhool Satya	Short stories	Assamese
2022	Tapan Bandyopadhyay	male	Birbal	Novel	Bengali
2022	Rashmi Choudhury	female	Sansrini Modira	Poetry	Bodo
2022	Veena Gupta	female	Chhe Roopak	Drama	Dogri
2022	Anuradha Roy	female	All the Lives We Never Lived	Novel	English
2022	Badri Narayan	male	Tumadi Ke Shabd	Poetry	Hindi
2022	Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy	male	Bahutvada Bhaarata mattu Bouddha Taatvikate	Collection of Articles	Kannada
2022	Farooq Fayaz	male	Zael Dab	Literary Criticism	Kashmiri
2022	Maya Anil Kharangate	female	Amrutvel	Novel	Konkani
2022	M. Thomas Mathew Also won: Vayalar Award (2009)	male	Asante Seethayanam	Criticism	Malayalam
2022	Koijam Shantibala	female	Leironnung	Poetry	Manipuri (Meitei)
2022	Ajit Azad	male	Pen-Drive Me Prithvi	Poetry	Maithili
2022	Praveen Dashrath Bandekar	male	Ujavya Sondechya Bahulya	Novel	Marathi
2022	K. B. Nepali	male	Saino	Drama	Nepali
2022	Gayatribala Panda	female	Dayanadi	Poetry	Odia
2022	Sukhjit	male	Main Aynghosh Nahi	Short Stories	Punjabi
2022	Kamal Ranga	male	Alekhun Amba	Play	Rajasthani
2022	Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’	male	Deepmanikyam	Poetry	Sanskrit
2022	Kajli Soren (Jagannath Soren)	male	Sabarnaka Balire Sanan’ Panjay	Poetry	Santali
2022	Kanhaiyalal Lekhwani	male	Sindhi Sahit Jo Mukhtasar Itinas	Literary History	Sindhi
2022	Dr. M. Rajendran IAS	male	Kaala Paani	Novel	Tamil
2022	Madhuranthakam Narendra	male	Manodharmaparagam	Novel	Telugu
2022	Anis Ashfaq	male	Khwab Saraab	Novel	Urdu