Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 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 2023

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 2023 Winners List

This Winners List features 23 winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2023, in 2023.

Year	Winner Name	Gender	Book Name	Book Type	Language

2023	Pranavjyoti Deka	male	Dr. Pranavjyoti Dekar Srestha Galpa	Short stories	Assamese
2023	Swapnamoy Chakraborty	male	Jaler Opor Pani	Novel	Bengali
2023	Nandeswar Daimari	male	Jiu-Safarni DakhwnSarni	Short Stories	Bodo
2023	Vijay Verma	male	Daun Sadiyan Ek Seer	Poetry	Dogri
2023	Neelam Gour	female	Requiem in Raga Janaki	Novel	English
2023	Vinod Joshi	male	Sairandhri	Poetry	Gujarati
2023	Sanjeev	male	Mujhe Pahachaano	Novel	Hindi
2023	Lakshmisha Tolpadi	male	Mahabharatha Anusandhanada Bharathayatre	Essays	Kannada
2023	Manshoor Banihali	male	Yeth Waweh Halay Tsong Kous Zalay	Poetry	Kashmiri
2023	Prakash S. Parienkar	male	Varsal	Short Stories	Konkani
2023	E. V. Ramakrishnan Also won: Odakkuzhal Award (2018)	male	Malayala Novelinte Deshakalangal	Study	Malayalam
2023	Sorokkhaibam Gambhini	female	Yachangba Nang Hallo	Poetry	Manipuri (Meitei)
2023	Basukinath Jha	male	Bodha Sanketan	Essays	Maithili
2023	Krishnat Khot	male	Ringan	Novel	Marathi
2023	Judhabir Rana	male	Nepali Loksahitya Ra Loksanskritiko Parichaya	Essays	Nepali
2023	Swarnjit Savi	male	Mann Di Chip	Poetry	Punjabi
2023	Gaje Singh Rajpurohit	male	Palakati Preet	Poetry	Rajasthani
2023	Arun Ranjan Mishra	male	Shunye Meghaganam	Poetry	Sanskrit
2023	Turia Chand Baskey (Taraceen Baskey)	male	Jaba Baha	Short Stories	Santali
2023	Vinod Asudani	male	Hathu Pakidijain	Poetry-Ghazal	Sindhi
2023	Rajasekaran (Devibharathi)	male	Neervazhi Paduvum	Novel	Tamil
2023	T. Patanjali Sastry	male	Rameswaram Kaakulu Marikonni Kathalu	Short Stories	Telugu
2023	Sadiqua Nawab Saher	female	Rajdev Ki Amrai	Novel	Urdu