India, March 16 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Category
Books
Poetry
Shrestha Kabita (Bengali), Thakur Satsayie (Dogri), Bhattkhadaki (Gujarati), Najdavanek'y Pot Aalav (Kashmiri), Padapurana (Odia), Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah (Sanskrit), Animesha (Telugu), Safar Jaari Hai (Urdu)
Novel
Karhi Khelar Sadhu (Assamese), Dwngnwi Lama Mwnse Gathwn (Bodo), Crimson Spring (English), Maayaamanushyar (Malayalam)
Short Stories
Dada Seerisu Tande (Kannada), Kanglamdriba Eephut (Manipuri), Safety Kit (Punjabi), Bharkhama (Rajasthani), Mid Birna Chenne Saon Inag Sagai (Santali), Waghoo (Sindhi)
Essays
Konkani Kavyem: Rupani Ani Rupakam (Konkani), Nepali Paramparik Sanskriti Ra Sabhyata Ko Dukuti (Nepali)
Literary Criticism
Thamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal (Tamil)
Autobiography
Kalyanilya Resha (Marathi)
Memoir
Jeete Jee Allahabad (Hindi), Dhatri Paat San Gaam (Maithili)
Language
Title and Genre
Name of the Author
Assamese
Karhi Khelar Sadhu (Novel)
Devabrat Das
Bengali
Shrestha Kabita (Poetry)
Prasun Bandyopadhyay
Bodo
Dwngnwi Lama Mwnse Gathwn (Novel)
Sahaisuli Brahma
Dogri
Thakur Satsayie (Poetry, Couplets)
Khajur Singh Thakur
English
Crimson Spring (Novel)
Navtej Sarna
Gujarati
Bhattkhadaki (Poetry)
Yogesh Vaidya
Hindi
Jeete Jee Allahabad (Memoir)
Mamta Kalia
Kannada
Dada Seerisu Tande (Short Stories)
Amaresh Nugadoni
Kashmiri
Najdavanek'y Pot Aalav (Poetry)
Ali Shaida
Konkani
Konkani Kavyem: Rupani Ani Rupakam (Essays)
Henry Mendonca (H.M. Pernal)
Maithili
Dhatri Paat San Gaam (Memoir)
Mahendra
Malayalam
Maayaamanushyar (Novel)
N. Prabhakaran
Manipuri
Kanglamdriba Eephut (Short Stories)
Haobam Nalini
Marathi
Kalyanilya Resha (Autobiography)
Raju Baviskar
Nepali
Nepali Paramparik Sanskriti Ra Sabhyata Ko Dukuti (Essays)
Prakash Bhattarai
Odia
Padapurana (Poetry)
Girijakumar Baliyar Singh
Punjabi
Safety Kit (Stories)
Jinder
Rajasthani
Bharkhama (Stories)
Jitender Kumar Soni
Sanskrit
Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah (Poetry)
Mahamahopadhyaya Sadhu Bhadreshdas
Santali
Mid Birna Chenne Saon Inag Sagai (Short Stories)
Sumitra Soren
Sindhi
Waghoo (Stories)
Bhagwan Atlani
Tamil
Thamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal (Literary Criticism)
Sa. Tamilselvan
Telugu
Animesha (Poetry)
Nandini Sidha Reddy
Urdu
Safar Jaari Hai (Poetry)
Pritpal Singh Betab
Language
Jury Member 1
Jury Member 2
Jury Member 3
Assamese
Prof. (Dr.) Dhruba Jyoti Borah
Prof. Dinesh Baisya
Dr. Ranjana Bhattacharyya
Bengali
Sri Amar Mitra
Prof Chinmoy Guha
Prof Jaydeep Sarangi
Bodo
Dr. Deva Kanta Ramchiary
Sri Rakhao Basumatary
Dr. Seemashree Daimary
Dogri
Sri Kamal Kishor
Sri Kulbhushan Kumar
Smt. Vijaya Thakur
English
Prof. Neelum Saran Gour
Ms. Somdatta Mandal
Dr. Taisha Abraham
Gujarati
Sri Balvant Jani
Sri Manohar Trivedi
Professor Vinod Joshi
Hindi
Prof. A. Aravindakshan
Dr. Anamika
Sri Arun Kamal
Kannada
Dr. Jayalalitha
Smt. Sahana Kantha Bailu
Dr. Siddalinga Pattanshetti
Kashmiri
Sri Shakeel Ul Rehman
Sri Abdul Ahad Hajini
Prof. Rattanlal Hangloo
Konkani
Sri Mahableshwar Sail
Sri Edward Sequeria
Sri Raju D Souza
Maithili
Sri Arvind Kumar 'Akkoo'
Sri Hitanath Jha
Prof. Ramesh Jha
Malayalam
Dr. A. M. Unnikrishnan
Dr. K. Jayakumar
Dr. Padmanabhan Kavumbayi
Manipuri
Prof. H. Nani Kumar Singha
Sri Irungbam Basanta Singh
Dr. Mongsatabam Tuleshwari Devi
Marathi
Smt. Mangla Godbole
Sri Nagorao Tammaji Utkar
Dr. Rajan Gavas
Nepali
Sri Mohan Thakuri
Sri Purna Yonzon
Sri Rudra Baral
Odia
Ms. Gayatri Saraf
Dr. Jayanti Rath
Sri Shyama Prasad Choudhury
Punjabi
Dr. Amarjeet Kaunke
Dr Jaswinder Singh
Prof Sohinder Bir
Rajasthani
Dr. Dinesh Charan
Sri Madhu Acharya 'Ashawadi'
Prof. Sohandan Charan
Sanskrit
Sri Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra
Prof. Bhagirathi Nanda
Dr. Ramakant Angiras
Santali
Sri Babujee Soren
Dr. Gangadhar Hansda
Ms. Saleema Marandi
Sindhi
Ms. Shalini Sagar
Sri Mohan Gehani
Prof. Ravi Prakash Tekchandani
Tamil
Dr. Arimalam S. Padmanabhan
Dr M. Durga
Dr S Rajendran
Telugu
Dr. N. Gopi
Dr Koyi Koteswara Rao
Dr. Madhuranthakam Narendra
Urdu
Prof. Ateequllah
Prof. Syed Shah Haseen Ahmad
Sri Jayant Parmar
Sahitya Akademi has announced today its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 Indian languages recognised by it. 8 books of poetry, 4 novels, 6 books of short stories, 2 essays, 1 literary criticism, 1 autobiography and 2 memoirs have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2025.
Every year, Sahitya Akademi bestows awards in 24 languages recognized by it through an established process. For the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025, the process started in January 2025 with issuance of an open advertisement vide 30 January 2025.
The Awards, recommended by distinguished Jury members in 24 Indian languages, were approved by the Competent Authority of Sahitya Akademi.
The following books have won the Awards in the below mentioned category:
The Award is in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- towards award money each will be presented to the awardees at a presentation ceremony to be held on 31 March 2026 in New Delhi.
Annexure 'A' - SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2025
Annexure 'B' - JURY MEMBERS FOR THE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2025
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
