List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after Jnanpith Award. The awards given to Bengali writers for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below.

Sahitya Akademi Award winners

Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973.[1]

Year	Book[2]	Author	Category of Books
1955	Shreshtha Kavita	Jibanananda Das	Poetry
1956	Arogya Niketan	Tarashankar Bandopadhyay	Novel
1957	Sagar Theke Phera	Premendra Mitra	Poetry
1958	Anandibai Ityadi Galpa	Parashuram	Short Stories
1959	Kolkatar Kachhei	Gajendra Kumar Mitra	Novel
1961	Bharater Sakti-Sadhana O Sakta Sahitya	Sashi Bhushan Dasgupta	A Study of the Shakta-sect
1962	Japane	Annada Shankar Ray	Travelogue
1963	Ghare Pherar Din	Amiya Chakravarty	Poetry
1964	Jato Durei Jai	Subhas Mukhopadhyay (poet)	Poetry
1965	Smriti Satta Bhabishyat	Bishnu Dey	Poetry
1966	Nishi-Kutumba	Manoj Basu	Novel
1967	Tapasvi O Tarangini	Buddhadeb Basu	Verse play
1969	Mohini Aaraal	Manindra Ray	Poetry
1970	Adhunikata O Rabindranath	Abu Sayeed Ayyub	Literary criticism
1971	Manimahesh	Umaprasad Mukhopadhyay	Travelogue
1972	Shesh Namaskar	Santosh Kumar Ghosh	Novel
1974	Ulanga Raja	Nirendranath Chakravarty	Poetry
1975	Asamay	Bimal Kar	Novel
1976	Na Hanyate	Maitreyi Devi	Novel
1977	Babarer Prarthana	Shankha Ghosh	Poetry
1978	Vivekananda O Samakalin Bharatvarsha, Vol. I, II and III	Sankari Prasad Basu	Biography and cultural history
1979	Aranyer Adhikar	Mahashweta Devi	Novel
1980	Shambo	Samaresh Basu `Kalkut'	Novel
1981	Kolikata Darpan, Pt. I	Radharaman Mitra	Local history and culture
1982	Amritasya Putree	Kamal Das	Novel
1983	Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo	Shakti Chattopadhyay	Poetry
1984	Kalbela	Samaresh Majumdar	Novel
1985	Sei Samay (Part II)	Sunil Gangopadhyay	Novel
1986	Raj Nagar	Amiya Bhushan Majumdar	Novel
1987	Khujte Khujte Eto Dur	Arun Mitra	Poetry
1988	Bari Badle Jai	Ramapada Chaudhuri	Novel
1989	Manabjamin	Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay	Novel
1990	Tista Parer Brittanto	Debesh Roy	Novel
1991	Sada Kham	Moti Nandi	Novel
1992	Marami Karat	Alok Ranjan Dasgupta	Poetry
1993	Shahjada Darasukoh	Shyamal Gangapadhyay	Novel
1994	Aleek Manush	Syed Mustafa Siraj	Novel
1995	Kavita Sangraha	Naresh Guha	Poetry
1996	Tal Betal	Ashok Mitra	Essays
1997	Herbert	Nabarun Bhattacharya	Novel
1998	Anubhav	Dibyendu Palit	Novel
1999	Naba-Nita	Nabaneeta Dev Sen	Prose-Poetry
2000	Pagli Tomar Sange	Joy Goswami	Poetry
2001	Panchashati Galpo	Atin Bandyopadhyay	Short Stories
2002	Ami O Banabehari	Sandipan Chattopadhyay	Novel
2003	Krantikal	Prafulla Roy	Novel
2004	Baul Fakir Katha	Sudhir Chakravarti	Essay
2005	Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguchha	Binay Majumdar	Poetry
2006	Dhrubaputra	Amar Mitra	Novel
2007	Amar Samay Alpa	Amarendra Sengupta	Poetry
2008	Ghumer Borir Mato Chand	Sharat Kumar Mukhopadhyay	Poetry
2009[3]	Keno Amra Rabindranathke Chai Ebong Kibhabe	Sourin Bhattacharya	Essay
2010[4][5]	Khanamihirer Dhipi	Bani Basu	Novel
2011	Bane Aaj Concherto[6]	Manindra Gupta[7]	Poetry
2012	Birasan[8]	Subrata Mukhopadhyaya	Novel
2013	Dwaipayan Hrader Dhare[9]	Subodh Sarkar	Poetry
2014	Piya Man Bhabe	Utpal Kumar Basu	Poetry
2015	Shono Jabaphul	Alok Sarkar	Poetry
2016	Mahabharater Astadashi	Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri	Essays
2017	Sei Nikhonj Manusta[10]	Afsar Amed	Novel
2018	Srikrishner Sesh Kata Din[11]	Sanjib Chattopadhyay	Novel
2019	Ghumer Darja Thele[12]	Chinmoy Guha	Essays

Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winners

Year	Book[13]	Author	Category of Books
2013	Bouddho Lekhomala O Onyanyo Shraman[14]	Subhro Bandopadhyay	Poetry
2017	Elvis O Amolasundari[15]	Shamik Ghosh	Short Story

English literature

Year	Book	Author	Category of Books
1967	Shadow from Ladakh	Bhabani Bhattacharya	Novel
1969	An Artist in Life	Niharranjan Ray	Study of Tagore
1975	Scholar Extraordinary	Nirad C. Chaudhuri	Biography of Max Müller
1989	The Shadow Lines	Amitabha Ghosh	Novel
1996	Memories of Rain	Sunetra Gupta	Novel
2002	A New World	Amit Chaudhuri	Novel
2003	The Perishable Empire	Meenakshi Mukherjee	Essays
2004	The Mammaries of the Welfare State	Upamanyu Chattopadhyay	Novel

Translations from Bengali literature

• 1989 – Nagindas Parekh – Na Hanyate (novel, Gujarati tr. from Maitreyi Devi),
• ... ... K. Ravi Verma – Ganadevata (novel, Malayalam tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay),
• ... ... T.Thoibi Devi – Drishtipat (novel, Manipuri tr. from Yayavar),
• ... ... Basanta Kumari Devi – Ganadebata, Parts I and II (Panchagram) (novel, Oriya tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay),
• ... ... B. Gopala Reddi – Ravindruni Natikalu (plays, Telugu tr. from Rabindranath Thakur)
• 1990 – Ramanik Meghanee – Gandevata (novel, Gujarati tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay),
• ... ... Upendranath Jha 'Vyas' – Vipradas (novel, Maithili tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay),
• ... ... A. Shyamsundar Singh – Krishnakantagee Uil (novel, Manipuri tr. from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay),
• ... ... Amar Bharati – Ikki Kahaniyan (short stories, Punjabi tr. from Rabindranath Thakur),
• ... ... Laxmi Narayan Mohanty – Banachari (novel, Oriya tr. from Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay),
• ... ... Biharilal Chhabria - Sat Kadam (Two Parts) (novel, Sindhi tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay)
• 1991 – Ramanlal Soni – Kabuliwala (short stories, Gujarati tr. from Rabindranath Thakur),
• ... ... Shanti Ranjan Bhattacharya – Gulshan-e-Sehat (novel, Urdu tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay)
• 1993 – Anila A. Dalal – Prachchhanna (novel, Gujarati tr. from Bimal Kar),
• ... ... Olivinho Gomes – Anandmath (novel, Konkani tr. from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay),
• ... ... Leela Sarkar – Aranyathinte Adhikaaram (novel, Malayalam tr. from Mahashweta Devi),
• ... ... L. Raghumani Sharma – Charitraheen (novel, Manipuri tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay),
• ... ... Barendra Krushna Dhal – Samba (novel, Oriya tr. from Samaresh Basu),
• ... ... Vilas Gite – Rabindranathanchya Sahavasat (poetry, Marathi tr. from Maitreyi Devi),
• ... ... Maddipattla Suri – Samayam Kani Samayam (novel, Telugu tr. from Bimal Kar)
• 1994 – Basundhara Saikia –Datta (novel, Assamese tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay),
• ... ... Karna Thami – Sukanta Ka Kavitaharu (poetry, Nepali tr. from Sukanta Bhattacharya)
• 1995 – Kulanath Gogoi – Aranyer Adhikar (novel, Assamese tr. from Mahashweta Devi),
• ... ... Surendra Jha 'Suman' – Rabindra Natakavali Vol. I (plays, Maithili tr. from Rabindranath Thakur),
• ... ... P. Bhanumanthi – Meethi Charithram (play, Tamil tr. from Badal Sarkar)
• 1996 – Aruna Chakrabarti – Srikanta (novel, English tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay),
• ... ... Chandrakant Mehta – Jeevan Swad (novel, Gujarati tr. from Ashapurna Devi)
• 1997 – Gayatri Chakrabarti Spivak – Imaginary Maps (short stories, English tr. from Mahashweta Devi),
• ... ... Prasad Brahmbhatt – Amritasya Putri (novel, Gujarati tr. from Kamal Das),
• ... ... Shiva Shamsher Rasaily – Biraj Dulahi (novel, Nepali tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay),
• ... ... Jugal Kishor Dutta – Asami Hazir (novel, Oriya tr. from Bimal Mitra)
• 1998 – Kalpana Bardhan – Wives and Others (short stories & a novel, English tr. from Manik Bandyopadhyay),
• ... ... Chandranath Mishra 'Amar' – Parashuramak Beechhal - Berayal Katha (short stories, Maithili tr. from Parashuram),
• ... ... Bihari Lal Mishra – Sharatsaptakam (short stories, Sanskrit tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay),
• ... ... Lakhmi Khilani – Asamaya (novel, Sindhi tr. from Bimal Kar)
• 1999 – Suknaya Jhaveri – Ekvis Bengali Vartao (short stories, Gujarati tr. from different authors),
• ... ... Murari Madhusudan Thakur – Arogya Niketan (novel, Maithili tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay)
• 2000 – Hans Raj Pandotra – Gosain De Bagha Da Bhoot (novel, Dogri tr. from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay),
• ... ... Amresh Patnaik – Tista Tatora Brutanta (novel, Oriya tr. from Debesh Ray),
• ... ... Dipak Ghosh – Sanskritaravindrasangitam (songs, Sanskrit tr. from Rabindranath Thakur)
• 2001 – Gopa Majumdar –Aparajito (novel, English tr. from Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay),
• ... ... Janaki Ballav Patnaik – Bankima Upanyasmala (2 Volumes) (novels, Oriya tr. from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay)
• 2003 – (Lt.) Sujit Mukhopadhyay – Gora (novel, English tr. from Rabindranath Thakur),
• ... ... Rajen Saikia – Putul Nachar Itikat (novel, Assamese tr. from Manik Bandyopadhyay),
• ... ... M.P. Kumaran – Heerak Deepti (novel, Malayalam tr. from Sunil Gangopadhyay),
• ... ... Ram Swaroop Kisan – Rati Kaner (play, Rajasthani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur)
• 2004 – Ramshankar Dwivedi – Jhansi Ki Rani (novel, Hindi tr. from Mahashweta Devi),
• ... ... Madhav Borcar – Ekshe Ek Kavita (poetry, Konkani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur),
• ... ... Nongthombam Kunjamohan Singh – Gora (novel, Manipuri tr. from Rabindranath Thakur),
• ... ... Mrinalini Prabhakar Gadkari – Devdas (novel, Marathi tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay)
• 2005 – Uma Randeria – Nava Yugnu Parodh (novel, Gujarati tr. from Sunil Gangopadhyay)
• 2006 – Rajnand Jha[16] – Kaalbela (novel, Maithili tr. from Samaresh Majumdar)
• ... ... Puviarasu[17][18] – Puratchikaaran (poetry, Tamil tr. from Kazi Nazrul Islam)
• 2007 – Bachchan Singh[19] – Mahabharat ki Katha (treatise, Hindi tr. from Buddhadeb Basu)
• 2009 – Jatindra Kumar Bargohain[20] – Lokayata Darshan (philosophy, Assamese tr. from Devi Prasad Chattopadhyay)
• ... ... .Kasturi Desai[21] – Adhikar Aranyacho (novel, Konkani tr. from Mahashweta Devi)
• ... ... .Bhuvana Natarajan[22] – Mudhal Sabadam (novel, Tamil tr. from Ashapoorna Devi)
• 2010 – Tarapati Upadhyay[23] – Anand Math (novel, Nepali tr. from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay)
• 2012[24] – Swarna Prabha Chainary – Nwizise Sungdo Solo (short stories, Bodo tr. from Rabindranath Thakur)
• ... ... .Anand – Kavi Bandya Ghatigayiyute Jeevithavum Maranavum (novel, Malayalam tr. from Mahashweta Devi)
• ... ... .Elangbam Sonamani Singh – Dharma Tattwa (Prose, Manipuri tr. from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay)
• ... ... .Purn Sharma 'Puran' – Gora (novel, Rajasthani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur)
• ... ... .Rabindranath Murmu – Ita Chetan Re Ita (novel, Santali tr. from Mahashweta Devi)
• Note – From English – In 1992, Hijam Guno Singh got this prize for Manipuri translation of History of Bengali Literature by Sukumar Sen.[25] In 1991, Radhika Mohan Bhagowati got this prize for Assamese translation of The Story of Our Newspapers by Chanchal Sarkar.[26] In 2012, Sharda Sathe got it for Marathi translation of A Traveller and the Road by Mohit Sen.

Translations into Bengali[27]

• 1989 – Nileena Abraham – Patummar Chhagal O Balyasakhi (short stories, tr. from Malayalam)
• 1990 – Maitri Shukla – Unish Bigha Dui Katha (novel, tr. from Oriya)
• 1991 – Subramanian Krishnamoorthy – Raktabanya (novel, tr. from Tamil)
• 1992 – Maya Gupta – Kak O Kala Pani (short stories, tr. from Hindi)
• 1993 – Manabendra Bandyopadhyay – Vaikom Muhammad Bashirer Shreshtha Galpo (short stories, tr. from Malayalam)
• 1994 – Vina Alase – Gulamgiri (dialogues, tr. from Marathi)
• 1995 – Kanailal Datta – Vinoba Bhave Rachanabali (autobiographical writing, tr. from Hindi)
• 1996 – Ranendranath Bandyopadhyay – Sarpa O Rajju (novel, tr. from English)
• 1997 – Rameshwar shaw – Bhabishyater Kabita (essays, tr. from English)
• 1998 – Jaya Mitra – Jipsy Nadir Dhara (autobiographical writing, tr. from Punjabi)
• 1999 – Shankha Ghosh – Raktakalyan (Taledanda Play, tr. from Kannada)
• 2000 – Afsar Ahmed & Kalim Hazique – Sare Tin Hat Bhume (novel, tr. from Urdu)
• 2001 – Nani Sur – Krishna Chanderer Nirbachito Galpo (short stories, tr. from Urdu)
• 2002 – Usha Ranjan Bhattacharya – Mriityunjay (novel, tr. from Assamese)
• 2003 – Malay Ray Chaudhuri – Suryer Saptam Ashwa (novel, tr. from Hindi) (refused)
• 2004 – Sujit Chaudhuri – Asamiya Galpo Sankalan (short stories, tr. from Assamese)
• 2005 – Ranjan Bandyopadhyay – Kabir Bijak O Anyanya Kabita (poetry, tr. from Hindi)
• 2006 – Jyoti Bhushan Chaki[18][28] – Kaifi Azmir Kabita (poetry, tr. from Urdu)
• 2007 – Subimal Basak[19] – Aamar Tomar Taar Katha (novel, tr. from Hindi)
• 2008 – Bharati Nandi[29][30] – Chitrita Andhakar (novel, tr. from Oriya)
• 2009 – Ujjal Singha – Mitro Marjani (novel of Krishna Sovti, tr. from Hindi) [21][31]
• 2010 – Shyamal Bhattacharya[32] – Kumari Harinir Chokh (short stories, tr. from Punjabi)
• 2011 – Jagat Debnath[33] – Raghaber Din Rat (novel, tr. from Marathi)
• 2012 – Oinam Nilkantha Singh[24] – Bristi Ar Holo Na (short story, tr. from Manipuri)
• 2013 – Soma Bandyopadhyay[34] – Gathanbad, Uttar-Gathanbad Ebang Prachya Kavyatattva (literary criticism, tr. from Urdu)
• 2014 – Binay Kumar Mahata[34] – Ei Prithibi Paglagarad (novel, tr. from Maithili)
• 2015 – Mau Das Gupta[34] – Anamdaser Puthi (novel, tr. from Hindi)
• 2016 - Gita Chaudhuri[34] – Satyer Anwesan (Gandhi's autobiography, tr. from Gujarati)
• 2017 - (Late) Utpal Kumar Basu[34] – Kebal Atmai Jane Kibhabe Gan Gaite Hay: Nirbachita Kabita (poetry, tr. from English)
• 2018 - Mabinul Haq - Lep O Anyanyo Galpo (short stories, tr from Urdu)

References

(Note: when this article was created in 2007, the list of awardees in various categories was taken from the official site of the Sahitya Akademi. The site has since been revamped and currently does not show any list of awardees; instead it shows a search option for awardees with specified search parameters. For the old version of the site, click here. It gives details about the main awards up to 2007 and translation prizes up to 2005.)

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Further reading

• Sahitya Akademi Award
• Jnanpith Award

External links

• "Official Listing of Sahitya Akademi Award winners to writers in Bengali language". Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
• https://www.webcitation.org/6HzFvmI7b?url=http://www.calcuttaweb.com/lit.shtml