List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit
The Sahitya Akademi Award is an annual award, given by the Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to writers in 24 Indian languages. The award was instituted and first awarded in 1955. It carries a monetary reward of 50,000 Rupees and a citation.[1] The award for Sanskrit was first given in 1956. The first five awards went to works in other languages, dealing with Sanskrit culture. Since 1967, the award has been given only to works in Sanskrit. The list of Sanskrit language writers who have won the award is given below.[2][3]
Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Sanskrit
| Year | Author | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Mm. P. V. Kane | History of Dharma Sastra, Vol. IV (Research) | social laws and customs; religious and civil law |
| 1961 | Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi | Vaidik Vijnan aur Bhartiya Sanskriti (A study in Hindi) (Research) | |
| 1963 | B. N. Krishnamurti Sharma | A History of Dvait School of Vedanta and its Literature (Research) | |
| 1964 | Mm. Gopinath Kaviraj | Tantrik Vangmaya Men Shaktadrishti (Treatise in Hindi) (Research) | |
| 1966 | V. Raghavan | Bhoja's Sringara Prakasa (Aesthetics) | |
| 1967 | Ramaroop Pathak | Chitrakavya Kautukam (Poetry) | |
| 1968 | Satyavrat Shastri | Srigurugovindasimhacharitam (Poetry) | Biography of Guru Gobind Singh |
| 1970 | V. Subramanya Sastri | Shabdatarangini (Treatise) | on verbal cognition |
| 1973 | M. S. Aney | Sritilakayasornavah (Epic) | Biography of Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| 1974 | Dr. S.B. Warnekar | Shrishivarajyodayam (Epic poem) | 68 cantos, on Shivaji |
| 1977 | Shanti Bhikshu Shastri | Buddhavijayakavyam (Poetry) | Buddhist |
| 1979 | K.N. Ezhuthachan | Keralodayah (Epic) | on history of Kerala |
| 1980 | P. C. Devassia | Kristubhagavatam (Epic) | 33 cantos, Jesus Christ |
| 1981 | Jagannath Pathak | Kapishayani (Poetry) | Poetry collection in 11 chapters, influenced by Persian poetry |
| 1982 | P. K. Narayana Pillai | Visvabhanu (Epic) | |
| 1983 | Pandharinathacharya Galagali | Shri Shambulingeswar Vijaya Campu (Biography) | |
| 1984 | Shrinath S. Hasurkar | Sindhu-Kanya (Historical novel) | |
| 1985 | Vasant Trimbak Shevde | Vindhyavasini Vijaya Mahakavyam (Epic) | |
| 1986 | Kalika Prasad Shukla | Sri Radhacarita Mahakavyam (Epic) | |
| 1987 | Biswanarayan Shastri | Avinasi (novel) | |
| 1988 | Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra | Ikshugandha (Short stories) | |
| 1989 | Ram Karan Sharma | Sandhya (Poetry) | |
| 1990 | Ogeti Parikshit Sharma | Srimat-Pratap Ranayanam Mahakavyam (Poetry) | |
| 1991 | Rewa Prasad Dwivedi | Svatantrya Sambhavam (Poetry) | Epic poem on Indian independence movement |
| 1992 | Hari Narayan Dikshit | Bhishma Chiritam (Epic) | |
| 1993 | Jaggu Alwar Iyengar | Jayantika (Novel) | |
| 1994 | Radhavallabh Tripathi | Sandhanam (Poetry) | |
| 1995 | Rasik Vihari Joshi | Sri Radha Panchashati | |
| 1996 | Keshab Chandra Dash | Isha (Poetry) | |
| 1997 | Shyam Dev Parashar | Triveni (Poetry) | |
| 1998 | Bachchoolal Awasthi | Pratanini (Poetry) | |
| 1999 | Srinivas Rath | Tadeva Gaganam Saivadhara (Poetry) | |
| 2000 | S. Srinivasa Sarma | Jagadguru Sri Chandrasekharendra - Saraswati Vijayam (Poetry) | |
| 2001 | P Sri. Ramachandrudu | Ko Vai Rasah (Essays) | |
| 2002 | Kashinath Mishra | Harsacarita-Manjari (Poetry) | |
| 2003 | Bhaskaracharya Tripathi | Nirjharini (Poetry) | |
| 2004 | Devarshi Kalanath Shastry | Akhyana Vallari (Short Stories) | |
| 2005 | Swami Rambhadracharya | Sribhargavaraghaviyam (Epic) | Of Paraśurāma and Rāma |
| 2006 | Harshadev Madhav | Tava Sparshe Sparshe (Poetry) | |
| 2007 | Hari Dutt Sharma | Lasallatika (Poetry) | |
| 2008 | Om Prakash Pande[4] | (Poetry) | |
| 2009 | Prashasya Mitra Shastri[5] | (Short stories) | |
| 2010 | Mithila Prasad Tripathi[6][7][8] | (Poetry) | |
| 2011 | Harekrishna Satapathy[9][10] | Bharatayanam (poetry) | |
| 2012 | Ramji Thakur | Laghupadyahprabandhatrayi (Poetry)[11] | |
| 2013 | Radhakant Thakur | Chaladuravani (Poetry)[12] | |
| 2014 | Prabhu Nath Dwivedi | Kanakalochanaha (Short stories)[13] | |
| 2015 | Ram Shankar Awasthi | Vanadevi (Epic) | |
| 2016 | Sitanath Acharya | Kavyanirjhari (Poetry)[14] |
(No Awards in 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 and 1978)
Bal Sahitya Puraskar
The Sahitya Akademi also awards a "Bal Sahitya Puraskar", for children's literature. Winners of this award for Sanskrit include:
| Year | Author | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Padma Sastry | Sanskrit-Katha-Satakam (in 2 Vols.) | Short Stories[15] |
| 2011 | Abhiraja Rajendra Mishra[16] | Kaumarm (poetry)[15] | |
| 2012 | Om Prakash Thakur [17] | Isap-Katha Nikunjam | Collection of short stories[18][15] |
| 2013 | H. R. Vishvasa[19] | Marjalasya Mukham Drishtam | Book of plays[19][15] |
| 2014 | No award[15] | ||
| 2015 | Janardan Hegde | Balakathasaptatih | Stories[15] |
| 2016 | Rishiraj Jani | Chamtkarikah Chaladurabhashah | Short story[15][20] |
References
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi: Awards and Fellowships". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ↑ "Sanskrit Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007". Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 2009-03-31.
- ↑ "Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi awards for 7 novelists". The Hindu. Dec 24, 2008.
- ↑ "Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards". The Hindu. Dec 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Veerendra Kumar, Nanjil Nadan among Sahitya Akademi winners". The Hindu. Dec 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Former minister among Sahitya Akademi awardees", Oneindia, February 15, 2011, archived from the original on July 21, 2011
- ↑ Zafri Mudasser Nofil (Dec 28, 2010), "2010 Was an Action-Packed Year for Literature in India", Outlook, archived from the original on 2011-07-15
- ↑ "Guha wins it for narrative history". The Hindu. December 21, 2011.
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE: POETS DOMINATE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2011 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-08
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE: POETS DOMINATE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2012 (PDF)
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE: POETS DOMINATE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2013 (PDF), 18 December 2013
- ↑ IANS (14 January 2015). "Sanskrit Scholar Prabhu Nath Dwivedi Wins Sahitya Akademi Award". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "AKADEMI AWARDS (1955-2016)". Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR (2010-2016)". Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE: BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2011 (PDF), 16 August 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2012
- ↑ "Murlidhar Jha to receive Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Award", The Pioneer, 27 August 2012
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE: BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2012 (PDF), 24 August 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2013
- 1 2 PRESS RELEASE: BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2013 (PDF), Sahitya Akademi, 23 August 2013
- ↑ PRESS RELEASE: BAL SAHITYA PURASKAR 2016 (PDF), Sahitya Akademi, 16 June 2016
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