Sahitya Akademi Award 2020
Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 was announced by the National Academy of Letters during the opening day of the annual Festival of Letters. The list of awardees includes seven books of poetry, four novels, five short stories, two plays, and one each of memories and epic poetry in 20 Indian languages.
S. No
Language
Title and Genre
Name of the Author
1
Assamese
Bengsata (Short stories)
Apurba Kumar Saikia
2
Bengali
Eka Eka Ekashi (Memoirs)
Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay
3
Bodo
Gwthenay Lamayao Gwdan Agan (Short stories)
Dharanidhar Owari
4
Dogri
Baba Jitmal (Play)
Gian Singh
5
English
When God is a Traveller (Poetry)
Arundhathi Subramaniam
6
Gujarati
Banaras Diary (Poetry)
Harish Meenakshru
7
Hindi
Tokeri Mein Digant Theri Gatha(Poetry)
Anamika
8
Kannada
Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam (Epic Poetry)
M. Veerappa Moily
9
Kashmiri
Tilasm-e-Khanabadosh (Short Stories)
Hiday Koul Bharti
10
Konkani
Yugaparivarthanancho Yatri (Poetry)
R. S. Bhaskar
11
Maithili
Gachh Roosal Achhi(Short stories)
Kamlakant Jha
12
Manipuri
Malangbana Kari Hai (Poetry)
Irungbam Deven
13
Marathi
Udya (Novel)
Nanda Khare
14
Punjabi
Aam Khass (Short Stories)
Gurudev Singh Rupana
15
Sanskrit
Vaishali (Novel)
Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautam
16
Santali
Gur Dak Kasa Dak (Poetry)
Rupchand Hansda
17
Sindhi
Jehad (Plays)
Jetho Lalwani
18
Tamil
Sellaatha Panam (Novel)
Imaiyam
19
Telugu
Agniswaasa (2015-17)(Poetry)
Nikhileswar
20
Urdu
Amawas Mein Khwab (Novel)
Hussain-ul-Haque
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