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Eight poets honoured with the Award for the year 2016 are,
- Jnan Pujari (Assamese)
- Anju (Bodo)
- Kamal Vora (Gujarati)
- Prabha Varma (Malayalam)
- Sitanath Acharya (Sanskrit)
- Gobinda Chandra Majhi (Santali)
- Nand Javeri (Sindhi)
- Papineni Sivasankar (Telugu)
Seven writers awarded for their short stories are,
- Chhatrapal (Dogri)
- Shyam Darihare (Maithili)
- Moirangthem Rajen (Manipuri)
- Asaram [ornate (Marathi)
- Paramita Satpathy (Odia)
- Bulaki Sharma (Rajasthani)
- Vannadhasan (Tamil)
Five award winning Novelists are,
- Jerry Pinto (English)
- Npsira Sharma (Hindi)
- Boluwaru Mohammad Kunhi (Kannada)
- Edwin J.F.D-souza (Konkani)
- Gita Upadhyay (Nepali)
Awards for Criticism,
- Aziz Hajini (Kashmiri)
- Nizam Siddiqui (Urdu)
Award for Essay
- Nrisinghaprasad Bhaduri (Bengali)
Award for Play
- Swarajbir (Punjabi)
The books were selected on the basis of recommendations made by a Jury of three members in the concerned languages in accordance with the procedure laid down for the purpose.
The Award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and a cheque of Rs. 1,00,000/- will be presented to the authors of these books at a special function to be held on 22 February 2017 at New Delhi during the Festival of Letters organized by Sahitya Akademi.
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