Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 Complete Winners List

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The Sahitya Akademi has announced it's annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 languages today (21st December 2017). 7 books of Novels, 5 books of Poetry, 5 books of Short stories, 5 books of literary criticism and one play and essays have won the Sahitya akademi awards 2017, the the second-highest literary honor in India.

“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,” K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary, Sahitya Akademi, announced in a statement.

Author Mamang Dai has won the award for his work The Black Hill, an English novel, and Ramesh Kuntal Megh was honored for his book Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar, a work of literary criticism in Hindi. Here is the complete winners list. 

Complete Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 Winners List 

Language	Title and Genre	Name of the Author
Assamese	Moriahola (Novel)	Jayanta Madhab Bora
Bengali	Sei Nikhonj Manusta (Novel)	Afsar Ashmed
Bodo	Thwisam (Novel)	Rita Boro
Dogri	Banana (Short Stories)	Shiv Mehta
English	The Black Hill (Novel)	Mamang Dai
Gujarati	Gujarati Vyakarana Baso Varsh (Criticism)	Urmi Ghanshyam Desai
Hindi	Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar (Literary Criticism)	Ramesh Kuntal Megh
Kannada	Kathana Bharathi (Literary Criticism)	T. P. Ashoka
Kashmiri	Yeli Parda Woth (Short Stories)	Autar Krishen Rahbar
Konkani	Khand Ani Her Katha (Short Stories)	Gajanan Jog
Maithili	Jahalak Dairy (Poetry)	Udaya Narayana Singh ‘Nachiketa’
Malayalam	Daivathinte Pusthakam (Novel)	K. P. Ramanunni
Manipuri	Chahee Taret Khuntakpa (Play)	Rajen Toijamba
Marathi	Bolave Te Amhi (Poetry)	Shrikant Deshmukh
Nepali	Kriti Vimarsha (Literary Criticism)	Bina Hangkhim
Odia	Etavatira Shilpi (short Stories)	Gayatri Saraf
Punjabi	Slow Down (Novel)	Nachhattar
Rajasthani	Bina Hasal Pai (Criticism)	Neeraj Daiya
Sanskrit	Gangaputravadanam (Novel)	Niranjan Mishra
Sindhi	Aachhende Laja Maraan (Essays)	Jagdish Lachhani
Tamil	Kaandhal Naatkal (Poetry)	(Late) Inqulab
Telugu	Gaali Rangu (Poetry)	Devipriya
Urdu	Dakhma (Short Stories)	Baig Ehsas
Santhali	Aachhende Laja Maraan (Essays)	Aachhende Laja Maraan (Essays)

 

The winners of Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 will receive a casket containing an Engraved copper-plaque, a Shawl and a Cheque of Rs 1 lakh a special function to be held on February 12, 2018.

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