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Sahitya Akademi Awards 2018 Winners
The Awards were recommended by distinguished Jury members representing 24 Indian languages and approved by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi which met today under the Chairmanship of Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar, President, Sahitya Akademi.
The awards, in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and a cheque of Rs 1 lakh, will be presented to the authors at a special function in January next year at Kamani Auditorium. The Sahitya Akademi award is among the most prestigious literary honours bestowed on writers for their works across genres and languages.
Winners in Poetry Section :
- Samanta Tanti (Assamese)
- Paresh Narendra Kamat (Konkani)
- S Ramesan Nair (Malayalam)
- Dr Mohanjit (Punjabi)
- Dr Rakesh Kumar Vyas (Rajasthani)
- Dr Rama Kant Shukla (Sanskrit)
- Khiman U Mulani (Sindhi)
Winners in Novels Section :
- Inderjeet Kesar (Dogri)
- Anees Salim (English)
- Chitra Mudgal (Hindi)
- Shyam Besra (Santali)
- S Ramakrishnan (Tamil)
- Rahman Abbas (Urdu)
Winners in Shortstories Section :
- Sanjib Chattopadhyay (Bengali)
- Rituraj Basumatary (Bodo)
- Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq (Kashmiri)
- Prof. Bina Thakur (Maithili)
- Bidhichandra Heisnamba (Manipuri)
- Lok Nath Upadhyay Chapagain (Nepali)
- K. G. Nagarajappa (Kannada)
- Ma. Su. Patil (Marathi)
- Dasarathi Das (Odia)
- Sharifa Vijliwala (Gujarati)
- Dr. Kolakaluri Enoch (Telugu)
The Akademi also announced its Bhasha Salman for the year 2017 and 2018.
Winners of Bhasha Samman 2017-18
- Yogendra Nath Sharma - North zone
- G Venkatasubbiah - South zone
- Gagendra Nath Das - Eastern zone
- Shailaja Bapat - Western zone
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