Literary Awards winner 2018 & 2019 in India
Literary awards in india
Jnanpith puraskar
Amitav Ghosh (Winner-2018, Language: English): For his “outstanding contribution to the enrichment of Indian Literature in English”. Mr. Ghosh is the first English language writer to become a Jnanpith laureate.
Krishna Sobti (Winner-2017, Language: Hindi): For experimenting with new writing styles and creating “bold” and “daring” characters in her stories who were ready to accept all challenges. Her language is highly influenced by the intermingling of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi cultures.
Shankha Ghosh (Winner-2016, Language: Bengali): The award is given for exceptional contribution in the field of literature. He has earlier won the Sahitya Academy Award and the Padmabhushan for his contribution to Indian literature. He is the sixth Bengali to get this prestigious award.
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2018
Language | Title and Genre | Author |
Assamese | Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo (Poetry) | Sananta Tanti |
Bengali | Srikrishner Sesh Kata Din (Story) | Sanjib Chattopadhyay |
Bodo | Dwngse Lama (Short Stories) | Rituraj Basumatary |
Dogri | Bhagirath (Novel) | Inderjeet Kesar |
English | The Blind Lady’s Descendants (Novel) | Anees Salim |
Gujarati | Vibhajanni Vyatha (Essays) | Sharifa Vijliwala |
Hindi | Post Box No. 203 – Naala Sopara (Novel) | Chitra Mudgal |
Kannada | Anushreni-Yajamanike (Literary Criticism) | K.G. Nagarajappa |
Kashmiri | Aakh (Short Stories) | Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq |
Konkani | Chitralipi (Poetry) | Paresh Narendra Kamat |
Maithili | Parineela (Short Stories) | Bina Thakur |
Malayalam | Gurupournami (Poetry) | S. Ramesan Nair |
Manipuri | Ngamkheigee Wangmada (Short Stories) | Budhichandra Heisnamba |
Marathi | Sarjanprerana ani Kavitwashodh (Literary Criticism) | Ma. Su. Patil |
Nepali | Kina Royeu Upamaa (Short Stories) | Lok Nath Upadhyay Chapagain |
Odia | Prasanga Puruna Bhabana Nua (literary Criticism) | Dasarathi Das |
Punjabi | Kane Oa Suraj (Poetry) | Mohanjit |
Rajasthani | Kavita Devai Deeth (Poetry) | Rajesh Kumar Vyas |
Sanskrit | Mama Janani (Poetry) | Rama Kant Shukla |
Santhali | Marom (Novel) | Shyam Besra ‘Jiwi Rarec’ |
Sindhi | Jia Mein Taandaa (Poetry) | Khiman U. Mulani |
Tamil | Sanchaaram (Novel) | S. Ramakrishnan |
Telugu | Vimarshini (Essays) | Kolakaluri Enoch |
Urdu | Rohzin (Novel) | Rahman Abbas |
Literary awards in india

Saraswati Samman 2018 : Telugu poet K Siva Reddy has been selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his work Pakkaki Ottigilite which is a collection of poetry.
Vyas Samman 2018 : Padma Shri recipient Liladhar Jaguri has been chosen for the prestigious Vyas Samman award for his poetry collection, Jitne Log Utne Prem.
SAHITYA AKADEMI FELLOWS– 2018
Sri Jayant Mahapatra
Smt. Padma Sachdev
Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
Prof. Nagen Saikia
Winner 2019 –Anisuzzaman for ‘Bipula Prithibi(The Vast World)’
Winner 2018 – Santosh Rana for ‘Rajniti Ek Jibon’
Winner 2017 –Nalini Bera for ‘Subarnarenu Subarnarekha’
Winner 2018 – Boria Majumdar for ‘Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians’
Winner 2015 – Gautam Basu for ‘Bengali Poetry’
Winner 2014 – Ramanath Roy
Winner 2012 – Kamal Chakraborty
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