Sahitya Akademi Award 2025

Sahitya Akademi has announced today its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 Indian languages recognised by it. 8 books of poetry, 4 novels, 6 books of short stories, 2 essays, 1 literary criticism, 1 autobiography and 2 memoirs have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2025. Every year, Sahitya Akademi bestows awards in 24 languages recognized by it through an established process. For the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025, the process started in January 2025 with issuance of an open advertisement vide 30 January 2025. The Awards, recommended by distinguished Jury members in 24 Indian languages, were approved by the Competent Authority of Sahitya Akademi. The following books have won the Awards in the below mentioned category: Category Books Poetry Shrestha Kabita (Bengali), Thakur Satsayie (Dogri), Bhattkhadaki (Gujarati), Najdavanek'y Pot Aalav (Kashmiri), Padapurana (Odia), Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah (Sanskrit), Animesha (Telugu), Safar Jaari Hai (Urdu) Novel Karhi Khelar Sadhu (Assamese), Dwngnwi Lama Mwnse Gathwn (Bodo), Crimson Spring (English), Maayaamanushyar (Malayalam) Short Stories Dada Seerisu Tande (Kannada), Kanglamdriba Eephut (Manipuri), Safety Kit (Punjabi), Bharkhama (Rajasthani), Mid Birna Chenne Saon Inag Sagai (Santali), Waghoo (Sindhi) Essays Konkani Kavyem: Rupani Ani Rupakam (Konkani), Nepali Paramparik Sanskriti Ra Sabhyata Ko Dukuti (Nepali) Literary Criticism Thamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal (Tamil) Autobiography Kalyanilya Resha (Marathi) Memoir Jeete Jee Allahabad (Hindi), Dhatri Paat San Gaam (Maithili) The Award is in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- towards award money each will be presented to the awardees at a presentation ceremony to be held on 31 March 2026 in New Delhi . Annexure 'A' - SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2025 Language Title and Genre Name of the Author Assamese Karhi Khelar Sadhu (Novel) Devabrat Das Bengali Shrestha Kabita (Poetry) Prasun Bandyopadhyay Bodo Dwngnwi Lama Mwnse Gathwn (Novel) Sahaisuli Brahma Dogri Thakur Satsayie (Poetry, Couplets) Khajur Singh Thakur English Crimson Spring (Novel) Navtej Sarna Gujarati Bhattkhadaki (Poetry) Yogesh Vaidya Hindi Jeete Jee Allahabad (Memoir) Mamta Kalia Kannada Dada Seerisu Tande (Short Stories) Amaresh Nugadoni Kashmiri Najdavanek'y Pot Aalav (Poetry) Ali Shaida Konkani Konkani Kavyem: Rupani Ani Rupakam (Essays) Henry Mendonca (H.M. Pernal) Maithili Dhatri Paat San Gaam (Memoir) Mahendra Malayalam Maayaamanushyar (Novel) N. Prabhakaran Manipuri Kanglamdriba Eephut (Short Stories) Haobam Nalini Marathi Kalyanilya Resha (Autobiography) Raju Baviskar Nepali Nepali Paramparik Sanskriti Ra Sabhyata Ko Dukuti (Essays) Prakash Bhattarai Odia Padapurana (Poetry) Girijakumar Baliyar Singh Punjabi Safety Kit (Stories) Jinder Rajasthani Bharkhama (Stories) Jitender Kumar Soni Sanskrit Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah (Poetry) Mahamahopadhyaya Sadhu Bhadreshdas Santali Mid Birna Chenne Saon Inag Sagai (Short Stories) Sumitra Soren Sindhi Waghoo (Stories) Bhagwan Atlani Tamil Thamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal (Literary Criticism) Sa. Tamilselvan Telugu Animesha (Poetry) Nandini Sidha Reddy Urdu Safar Jaari Hai (Poetry) Pritpal Singh Betab Annexure 'B' - JURY MEMBERS FOR THE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2025 Language Jury Member 1 Jury Member 2 Jury Member 3 Assamese Prof. (Dr.) Dhruba Jyoti Borah Prof. Dinesh Baisya Dr. Ranjana Bhattacharyya Bengali Sri Amar Mitra Prof Chinmoy Guha Prof Jaydeep Sarangi Bodo Dr. Deva Kanta Ramchiary Sri Rakhao Basumatary Dr. Seemashree Daimary Dogri Sri Kamal Kishor Sri Kulbhushan Kumar Smt. Vijaya Thakur English Prof. Neelum Saran Gour Ms. Somdatta Mandal Dr. Taisha Abraham Gujarati Sri Balvant Jani Sri Manohar Trivedi Professor Vinod Joshi Hindi Prof. A. Aravindakshan Dr. Anamika Sri Arun Kamal Kannada Dr. Jayalalitha Smt. Sahana Kantha Bailu Dr. Siddalinga Pattanshetti Kashmiri Sri Shakeel Ul Rehman Sri Abdul Ahad Hajini Prof. Rattanlal Hangloo Konkani Sri Mahableshwar Sail Sri Edward Sequeria Sri Raju D Souza Maithili Sri Arvind Kumar 'Akkoo' Sri Hitanath Jha Prof. Ramesh Jha Malayalam Dr. A. M. Unnikrishnan Dr. K. Jayakumar Dr. Padmanabhan Kavumbayi Manipuri Prof. H. Nani Kumar Singha Sri Irungbam Basanta Singh Dr. Mongsatabam Tuleshwari Devi Marathi Smt. Mangla Godbole Sri Nagorao Tammaji Utkar Dr. Rajan Gavas Nepali Sri Mohan Thakuri Sri Purna Yonzon Sri Rudra Baral Odia Ms. Gayatri Saraf Dr. Jayanti Rath Sri Shyama Prasad Choudhury Punjabi Dr. Amarjeet Kaunke Dr Jaswinder Singh Prof Sohinder Bir Rajasthani Dr. Dinesh Charan Sri Madhu Acharya 'Ashawadi' Prof. Sohandan Charan Sanskrit Sri Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra Prof. Bhagirathi Nanda Dr. Ramakant Angiras Santali Sri Babujee Soren Dr. Gangadhar Hansda Ms. Saleema Marandi Sindhi Ms. Shalini Sagar Sri Mohan Gehani Prof. Ravi Prakash Tekchandani Tamil Dr. Arimalam S. Padmanabhan Dr M. Durga Dr S Rajendran Telugu Dr. N. Gopi Dr Koyi Koteswara Rao Dr. Madhuranthakam Narendra Urdu Prof. Ateequllah Prof. Syed Shah Haseen Ahmad Sri Jayant Parmar ***** M Annad