The Sahitya Akademi Award this year has been bestowed upon the following people:
1. Kailash Vajpeyi Hindi : Hawa Mein hastakshar
2. Pradumn Singh Jindrahia : Dogri
3. Jess Fernandes : Konkani
4. Raghu Leishangthem: Manipuri
5. Vasant Abaji Dahake : Marathi
6. Phani Mohanty : Oriya
7. Damyanti Beshra : Santhali
8. Puviarasu: Tamil
9. Vaidehi : Kannada (Short story collection)
10. Late Manmohan Jha (Maithili) (Short story collection)
11. Samiran Chhetri 'Priyadarshi' (Nepali) (Short story collection)
12. Major Ratan Jangid (Rajasthani) (Short story collection)
13. Prashahsya Mitra Shashtrti (Sanskrit) (Short story collection)
14. Anand Khemani (Sindhi) (Short story collection)
15. Dhrubajyoti Bora (Assamese)
16. Monoranjan Lahry (Bodo)
17. U A Khadar (Malyalam)
18. Y Laxmi Prasad (Telugu)
Original article can be found HERE.
1. Kailash Vajpeyi Hindi : Hawa Mein hastakshar
2. Pradumn Singh Jindrahia : Dogri
3. Jess Fernandes : Konkani
4. Raghu Leishangthem: Manipuri
5. Vasant Abaji Dahake : Marathi
6. Phani Mohanty : Oriya
7. Damyanti Beshra : Santhali
8. Puviarasu: Tamil
9. Vaidehi : Kannada (Short story collection)
10. Late Manmohan Jha (Maithili) (Short story collection)
11. Samiran Chhetri 'Priyadarshi' (Nepali) (Short story collection)
12. Major Ratan Jangid (Rajasthani) (Short story collection)
13. Prashahsya Mitra Shashtrti (Sanskrit) (Short story collection)
14. Anand Khemani (Sindhi) (Short story collection)
15. Dhrubajyoti Bora (Assamese)
16. Monoranjan Lahry (Bodo)
17. U A Khadar (Malyalam)
18. Y Laxmi Prasad (Telugu)
Original article can be found HERE.