The Yuva Puraskar, also known as Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on young writers of outstanding works in one of the 24 major Indian languages. Instituted in 2011, it recognises young writers under 35, with the aim of encouraging and promoting young writers. It comprises a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and an engraved copper plaque.
Maina Tudu is an Indian writer of Santali language and housewife from Odisha. She won Yuva Puraskar in 2017.
Joba Murmu is an Indian writer and litterateur who is known for her works in Santali literature. She received the Sahitya Akademi's Children's Literature Award on November 14, 2017 due to her language contribution to Santali literature.
Song of the Soil is a 2019 Nepali novel by Chuden Kabimo. The novel is based on the Gorkhaland movement revolution that took place during 1980s in the northern part of West Bengal. The Nepali edition of the novel was initially published in 2019 by FinePrint Publication in Nepal and Sambodhan Publication in India.
Turia Chand Baskey is a Santhali writer and editor. He received Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali literature in 2023.
Rani Murmu is an Indian Santali eminent writer. She was awarded with Yuva Puraskar by Sahitya Akademi for her book Hopon mayak kukmu in 2018.
Salge Hansdah is an Indian writer who writes in Santali. She won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2022 for her novel Janam Dishom Ujarog Kana.
Anjali Kisku is an Indian writer who writes in Santali. She won the Sahitya Academy Yuva Puraskar in 2020 for her poetry book Anjle.
Suchitra Hansda is a Santali female author and writer. She hails from Jamda village in the Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. She is known for works of Santali literature.
