List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

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Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali
Award for contributions to Bengali literature
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Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)1 lakh (US$1,100)
First award1955
Final award2023
Highlights
Total awarded66
First winner Jibanananda Das
Most Recent winner Bratya Basu
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Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after Jnanpith Award. The awards given to Bengali writers for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below.

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Sahitya Akademi Award winners

Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973. [1]

Jibanananda Das was the first winner of this award. Jibanananda Das (1899-1954).jpg
Jibanananda Das was the first winner of this award.
YearBook [2] AuthorCategory of Books
1955Shreshtha Kavita Jibanananda Das Poetry
1956 Arogya Niketan Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Novel
1957 Sagar Theke Phera Premendra Mitra Poetry
1958Anandibai Ityadi Galpa Parashuram Short Stories
1959Kolkatar Kachhei Gajendra Kumar Mitra Novel
1961Bharater Sakti-Sadhana O Sakta Sahitya Sashi Bhushan Dasgupta A Study of the Shakta-sect
1962Japane Annada Shankar Ray Travelogue
1963Ghare Pherar Din Amiya Chakravarty Poetry
1964Jato Durei Jai Subhas Mukhopadhyay (poet) Poetry
1965Smriti Satta Bhabishyat Bishnu Dey Poetry
1966Nishi-Kutumba Manoj Basu Novel
1967Tapasvi O Tarangini Buddhadeb Basu Verse play
1969Mohini Aaraal Manindra Ray Poetry
1970Adhunikata O Rabindranath Abu Sayeed Ayyub Literary criticism
1971Manimahesh Umaprasad Mukhopadhyay Travelogue
1972 Shesh Namaskar Santosh Kumar Ghosh Novel
1974Ulanga Raja Nirendranath Chakravarty Poetry
1975Asamay Bimal Kar Novel
1976Na Hanyate Maitreyi Devi Novel
1977Babarer Prarthana Shankha Ghosh Poetry
1978Vivekananda O Samakalin Bharatvarsha, Vol. I, II and III Sankari Prasad Basu Biography and cultural history
1979 Aranyer Adhikar Mahashweta Devi Novel
1980Shambo Samaresh Basu `Kalkut'Novel
1981Kolikata Darpan, Pt. I Radharaman Mitra Local history and culture
1982Amritasya PutreeKamal DasNovel
1983Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo Shakti Chattopadhyay Poetry
1984Kalbela Samaresh Majumdar Novel
1985 Sei Samay (Part II) Sunil Gangopadhyay Novel
1986Raj Nagar Amiya Bhushan Majumdar Novel
1987Khujte Khujte Eto Dur Arun Mitra Poetry
1988Bari Badle Jai Ramapada Chowdhury Novel
1989Manabjamin Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Novel
1990Tista Parer Brittanto Debesh Roy Novel
1991Sada Kham Moti Nandi Novel
1992Marami Karat Alok Ranjan Dasgupta Poetry
1993Shahjada Darasukoh Shyamal Gangapadhyay Novel
1994Aleek Manush Syed Mustafa Siraj Novel
1995Kavita Sangraha Naresh Guha Poetry
1996Tal Betal Ashok Mitra Essays
1997Herbert Nabarun Bhattacharya Novel
1998Anubhav Dibyendu Palit Novel
1999Naba-Nita Nabaneeta Dev Sen Prose-Poetry
2000Pagli Tomar Sange Joy Goswami Poetry
2001Panchashati Galpo Atin Bandyopadhyay Short Stories
2002Ami O Banabehari Sandipan Chattopadhyay Novel
2003Krantikal Prafulla Roy Novel
2004Baul Fakir Katha Sudhir Chakravarti Essay
2005Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguchha Binay Majumdar Poetry
2006 Dhrubaputra Amar Mitra Novel
2007Amar Samay Alpa Amarendra Sengupta Poetry
2008Ghumer Borir Mato Chand Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay Poetry
2009 [3] Keno Amra Rabindranathke Chai Ebong Kibhabe Sourin Bhattacharya Essay
2010 [4] [5] Khanamihirer Dhipi Bani Basu Novel
2011Bane Aaj Concherto [6] Manindra Gupta [7] Poetry
2012Birasan [8] Subrata MukhopadhyayaNovel
2013Dwaipayan Hrader Dhare [9] Subodh Sarkar Poetry
2014Piya Man Bhabe Utpal Kumar Basu Poetry
2015Shono JabaphulAlok SarkarPoetry
2016Mahabharater Astadashi Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri Essays
2017Sei Nikhonj Manusta [10] Afsar Amed Novel
2018Srikrishner Sesh Kata Din [11] Sanjib Chattopadhyay Novel
2019Ghumer Darja Thele [12] Chinmoy Guha Essays
2020Eka Eka Ekashi [13] Shankar Memoirs
2021Mirzaffar O Onnano Natok Bratya Basu Collection of Plays
2022Birbal Tapan Bandyopadhyay Novel
2023Jaler Opor Pani Swapnamoy Chakraborty Novel

Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners

YearBook [14] AuthorCategory of Books
2010Total contribution to Children's literature [15] [16] Saral Dey-
2011Total contribution to Children's literature [17] [18] Sailen Ghosh -
2012Bhaluker Dolna [19] [20] Balaram BasakCollection of short-stories
2013Narayan Debnath Comics Samagra [21] Narayan Debnath [22] [23] Collection of Comics creations
2014Total contribution to Children's literature [24] [25] Gouri Dharmapal -
2015Total contribution to Children's literature [26] [27] Kartik Ghosh-
2016Gorillar Chokh [28] [29] Amarendra ChakravortyNovelette
2017Total contribution to Children's literature [30] [31] Sasthipada Chattopadhyay -
2018Total contribution to Children's literature [32] [33] Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay -
2019Total contribution to Children's literature [34] [35] Nabaneeta Dev Sen -
2020Gopon Bakso Khulte Nei [36] [37] Pracheta Gupta Short-story
2021Batakesto Babur Chhata [38] [39] Sunirmal ChakrabortyCollection of short-stories
2022Char Panch Jon Bondhu [40] [41] Joya MitraCollection of short-stories

Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winners

YearBook [42] AuthorCategory of Books
2013Bouddho Lekhomala O Onyanyo Shraman [43] Subhro Bandopadhyay Poetry
2017Elvis O Amolasundari [44] Shamik Ghosh Short Story

Bengali winners of Sahitya Akademi Award for English

YearBookAuthorCategory of Books
1967 Shadow from Ladakh Bhabani Bhattacharya Novel
1969 An Artist in Life Niharranjan Ray Study of Tagore
1975 Scholar Extraordinary Nirad C. Chaudhuri Biography of Max Müller
1989 The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh Novel
1996 Memories of Rain Sunetra Gupta Novel
2002 A New World Amit Chaudhuri Novel
2003 The Perishable Empire Meenakshi Mukherjee Essays
2004 The Mammaries of the Welfare State Upamanyu Chattopadhyay Novel

Translations from Bengali literature

Translations into Bengali

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(Note: when this article was created in 2007, the list of awardees in various categories was taken from the official site of the Sahitya Akademi. The site has since been revamped and currently does not show any list of awardees; instead it shows a search option for awardees with specified search parameters. For the old version of the site, click here. It gives details about the main awards up to 2007 and translation prizes up to 2005.)

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