List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Santali

Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali
Award for contributions to Santali literature
Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)	₹1 lakh (US$1,200)
First award	2005
Final award	2024
Highlights
Total awarded	20
First winner	Jadumani Besra
Most Recent winner	Maheswar Soren
Website	Official website

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The Sahitya Akademi Award is an honour that is given to Indian writers. This list documents the Santali writers that have received the honour since 2005. ^[1]

Recipients

Year	Work	Author
2005	Bhabna (Poetry)	Jadumani Besra
2006	Guru Gomke Pondet Raghunath Murmu (Biography)	Ram Chandra Murmu
2007	Chet Re Cikayana (Play)	Kherwal Soren
2008	Manmi (Short Stories)	Badal Hembram
2009	Say Sahed (Poetry)	Damayanti Beshra
2010	Rahi Ranwak’ Kana (Play)	Bhogla Soren
2011	Banchao Larhai (Poetry)	Aditya Kumar Mandi
2012	Banchaw Akan Goj Hor (Short Stories)	Gangadhar Hansda
2013	Chanda Bonga (Poetry)	Arjun Charan Hembram
2014	Mala Mudam (Play)	Jamadar Kisku
2015	Parsi Khatir (Play)	Rabilal Tudu
2016	Nalha (Poetry)	Gobinda Chandra Majhi
2017	Tahena.n Tangi re (Poetry)	Bhujanga Tudu [2]
2018	Marom (Novel)	Shyam Sundar Besra
2019	Sisirjali (Short Stories)	Kali Charan Hembram [3]
2020	Gur Dak Khasa Dak (Poetry)	Rupchand Hansda
2021	Mane Rena Arhang (Short Stories)	Niranjan Hansda [4]
2022	Sabarnaka Balire Sanan’ Panjay (Poetry)	Kajli Soren (Jagannath Soren) [5]
2023	Jaba Baha (Short Stories)	Turia Chand Baskey (Taraceen Baskey) [6]
2024	Seched Sawnta Ren Andha Manmi (Play)	Maheswar Soren [7]

Translation into Santali

There have been writers that have been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for translating literary works into Santali. ^[8]

• 2010 : Shobha Nath Besra for Rahla Raybar (translated from Sanskrit)
• 2011 : Thakurdas Murmu for Santal Pahra (Voi. I & 11) (translated from Odiya)
• 2012 : Rabindranath Murmu for Ita Chetan Re Ita (translated from Bangla)
• 2013 : Mangal Majhi for Malang Anal (translated from Bangla)
• 2015 : Tala Tudu for Baplanij (translated from Bangla)
• 2016 : Ganesh Thakur Hansda for Bhognadi Reyak Dahire (translated from Bangla).
• 2017 : Surya Singh Besra for Maktom Rasa (translated from Hindi).
• 2018 : Rupchand Hansda for Sen Dareyak'an Menkhan Chedak (translated from Bangla).

References

1. "Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
2. "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
3. "Santhali Writer From Odisha Wins Sahitya Akademi Award". ODISHA BYTES. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
4. K. Sreenivasarao (30 December 2021). "List of Winners - 2021" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi .
5. "Sahitya Akademi Award 2022" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
6. "Sahitya Akademi Award 2023" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
7. "Sahitya Akademi Award 2024" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
8. "AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 20 November 2019.