List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Santali

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Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali
Award for contributions to Santali literature
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Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)1 lakh (US$1,300)
First awarded2005
Last awarded2023
Highlights
Total awarded19
First winnerJadumani Besra
Most Recent winner Turia Chand Baskey (Taraceen Baskey)
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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]

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Recipients

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

Translation into Santali

There have been writers that have been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for translating literary works into Santali. [7]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shyam Sundar Besra</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rupchand Hansda</span>

Rupchand Hansda is an Indian writer of Santali language and civil servant from West Bengal. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2018. In 2020, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of poems Gur Dak Kasa Dak.

Rabindranath Murmu is an Indian Santali language writer from Jharkhand. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tala Tudu</span> Indian writer

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Kali Charan Hembram is an Indian writer of Santali language and civil servant from Odisha. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Damayanti Beshra</span> Writer and poet

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joba Murmu</span> Indian language santali writer

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gangadhar Hansda</span> Writer and poet

Gangadhar Hansda is a Santali author known for writing fiction.

References

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