Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes are given each year to writers for their outstanding translations work in the 24 languages, since 1989.
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes are given each year to writers for their outstanding translations work in the 24 languages, since 1989.
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in English. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹50,000. [1]
| Year | Translator | Title of the translation | Original Title | Original Language | Genre | Original Author | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Bikram K. Das | Paraja | Paraja | Oriya | Novel | Gopinath Mohanty | |
| 1990 | V. K. Narayana Menon | Chemmeen | Chemmeen | Malayalam | Novel | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | |
| 1991 | O. V. Vijayan | After the Hanging and Other Stories | Collection | Malayalam | Short Stories | O. V. Vijayan | |
| 1992 | Jai Ratan | Krishan Chander: Selected Short Stories | Collection | Urdu | Short Stories | Krishan Chander | |
| 1993 | Tejaswini Niranjana | Phaniyamma | Phaniyamma | Kannada | Novel | M. K. Indira | |
| 1994 | Dilip Chitre | Says Tuka | Selected Abhangs | Marathi | Poetry | Tukaram | |
| 1995 | R. Parthasarathy | The Tale of the Anklet | Cilappatikaram | Tamil | Epic | Ilango Adigal | |
| 1996 | Aruna Chakravarti | Srikanta | Srikanta | Bengali | Novel | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay | |
| 1997 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | Imaginary Maps | Collection | Bengali | Short Stories | Mahasweta Devi | |
| 1998 | Kalpana Bardhan | Wives and Others | Selection | Bengali | Short Stories and Novel | Manik Bandopadhyay | |
| 1999 | Gita Krishnankutty | The Eye of God | Deivathinte Kannu | Malayalam | Novel | N.P. Mohammed | |
| 2000 | P. Sreenivasa Rao | Bharathipura | Bharathipura | Kannada | Novel | U. R. Ananthamurthy | |
| 2001 | Gopa Majumdar | Aparajito | Aparajito | Bengali | Novel | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | |
| 2002 | Nita Kumar | Mai | Mai | Hindi | Novel | Geetanjali Shree | |
| 2003 | (Late) Sujit Mukherjee | Gora | Gora | Bengali | Novel | Rabindranath Tagore | |
| 2004 | M. Asaduddin | Lifting The Veil: Selected Writings | Collection of Chughtai | Urdu | Novel | Ismat Chughtai | |
| 2005 | Pratik Kanjilal | The Last Wilderness | Antim Aranya | Hindi | Novel | Nirmal Verma | |
| 2006 | Mohammed Zakir | Son of the Moment | Ibu-ul-Vaqt | Urdu | Novel | Nasir Ahmed | |
| 2007 | Vinay Dharwadkar | Kabir, the Weaver's | Selection | Hindi | Poetry | Kabir | |
| 2008 | Meenakshi Shivram | Topi Shukla | Topi Shukla | Hindi | Novel | Rahi Masoom Raza | |
| 2009 | Tridip Suhrud | Harilal Gandhi: A Life | Harilal Gandhi | Gujarati | Biography | Chandulal Bhagubhai Dalal | [2] [3] |
| 2010 | Ira Pande | T’ta Professor | T’ta Professor | Hindi | Novel | Manohar Shyam Joshi | |
| 2011 | Anju Makhija & Hari Dilgir | Shah Abdul Latif: Seeking The Beloved | Shah Jo Risalo | Sindhi | Poetry | Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai | |
| 2012 | M. L. Thangappa | Love Stands Alone | Tamil Sangam | Tamil | Poetry | Various authors | |
| 2013 | Ranjit Hoskote | I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Ded | Lalla's Vakhs | Kashmiri | Poetry | Lal Ded | |
| 2014 | Padmini Rajappa | Kadambari | Kadambari | Sanskrit | Poetry | Bāṇabhaṭṭa | |
| 2015 | Susheela Punitha | Bharathipura | Bharathipura | Kannada | Novel | U.R. Ananthamurthy | [4] [5] [6] |
| 2016 | Aniruddhan Vasudevan | One Part Woman | Maadhorubaagan | Tamil | Novel | Perumal Murugan | [7] |
| 2017 | Ranjita Biswas | Written In Tears | Selection | Assamese | Short Stories and Novel | Arupa Kalita Patangia | |
| 2018 | Subashree Krishnaswamy | The Tamil Story - Through The Times, Through The Tides | Collection | Tamil | Short Stories | Various Authors | |
| 2019 | Susan Daniel | Kusumabale | Kusumabale | Kannada | Novel | Devanur Mahadeva | [8] |
| 2020 | Shrinath Perur | Ghachar Ghochar | Ghachar Ghochar | Kannada | Novel | Vivek Shanbhag | [9] |
| 2021 | Shanta Gokhale | Smritichitre :The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife | Smritichitre | Marathi | Memoir | Lakshmibai Tilak | [10] [11] [12] |
| 2022 | N. Kalyan Raman | Poonachi or The Story of a Black Goat | Poonachi | Tamil | Novel | Perumal Murugan | [13] |
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