List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kannada

Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada
Award for contributions to Kannada literature
Award
Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)	₹1 lakh (US$1,300)
First awarded	1955
Last awarded	2023
Highlights
Total awarded	69
First winner	Kuvempu
Recent winner	Lakshmisha Tolpadi
Website	sahitya-akademi.gov.in

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Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1955, by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature and Kannada literature in particular. ^{[1] [2]} No Awards were conferred in 1957 and 1963. ^[3]

Sahitya Akademi Award Recipients

Key

Symbol	Meaning
†	Indicates posthumous award

Year	Image	Recipients	Works	Genre	Ref(s)
1955		Kuvempu	Sri Ramayana Darshanam	Epic	[4]
1956	–	R. S. Mugali	Kannada Sahitya Charitre	History of Literature	[4]
1957	No award				[4]
1958		D. R. Bendre	Aralu-Maralu	Poetry	[4]
1959		K. Shivaram Karanth	Yakshagana Bayalata	A treatise on folk-drama	[4]
1960		V. K. Gokak	Dyava-Prithivi	Poetry	[4]
1961	–	A. R. Krishnashastry	Bengali Kadambarikara Bankim Chandra	A critical study	[4]
1962 †	–	Devudu Narasimha Sastri	Mahakshatriya	Novel	[4]
1963	No award				[4]
1964	–	B. Puttaswamayya	Kranti-Kalyana	Novel	[4]
1965	–	S. V. Ranganna	Ranga Binnapa	Philosophical reflections	[4]
1966	–	P. T. Narasimhachar	Hamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Rupakagalu	Musical plays	[4]
1967		D. V. Gundappa	Shrimad Bhagavadgita Tatparya Athava Jivanadharmayoga	Philosophical expositions	[4]
1968	–	Masti Venkatesha Iyengar	Sannakathegalu (12-13)	Short stories	[4]
1969		H. Tipperudraswamy	Karnataka Samskriti Sameekshe	Cultural Study	[4]
1970	–	S. B. Joshi	Karnataka Samskritiya Poorva Peethike	Cultural Study	[4]
1971	–	Adya Rangacharya	Kalidasa	Literary criticism	[4]
1972	–	S. S. Bhoosnurmath	Shoonyasampadaneya Paramarshe	Commentary	[4]
1973		V. Seetharamaiah	Aralu Baralu	Poetry	[4]
1974		Gopalakrishna Adiga	Vardhamaana	Poetry	[4]
1975		S. L. Bhyrappa	Daatu	Novel	[4]
1976	–	M. Shivaram	Mana Manthana	Psychiatric studies	[4]
1977		K. S. Narasimhaswamy	Tereda Baagilu	Poetry	[4]
1978	–	B. G. L. Swamy	Hasuru Honnu	Travelogue	[4]
1979	–	A. N. Murthy Rao	Chitragalu Patragalu	Reminiscences	[4]
1980	–	Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar	Americadalli Goruru	Travelogue	[4]
1981		Chennaveera Kanavi	Jeewa Dhwani	Poetry	[4]
1982	–	Chaduranga	Vaishakha	Novel	[4]
1983		Yashwant Chittal	Katheyaadalu Hudugi	Short stories	[4]
1984	–	G. S. Shivarudrappa	Kavyartha Chintana	Literary criticism	[4]
1985 †	–	T. R. Subba Rao	Durgaastamana	Novel	[4]
1986	–	Vyasaraya Ballal	Bandaya	Novel	[4]
1987		K. P. Poornachandra Tejaswi	Chidambara Rahasya	Novel	[4]
1988	–	Shankar Mokashi Punekar	Avadheshwari	Novel	[4]
1989	–	H. M. Nayak	Samprati	Belles-Lettres	[4]
1990		Devanur Mahadeva	Kusuma Baale	Novel	[4]
1991		Chandrashekhara Kambara	Sirisampige	Play	[4]
1992	–	S. R. Ekkundi	Bakulada Hoovugalu	Poetry	[4]
1993	–	P. Lankesh	Kallu Karaguva Samaya	Short stories	[4]
1994		Girish Karnad	Taledanda	Play	[4]
1995	–	Kirtinath Kurtakoti	Uriya Nalage	Criticism	[4]
1996	–	G. S. Amur	Bhuvanada Bhagya	Literary Criticism	[4]
1997	–	M. Chidananda Murthy	Hosatu Hosatu	Criticism	[4]
1998	–	B. C. Ramchandra Sharma	Sapthapadi	Poetry	[4]
1999 †	–	D. R. Nagaraj	Sahitya Kathana	Essays	[4]
2000 †		Shantinath Desai	Om Namo	Novel	[4]
2001	–	L. S. Seshagiri Rao	English Sahitya Charitre	History of Literature	[4]
2002	–	S. Narayana Setty	Yugasandhya	Epic	[4]
2003	–	K. V. Subbanna	Kaviraja Marga Mattu Kannada Jagattu	Essays	[4]
2004	–	Geetha Nagabhushan	Baduku	Novel	[4]
2005	–	Raghavendra Patil	Teru	Novel	[4]
2006	–	M. M. Kalburgi	Marga 4	Essays	[4]
2007		Kum. Veerabhadrappa	Aramane	Novel	[4]
2008		Shrinivas B. Vaidya	Halla Bantu Halla	Novel	[4]
2009		Vaidehi	Krouncha Pakshigalu	Short Stories	[4]
2010		Rahamat Tarikere	Katthiyanchina Daari	Literary Criticism	[4]
2011	–	Gopalakrishna Pai	Swapna Saraswata	Novel	[4]
2012		H. S. Shivaprakash	Mabbina Haage Kaniveyasi	Poetry	[5]
2013		C. N. Ramachandran	Akhyana-Vyakhyana	Essays	[6]
2014		Govindray H. Nayak	Uttaraardha	Essays	[7]
2015		K. V. Tirumalesh	Akshaya Kavya	Poetry	[8]
2016		Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi	Swatantryada Ota	Novel	[9]
2017	–	T. P. Ashoka	Kathana Bharati	Literary criticism	[10]
2018	–	K. G. Nagarajappa	Anushreni-Yajamanike	Literary criticism	[11]
2019	–	Vijaya	Kudi Esaru	Autobiography	[12]
2020		Veerappa Moily	Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam	Epic	[13] [14]
2021	–	D. S. Nagabhushana	Gandhi Kathana	Biography	[15] [16]
2022		Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy	Bahutvada Bhaarata mattu Bouddha Taatvikate	Collection of Articles	[17]
2023		Lakshmisha Tolpadi	Mahabharatha Anusandhanada Bharathayatre	Essays

Bhasha Samman awardees

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Work(s)	Genre	Ref(s)
1996	–	Mandara Keshava Bhat & Jattappa Rai	Total Contribution to Tulu Literature (Jointly received)
2001		T. V. Venkatachala Sastry	Classical and Medieval Literature	–
2005		L. Basavaraju	Classical and Medieval Literature	–
2006		Hampa Nagarajaiah	Classical and Medieval Literature	–
2007		S. Shettar	Classical and Medieval Literature & Kannada Literature	–
2010		Addanda Cariappa & Mandira Java Appanna	Kodava (Jointly received)	–

Akademi Translation Prize winners

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Translated Work(s)	Genre	Ref(s)
1990	–	S. V. Parameshwara Bhat	Kannada Kalidasa Mahasamputa	Poetry & drama
1991	–	H. S. Venkateshamurthy	Rithu Vilasa	Poetry
1992	–	Saraswati Gajanan Risbud	Valmiki Ramayana Shapa Mattu Vara	Epic
1993	–	Kirthinath Kurtakoti	Marathi Samkriti: Kelavu Samasyegalu	Criticism
1994	–	Pradhan Gurudatta	Jaya Yaudheya	Novel
1995	–	Thippeswamy	Nirmala	Novel
1996	–	Shesha Narayana	Hadinentaneya Aksharekhe	Novel
1997	–	Neerpaje Bheema Bhatta	Kalhanana Rajatarangini Vol I & II	Poetry
1998	–	C. Raghavan	Indulekha	Novel
1999	–	Vamana D. Bendre	Kosala	Novel
2000	–	L. Basavaraju	Buddha Charite	Epic
2001		Bannanje Govindacharya	Aveya Mannina Atada Bandi	Play
2002		Veena Shanteshwara	Nadi Dweepagalu	Novel
2003		Snehalata Rohidkar	Vichitra Varna	-
2004		Chandrakant M. Pokale	Mahanayaka	Novel
2005		Panchakshari Hiremath	Hemantha Ruthuvina Swaragalu	Short stories
2006		R. S. Lokapura	Kannada Jnaneshwari	Poetry
2007		R. Lakshminarayana	Kannada Vakrokti	Poetics
2008		Hasan Nayeem Surakoda	Raseethi Tikeetu	Autobiography
2009		D. N. Srinath	Bheeshma Sahaniyavara Prathinidhika Kathegalu	Short stories
2010		A. Janaki	Godana	Novel
2011		Tamil Selvi	Nanu Avanalla...Avalu...!	Autobiography	[18]
2012		K. K. Nair & Ashok Kumar	Hagga (Part 1, 2, 3)	Novel
2013		J. P. Doddamani	Mahatma Jyotirao Phule	Biography	[19]
2014		G. N. Ranganatha Rao	Mohan Das: Ondu Sathya Kathe	Biography
2015		N. Damodara Shetty	Kochereti	Novel
2016		O. L. Nagabhushanaswamy	A. K. Ramanujan: Ayda Kathegalu	Essays
2017		H. S. Srimathi	Mahashewtadevi Avara Katha Sahitya-1 & 2	Short stories
2018		Giraddi Govindaraj	Jaya: Mahabharatha Sachitra Marukatha	Epic
2019		Vittalrao T. Gaikwad	Dalita Sahityada Soundarya Prajne	Literary Criticism

Yuva Puraskara winners

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Work(s)	Genre	Ref(s)
2011	–	Veeranna Madiwalara	Nelada Karuneya Dani	Poetry
2012	–	Arif Raja	Jangama Fakeerana Jolige	Poetry	[20]
2013	–	Lakkur Ananda	Batavaadeyagada Raseethi	Poetry
2014	–	Kavya Kadame	Dhyanakke Thareekhina Hangilla	Poetry
2015	–	Mounesh Badiger	Mayakolahala	Short stories
2016	–	Vikrama Hatwara	Zero Mattu Ondu	Short stories
2017	–	Shanti K. Appanna	Manasu Abhisaarike	Short stories
2018	–	Padmanabha Bhat	Kepina Dabbi	Short stories	[21]
2019	–	Fakeer (Shridhar Banvasi G. C.)	Beru	Novel
2020		K. S. Mahadevaswamy ((Ponnachi Swamy))	Dhoopada Makkalu	Short	[22]
2021	–	Basu Bevinagida	Odi Hoda Huduga	Short

Bala Sahitya Puraskara winners

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Work(s)	Genre	Ref(s)
2010		Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi	Paapu Gandhi: Gandhi Baapu Aada Kathe	Novellette
2011		Na D'Souza	Mulugade Oorige Bandavaru	Novellette
2012	–	Palakala Seetharam Bhat	Total Contribution to Children's Literature	-
2013		H. S. Venkateshamurthy	Total Contribution to Children's Literature	-
2014		Anand V. Patil	Total Contribution to Children's Literature	-
2015		T. S. Nagaraja Shetty	Total Contribution to Children's Literature	-
2016		Sumatheendra R. Nadig	Total Contribution to Children's Literature	-
2017		N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat	Total Contribution to Children's Literature	-
2018		Kanchyani Sharanappa Shivasangappa	Total Contribution to Children's Literature	-	[21]
2019		Chandrakant Karadalli	Kadu Kanasina Beedige	Novel
2020		H. S. Byakoda	Nanoo Ambedkar	Novel	[23]
2021		L Lakshmi Narayana Swamy	thogala cheelada karna(ತೊಗಲ ಚೀಲದ ಕರ್ಣ)	Poetry

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