Sahitya Akademi Award 2024

12 Mar 2025

Sahitya Akademi Award 2024

The Sahitya Akademi recently honored 23 authors with its prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for 2024.

  • The awards were conferred during the Sahityotsav: Festival of Letters on March 8, 2025.

About Sahitya Akademi

  • Genesis: Established in 1954 and registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
  • Structure: Functions as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture.
  • Role: Undertakes literary activities in 24 languages, including 22 scheduled languages, English, and Rajasthani.
  • Major Awards
    • Sahitya Akademi Award: Recognizes exceptional literary works.
    • Bhasha Samman: Honors significant contributions to Indian languages.

About the Sahitya Akademi Award

  • The award recognizes outstanding literary contributions across multiple genres, including novels, poetry, essays, plays, and short stories.
  • Sahitya Akademi AwardObjective
    • Aims to recognize and promote excellence in Indian writing.
    • Encourages the preservation and growth of Indian languages and literature
  • Given annually to Indian nationals for outstanding literary works.
  • Awarded only once to an author in a specific language.
  • Recognizes works in 22 scheduled languages, English, and Rajasthani.
  • Includes translated works of Indian literature.
  • Conferred by Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters.
  • Considered India’s second-highest literary honor, after the Jnanpith Award.
  • Awardees receive a plaque, a shawl, and ₹1 lakh.

Notable Awardees of 2024

  • Sohan Koul received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Kashmiri novel Psychiatric Ward, while Paul Kaur was honored for her Punjabi poetry collection Sun Gunvanta Sun Budhivanta: Itihaasnama Punjab.
  • Gagan Gill (Hindi poetry) and Easterine Kire (English novel, Spirit Nights) were among the 23 distinguished recipients, showcasing India’s linguistic and literary diversity.

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