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Sahitya Akademi Award winner Dalip Kaur Tiwana passes away

February 10, 2020 7:27 pm

Dalip Kaur Tiwana had received the Padma Shri in 2004 for Literature and Education, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Sahitya Akademi awardee Dalip Tiwana critical

January 16, 2020 3:41 am

A revered novelist and story-writer, with her works touching hearts on both sides of border in India and Pakistan, Tiwana was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971 for her novel ‘Eho Hamara Jeewan’.

Sahitya Akademi: ‘Interested in contemporary Chinese writing that interests young Indians’

May 16, 2019 12:38 am

Rao, who is in Beijing to attend the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC), said contemporary literature in India has taken on new forms like writing poetry in Sanskrit on mobile phones.

Sananta Tanti, Rituraj Basumatary, Sahitya Akademi Award 2018

Assam: Tea garden poet and Bodo author among winners of Sahitya Akademi Awards 2018

December 06, 2018 9:41 pm

On December 5, in a press release, the Sahitya Akademi announced its list of winners for 2018. Among them are Sananta Tanti, a poet from Assam's tea garden community and Rituraj Basumatary of the Bodo tribe.

Sahitya Akademi honour for author who tells tales from the ‘other Nagaland’

June 28, 2018 11:09 am

Naga author Easterine Kire’s English novel, Son of the Thundercloud, wins the Sahitya Akademi’s children specific award, the Sahitya Bal Puraskar 2018.

Poets Protest

March 10, 2018 6:31 pm

A group of poets write to Sahitya Akademi to withdraw their works from an upcoming anthology

Kannada writer Chandrashekhara Kambara elected Sahitya Akademi president

February 13, 2018 2:18 am

He has been conferred with the Padma Shri, Kabir Samman and Kalidas Samman, besides being a nominated member of the Karnataka Legislative Council.

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Upset by legal wrangle, Sahitya Akademi winner Aniruddhan Vasudevan declines award

January 31, 2018 3:19 am

Vasudevan had been recognised for his work on One Part Woman, translation of Perumal Murugan’s Tamil novel Mathorubhagan, which had sparked massive protests in 2014 by Hindu caste-based and religious groups, who later filed a petition in Madras HC against the Sahitya Akademi award to Vasudevan.

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar: 26 year old gets awarded for his collection of Punjabi poems

December 24, 2017 11:03 am

Haramanjeet Singh was given the award for his collection of Punjabi poems titled ‘Rani Tatt’.

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Family of late Tamil poet rejects award from Sahitya Akademi

December 23, 2017 7:24 am

Inquilab’s daughter Amina Bharvin said, “His name was on the final list of the Akademi awards at least twice earlier, but he wouldn’t accept it as he didn’t believe in receiving awards from the government or intellectuals.”