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Jalandhar writer Jinder wins Sahitya Akademi Award for women-centric literary work ‘Safety Kit’

March 18, 2026 2:06 pm

For nearly three decades, Jinder has served as the editor of the literary quarterly “Shabad”, where he has encouraged emerging writers and fostered critical dialogue within Punjabi literature.

Sahitya Akademi announces 2025 winners: Navtej Sarna, Mamta Kalia, and Sa Tamilselvan among 24 awardees

March 26, 2026 5:12 pm

Eight Sahitya Akademi winners were recognised in poetry, six in short fiction, four in the novel, two in the essay form, one each in literary criticism and autobiography, and two in memoir.

Sahitya Akademi awardee Datta Damodar Naik booked for ‘hurting religious sentiments’ in Goa, says not afraid

January 07, 2025 8:32 am

According to police, one complaint was filed at Canacona police station by Satish Bhat, who alleged that in an interview to a regional news channel, Naik made derogatory remarks about Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math, which is in Partagali, South Goa.

Author Ruskin Bond receives Sahitya Akademi Fellowship

May 12, 2024 10:53 am

Bond, who has written over 300 short stories, essays and novels and more than 30 books for children besides several other works, is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992.

Malayalam writer Radhakrishnan quits Sahitya Akademi, alleges political interference; claim misleading, says body

Malayalam writer C Radhakrishnan quits Sahitya Akademi, alleges political interference; claim misleading, says body

April 02, 2024 7:15 am

Radhakrishnan resigned in protest against this year's Akademi festival being inaugurated by a Union minister, who, according to him, lacks any known credentials in literature.

Mir Mohammad Farooq Nazki Jammu and Kashmir

Veteran journalist and Sahitya Akademi winner Farooq Nazki dies at 83

February 06, 2024 10:47 pm

In 1995, Nazki was awarded the Sahitya Academi award in Kashmiri for his poetry book Naar Hyutun Kanzal Wanas (Fire in the eyelashes).

In its second year, Sahitya Akademi’s Unmesha highlighted literature of the marginalised

August 09, 2023 1:53 pm

Held in Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal, the four-day festival saw participation from writers from 14 countries

Parliamentary panel suggests recipient consent to prevent return of awards over political reasons

July 25, 2023 3:43 pm

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, which tabled a report in both Houses of Parliament on Monday, noted that “such return of awards undermines the achievements of other awardees and also impacts the reputation of the awards”.

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Priya AS wins Sahitya Akademi prize for children's novel based on 2018 Kerala floods published by IE Malayalam

June 24, 2023 12:11 pm

On November 1, 2018, IE Malayalam, the Malayalam news portal of The Indian Express, began its children’s literature section with the publication of Perumazhayathe Kunjithalukal.