Winners of Sahitya Akademi Award 2024: Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puauskar

Here is a list of winners from Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puauskar given by the Sahitya Akademi to recognize the work of young writers in various languages in India.

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Sahitya Akademi Award 2024

The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour that the National Academy of Letters known as the Sahitya Akademi, annually confers on writers of the most exceptional books of literary merit published in various languages. This year the institution conferred 23 winners with the Yuva Puauskar 2024 and 24 winners with the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2024. “The books were selected on the basis of recommendations made by the Jury comprising three members each in the concerned language in accordance with the rules and procedure laid down for the purpose. The Award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper plaque and a cheque of Rs. 50,000/- will be presented to the awardees at a special function to be held at a later date,” the Acadamy said in a release. Here’s a list of winners you need to know for the 2024 outcome. 

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2024 Winners

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar is presented annually to the best literary creations by young writers aged 35 or below in all 24 recognized languages.

LanguageName of the Book (Genre)Awardee's Name
AssameseJaal Kota Jui (Short-Stories) Nayanjyoti Sarma
BengaliDeraje Halud Ful, Gatajanma (Poetry)Sutapa Chakraborty
BodoSaikhlum (Short-Stories)Self Made Rani Baro
DogriIk Rang Tere Range Chaa (Poetry)Heena Choudhary
EnglishHomeless: Growing up Lesbian and Dyslexic In India (Memoir)K. Vaishali
Gujarati...To Tame Raaji? (Ghazal)Rinku Rathod
HindiSmritiyon Ke Beech Ghiri Hai Prithvi (Poetry)Gaurav Pandey
KannadaZero Balance (Poetry)Shruthi B. R.
KashmiriAene Baedas (Articles)Mohd. Ashraf Ziya
KonkaniPedanyacha Samaaram (Essays)Adwait Salgaonkar
MaithiliNadi Ghati Sabhyata (Poetry)Rinki Jha Rishika
MalayalamMeeshakkallan (Short Stories)Shyamkrishnan R.
ManipuriAshiba Turel (Poetry)Waikhom Chingkheinganba
MarathiUsvan (Novel)Devidas Saudagar
NepaliCanvas Ko Xitiz (Poetry)Suraj Chapagain
OdiaHu Baieaa (Short-Stories)Sanjay Kumar Panda
PunjabiKhat Jo Likhno Reh Gaye (Poetry)Randhir
RajasthaniSudh Sodhun Jag Angane (Poetry)Sonali Suthar
SantaliJangbaha (Poetry)Anjan Karmakar
SindhiPaper Parya (Articles)Geeta Pradeep Rupani
TamilVishnu Vandhar (Short Stories)Lokesh Raghuraman
TeluguDhaavlo (Short Stories)Ramesh Karthik Nayak
UrduStepney (Short-Stories)Javed Amber Misbahi

Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2024 Winners

Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar is conferred on outstanding and meritorious children's books annually and in the 24 languages recognized by the Akademi. For each language, the ground list is prepared by two experts.

LanguageTitle (Genre)Author
AssameseBiponna Bismoi Khel (Novel)Ranju Hazarika
BengaliMahidadur Antidote (Novel)Dipanwita Roy
BodoBuhuma Boynibw (Poetry)Virgin Jekova Machahary
DogriKukdu Kadoon (Poetry)Bishan Singh 'Dardi'
EnglishThe Blue Horse and Other Amazing Animals from Indian History (Historical Fiction)Nandini Sengupta
GujaratiHasati Haveli (Stories)Gira Pinakin Bhatt
Hindi51 Baal Kahaniyan (Stories)Devender Kumar
KannadaChoomantrayyana Kathegalu (Short Stories)Krishnamurthy Biligere
KashmiriSone Gobrew (Poetry)Muzaffar Hussain Dilbar
KonkaniEk Ashil'lem Bayul (Novel)Harsha Sadguru Shetye
MaithiliAnar (Short Stories)Narayanjee
MalayalamAlgorithangalude Nadu (Novel)Unni Ammayambalam
ManipuriMalem Atiya (Novel)Kshetrimayum Subadani
MarathiSamsher Aani Bhootbangala (Novel)Bharat Sasane
NepaliDesh Ra Fuchhey (Poetry)Basanta Thapa
OdiaGapa Kalika (Short Stories)Manas Ranjan Samal
PunjabiMai Jalianwala Bagh Bolda Haan (Play)Kuldeep Singh Deep
RajasthaniMhari Dhani (Poetry)Prahlad Singh 'Jhorda'
SanskritBubhukshitah Kakah (Short Stories)Harshdev Madhav
SantaliMiru Arang (Poetry)Dugai Tudu
SindhiDostan ji Dosti (Stories)Lal Hotchandani 'Lachaar'
TamilThanviyin Piranthanal (Stories)Yuma Vasuki
TeluguMaya Lokam (Novel)P. Chandrashekhar Azad
UrduBarf Ka Des Antarctica (Short Stories)Shamsul Islam Farooqi

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