List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali


Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after Jnanpith Award. The awards given to for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below.

Sahitya Akademi Award winners

Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973.
YearBookAuthorCategory of Books-
1955Shreshtha KavitaJibanananda DasPoetry-
1956Arogya NiketanTarashankar BandopadhyayNovel-
1957Sagar Theke PheraPremendra MitraPoetry-
1958Anandibai Ityadi GalpaParashuramShort Stories-
1959Kolkatar KachheiGajendra Kumar MitraNovel-
1961Bharater Sakti-Sadhana O Sakta SahityaSashi Bhushan DasguptaA Study of the Sakti-cult-
1962JapaneAnnada Shankar RayTravelogue-
1963Ghare Pherar DinAmiya ChakravartyPoetry-
1964Jato Durei JaiSubhas Mukhopadhyay Poetry-
1965Smriti Satta BhabishyatBishnu DeyPoetry-
1966Nishi-KutumbaNovel-
1967Tapasvi O TaranginiBuddhadeb BasuVerse play-
1969Mohini AaraalManindra RayPoetry-
1970Adhunikata O RabindranathLiterary criticism-
1971ManimaheshUmaprasad MukhopadhyayTravelogue-
1972Shesh NamaskarSantosh Kumar GhoshNovel-
1974Ulanga RajaNirendranath ChakravartyPoetry-
1975AsamayBimal KarNovel-
1976Na HanyateMaitreyi DeviNovel-
1977Babarer PrarthanaShankha GhoshPoetry-
1978Vivekananda O Samakalin Bharatvarsha, Vol. I, II and IIISankari Prasad BasuBiography and cultural history-
1979Aranyer AdhikarMahashweta DeviNovel-
1980ShamboSamaresh Basu `Kalkut'Novel-
1981Kolikata Darpan, Pt. IRadharaman MitraLocal history and culture-
1982Amritasya PutreeKamal DasNovel-
1983Jete Pari Kintu Keno JaboShakti ChattopadhyayPoetry-
1984KalbelaSamaresh MajumdarNovel-
1985Sei Samay Sunil GangopadhyayNovel-
1986Raj NagarAmiya Bhushan MajumdarNovel-
1987Khujte Khujte Eto DurArun MitraPoetry-
1988Bari Badle Jai:bn:রমাপদ চৌধুরী|Ramapada ChaudhuriNovel-
1989ManabjaminShirshendu MukhopadhyayNovel-
1990Tista Parer BrittantoDebesh RoyNovel-
1991Sada KhamMoti NandiNovel-
1992Marami KaratAlok Ranjan DasguptaPoetry-
1993Shahjada DarasukohShyamal GangapadhyayNovel-
1994Aleek ManushSyed Mustafa SirajNovel-
1995Kavita SangrahaNaresh GuhaPoetry-
1996Tal BetalAshok MitraEssays-
1997HerbertNabarun BhattacharyaNovel-
1998AnubhavDibyendu PalitNovel-
1999Naba-NitaNabaneeta Dev SenProse-Poetry-
2000Pagli Tomar SangeJoy GoswamiPoetry-
2001Panchashati GalpoAtin BandyopadhyayShort Stories-
2002Ami O BanabehariSandipan ChattopadhyayNovel-
2003KrantikalPrafulla RoyNovel-
2004Baul Fakir KathaSudhir ChakravartiEssay-
2005Haspatale Lekha KabitaguchhaBinay MajumdarPoetry-
2006DhrubaputraAmar MitraNovel-
2007Amar Samay AlpaAmarendra SenguptaPoetry-
2008Ghumer Borir Mato ChandPoetry-
2009Keno Amra Rabindranathke Chai Ebong KibhabeSourin BhattacharyaEssay-
2010Khanamihirer DhipiBani BasuNovel-
2011Bane Aaj ConchertoPoetry-
2012BirasanSubrata MukhopadhyayaNovel-
2013Dwaipayan Hrader DhareSubodh SarkarPoetry-
2014Piya Man BhabeUtpal Kumar BasuPoetry-
2015Shono JabaphulAlok SarkarPoetry-
2016Mahabharater AstadashiNrisinghaprasad BhaduriEssays-
2017Sei Nikhonj ManustaAfsar AmedNovel-
2018Srikrishner Sesh Kata DinSanjib ChattopadhyayNovel
2019Ghumer Darja TheleChinmoy GuhaEssays-

Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winners

YearBookAuthorCategory of Books
2013Bouddho Lekhomala O Onyanyo ShramanSubhro BandopadhyayPoetry
2017Elvis O AmolasundariShamik GhoshShort Story

English literature

Translations from Bengali literature