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 Bengali writers 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.[1]
... ... .Purn Sharma 'Puran' – Gora (novel, Rajasthani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur)
... ... .Rabindranath Murmu – Ita Chetan Re Ita (novel, Santali tr. from Mahashweta Devi)
Note – From English – In 1992, Hijam Guno Singh got this prize for Manipuri translation of History of Bengali Literature by Sukumar Sen.[54] In 1991, Radhika Mohan Bhagowati got this prize for Assamese translation of The Story of Our Newspapers by Chanchal Sarkar.[55] In 2012, Sharda Sathe got it for Marathi translation of A Traveller and the Road by Mohit Sen.
2007 – Subimal Basak[48] – Aamar Tomar Taar Katha (novel, tr. from Hindi)
2008 – Bharati Nandi[58][59] – Chitrita Andhakar (novel, tr. from Oriya)
2009 – Ujjal Singha – Mitro Marjani (novel of Krishna Sovti, tr. from Hindi) [50][60]
2010 – Shyamal Bhattacharya[61] – Kumari Harinir Chokh (short stories, tr. from Punjabi)
2011 – Jagat Debnath[62] – Raghaber Din Rat (novel, tr. from Marathi)
2012 – Oinam Nilkantha Singh[53] – Bristi Ar Holo Na (short story, tr. from Manipuri)
2013 – Soma Bandyopadhyay[63] – Gathanbad, Uttar-Gathanbad Ebang Prachya Kavyatattva (literary criticism, tr. from Urdu)
2014 – Binay Kumar Mahata[63] – Ei Prithibi Paglagarad (novel, tr. from Maithili)
2015 – Mau Das Gupta[63] – Anamdaser Puthi (novel, tr. from Hindi)
2016 - Gita Chaudhuri[63] – Satyer Anwesan (Gandhi's autobiography, tr. from Gujarati)
2017 - (Late) Utpal Kumar Basu[63] – Kebal Atmai Jane Kibhabe Gan Gaite Hay: Nirbachita Kabita (poetry, tr. from English)
2018 - Mabinul Haq - Lep O Anyanyo Galpo (short stories, tr from Urdu)
(Note: when this article was created in 2007, the list of awardees in various categories was taken from the official site of the Sahitya Akademi. The site has since been revamped and currently does not show any list of awardees; instead it shows a search option for awardees with specified search parameters. For the old version of the site, click here. It gives details about the main awards up to 2007 and translation prizes up to 2005.)
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