List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kannada explained

Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada
Subheader:Award for contributions to Kannada literature
Awarded For:Literary award in India
Sponsor:Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Firstawarded:1955
Lastawarded:2023
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:69
Award2 Type:First winner
Award2 Winner:Kuvempu
Award3 Type:Recent winner
Award3 Winner:Lakshmisha Tolpadi
Website:sahitya-akademi.gov.in

Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1955, by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature and Kannada literature in particular.[1] [2] No Awards were conferred in 1957 and 1963.[3]

Sahitya Akademi Award Recipients

Key

YearImageRecipientsWorksGenreRef(s)
1955KuvempuSri Ramayana DarshanamEpic[4]
1956 R. S. MugaliKannada Sahitya CharitreHistory of Literature
1957No award
1958 D. R. BendreAralu-MaraluPoetry
1959 K. Shivaram KaranthYakshagana Bayalata A treatise on folk-drama
1960 V. K. GokakDyava-Prithivi Poetry
1961 A. R. KrishnashastryBengali Kadambarikara Bankim Chandra A critical study
1962 Devudu Narasimha SastriMahakshatriya Novel
1963No award
1964 B. PuttaswamayyaKranti-Kalyana Novel
1965 S. V. RangannaRanga Binnapa Philosophical reflections
1966 P. T. NarasimhacharHamsa Damayanti Mattu Itara Rupakagalu Musical plays
1967 D. V. GundappaShrimad Bhagavadgita Tatparya Athava JivanadharmayogaPhilosophical expositions
1968 Masti Venkatesha IyengarSannakathegalu (12-13) Short stories
1969 H. TipperudraswamyKarnataka Samskriti SameeksheCultural Study
1970 S. B. JoshiKarnataka Samskritiya Poorva PeethikeCultural Study
1971 Adya RangacharyaKalidasa Literary criticism
1972 S. S. BhoosnurmathShoonyasampadaneya ParamarsheCommentary
1973 V. SeetharamaiahAralu Baralu Poetry
1974 Gopalakrishna AdigaVardhamaana Poetry
1975 S. L. BhyrappaDaatu Novel
1976 M. ShivaramMana Manthana Psychiatric studies
1977 K. S. NarasimhaswamyTereda Baagilu Poetry
1978 B. G. L. SwamyHasuru HonnuTravelogue
1979 A. N. Murthy RaoChitragalu PatragaluReminiscences
1980 Gorur Ramaswamy IyengarAmericadalli GoruruTravelogue
1981 Chennaveera KanaviJeewa DhwaniPoetry
1982 ChadurangaVaishakha Novel
1983 Yashwant ChittalKatheyaadalu HudugiShort stories
1984 G. S. ShivarudrappaKavyartha Chintana Literary criticism
1985 T. R. Subba RaoDurgaastamanaNovel
1986 Vyasaraya BallalBandayaNovel
1987 K. P. Poornachandra TejaswiChidambara Rahasya Novel
1988 Shankar Mokashi PunekarAvadheshwari Novel
1989 H. M. NayakSampratiBelles-Lettres
1990 Devanur MahadevaKusuma Baale Novel
1991 Chandrashekhara KambaraSirisampige Play
1992 S. R. EkkundiBakulada Hoovugalu Poetry
1993 P. LankeshKallu Karaguva SamayaShort stories
1994 Girish KarnadTaledandaPlay
1995 Kirtinath KurtakotiUriya Nalage Criticism
1996 G. S. AmurBhuvanada Bhagya Literary Criticism
1997 M. Chidananda MurthyHosatu Hosatu Criticism
1998 B. C. Ramchandra SharmaSapthapadi Poetry
1999 D. R. NagarajSahitya Kathana Essays
2000 Shantinath DesaiOm NamoNovel
2001 L. S. Seshagiri RaoEnglish Sahitya CharitreHistory of Literature
2002 S. Narayana SettyYugasandhya Epic
2003 K. V. SubbannaKaviraja Marga Mattu Kannada Jagattu Essays
2004 Geetha NagabhushanBaduku Novel
2005 Raghavendra PatilTeruNovel
2006 M. M. KalburgiMarga 4 Essays
2007 Kum. VeerabhadrappaAramane Novel
2008 Shrinivas B. VaidyaHalla Bantu HallaNovel
2009 VaidehiKrouncha PakshigaluShort Stories
2010 Rahamat TarikereKatthiyanchina DaariLiterary Criticism
2011 Gopalakrishna PaiSwapna SaraswataNovel
2012H. S. ShivaprakashMabbina Haage KaniveyasiPoetry[5]
2013C. N. RamachandranAkhyana-VyakhyanaEssays[6]
2014Govindray H. NayakUttaraardhaEssays[7]
2015K. V. TirumaleshAkshaya KavyaPoetry[8]
2016Bolwar Mahammad KunhiSwatantryada OtaNovel[9]
2017T. P. AshokaKathana BharatiLiterary criticism[10]
2018K. G. NagarajappaAnushreni-YajamanikeLiterary criticism[11]
2019VijayaKudi EsaruAutobiography[12]
2020Veerappa MoilySri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam Epic[13] [14]
2021 D. S. NagabhushanaGandhi KathanaBiography [15] [16]
2022 Mudnakudu ChinnaswamyBahutvada Bhaarata mattu Bouddha TaatvikateCollection of Articles [17]
2023Lakshmisha TolpadiMahabharatha Anusandhanada BharathayatreEssays

Bhasha Samman awardees

YearImageRecipient(s)Work(s)GenreRef(s)
1996Mandara Keshava Bhat & Jattappa RaiTotal Contribution to Tulu Literature (Jointly received)
2001T. V. Venkatachala SastryClassical and Medieval Literature
2005L. BasavarajuClassical and Medieval Literature
2006Hampa NagarajaiahClassical and Medieval Literature
2007S. ShettarClassical and Medieval Literature & Kannada Literature
2010Addanda Cariappa & Mandira Java AppannaKodava (Jointly received)

Akademi Translation Prize winners

YearImageRecipient(s)Translated Work(s)GenreRef(s)
1990S. V. Parameshwara BhatKannada Kalidasa MahasamputaPoetry & drama
1991H. S. VenkateshamurthyRithu VilasaPoetry
1992Saraswati Gajanan RisbudValmiki Ramayana Shapa Mattu VaraEpic
1993Kirthinath KurtakotiMarathi Samkriti: Kelavu SamasyegaluCriticism
1994Pradhan GurudattaJaya YaudheyaNovel
1995ThippeswamyNirmalaNovel
1996Shesha NarayanaHadinentaneya AksharekheNovel
1997Neerpaje Bheema BhattaKalhanana Rajatarangini Vol I & IIPoetry
1998C. RaghavanIndulekhaNovel
1999Vamana D. BendreKosalaNovel
2000L. BasavarajuBuddha ChariteEpic
2001Bannanje GovindacharyaAveya Mannina Atada BandiPlay
2002Veena ShanteshwaraNadi DweepagaluNovel
2003Snehalata RohidkarVichitra Varna-
2004Chandrakant M. PokaleMahanayakaNovel
2005Panchakshari HiremathHemantha Ruthuvina SwaragaluShort stories
2006R. S. LokapuraKannada JnaneshwariPoetry
2007R. LakshminarayanaKannada VakroktiPoetics
2008Hasan Nayeem SurakodaRaseethi TikeetuAutobiography
2009D. N. SrinathBheeshma Sahaniyavara Prathinidhika KathegaluShort stories
2010A. JanakiGodanaNovel
2011Tamil SelviNanu Avanalla...Avalu...!Autobiography[18]
2012K. K. Nair & Ashok KumarHagga (Part 1, 2, 3)Novel
2013J. P. DoddamaniMahatma Jyotirao PhuleBiography[19]
2014G. N. Ranganatha RaoMohan Das: Ondu Sathya KatheBiography
2015N. Damodara ShettyKocheretiNovel
2016O. L. NagabhushanaswamyA. K. Ramanujan: Ayda KathegaluEssays
2017H. S. SrimathiMahashewtadevi Avara Katha Sahitya-1 & 2Short stories
2018Giraddi GovindarajJaya: Mahabharatha Sachitra MarukathaEpic
2019Vittalrao T. GaikwadDalita Sahityada Soundarya PrajneLiterary Criticism

Yuva Puraskara winners

YearImageRecipient(s)Work(s)GenreRef(s)
2011Veeranna MadiwalaraNelada Karuneya DaniPoetry
2012Arif RajaJangama Fakeerana JoligePoetry[20]
2013Lakkur AnandaBatavaadeyagada RaseethiPoetry
2014Kavya KadameDhyanakke Thareekhina HangillaPoetry
2015Mounesh BadigerMayakolahalaShort stories
2016Vikrama HatwaraZero Mattu OnduShort stories
2017Shanti K. AppannaManasu AbhisaarikeShort stories
2018Padmanabha BhatKepina DabbiShort stories
2019Fakeer
BeruNovel
2020K. S. Mahadevaswamy
Dhoopada Makkalu Short [21]
2021Basu BevinagidaOdi Hoda HudugaShort

Bala Sahitya Puraskara winners

YearImageRecipient(s)Work(s)GenreRef(s)
2010Bolwar Mahammad KunhiPaapu Gandhi: Gandhi Baapu Aada KatheNovellette
2011Na D'SouzaMulugade Oorige BandavaruNovellette
2012Palakala Seetharam BhatTotal Contribution to Children's Literature-
2013H. S. VenkateshamurthyTotal Contribution to Children's Literature-
2014Anand V. PatilTotal Contribution to Children's Literature-
2015T. S. Nagaraja ShettyTotal Contribution to Children's Literature-
2016Sumatheendra R. NadigTotal Contribution to Children's Literature-
2017N. S. Lakshminarayan BhatTotal Contribution to Children's Literature-
2018Kanchyani Sharanappa ShivasangappaTotal Contribution to Children's Literature-[22]
2019Chandrakant KaradalliKadu Kanasina BeedigeNovel
2020H. S. ByakodaNanoo AmbedkarNovel[23]
2021L Lakshmi Narayana Swamythogala cheelada karna(ತೊಗಲ ಚೀಲದ ಕರ್ಣ)Poetry
2024Krishnamurthy Biligereಛೂಮಂತ್ರಯ್ಯನ ಕಥೆಗಳು (Choomantrayyana Kathegalu)Short Stories

References

  1. http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10307.htm#kannada Kannada Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007
  2. Web site: Kannada Sahitya Academy Award Winners list from the official website. 21 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#KANNADA. 4 March 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Akademi Awards (1955-2015). https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp. 4 March 2016. Sahitya Akademi. 4 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Sahitya Akademi Awardees – Kannada. 3 Dec 2021.
  5. http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/sa-award2012.pdf "Poets dominate Sahitya Akademi Awards 2012"
  6. http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/award2013-e.pdf "Poets dominate Sahitya Akademi Awards 2013"
  7. Web site: Sahitya Akademi Awards 2014 . 27 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054113/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/sahityaakademiawards2014-e.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  8. Web site: Sahitya Akademi Awards 2015 . 27 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222130920/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/sahityaakademiawards2015-e.pdf . 22 December 2015 . dead .
  9. Web site: Sahitya Akademi Awards 2016 . 21 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908094404/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/pdf/sahityaakademiawards2016.pdf . 8 September 2017 . dead .
  10. Web site: Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 . 23 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Sahitya Akademi Awards 2018 . 30 January 2019 . 21 Feb 2019.
  12. Web site: Kannada writer's autobiography wins Akademi Award. 19 Dec 2019.
  13. News: ವೀರಪ್ಪ ಮೊಯಿಲಿಗೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ. Sahitya akademi award for Veerappa Moily. Kannada. Prajavani. 12 March 2021.
  14. News: Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramania among others to receive Sahitya Akademi Award-2020. Indian Express. 12 March 2021.
  15. Web site: K. Sreenivasarao. 30 December 2021. List of Winners 2021. Sahitya Akademi.
  16. Web site: SAYEED. VIKHAR AHMED. Kannada writer D.S. Nagabhushan wins Sahitya Akademi Award for his biography of Mahatma Gandhi. 2022-01-03. Frontline. 31 December 2021 . en.
  17. Web site: 22 December 2022 . Sahitya Akademi Award 2022 . 22 December 2022 . Sahitya Akademi.
  18. News: Honour for two writer-translators. The Hindu. 17 February 2012. 14 March 2021.
  19. News: Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada translation. The Hindu. 14 March 2014. 14 March 2021.
  20. News: KANNADA LIT FEST - 'Writers can do better without being biased'. Times of I dia. 4 December 2016. 14 March 2021.
  21. News: ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಪೊನ್ನಾಚಿಗೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಯುವ ಪುರಸ್ಕಾರ. Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskara for Swamy Ponnachi. Kannada. Prajavani. 13 March 2021.
  22. News: 2018 ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡಮಿ ಬಾಲ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪುರಸ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಖ್ಯಾತ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ಕಂಚ್ಯಾಣಿ ಶರಣಪ್ಪ ಆಯ್ಕೆ. Sahitya Akademi Award for famous poet Kanchyani Sharanappa. Kannada Prabha. 22 June 2018.
  23. News: ಮೊಯ್ಲಿ, HS ಬ್ಯಾಕೋಡ್ ಸೇರಿ ಮೂವರು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರಿಗೆ ಸಂದ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಗೌರವ. Honour for three Kannadigas including Moily and Bykod. One India. Amith. 13 March 2021.