Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2023

The Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2023 were announced and will be presented at the award presentation function in 2024.

Established in – 1954 by Sahitya Akademi

Awarded to – The most outstanding books of literary merit published in the languages recognised by the Sahitya Akademi.

The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters was founded in 1954, an autonomous body under the Union Culture Ministry and registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. It is dedicated to the promotion of literature in Indian languages.

The award – It is in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl, and Rs.1,00,000 (since 2009).
Languages recognised – 24 including 22 languages listed in 8^th schedule of Indian constitution along with English and Rajasthan.
Procedure – The distinguished jury members recommend awards which are approved by the Executive Board of the Akademi.
Criteria – It relate to books 1^st published during the 5 years immediately preceding the year of award.
2023 Awards – 9 books of poetry, 6 novels, 5 short story collections, 3 essays and 1 literary study.

Language	Author	Type	Book
Tamil	Rajasekaran (Devibharathi)	Novel	Neervazhi Padooum
Telugu	Patanjali Sastry	Short story collection	Rameshwaram Kaakulu Marikonni Kathalu
Malayalam	E.V. Ramakrishnan	Literary study	Malayala Novelinte Deshakalangal
Kannada	Lakshmisha Tolpadi	Essay collections	Mahabharatha Anusandhanada Bharathayatre
Bengali	Swapnamay Chakrabarti	Novel	Jaler Upar Pani
English	Neelum Saran Gour	Novel	Requim in Raga Janaki
Hindi	Sanjeev	Novel	Mujhe Pahachaano.

Some authors who will receive the honour for their poetry collections are Vijay Verma in Dogri, Vinod Joshi in Gujarati, Manshoor Banihali in Kashmiri, Ashutosh Parida in Odia, and Arun Ranjan Mishra in Sanskrit.

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