Sahitya Akademi has announced today its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 Indian languages recognised by it. 8 books of poetry, 4 novels, 6 books of short stories, 2 essays, 1 literary criticism, 1 autobiography and 2 memoirs have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2025.
Every year, Sahitya Akademi bestows awards in 24 languages recognized by it through an established process. For the Sahitya Akademi Award 2025, the process started in January 2025 with issuance of an open advertisement vide 30 January 2025.
The Awards, recommended by distinguished Jury members in 24 Indian languages, were approved by the Competent Authority of Sahitya Akademi.
The following books have won the Awards in the below mentioned category:
CategoryBooksPoetryShrestha Kabita (Bengali), Thakur Satsayie (Dogri), Bhattkhadaki (Gujarati), Najdavanek’y Pot Aalav (Kashmiri), Padapurana (Odia), Prasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah (Sanskrit), Animesha (Telugu), Safar Jaari Hai (Urdu)NovelKarhi Khelar Sadhu (Assamese), Dwngnwi Lama Mwnse Gathwn (Bodo), Crimson Spring (English), Maayaamanushyar (Malayalam)Short StoriesDada Seerisu Tande (Kannada), Kanglamdriba Eephut (Manipuri), Safety Kit (Punjabi), Bharkhama (Rajasthani), Mid Birna Chenne Saon Inag Sagai (Santali), Waghoo (Sindhi)EssaysKonkani Kavyem: Rupani Ani Rupakam (Konkani), Nepali Paramparik Sanskriti Ra Sabhyata Ko Dukuti (Nepali)Literary CriticismThamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal (Tamil)AutobiographyKalyanilya Resha (Marathi)MemoirJeete Jee Allahabad (Hindi), Dhatri Paat San Gaam (Maithili)
The Award is in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- towards award money each will be presented to the awardees at a presentation ceremony to be held on 31 March 2026 in New Delhi.
Annexure ‘A’ – SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2025
LanguageTitle and GenreName of the AuthorAssameseKarhi Khelar Sadhu (Novel)Devabrat DasBengaliShrestha Kabita (Poetry)Prasun BandyopadhyayBodoDwngnwi Lama Mwnse Gathwn (Novel)Sahaisuli BrahmaDogriThakur Satsayie (Poetry, Couplets)Khajur Singh ThakurEnglishCrimson Spring (Novel)Navtej SarnaGujaratiBhattkhadaki (Poetry)Yogesh VaidyaHindiJeete Jee Allahabad (Memoir)Mamta KaliaKannadaDada Seerisu Tande (Short Stories)Amaresh NugadoniKashmiriNajdavanek’y Pot Aalav (Poetry)Ali ShaidaKonkaniKonkani Kavyem: Rupani Ani Rupakam (Essays)Henry Mendonca (H.M. Pernal)MaithiliDhatri Paat San Gaam (Memoir)MahendraMalayalamMaayaamanushyar (Novel)N. PrabhakaranManipuriKanglamdriba Eephut (Short Stories)Haobam NaliniMarathiKalyanilya Resha (Autobiography)Raju BaviskarNepaliNepali Paramparik Sanskriti Ra Sabhyata Ko Dukuti (Essays)Prakash BhattaraiOdiaPadapurana (Poetry)Girijakumar Baliyar SinghPunjabiSafety Kit (Stories)JinderRajasthaniBharkhama (Stories)Jitender Kumar SoniSanskritPrasthanacatustaye Brahmaghosah (Poetry)Mahamahopadhyaya Sadhu BhadreshdasSantaliMid Birna Chenne Saon Inag Sagai (Short Stories)Sumitra SorenSindhiWaghoo (Stories)Bhagwan AtlaniTamilThamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal (Literary Criticism)Sa. TamilselvanTeluguAnimesha (Poetry)Nandini Sidha ReddyUrduSafar Jaari Hai (Poetry)Pritpal Singh Betab
Annexure ‘B’ – JURY MEMBERS FOR THE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2025
LanguageJury Member 1Jury Member 2Jury Member 3AssameseProf. (Dr.) Dhruba Jyoti BorahProf. Dinesh BaisyaDr. Ranjana BhattacharyyaBengaliSri Amar MitraProf Chinmoy GuhaProf Jaydeep SarangiBodoDr. Deva Kanta RamchiarySri Rakhao BasumataryDr. Seemashree DaimaryDogriSri Kamal KishorSri Kulbhushan KumarSmt. Vijaya ThakurEnglishProf. Neelum Saran GourMs. Somdatta MandalDr. Taisha AbrahamGujaratiSri Balvant JaniSri Manohar TrivediProfessor Vinod JoshiHindiProf. A. AravindakshanDr. AnamikaSri Arun KamalKannadaDr. JayalalithaSmt. Sahana Kantha BailuDr. Siddalinga PattanshettiKashmiriSri Shakeel Ul RehmanSri Abdul Ahad HajiniProf. Rattanlal HanglooKonkaniSri Mahableshwar SailSri Edward SequeriaSri Raju D SouzaMaithiliSri Arvind Kumar ‘Akkoo’Sri Hitanath JhaProf. Ramesh JhaMalayalamDr. A. M. UnnikrishnanDr. K. JayakumarDr. Padmanabhan KavumbayiManipuriProf. H. Nani Kumar SinghaSri Irungbam Basanta SinghDr. Mongsatabam Tuleshwari DeviMarathiSmt. Mangla GodboleSri Nagorao Tammaji UtkarDr. Rajan GavasNepaliSri Mohan ThakuriSri Purna YonzonSri Rudra BaralOdiaMs. Gayatri SarafDr. Jayanti RathSri Shyama Prasad ChoudhuryPunjabiDr. Amarjeet KaunkeDr Jaswinder SinghProf Sohinder BirRajasthaniDr. Dinesh CharanSri Madhu Acharya ‘Ashawadi’Prof. Sohandan CharanSanskritSri Abhiraj Rajendra MishraProf. Bhagirathi NandaDr. Ramakant AngirasSantaliSri Babujee SorenDr. Gangadhar HansdaMs. Saleema MarandiSindhiMs. Shalini SagarSri Mohan GehaniProf. Ravi Prakash TekchandaniTamilDr. Arimalam S. PadmanabhanDr M. DurgaDr S RajendranTeluguDr. N. GopiDr Koyi Koteswara RaoDr. Madhuranthakam NarendraUrduProf. AteequllahProf. Syed Shah Haseen AhmadSri Jayant Parmar
