List of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize winners for English
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Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes are given each year to writers for their outstanding translations work in the 24 languages, since 1989.
Recipients
[edit]Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in English. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹50,000.[1]
| Year | Translator | Title of the translation | Original Title | Original Language | Genre | Original Author | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Bikram K. Das | Paraja | Paraja | Oriya | Novel | Gopinath Mohanty | |
| 1990 | V. K. Narayana Menon | Chemmeen | Chemmeen | Malayalam | Novel | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | |
| 1991 | O. V. Vijayan | After the Hanging and Other Stories | Collection | Malayalam | Short Stories | O. V. Vijayan | |
| 1992 | Jai Ratan | Krishan Chander: Selected Short Stories | Collection | Urdu | Short Stories | Krishan Chander | |
| 1993 | Tejaswini Niranjana | Phaniyamma | Phaniyamma | Kannada | Novel | M. K. Indira | |
| 1994 | Dilip Chitre | Says Tuka | Selected Abhangs | Marathi | Poetry | Tukaram | |
| 1995 | R. Parthasarathy | The Tale of the Anklet | Cilappatikaram | Tamil | Epic | Ilango Adigal | |
| 1996 | Aruna Chakravarti | Srikanta | Srikanta | Bengali | Novel | Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay | |
| 1997 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | Imaginary Maps | Collection | Bengali | Short Stories | Mahasweta Devi | |
| 1998 | Kalpana Bardhan | Wives and Others | Selection | Bengali | Short Stories and Novel | Manik Bandopadhyay | |
| 1999 | Gita Krishnankutty | The Eye of God | Deivathinte Kannu | Malayalam | Novel | N.P. Mohammed | |
| 2000 | P. Sreenivasa Rao | Bharathipura | Bharathipura | Kannada | Novel | U. R. Ananthamurthy | |
| 2001 | Gopa Majumdar | Aparajito | Aparajito | Bengali | Novel | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | |
| 2002 | Nita Kumar | Mai | Mai | Hindi | Novel | Geetanjali Shree | |
| 2003 | (Late) Sujit Mukherjee | Gora | Gora | Bengali | Novel | Rabindranath Tagore | |
| 2004 | M. Asaduddin | Lifting The Veil: Selected Writings | Collection of Chughtai | Urdu | Novel | Ismat Chughtai | |
| 2005 | Pratik Kanjilal | The Last Wilderness | Antim Aranya | Hindi | Novel | Nirmal Verma | |
| 2006 | Mohammed Zakir | Son of the Moment | Ibu-ul-Vaqt | Urdu | Novel | Nasir Ahmed | |
| 2007 | Vinay Dharwadkar | Kabir, the Weaver's | Selection | Hindi | Poetry | Kabir | |
| 2008 | Meenakshi Shivram | Topi Shukla | Topi Shukla | Hindi | Novel | Rahi Masoom Raza | |
| 2009 | Tridip Suhrud | Harilal Gandhi: A Life | Harilal Gandhi | Gujarati | Biography | Chandulal Bhagubhai Dalal | [2][3] |
| 2010 | Ira Pande | T'ta Professor | T'ta Professor | Hindi | Novel | Manohar Shyam Joshi | |
| 2011 | Anju Makhija & Hari Dilgir | Shah Abdul Latif: Seeking The Beloved | Shah Jo Risalo | Sindhi | Poetry | Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai | |
| 2012 | M. L. Thangappa | Love Stands Alone | Tamil Sangam | Tamil | Poetry | Various authors | |
| 2013 | Ranjit Hoskote | I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Ded | Lalla's Vakhs | Kashmiri | Poetry | Lal Ded | |
| 2014 | Padmini Rajappa | Kadambari | Kadambari | Sanskrit | Poetry | Bāṇabhaṭṭa | |
| 2015 | Susheela Punitha | Bharathipura | Bharathipura | Kannada | Novel | U.R. Ananthamurthy | [4][5][6] |
| 2016 | Aniruddhan Vasudevan | One Part Woman | Maadhorubaagan | Tamil | Novel | Perumal Murugan | [7] |
| 2017 | Ranjita Biswas | Written In Tears | Selection | Assamese | Short Stories and Novel | Arupa Kalita Patangia | |
| 2018 | Subashree Krishnaswamy | The Tamil Story - Through The Times, Through The Tides | Collection | Tamil | Short Stories | Various Authors | |
| 2019 | Susan Daniel | Kusumabale | Kusumabale | Kannada | Novel | Devanur Mahadeva | [8] |
| 2020 | Shrinath Perur | Ghachar Ghochar | Ghachar Ghochar | Kannada | Novel | Vivek Shanbhag | [9] |
| 2021 | Shanta Gokhale | Smritichitre :The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife | Smritichitre | Marathi | Memoir | Lakshmibai Tilak | [10][11][12] |
| 2022 | N. Kalyan Raman | Poonachi or The Story of a Black Goat | Poonachi | Tamil | Novel | Perumal Murugan | [13] |
| 2023 | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Chandrabati's Ramayan | Chandrabati's Ramayan | Bengali | Epic Poetry | Chandrabati | [14] |
| 2024 | Anisur Rahman | Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi (The Wonderful World of Urdu Ghazals) | Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi | Urdu | Poetry Collection | Collection of Various Poets | [15] |
See also
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External links
[edit]References
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- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2020" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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- ↑ "SAHITYA AKADEMI PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION 2023". www.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ↑ "SAHITYA AKADEMI PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION 2024". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 26 October 2025.