SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS LIST FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE-PG TRB ENGLISH

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Here is the list of Sahitya Akademi Award Winners for English Literature Since 1960

YearBookAuthorCategory of Books
1960The GuideR. K. NarayanNovel
1964The Serpent and the RopeRaja RaoNovel
1965The Tribal World of Verrier ElwinVerrier ElwinAutobiography
1967Shadow From LadakhBhabani BhattacharyaNovel
1969An Artist in LifeNiharranjan RayBiography
1971Morning FaceMulk Raj AnandNovel
1975Scholar ExtraordinaryNirad C. ChaudhuriBiography
1976Jawaharlal NehruSarvepalli GopalBiography
1977AzadiChaman NahalNovel
1978Fire on the MountainAnita DesaiNovel
1979Inside the HaveliRama MehtaNovel
1980On the MotherK. R. Srinivasa IyengarBiography
1981RelationshipJayanta MahapatraPoetry
1982The Last LabyrinthArun JoshiNovel
1983Latter-Day PsalmsNissim EzekielPoetry
1984The Keeper of the DeadKeki N. DaruwallaPoetry
1985Collected PoemsKamala DasPoetry
1986Rich Like UsNayantara SahgalNovel
1987Trapfalls In the SkyShiv K. KumarPoetry
1988The Golden GateVikram SethNovel
1989The Shadow LinesAmitav GhoshNovel
1990That Long SilenceShashi DeshpandeNovel
1991The Trotter-NamaI. Allan SealyNovel
1992Our Trees Still Grow In DehraRuskin BondShort Stories
1993After AmnesiaG. N. DevyEssays
1994SerendipDom MoraesPoetry
1996Memories of RainSunetra GuptaNovel
1998Final Solutions and Other PlaysMahesh DattaniDrama
1999The Collected PoemsA. K. RamanujanPoetry
2000CuckoldKiran NagarkarNovel
2001Rajaji: A LifeRajmohan GandhiBiography
2002A New WorldAmit ChaudhuriNovel
2003The Perishable EmpireMeenakshi MukherjeeEssays
2004The Mammaries of the Welfare StateUpamanyu ChatterjeeNovel
2005The Algebra of Infinite JusticeArundhati RoyEssays
2006The Sari ShopRupa BajwaNovel
2007Disorderly WomenMalathi RaoNovel
2009Mahabharata: An Inquiry into the Human ConditionChaturvedi BadrinathCriticism
2010The Book of RachelEsther DavidNovel
2011India after GandhiRamachandra GuhaHistorical Narrative
2012These Errors are CorrectJeet ThayilPoetry
2013Laburnum For My HeadTemsula AoShort stories
2014Trying to Say GoodbyeAdil JussawallaPoetry
2015Chronicle of a Corpse BearerCyrus MistryNovel
2016Em and the Big HoomJerry PintoNovel
2017The Black HillMamang DaiNovel
2018The Blind Lady’s DescendantsAnees SalimNovel
2019An Era of DarknessShashi TharoorNovel (Non-Fiction)

Some Important Points:

  • The Sponsored of the Sahitya Akademi Award is Sahitya Academy (India’s National Academy of Letters), Government of India.
  • Sahitya Akademi Award for English Literature was first awarded in 1960 and Last awarded in 2019.
  • No awards were conferred in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1995, 1997 and 2008.
  • The plaque awarded by the Sahitya Akademi was designed by the Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray.
  • Till date 48 Sahitya Akademi Award for English Literature has been given.

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