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

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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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References

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  1. ^ "..:: SAHITYA : Sahitya Akademi Prize ::".
  2. ^ "SAHITYA : Akademi Awards". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Bapu scholar feted by Sahitya Akademi". dna. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Sahitya Akademi announces winners of translation prize". India Today. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Imphal hosts Sahitya Akademi Translation Award". Indian Express. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Sahitya Akademi announces winners of translation prize". business-standard. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Akademi award for translation of Perumal book". The Indian Express. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Ooty transaltor wins Sahitya Akademi Prize". timesofindia.indiatimes.com/. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2020" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2021" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Shankta Gokhale wins Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation 2021". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Shanta Gokhale, Kumar Nawathe among winners of Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2021". scroll.in. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2022" (PDF). www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  14. ^ "SAHITYA AKADEMI PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION 2023". www.pib.gov.in. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  15. ^ "SAHITYA AKADEMI PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION 2024". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 26 October 2025.

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