About Sahitya Akademi Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is one of India’s most prestigious literary honors, presented annually by the Sahitya Akademi. Established in 1954, it recognizes outstanding books of literary merit in 24 Indian languages, including English, promoting cultural diversity and literary excellence.
List of Sahitya Akademi Award Winners 1961
In the year 1961 Goverment of India announced 13 Sahitya Akademi Award winners/recipients. Here is the list of the 13 Sahitya Akademi Award award winners for 1961:
| Images | Year | Recipient Name | Book Name | Book Category | Language |
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1961 |
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya Also won: Jnanpith Award |
Iyaruingam | Novel | Assamese |
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1961 | Sashi Bhushan Dasgupta | Bharater Sakti-Sadhana O Sakta Sahitya | A Study of the Shakta-sect | Bengali |
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1961 | Ramsinhji Rathod | Kutch nu Sanskritdarshan | Cultural survey | Gujarati |
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1961 | Bhagwati Charan Verma | Bhoole Bisre Chitra | Novel | Hindi |
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1961 | Ambale Ramakrishna Krishnashastry | Bengali Kadambarikara Bankim Chandra | A critical study | Kannada |
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1961 |
Rehman Rahi Also won: Jnanpith Award |
Nauroz-i-Saba | Poetry | Kashmiri |
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1961 | D. N. Gokhale | Dr. Ketkar | Biography | Marathi |
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1961 | Godabarish Misra | Ardhasatabdir Odisa O Tanhire Mo Sthan | Autobiography | Odia |
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1961 | Nanak Singh | Ik Miyan Do Talwaran | Novel | Punjabi |
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1961 | Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi | Vaidika vijñāna aura bhāratīya saṃskṛti | Research | Sanskrit |
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1961 | Mu. Varadarajan | Agal Vilakku | Novel | Tamil |
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1961 | Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao | Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu | History of Telugu composers and songwriters | Telugu |
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1961 | Imtiaz Ali 'Arshi' | Diwan-i-Ghalib | A critical edition of Ghalib's poetry | Urdu |
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