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 1970
In the year 1970 Goverment of India announced 16 Sahitya Akademi Award winners/recipients. Here is the list of the 16 Sahitya Akademi Award award winners for 1970:
| Images | Year | Recipient Name | Book Name | Book Category | Language |
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1970 | Lakshminath Phukan | Mahatmar Pora Rupkonarloi | Reminiscences | Assamese |
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1970 | Abu Sayeed Ayyub | Adhunikata O Rabindranath | Literary criticism | Bengali |
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1970 | Narendra Khajuria | Nila Ambar Kale Badal | Short stories | Dogri |
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1970 | Nagindas Parekh | Abhinavano Rasavichar | Literary criticism | Gujarati |
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1970 |
Ram Vilas Sharma Also won: Vyas Samman |
Nirala Ki Sahitya Sadhana | Biography | Hindi |
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1970 | Shankara Baaladeekshita Joshi | Karnataka Samskritiya Poorva Peethike | Cultural Study | Kannada |
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1970 | Mohiuddin Hajini | Maqualaat | Essays | Kashmiri |
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1970 |
M. T. Vasudevan Nair Also won: Jnanpith Award |
Kaalam | Novel | Malayalam |
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1970 | Kashikant Mishra ‘Madhup’ | Radha Viraha | Epic poetry | Maithili |
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1970 | Narahar Raghunath Phatak | Adarsh Bharat Sevak | Biography | Marathi |
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1970 | Binod Chandra Nayak | Sarisrupa | Poetry | Odia |
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1970 | V. Subramanya Sastri | śabdataraṅgiṇī | Treatise on verbal cognition | Sanskrit |
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1970 | Narayan `Shyam' | Wari-a-Bharyo Palaand | Poetry | Sindhi |
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1970 | Ku. Alagirisami | Anbalippu | Collection of short stories | Tamil |
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1970 | D. Balagangadhar Tilak | Amrutham Kurisina Rathri | Poetry | Telugu |
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1970 | Hayatullah Ansari | Lahoo Ke Phool | Novel | Urdu |
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