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 1978
In the year 1978 Goverment of India announced 21 Sahitya Akademi Award winners/recipients. Here is the list of the 21 Sahitya Akademi Award award winners for 1978:
| Images | Year | Recipient Name | Book Name | Book Category | Language |
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1978 | Homen Borgohain | Pita Putra | Novel | Assamese |
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1978 | Sankari Prasad Basu | Vivekananda O Samakalin Bharatvarsha, Vol. I, II and III | Biography and cultural history | Bengali |
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1978 | Narsingh Dev Jamwal | Sanjhi Dharti Bakhle Mahnu | Novel | Dogri |
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1978 | Anita Desai | Fire on the Mountain | Novel | English |
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1978 | Harindra Dave | Hayati | Poetry | Gujarati |
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1978 | Bharat Bhushan Agarwal | Utna Vah Suraj Hai | Poetry | Hindi |
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1978 | Bengaluru Gundappa Lakshminarayana Swamy | Hasuru Honnu | Travelogue | Kannada |
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1978 | Ghulam Rasool Santosh | Be Soakh Rooh | Poetry | Kashmiri |
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1978 | D.K. Sukhthankar | Manni Punav | Humorous essays | Konkani |
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1978 |
B. Sugathakumari Also won: Saraswati Samman |
Ratrimazha | Poetry | Malayalam |
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1978 | G. C. Tongbra | Ngabongkhao | Play | Manipuri (Meitei) |
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1978 | Upendra Thakur ‘Mohan’ | Baji Uthal Murali | Poetry | Maithili |
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1978 | Chintamani Tryambak Khanolkar | Nakshatranche Dene | Poetry | Marathi |
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1978 | Shiva Kumar Rai | Khahare | Short stories | Nepali |
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1978 |
Ramakanta Rath Also won: Saraswati Samman |
Saptama Ritu | Poetry | Odia |
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1978 | Gurmukh Singh Musafir | Urvar Par | Short Stories | Punjabi |
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1978 | Anna Ram `Sudama' | Mevai Ra Runkh | Novel | Rajasthani |
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1978 | H.I. Sadarangani | Cheekh | Poetry | Sindhi |
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1978 | Vallikannan | Pudukavithaiyin Thottramum Valarchiyum | Criticism | Tamil |
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1978 | Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastry | Collected Works of Krishna Sastri | 6 vols. | Telugu |
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1978 | Yousuf Hussain Khan | Hafiz aur Iqbal | Criticism | Urdu |
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