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 1986
In the year 1986 Goverment of India announced 22 Sahitya Akademi Award winners/recipients. Here is the list of the 22 Sahitya Akademi Award award winners for 1986:
| Images | Year | Recipient Name | Book Name | Book Category | Language |
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1986 | Tirthanath Sarma | Benudhar Sarma | Biography | Assamese |
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1986 | Amiya Bhushan Majumdar | Raj Nagar | Novel | Bengali |
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1986 | Om Goswami | Sunne Di Chiree | Short stories | Dogri |
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1986 | Nayantara Sahgal | Rich Like Us | Novel | English |
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1986 | Chandrakant Sheth | Dhoolmani Paglio | Reminiscences | Gujarati |
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1986 | Kedarnath Agarwal | Apurva | Poetry | Hindi |
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1986 | Vyasaraya Ballal | Bandaya | Novel | Kannada |
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1986 | Dina Nath Nadim | Shihil Kul | Poetry | Kashmiri |
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1986 | Prakash Damodar Padgaonkar | Hanv Monis Asvat-Thamo | Poetry | Konkani |
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1986 | M. Leelavathy | Kavitadwani | Critical study | Malayalam |
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1986 | Khumanthem Prakash Singh | Mangi Isei | Short stories | Manipuri (Meitei) |
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1986 | Subhadra Jha | Natik Patrak Uttar | Belles-lettres | Maithili |
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1986 | N. G. Deshpande | Khoon-Gathi | Poetry | Marathi |
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1986 | Sharad Chhetri | Chakrabyuha | Short stories | Nepali |
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1986 | Soubhagya Kumar Misra | Dwa Suparna | Poetry | Odia |
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1986 | Sujan Singh | Shahar Te Gran | Short Stories | Punjabi |
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1986 | Mahaveer Prasad Joshi | Dwarka | Poetry | Rajasthani |
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1986 | Kalika Prasad Shukla | śrīrādhācaritamahākāvyam | Epic | Sanskrit |
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1986 | Sundri A. Uttamchandani | Vichoro | Short stories | Sindhi |
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1986 | Ka. Naa. Subramaniam | Ilakkiyathukku oru Iyakkam | Literary criticism | Tamil |
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1986 | G. V. Subramanyam | Andhra Sahitya Vimarsa Angla Prabhavam | Literary criticism | Telugu |
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1986 |
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Also won: Saraswati Samman |
Tanquidi Afkar | Literary criticism | Urdu |
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