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 1999
In the year 1999 Goverment of India announced 22 Sahitya Akademi Award winners/recipients. Here is the list of the 22 Sahitya Akademi Award award winners for 1999:
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1999 | Medini Choudhury | Bipponna Samay | Novel | Assamese |
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1999 | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Naba-Nita | Prose-Poetry | Bengali |
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1999 | Kuldeep Singh Jindhrahia | Mangwi Pashakri | Poetry | Dogri |
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1999 | A. K. Ramanujan | The Collected Poems | Poetry | English |
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1999 | Niranjan Bhagat | Gujarati Sahiyta, Purvardha Uttarardha | Criticism | Gujarati |
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1999 |
Vinod Kumar Shukla Also won: Jnanpith Award |
Deewar Main Ek Khirkee Rahathi Thi | Novel | Hindi |
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1999 | D. R. Nagaraj | Sahitya Kathana | Essays | Kannada |
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1999 | Rashid Nazki | Vahrat | Poetry | Kashmiri |
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1999 | Saratchandra Shenoi | Antarnad | Poetry | Konkani |
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1999 | C. V. Sreeraman | Sreeramante Kathakal | Short stories | Malayalam |
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1999 | Sagolsem Lanchenba Meetei | Hee Nangbu Hondeda | Poetry | Manipuri (Meitei) |
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1999 | Saketanand | Gananayak | Short Stories | Maithili |
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1999 | Ranganath Pathare | Tamrapat | Novel | Marathi |
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1999 | Bikram Bir Thapa | Bishaun Shatabdi Ki Monalisa | Short stories | Nepali |
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1999 | Haraprasad Das | Garbhagriha | Poetry | Odia |
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1999 | Niranjan Singh Tasneem | Gawache Arth | Novel | Punjabi |
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1999 | Vasu Acharya | Seer Ro Ghar | Poetry | Rajasthani |
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1999 | Srinivas Rath | Tadeva Gaganam Saivadhara | Poetry | Sanskrit |
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1999 |
Vasdev Mohi Also won: Saraswati Samman |
Barf Jo Thahiyal | Poetry | Sindhi |
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1999 | S. Abdul Rahman | Aalapanai | Poetry | Tamil |
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1999 | Vallampati Venkata Subbaiah | Katha Silpam | Essays | Telugu |
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1999 | Bashir Badr | Aas | Poetry | Urdu |
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