List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Konkani
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Sahitya Akademi Award
is given each year, since 1955, by Sahitya Akademi
(India's National Academy of Letters), to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature
and Konkani literature in particular.
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
is given each year, since 1955, by Sahitya Akademi
Sahitya Akademi
The Sahitya Akademi ', India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India...
(India's National Academy of Letters), to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature
Indian literature
Indian literature refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter. The Republic of India has 22 officially recognized languages....
and Konkani literature in particular.
Sahitya Akademi Award winners and their works in Konkani language
| Year | Author | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Ravindra Kelekar Ravindra Kelekar Ravindra Kelekar was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi. A Gandhian activist, freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement, he is a well known Konkani scholar, linguist, and creative thinker... |
Himalayant (Travelogue) |
| 1978 | D.K. Sukhthankar | Manni Punav (Humorous essays) |
| 1979 | R.V. Pandit R.V. Pandit Raghunath Vishnu Pandit was a Goan poet. He is best known and most celebrated for his vast poetic production in Konkani. Pandit also produced a significant body of work in Portuguese after the Liberation of Goa in 1961... |
Dorya Gazota (Poetry) |
| 1980 | Manohar Rai Sardesai Manohar Rai Sardesai Dr. Manohar Rai Sardesai was a Konkani Poet from Goa. He had earned his Docteur des Lettres Françaises for his thesis "L'image de l'Inde en France" He has been credited for an upsurge of Modern Konkani Poetry.-References:... |
Pissolim (Poetry) |
| 1981 | B.B. Borkar Bakibab Borkar Bakibab Borkar Balakrishna Bhagawant Varade Borkar was a famous Konkani and Marathi poet and Goa Liberation Movement Leader.-References:... |
Sasay (Poetry) |
| 1982 | Laxmanrao Sardessai Laxmanrao Sardessai Laxmanrao Sardessai was a Goan poet and short-story writer. Considered one of the territory's finest writers in the Marathi language, he also wrote prose and verse in Konkani and Portuguese.Sardessai was born in 1904, in Savoi-Verem, and died in 1986... |
Khabari (Essays) |
| 1983 | Damodar Mauzo | Karmelin (Novel) |
| 1984 | Pundalik Naik Pundalik Naik Pundalik Narayan Naik is a noted Konkani language poet, short-story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter from Goa. He has40 books and two films to his credit. He served as the President of Goa Konkani Akademi of the Government of Goa since 2002... |
Chowrang (One-act play) |
| 1985 | J.B. Moreas J.B. Moreas John Baptist Moraes is a Konkani Poet and Writer.Jonh Baptist Moraes was born in 1933 in a village called Kallamundkur near Mangalore. Mr. Moraes received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of Konkani poems Bhitorlem Tufan in 1985. He was the first Konkani writer from Karnataka to... |
Bhitorlem Tufan (Poetry) |
| 1986 | Prakash Damodar Padgaonkar | Hanv Monis Asvat-Thamo (Poetry) |
| 1987 | Arvind N. Mambro | Panaji Atam Mhatari Zalea (Short stories) |
| 1988 | Chandrakant Keni Chandrakant Keni Chandrakant Keni was a Konkani language writer and journalist from Goa. He was the editor of Marathi Daily Rashtramath and Konkani Daily Sunaparanth. Keni won Sahitya Academy Award for his Konkani Book "Ashad Pawali"-References:... |
Vhonkolpavnni (Short stories) |
| 1989 | C.F.D'Costa - Cha. Fra. D'Costa Cha. Fra. D'Costa Cha. Fra. D'Costa was a Konkani Poet, Dramatist and Konkani Journalist.-Early life:Cha. Fra. was born in Mangalore on October 10, 1931 near Marnamikatta as the eldest of four children of Madthabai and Marcel D’Costa... |
Sonshyache Kan (Poetry) |
| 1990 | Ramesh B. Veluskar | Savul Gori (Poetry) |
| 1991 | Meena Kakodkar | Sapan Fulam (Short stories) |
| 1992 | Nagesh Karmali | Vanshakulachen Denen (Poetry) |
| 1993 | Mahabaleshwar Sail | Tarangan (Short stories) |
| 1994 | Gokuldas Prabhu | Antar ayami (Short stories) |
| 1995 | Dilip Borkar | Gomanchal Te Himachal (Travelogue) |
| 1996 | Sankar Ramani | Nilem Nilem Braham (Poetry) |
| 1997 | Sheela Kolambkar | Bhuim Chafim (Pen-portraits) |
| 1998 | John Baptist Sequeira | Ashim Asim Lharan (Poetry) |
| 1999 | Saratchandra Shenoi | Antarnad (Poetry) |
| 2000 | Pandurang Rajaram Shenay Bhangui | Champhel'li Sanj (Poetry) |
| 2001 | Madhav Borcar | Yaman (Poetry) |
| 2002 | Hema Naik | Bhogadandd (Novel) |
| 2003 | (Late) Shashank Sitaram | Parigh (Short Stories) |
| 2004 | Jayanti Nayak | Athang (Short Stories) |
| 2005 | N. Shivdas | Bhaangarsaall (Short Stories) |
| 2006 | Datta Damodar Naik | Jai Kai Jui? (Essays) |
| 2007 | Devidas Kadam | Dika (Novel) |
| 2008 | Ashok Kamat | Ghannaghai Niyatiche (Cruel blows of destiny). |
| 2009 | Jess Fernandes | Kirvontt (Collection of Poems) |
| 2010 | Arun Sakhardande | Kavlyanche Shradh (Collection of Poems) |