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Sahitya Akademi Award 2024
- 08 Feb 2025
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The Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024 have announced 22 winners, with Bengali and Urdu awards pending, bringing the total to 24.
- About: The Sahitya Akademi Awards honor exceptional literary contributions in categories like novels, poetry, essays, and plays.
- It is the 2nd-highest literary honor in India, after the Jnanpith Award.
- It was established in 1954 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture.
- Eligibility: Award categories include works in 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule, along with English and Rajasthani (total: 24 languages), and translations of Indian literary works.
- The author must be an Indian citizen.
- Other Sahitya Akademi Awards: Bal Sahitya Puraskar for children’s literature and Yuva Puraskar for works by authors under the age of 35.
- Other Initiatives: The Akademi also runs programs like Gramalok (for remote writers) and Dalit Chetna (for Dalit writers).
Read More: Sahitya Akademi Awards 2023
