Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after Jnanpith Award. The awards given to Bengali writers for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below.
Sahitya Akademi Award winners Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973.
Year Book Portrait Author Category of Books 1955 Shreshtha Kavita Jibanananda Das Poetry 1956 Arogya Niketan Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Novel 1957 Sagar Theke Phera — Premendra Mitra Poetry 1958 Anandibai Ityadi Galpa — Parashuram Short Stories 1959 Kolkatar Kachhei — Gajendra Kumar Mitra Novel 1961 Bharater Sakti-Sadhana O Sakta Sahitya — Sashi Bhushan Dasgupta A Study of the Shakta-sect 1962 Japane — Annada Shankar Ray Travelogue 1963 Ghare Pherar Din — Amiya Chakravarty Poetry 1964 Jato Durei Jai — Subhas Mukhopadhyay Poetry 1965 Smriti Satta Bhabishyat — Bishnu Dey Poetry 1966 Nishi-Kutumba — Manoj Basu Novel 1967 Tapasvi O Tarangini Buddhadeb Basu Verse play 1969 Mohini Aaraal — Manindra Ray Poetry 1970 Adhunikata O Rabindranath Abu Sayeed Ayyub Literary criticism 1971 Manimahesh — Umaprasad Mukhopadhyay Travelogue 1972 Shesh Namaskar Santosh Kumar Ghosh Novel 1974 Ulanga Raja Nirendranath Chakravarty Poetry 1975 Asamay — Bimal Kar Novel 1976 Na Hanyate — Maitreyi Devi Novel 1977 Babarer Prarthana Shankha Ghosh Poetry 1978 Vivekananda O Samakalin Bharatvarsha, Vol. I, II and III — Sankari Prasad Basu Biography and cultural history 1979 Aranyer Adhikar Mahashweta Devi Novel 1980 Shambo — Samaresh Basu "Kalkut" Novel 1981 Kolikata Darpan, Pt. I Radharaman Mitra Local history and culture 1982 Amritasya Putree — Kamal Das Novel 1983 Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo — Shakti Chattopadhyay Poetry 1984 Kalbela Samaresh Majumdar Novel 1985 Sei Samay (Part II) Sunil Gangopadhyay Novel 1986 Raj Nagar Amiya Bhushan Majumdar Novel 1987 Khujte Khujte Eto Dur — Arun Mitra Poetry 1988 Bari Badle Jai Ramapada Chowdhury Novel 1989 Manabjamin Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay Novel 1990 Tista Parer Brittanto — Debesh Roy Novel 1991 Sada Kham — Moti Nandi Novel 1992 Marami Karat — Alok Ranjan Dasgupta Poetry 1993 Shahjada Darasukoh — Shyamal Gangapadhyay Novel 1994 Aleek Manush Syed Mustafa Siraj Novel 1995 Kavita Sangraha — Naresh Guha Poetry 1996 Tal Betal — Ashok Mitra Essays 1997 Herbert Nabarun Bhattacharya Novel 1998 Anubhav — Dibyendu Palit Novel 1999 Naba-Nita Nabaneeta Dev Sen Prose-Poetry 2000 Pagli Tomar Sange Joy Goswami Poetry 2001 Panchashati Galpo Atin Bandyopadhyay Short Stories 2002 Ami O Banabehari — Sandipan Chattopadhyay Novel 2003 Krantikal Prafulla Roy Novel 2004 Baul Fakir Katha Sudhir Chakravarti Essay 2005 Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguchha — Binay Majumdar Poetry 2006 Dhrubaputra Amar Mitra Novel 2007 Amar Samay Alpa — Amarendra Sengupta Poetry 2008 Ghumer Borir Mato Chand — Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay Poetry 2009Contributors to Parabaas-৫০, লেখক ও শিল্পী, পরবাস-৫০ Keno Amra Rabindranathke Chai Ebong Kibhabe — Sourin Bhattacharya Essay 2010Bani Basu shortlisted for Sahitya Akademi award – Indian Express Khanamihirer Dhipi Bani Basu Novel 2011 Bane Aaj Concherto — Manindra Gupta Poetry 2012 Birasan — Subrata Mukhopadhyaya Novel 2013 Dwaipayan Hrader Dhare"Poets dominate Sahitya Akademi Awards 2013" . Sahitya Akademi. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2013-12-18. Subodh Sarkar Poetry2014Piya Man Bhabe — Utpal Kumar Basu Poetry2015Shono Jabaphul —Alok SarkarPoetry2016Mahabharater Astadashi Nrisingha Prasad BhaduriEssays2017Sei Nikhonj Manusta —Afsar AmedNovel2018Srikrishner Sesh Kata Din Sanjib ChattopadhyayNovel2019Ghumer Darja Thele Chinmoy GuhaEssays2020Eka Eka Ekashi ShankarMemoirs2021Mirzaffar O Onnano Natok Bratya BasuCollection of Plays2022Birbal Tapan BandyopadhyayNovel2023Jaler Opor Pani Swapnamoy ChakrabortyNovel2025Shrestha Kabita — Prasun BandyopadhyayPoetry
Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners
Year Book Author Category of Books 2010Total contribution to Children's literatureSaral Dey -2011Total contribution to Children's literatureSailen Ghosh -2012Bhaluker DolnaBalaram BasakCollection of short-stories2013Narayan Debnath Comics SamagraNarayan DebnathCollection of Comics creations2014Total contribution to Children's literatureGouri Dharmapal -2015Total contribution to Children's literatureKartik Ghosh -2016Gorillar ChokhAmarendra ChakravortyNovelette2017Total contribution to Children's literatureSasthipada Chattopadhyay -2018Total contribution to Children's literatureShirshendu Mukhopadhyay -2019Total contribution to Children's literatureNabaneeta Dev Sen -2020Gopon Bakso Khulte NeiPracheta GuptaShort-story2021Batakesto Babur ChhataSunirmal ChakrabortyCollection of short-stories2022Char Panch Jon BondhuJoya MitraCollection of short-stories
Sahitya Akademi Youth Award winners
Year Book Author Category of Books 2013 Bouddho Lekhomala O Onyanyo Shraman Subhro Bandopadhyay Poetry 2017 Elvis O Amolasundari Shamik Ghosh Short Story
Bengali winners of Sahitya Akademi Award for English Year Book Author Category of Books 1967 Shadow from Ladakh Bhabani Bhattacharya Novel 1969 An Artist in Life Niharranjan Ray Study of Tagore 1975 Scholar Extraordinary Nirad C. Chaudhuri Biography of Max Müller 1989 The Shadow Lines Amitav Ghosh Novel 1996 Memories of Rain Sunetra Gupta Novel 2002 A New World Amit Chaudhuri Novel 2003 The Perishable Empire Meenakshi Mukherjee Essays 2004 The Mammaries of the Welfare State Upamanyu Chattopadhyay Novel
Translations from Bengali literature 1989 – Nagindas Parekh – Na Hanyate (novel, Gujarati tr. from Maitreyi Devi), ... ... K. Ravi Verma – Ganadevata (novel, Malayalam tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), ... ... T.Thoibi Devi – Drishtipat (novel, Manipuri tr. from Yayavar), ... ... Basanta Kumari Devi – Ganadebata, Parts I and II (Panchagram) (novel, Oriya tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), ... ... B. Gopala Reddi – Ravindruni Natikalu (plays, Telugu tr. from Rabindranath Thakur) 1990 – Ramanik Meghanee – Gandevata (novel, Gujarati tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay), ... ... Upendranath Jha 'Vyas' – Vipradas (novel, Maithili tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay), ... ... A. Shyamsundar Singh – Krishnakantagee Uil (novel, Manipuri tr. from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay), ... ... Amar Bharati – Ikki Kahaniyan (short stories, Punjabi tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), ... ... Laxmi Narayan Mohanty – Banachari (novel, Oriya tr. from Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay), ... ... Biharilal Chhabria - Sat Kadam (Two Parts) (novel, Sindhi tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay) 1991 – Ramanlal Soni – Kabuliwala (short stories, Gujarati tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), 1991 – Shanti Ranjan Bhattacharya – Gulshan-e-Sehat (novel, Urdu tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay) 1993 – Anila A. Dalal – Prachchhanna (novel, Gujarati tr. from Bimal Kar), ... ... Olivinho Gomes – Anandmath (novel, Konkani tr. from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay), ... ... Leela Sarkar – Aranyathinte Adhikaaram (novel, Malayalam tr. from Mahashweta Devi), ... ... L. Raghumani Sharma – Charitraheen (novel, Manipuri tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay), ... ... Barendra Krushna Dhal – Samba (novel, Oriya tr. from Samaresh Basu), ... ... Vilas Gite – Rabindranathanchya Sahavasat (poetry, Marathi tr. from Maitreyi Devi), ... ... Maddipattla Suri – Samayam Kani Samayam (novel, Telugu tr. from Bimal Kar) 1994 – Basundhara Saikia –Datta (novel, Assamese tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay), ... ... Karna Thami – Sukanta Ka Kavitaharu (poetry, Nepali tr. from Sukanta Bhattacharya) 1995 – Kulanath Gogoi – Aranyer Adhikar (novel, Assamese tr. from Mahashweta Devi), ... ... Surendra Jha 'Suman' – Rabindra Natakavali Vol. I (plays, Maithili tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), ... ... P. Bhanumanthi – Meethi Charithram (play, Tamil tr. from Badal Sarkar) 1996 – Aruna Chakrabarti – Srikanta (novel, English tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay), ... ... Chandrakant Mehta – Jeevan Swad (novel, Gujarati tr. from Ashapurna Devi) 1997 – Gayatri Chakrabarti Spivak – Imaginary Maps (short stories, English tr. from Mahashweta Devi), ... ... Prasad Brahmbhatt – Amritasya Putri (novel, Gujarati tr. from Kamal Das), ... ... Shiva Shamsher Rasaily – Biraj Dulahi (novel, Nepali tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay), ... ... Jugal Kishor Dutta – Asami Hazir (novel, Oriya tr. from Bimal Mitra) 1998 – Kalpana Bardhan – Wives and Others (short stories & a novel, English tr. from Manik Bandyopadhyay), ... ... Chandranath Mishra 'Amar' – Parashuramak Beechhal - Berayal Katha (short stories, Maithili tr. from Parashuram), ... ... Bihari Lal Mishra – Sharatsaptakam (short stories, Sanskrit tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay), ... ... Lakhmi Khilani – Asamaya (novel, Sindhi tr. from Bimal Kar) 1999 – Suknaya Jhaveri – Ekvis Bengali Vartao (short stories, Gujarati tr. from different authors), ... ... Murari Madhusudan Thakur – Arogya Niketan (novel, Maithili tr. from Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay) 2000 – Hans Raj Pandotra – Gosain De Bagha Da Bhoot (novel, Dogri tr. from Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay), ... ... Amresh Patnaik – Tista Tatora Brutanta (novel, Oriya tr. from Debesh Ray), ... ... Dipak Ghosh – Sanskritaravindrasangitam (songs, Sanskrit tr. from Rabindranath Thakur) 2001 – Gopa Majumdar –Aparajito (novel, English tr. from Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyay), ... ... Janaki Ballav Patnaik – Bankima Upanyasmala (2 Volumes) (novels, Oriya tr. from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay) 2003 – (Lt.) Sujit Mukhopadhyay – Gora (novel, English tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), ... ... Rajen Saikia – Putul Nachar Itikat (novel, Assamese tr. from Manik Bandyopadhyay), ... ... M.P. Kumaran – Heerak Deepti (novel, Malayalam tr. from Sunil Gangopadhyay), ... ... Ram Swaroop Kisan – Rati Kaner (play, Rajasthani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur) 2004 – Ramshankar Dwivedi – Jhansi Ki Rani (novel, Hindi tr. from Mahashweta Devi), ... ... Madhav Borcar – Ekshe Ek Kavita (poetry, Konkani tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), ... ... Nongthombam Kunjamohan Singh – Gora (novel, Manipuri tr. from Rabindranath Thakur), ... ... Mrinalini Prabhakar Gadkari – Devdas (novel, Marathi tr. from Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay) 2005 – Uma Randeria – Nava Yugnu Parodh (novel, Gujarati tr. from Sunil Gangopadhyay) 2006 – Rajnand Jhaविदेह - प्रथम मैथिली पाक्षिक ई पत्रिका: ताराकांत झाकेँ 2008 क साहित्य अकादमी मैथिली अनुवाद पुरस्कार – Kaalbela (novel, Maithili tr. from Samaresh Majumdar) ... ... PuviarasuPuviarasu felicitation & literary inclination " AllThingsKamal.info – Puratchikaaran (poetry, Tamil tr. from Kazi Nazrul Islam) 2007 – Bachchan Singh<ref name="Jagran">Hindi News |Hindi News Headlines | Hindi News Online – Yahoo! 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