List of Yuva Puraskar winners for English

Yuva Puraskar is given each year to young writers for their outstanding works in the 24 languages, since 2011.

Recipients Following is the list of recipients of Yuva Puraskar for their works written in English. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and an engraved copper plaque.

Year Author WorkGenreReferences 2011 Vikram Sampath My Name Is Gauhar Jaan!'–The Life And Times of A Musician || Biography || |- | 2012 || Aman Sethi || A Free Man || Non Fiction || |- | 2013 || Janice Pariat || Boats on Land || Short Stories || |- | 2014 || Kaushik Barua || Windhorse || Novel || |- | 2015 || Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar || The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey || Novel || |- | 2016 || Raghu Karnad || Farthest Field An Indian Story of The Second World War || Biography || |- | 2017 || Manu S. Pillai || The Ivory Throne || Biography || |- | 2018 || colspan="4" style="background:#f5a9a9; text-align:center;" | No Award''' |- | 2019 || Tanuj Solanki || Diwali in Muzaffarnagar || Short Stories || |- | 2020 || Yashica Dutt || Coming Out as Dalit || Memoir || |- | 2021 || Megha Majumdar || A Burning || Novel || |- |2022 || Mihir Vatsa || Tales of Hazaribagh || Travel Memoir || |- |2023 || Anirudh Kanisetti|| Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas || Historical || |- | 2024 || K. Vaishali || Homeless: Growing up Lesbian and Dyslexic In India'' Memoir 2025Advait KottarySiddhartha: The Boy Who Became the BuddhaNovel"Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025" (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2026.

List of Yuva Puraskar winners for English

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