Sahitya Akademi

Congress Leader Veerappa Moily Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 13, 2021

Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam are among 20 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020.

Jammu And Kashmir Academy Of Art, Culture, Languages To Be A Society Soon

Education | Reported by Press Trust of India | Thursday March 11, 2021

The reorganisation of JKAACL is based on the existing models of central bodies like Sahitya Akademi, Sangeet Natak Akademi and Lalit Kala Akademi. The society will work to promote the publication of literature on art, culture and allied subjects.

Job Opportunities At Sahitya Akademi, Application Submission Deadline Is November 30

Jobs | Edited by Maitree Baral | Monday November 2, 2020

Sahitya Akademi has invited applications for recruitment to Assistant Editor, Sales-cum-Exhibition Assistant, Senior Library & information Assistant, Stenographer, Proof Reader cum General Assistant and Senior Accountant posts.

Eminent Writer And Sahitya Akademi Awardee GS Amur Dies At 95

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 28, 2020

Veteran critic and versatile writer Dr G S Amur died on Monday due to age related ailments, family sources said.

Vice President Condoles Death Of Rajya Sabha Member MP Veerendra Kumar

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 29, 2020

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday condoled the death of Rajya Sabha member and managing director of leading Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi M P Veerendra Kumar, saying he made an invaluable contribution to media and journalism.

AMU Professor Recieves Sahitya Akademi Award

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Monday March 2, 2020

Professor Shafey Kidwai has received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award (2019) for his seminal Urdu work "Sawanah-e-Sir Syed - Ek Bazdeed" last week.

Sahitya Akademi Awardee G Nanjundan Found Dead At His House In Bengaluru

India News | ANI | Sunday December 22, 2019

Sahitya Akademi award winner G Nanjundan was found dead at his residence in Bengaluru today, the police said. The body, found in a decomposed state, has been sent for postmortem, they said.

Shashi Tharoor Among Writers To Receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 18, 2019

Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The National Academy of Letters announced the names of the winners on Wednesday.

"Not As Happy As I Should Be": Novelist Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Sahitya Akademi Award

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 18, 2019

Novelist and former AGP Rajya Sabha member Jayashree Goswami Mahanta on Wednesday said "I am not as happy as I should be" with the news of winning the Sahitya Akademi award and promised to distribute the prize money among the families of those killed during anti-citizenship law protests in Assam.

Artiste Raghunandana Protests "Lynching", Rejects Sahitya Akademi Award

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 19, 2019

Eminent theatre personality from Karnataka, S Raghunandana on Thursday declined to accept the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in protest against incidents of "mob lynching and violence in the name of God and religion" and attempts to throttle voices of activists.

Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Martyr's Family Excluded From Assam Citizen List

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 1, 2019

Sahitya Akademi awardee Durga Khatiwada along with the family members of Baijyanti Devi, the first woman martyr of Assam Agitation, have been excluded from the complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), an organisation of the Gorkhas said on Sunday.

Tributes Pour In For Renowned Hindi Author Namvar Singh

India News | Edited by Niharika Banerjee | Wednesday February 20, 2019

Renowned Hindi author and critic Namvar Singh died in New Delhi last night at the age of 92. Tributes poured in today for the celebrated author who was also the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award. "Humble tributes to Namvar Singh who took criticism of Hindi literature to new heights," Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on micro-blogging ...

Railways Ticket Inspector Conferred Sahitya Akademi Award

Jobs | NDTV Education Team | Monday December 10, 2018

Shyam Sundar Besra, Chief Inspector of Ticket, working in Asansol Division of Eastern Railway of Indian Railways has been conferred the coveted Sahitya Akademi Award.

Sahitya Akademi Award Presented To 23 Authors

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 13, 2018

Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, on Monday presented its annual awards to 23 eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages.

MM Kalburgi's Wife Wants SIT Probe, Supreme Court's Notice To Centre, State

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Wednesday January 10, 2018

Professor Kalburgi's wife wants a Special Investigation Team to probe the murder of her husband. The Sahitya Akademi award winner writer and rationalist's wife Uma Devi has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking a special probe. The top court has issued a notice to Karnataka, Centre and the National Investigative Agency on setting up a Special Invest...