Sahitya Akademi

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...

Noted Telugu Poet C Narayana Reddy, Jnanpith and Padma Bhusan Awardee, Passes Away

Telangana News | Edited by Ipsita Sarkar | Monday June 12, 2017

Telugu poet, lyricist and writer Cingireddy Narayana Reddy passed away on Monday, reported news agency ANI. An authority on Telugu literature, he won the Jnanpith Award in 1988. Dr C Narayana Reddy was also a play-wright, orator, educationist and communicator. Besides Jnanpith, the poet was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1977 and Sahitya A...

Sahitya Akademi Awardees Cannot Return Award: Delhi High Court

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 28, 2017

Sahitya Akademi awardees are not eligible to return their awards as they are granted after considerable deliberations, the Delhi High Court on Monday noted.

Author Returns Award In Protest Over Jallikattu Issue

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 21, 2017

A writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi's Yuva Puraskar today returned his award, protesting against the lack of "positive" action from the Centre on the Jallikattu issue.

Eminent Assamese Poet Nalinidhar Bhattacharya Passes Away

People | Press Trust of India | Friday September 2, 2016

'Sahitya Akademi' award winning Assamese litterateur Nalinidhar Bhattacharya passed away today due to old-age ailments, family sources said.

Sahitya Akademi Awards Presented To 24 Indian Authors

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 17, 2016

Twenty four eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages were felicitated today by the Sahitya Akademi at its annual Festival of Letters.

I Will Be Very Careful While Tweeting, Says Author Ruskin Bond

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 25, 2016

Wary of controversies, celebrated author Ruskin Bond who recently joined micro-blogging platform Twitter says he will be "very careful" while tweeting.

My Protest Against Intolerance Continues, Says Writer Nayantara Sahgal

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 25, 2016

Noted writer Nayantara Sahgal, who has refused to accept her literary award back, today wrote to the Sahitya Akademi saying her protest against intolerance continues.

Nayantara Sahgal Questions Timing Of Sahitya Akademi's Policy On Awards

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday January 24, 2016

Eminent writer Nayantara Sahgal on Saturday clarified that she was not taking back the award and questioned the timing of Sahitya Akademi's announcement of a policy not to take back awards.

Poet Ashok Vajpeyi Refuses To Take Back Award, Says 'Intolerance Remain High'

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 23, 2016

Noted writer and poet Ashok Vajpeyi today refused to take back the Sahitya Akademi award that he had returned stating that "intolerance levels remain high" in the country.

Nayantara Sahgal Rebuts Sahitya Akademi's Claim She Will Take Back Award

India News | Edited by Jatin Gandhi (with inputs from PTI) | Friday January 22, 2016

The Sahitya Akademi today claimed some of the writers, including Nayantara Sahgal, have agreed to take back the awards they had returned citing 'growing intolerance' in the country. Ms Sahgal, however, issued a separate statement strongly denying the academy's claim.

Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Framing Guidelines On Returning Awards

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 23, 2015

The Delhi High Court today sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking a direction to frame guidelines that if Sahitya Akademi awardees return their awards, they should also return the prize money and royalties they may have earned through sale of their books.

Vikram Seth Says Indians Demeaning Others On Religion Not Fit To Be Leaders

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 10, 2015

Tolerance is the basic tenor of the country and any Indian who demeans others on the basis of food, religion and love is not worthy to be a leader, said novelist Vikram Seth, who had earlier supported Sahitya Akademi's condemnation of writers' killings.

Writers Must Respect Their Awards: Sahitya Akademi President

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 19, 2015

Post the 'award-wapsi' campaign across the country during which a slew of writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards to protest against "growing intolerance", Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari today said the writers must respect the awards they win.