Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019

Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Award- 2019 in 23 languages.

In Hindi, Nand Kishore has been awarded for his Poetry  ‘Chheelate Hue Apne Ko’.

In English Dr Shashi Tharoor has been awarded for his Non-Fiction ‘An Era of Darkness’.

In Tamil, Cho Dharman has been awarded for his Novel ‘Sool’ and in Gujarati, Ratilal Borisagar has awarded for his Essays ‘Mojama Revu Re’.

In Sanskrit, Penna Madhusudan will get the award for his Poetry ‘Prajnachakshusham’ and in Urdu, Shafey Kidwai will be awarded for his Biography ‘Sawaneh-E-Sir Syed: Ek Bazdeed’.