The Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024 were conferred on 23 distinguished writers at a ceremony during the ongoing “Sahityotsav: Festival of Letters”. The annual awards, recognizing excellence in Indian literature across various genres, were announced in December 2023.
Key Awardees and Their Works
Poetry & Novels
- Gagan Gill (Hindi) – Main Jab Tak Aai Bahar (Poetry)
- Easterine Kire (English) – Spirit Nights (Novel)
- Sohan Koul (Kashmiri) – Psychiatric Ward (Novel)
- Paul Kaur (Punjabi) – Sun Gunvanta Sun Budhivanta: Itihaasnama Punjab (Poetry)
- Aron Raja Basomatary (Bodo) – Swrni Thakhai (Novel)
Short Stories
- Yuva Baral (Nepali) – Chhichimira
- Hundraj Balwani (Sindhi) – Purzo
Other Notable Awardees
- K. Jayakumar (Malayalam)
- Haobam Satyabati Devi (Manipuri)
- Dileep Jhaveri (Gujarati)
- Sameer Tanti (Assamese)
- Mukut Maniraj (Rajasthani)
- Dipak Kumar Sharma (Sanskrit)
Each awardee received a plaque, a shawl, and ₹1 lakh.
