Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil
Award for contributions to Tamil literature
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored bySahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)1 lakh (US$1,300)
First awarded1955
Last awarded2023
Highlights
Total awarded65
First winnerR. P. Sethu Pillai
Most Recent winnerRajasekaran (Devibharathi)
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The Sahitya Akademi Award is the second-highest literary honor in India. The Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, aims at "promoting Indian literature throughout the world". The Akademi annually confers on writers of "the most outstanding books of literary merit". The awards are given for works published in any of the 24 languages recognised by the akademi.[1] Instituted in 1954, the award recognizes and promotes excellence in writing and acknowledge new trends. The annual process of selecting awardees runs for the preceding twelve months. As of 2015, the award comprises a plaque and a cash prize of 1 lakh (US$1,300).[1][2]

The inaugural edition of the award recognised works in twelve languages – Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. In Tamil, the first recipient of the award was R. P. Sethu Pillai, who was honored for his collection of essays entitled Tamil Inbam in 1955. Posthumous recipients of the award include Kalki Krishnamurthy (1956), Bharathidasan (1969), Ku. Alagirisami (1970), Aadhavan Sundaram (1987), C. S. Chellappa (2001), Melaanmai Ponnuchamy (2008). As of 2022, the award has been presented to 64 writers.

Rules and criteria for submissions

Although the Akademi is under the control of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, it functions as an autonomous body. To be eligible for the award, the work must be an "outstanding contribution to the language and literature to which it belongs". It can be a "creative" or a "critical" work; translations, anthologies, abridgments, compilations, annotation, and research papers are ineligible. To contest in a particular year, the work must have been published during the last five years, prior to the preceding year.[lower-alpha 1] In case of tiebreakers, the literary contribution and "standing" of the authors would be taken into consideration. Only Indian nationals are eligible for the award. The award will be not be given if there are no more than two contestants in the final round. The works of authors who have been awarded earlier by the Akademi – translation prize, Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar are exceptions though – are ineligible. Further, the author must not be a recipient of the Bhasha Samman or the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. The works of members of the executive board of the Akademi are ineligible for the award. Incomplete works may be considered for the award only if a part of the work, under which it competes, is deemed "complete". A posthumous publication is eligible only if the author has been deceased for over five years starting from the current year. The Akademi does not consider direct submissions from authors or publishers.[1]

Selection process

The Akademi will prepare a "ground list", shortlisted from a set of eligible books in each of the recognized languages. Each language will have an "Advisory Board" member, who will shortlist and form and send a panel consisting of not more than five members to the President of the Akademi.[1]

The preliminary panel consists of ten referees, who are nominated by the President upon requests received from the members of the "Advisory Board". The recommendations received from members of the "Advisory Board" of each languages will be compiled and sent to the corresponding referees, who in turn will select two entries. A committee of three members, selected by the President, out of a panel of seven names recommended by the Language "Advisory Board", chooses the awardee in each language. The jury members are selected by the President after considering the recommendations in this behalf by the members of the Language Advisory Board concerned. The Akademi purchases the books recommended by the referees in the preliminary round and sends them to the jury members and the Convener. The jury members arrive at the winners, based on consensus or by majority. The jury also has the right to declare that no book is eligible for the award during a particular year b.[1]

List of recipients

Kalki Krishnamurthy was the first posthumous winner of this award.
Dr. M. Rajendran IAS is the recent winner of this award.
Key
Denotes posthumous recipients
List of recipients, year, and work[3]
Year Recipient Work Notes
1955 R. P. Sethu Pillai Tamil InbamA collection of essays
1956 Kalki Krishnamurthy Alai OsaiA novel
1957 No award
1958 C. Rajagopalachari Chakravarti TirumaganA retelling of the Ramayana
1959 No award
1960 No award
1961 Mu. Varadarajan Agal VilakkuA novel
1962 Mi. Pa. Somasundaram Akkarai Cheemaiyil AarumathangalA travelogue
1963 Akilan Vengaiyin MaindhanA Historic novel
1964 No award
1965 P. Sri Acharya Sri RamanujarA biography
1966 Ma. Po. Si. Vallalar Kanda OrumaippaaduA biography
1967 K. V. Jagannathan Virar UlagamA Literary criticism
1968 A. Srinivasa Raghavan Vellai ParavaiA poetry
1969 Bharathidasan PisirantaiyarA play
1970 Ku. Alagirisami AnbalippuA collection of short stories
1971 Na. Parthasarathy Samudaya VeedhiA novel
1972 D. Jayakanthan Sila Nerangalil Sila ManithargalA novel
1973 Rajam Krishnan Verukku NeerA novel
1974 K. D. Thirunavukkarasu Thirukkural Needhi IllakkiyamA literary criticism
1975 R. Dhandayudham Tharkkala Tamizh IllakkiyamA literary criticism
1976 No award
1977 Indira Parthasarathy Kuruthip PunalNovel
1978 Vallikannan Pudukavithaiyin Thottramum ValarchiyumCriticism
1979 Thi. Janakiraman Sakthi VaithiyamShort stories
1980 Kannadasan Cheraman KadaliNovel
1981 M. Ramalingam Puthiya Urai NadaiCriticism
1982 B. S. Ramaiya ManikkodikalamLiterary history
1983 T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan Bharathi: Kalamum KaruthumLiterary criticism
1984 Lakshmi Oru Kaveriyai PolaNovel
1985 A. S. Gnanasambandan Kamban: Putiya ParvaiLiterary criticism
1986 Ka. Naa. Subramaniam Ilakkiyathukku oru IyakkamLiterary criticism
1987 Aadhavan Sundaram Mudalil Iravu VarumShort stories[4]
1988 V. C. Kulandaiswamy Vaazhum ValluvamLiterary criticism
1989 La Sa Ra ChintanadiAutobiographical Essays
1990 Su. Samuthiram Veril Pazhutha PalaNovel
1991 Ki. Rajanarayanan Gopallapurathu MakkalNovel
1992 Kovi. Manisekaran Kutralakurinjihistoric novel
1993 M. V. Venkatram KathukalNovel
1994 Ponneelan Pudhiya DharsanangalNovel
1995 Prapanchan Vanam VasappadumNovel
1996 Ashoka Mitran Appavin SnehidarShort stories
1997 Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Chaivu NarkaliNovel
1998 Sa. Kandasamy Visaranai CommissionNovel
1999 S. Abdul Rahman AalapanaiPoetry
2000 Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran Vimarsanangal Mathippuraikal PettikalLiterary criticism
2001 C. S. Chellappa Sutanthira DaagamNovel[4]
2002 Sirpi Balasubramaniam Oru Giraamattu NadiPoetry
2003 Vairamuthu Kallikattu IthikasamNovel
2004 Tamilanban Vanakkam ValluvaPoetry
2005 G. Thilakavathi KalmaramA novel
2006 Mu. Metha Akayathukku AduthaveeduPoetry
2007 Neela Padmanabhan Ilai Uthir KaalamA novel
2008 Melanmai Ponnusamy MinsarapooShort story[5]
2009 Puviarasu KaioppamPoetry
2010 Nanjil Nadan Soodiya Poo SoodarkaA collection of short stories[6]
2011 Su. Venkatesan Kaval KottamA novel[7]
2012 Daniel Selvaraj TholA novel[8]
2013 Joe D Cruz korkaiA novel
2014 Poomani AgngnaadiA novel
2015 A. Madhavan Ilakkiya suvadugalA collection of essays
2016 Vannadasan Oru Siru IsaiShort stories
2017 Inkulab Kaandhal Naatkal Poetry
2018 S.Ramakrishnan SanjaaramNovel
2019 Cho.Dharman Sool Novel
2020[9] Imaiyam Sellaatha Panam Novel
2021 C. S. Lakshmi (Ambai) Sivappu Kazhuthudan Oru Pachai Paravai Short Stories
2022 Dr. M. Rajendran IAS Kaala Paani Novel[10][11]
2023 Rajasekaran (Devibharathi) Neervazhi Paduvum Novel[12]

Notes

  1. To compete in 2016, the work must have been published between 2009 and 2014.

References

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  2. "Poets dominate 2009 Sahitya Akademi Awards". The Hindu. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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  4. 1 2 Awarded Posthumously
  5. "2008 Sahitya Akademi Award list". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  6. "Sahitya Akademi award for Nanjil Nadan". The Hindu. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  7. சு.வெங்கடேசனுக்கு இந்த ஆண்டுக்கான சாகித்ய அகாதமி விருது
  8. "Sahitya Akademi award for D.Selvaraj" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  9. "Sahitya Akademi Awards-2020 (Official Website)". March 2021.
  10. "Sahitya Akademi award for M Rajendran IAS". Ministry of Culture. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  11. "Sahitya Akademi award for M Rajendran IAS". The Hindu. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  12. "Sahitya Akademi Award 2023" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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