Sahitya Akademi Award to Marathi Writers
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Recipients from MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
of Sahitya Akademi FellowshipSahitya Akademi FellowshipThe Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is a literary honour in India. Awarded by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, to the "immortals of literature," and limited to twenty one individuals at any given time, it is the highest literary honour conferred by the Government of India...
- 1970 - Vishnu Sakharam KhandekarVishnu Sakharam KhandekarVishnu Sakharam Khandekar was an eminent Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.-Early life:...
- 1971 - Dattatreya Balkrushna (Kaka) Kalelkar (Writings in Gujarati, English, Hindi, and Marathi)
- 1973 - Vasudev Vishnu MirashiVasudev Vishnu MirashiVasudev Vishnu Mirashi was a prominent Indologist of the 20th century. He hailed from Maharashtra, India.-Career:After a brilliant educational career at the University of Bombay, Mirashi was appointed in 1919 to the Sanskrit chair at Morris College in Nagpur. He was appointed principal of the same...
- 1979 - Atmaram Ravaji DeshpandeAtmaram Ravaji DeshpandeAtmaram Raoji Deshpande was a Marathi poet from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. He wrote poems under the pen name Anil . He was born on 11 September 1901 at Murtijapur in Akola district of Central India...
- 1989 - Laxmanshastri Joshi
- 1994 - Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte Vishnu Bhikaji KolteVishnu Bhikaji Kolte was a Marathi writer and researcher of old Marathi literature. He hailed from Maharashtra, India.-Life:...
- 1996 - Vinda Karandikar Vinda KarandikarGovind Vināyak Karandikar , better known as Vindā Karandikar , was a well-known Marathi poet and writer. He was also an essayist, literary critic, and a translator....
- 2000 - Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar Ramchandra Narayan DandekarRamchandra Narayan Dandekar was a renowned Indologist and Vedic scholar from Maharashtra, India.He was born in Satara on March 17, 1909 and died in Pune on December 11, 2001-Education:...
- 2007 - Ravindra KelekarRavindra KelekarRavindra Kelekar was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi. A Gandhian activist, freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement, he is a well known Konkani scholar, linguist, and creative thinker...
(Writings in Konkani and Marathi)
Recipients of Sahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
s in MarathiMarathi languageMarathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
- 1955 - Laxmanshastri Joshi - Vaidik Sanskruticha Vikas
- 1956 - Bal Sitaram Mardhekar - Saundarya Ani Sahitya
- 1957 - (No Award)
- 1958 - Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar - Bahurupee
- 1959 - Gajanan Tryambak Deshpande - Bharatiya Sahityashastra
- 1960 - Vishnu Sakharam KhandekarVishnu Sakharam KhandekarVishnu Sakharam Khandekar was an eminent Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.-Early life:...
- Yayati - 1961 - D. N. Gokhale - Dr. Ketkar
- 1962 - Purushottam Yeshawant Deshpande - Anamikachi Chintanika
- 1963 - Shripad Narayan PendseShripad Narayan PendseShripad Narayan Pendse was a writer of several Marathi novels. He hailed from Maharashtra, India.His novel Rathachakra received a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963....
- Rathachakra - 1964 - Ranjit DesaiRanjit DesaiRanjit Desai was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born in 1928 in the town of Kowad in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.-Novels:* Bari* Maza Gav* Swami* Shriman Yogi* Radheya* Lakshya Wedh* Samidha...
- Swami - 1965 - Purushottam Laxman Deshpande - Vyakti Ani Valli
- 1966 - Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar - Shri Shiv Chhatrapati
- 1967 - N. G. Kalelkar - Bhasha : Itihas Ani Bhoogol
- 1968 - Irawati KarveIrawati KarveIrawati Karve was an Indian anthropologist, educationist, and a writer from Maharashtra, India. She was born at Irawati to G. H. Karmarkar, engineer in Myingyan, Burma, so as to commemorate birth place secrede river iravati, she was given name 'Iravati'...
- Yugant - 1969 - Shrinivas Narayan Banhatti - Natyacharya Deval
- 1970 - Narahar Raghunath Phatak - Adarsh Bharat Sevak
- 1971 - Durga BhagwatDurga BhagwatDurga Narayan Bhagwat , popularly known as Durga Bhagwat, was an Indian scholar, socialist and writer. She studied Sanskrit and Buddhist literature, roamed jungles of Madhya Pradesh to study tribal life, later returned to Mumbai as a researcher and wrote books in Marathi...
- Pais - 1972 - Godavari Parulekar - Jevha Manus Jaga Hoto
- 1973 - Gurunath Abaji KulkarniG. A. KulkarniG. A. Kulkarni or simply "GA" , was a legendary Marathi writer of short stories.GA grew up in Belgaum. After earning his masters degree, he taught English at JSS College in Dharwad for about 30 years. He had very strong liking for Dharwad and Belgaum. For medical treatment of his eyes, he...
- Kajalmaya - 1974 - Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar - Natasamrat
- 1975 - R. B. Patankar - Soundarya Mimansa
- 1976 - Gopal Nilakanth DandekarG. N. DandekarGopal Nilkanth Dandekar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Dandekar was born in Paratwadain Amravati district....
- Smarangatha - 1977 - Atmaram Ravaji DeshpandeAtmaram Ravaji DeshpandeAtmaram Raoji Deshpande was a Marathi poet from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. He wrote poems under the pen name Anil . He was born on 11 September 1901 at Murtijapur in Akola district of Central India...
- Dashapadi - 1978 - Chintamani Tryambak KhanolkarChintamani Tryambak KhanolkarChintamani Tryambak Khanolkar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote poetry under the name “Arati Prabhu” and prose under his own name...
- Nakshatranche Dene - 1979 - Sarchchandra Muktibodh - Srushti, Saundarya Ani Sahityamulya
- 1980 - Mangesh Padgaonkar - Salaam
- 1981 - Laxman ManeLaxman ManeLaxman Bapu Mane is a Marathi writer and a social activitist from Maharashtra, India. Mane came to sudden fame after publishing his autobiography Upara, , in 1980...
- Upara - 1982 - Prabhakar Padhye - Saundaryanubhav
- 1983 - Vyankatesh Madgulkar - Sattantar
- 1984 - Indira SantIndira SantIndira Sant was a Marathi poetess from Maharashtra, India.She was born on January 4, 1914, as Indira Dikshit in the small town of India, Karnataka....
- GarbhaReshami - 1985 - Vishram BedekarVishram BedekarVishwanath Chintamani Bedekar , who professionally used the name Vishram Bedekar , was a Marathi writer and movie director from Maharashtra, India....
- Ek Zad Ani Don Pakshi - 1986 - N. G. Deshpande - Khoon-Gathi
- 1987 - Ramchandra Chintamani DhereRamchandra Chintamani DhereRamchandra Chintaman Dhere is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. Dhere was born in the town of Nigade in Pune district. He obtained a D.Lit...
- Shri Vitthal : Ek Mahasamanvay - 1988 - Laxman Gaikwad - Uchalya
- 1989 - Prabhakar Urdhwareshe - Haravlele Diwas
- 1990 - Anand Ratan YadavAnand YadavAnand RatanYadav is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born on November 30, 1935 in the village Kagal near Kolhapur, Maharastra in a poor family. His illiterate farmer father was not in favor of educating him...
- Zombi - 1991 - Bhalchandra NemadeBhalchandra NemadeBhalchandra Vanaji Nemade is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.-Life:Nemade was born in 1938 in the village of Sangavi in Khandesh. He received his bachelor's degree from Fergusson College in Pune and Master's degree in Linguistics from Deccan College in Pune and English Literature from...
- Teeka Svayanwar - 1992 - Vishwas Patil - Zada-Zadati
- 1993 - Vijaya Rajadhyksha - Mardhekaranchi Kavita
- 1994 - Dilip ChitreDilip ChitreDilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics to emerge in the post Independence India. Apart from being a very important bilingual writer, writing in Marathi and English, he was also a painter and filmmaker.-Biography:He was born in Baroda on 17 September 1938...
- Ekun Kavita - 1 - 1995 - Namdeo Kamble - Raghawa-Wel
- 1996 - Gangadhar GadgilGangadhar GadgilGangadhar Gopal Gadgil was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.He was born in Mumbai in 1923...
- Eka Mungiche Mahabharat - 1997 - Madhukar Vasudev DhondM. V. DhondMadhukar Vasudev Dhond was a literary and art critic from Maharashtra, India....
- Dnyaneshwaritil Laukik Srushti - 1998 - Sadanand More - Tukaram Darshan
- 1999 - Ranganath Pathare - Tamrapat
- 2000 - Namdev Dhondo Mahanor - Panzad
- 2001 - Rajan Gavas - Tanakat
- 2002 - Mahesh ElkunchwarMahesh ElkunchwarMahesh Elkunchwar is an Indian playwright with more than 15 plays to his name, in addition to his theoretical writings, critical works, and his active work in India's Parallel Cinema as actor and screenwriter....
- Yugant - 2003 - T. V. Sardeshmukh - Dangora Eka Nagaricha
- 2004 - Sadanand DeshmukhSadanand DeshmukhSadanand Namdev Deshmukh is a Marathi language author. He was awarded with Sahitya Akademi Award in 2004 for his novel Baromas.-References:...
- Baromas - 2005 - Arun Balkrishna KolatkarArun KolatkarArun Balkrishna Kolatkar was a poet from Maharashtra, India. Writing in both Marathi and English, his poems found humor in many everyday matters. His poetry had an influence on modern Marathi poets...
- Bhijaki Vahi - 2006 - Asha Bage - Bhoomi
- 2007 - Go. Ma. Pawar - Charitra: Viththal Ramji Shinde
- 2008 - Shyam Manohar - Utsukatene Mee Zopalo
(Pandurang Vaman Kane
Pandurang Vaman Kane
Bharat Ratna Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane was a notable Indologist and Sanskrit scholar. He received India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 1963. He was born in a conservative Chitpavan Brahmin family in the Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India. Eminent Historian Professor R.S...
received Sahitya Akademi award in 1956 for History of Dharmashastra Volume IV in English.)