7 from Assam makes to the list of Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar & Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021

Dec. 30: Sahitya Akademi announced its prestigious Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 in various languages on December 30, 2021. It’s indeed a matter of pride that seven persons from Assam were successful in earning the awards. They are: Anuradha Sarma Pujari (Assamese), Mwdai Gahai (Bodo) and Chhabilal Upadhyaya (Nepali) for winning the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2021. Mrinal Ch Kalita (Assamese) & Ratneswar Narzary (Bodo) from Assam won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021. Abhijit Bora (Assamese) & Gautom Daimary (Bodo) also from Assam got the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Award 2021. Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma congratulated all these recipients.

The Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 was given in 20 Indian languages and the other winners include: Anuradha Sarma Pujari (Assamese), Bratya Basu (Bengali), Mwdai Gahai (Bodo), Raj Rahi (Dogri), Daya Prakash Sinha (Hindi), DS Nagabhushana (Kannada), Wali Mohd Aseer Kashtawari (Kashmiri), Sanjiv Verenkar (Konkani), George Onakkoor (Malayalam), Kiran Gurav (Marathi), Chhabilal Upadhyaya (Nepali), Hrushikesh Mallick (Odia), Khalid Hussain (Punjabi), Meethesh Nirmohi (Rajasthani), Vindeshwariprasad Mishr “Vinay” (Sanskrit), Niranjan Hansda (Santali), Arjun Chawla (Sindhi), Ambai (Tamil) and Gorati Venkanna (Telugu). The winner of Gujarati, Maithili, Manipuri, and Urdu languages will be announced at a later date.

Also congratulate the winners of Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 – Shri Mrinal Ch Kalita (Assamese) & Ratneswar Narzary (Bodo) and Sahitya Akademi Yuva Award 2021 – Shri Abhijit Bora (Assamese) & Gautom Daimary (Bodo).

Best wishes for your future endeavours!

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) December 30, 2021

The Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 were awarded for 22 Indian languages. Other winners of Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2021 are: Abhijit Bora (Assamese), Gourob Chakraborty (Bengali), Gautom Daimary (Bodo), Arun Akash Dev (Dogri), Drashti Soni (Gujarati), Himanshu Vajpai (Hindi), L.Lakshmi Narayan Swamy (Kannada), Razi Tahir Bhagat (Kashmiri), Sharddha Garad (Konkani), Amit Mishra (Maithili), Mobin Mohan (Malayalam), Lenin Khmancha (Manipuri), Pranav Sakhadeo (Marathi), Mahesh Dahal (Nepali), Debabrata Das (Odia), Veerdavinder Singh (Punjabi), Swetapadma Satapathy (Sanskrit), Kuna Hansdah (Santali), Rakesh Shewani (Sindhi), Thagulla Gopal (Telugu), and Umar Farhat (Urdu). While the award in Tamil will be declared later, there was no award given in Rajasthani language this year.

The Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 was also given in 22 Indian languages. Other winners include: Mrinal Chandra Kalita (Assamese), Sunirmal Chakraborty (Bengali), Ratneshwar Narzary (Bodo), Narsingh Dev Jamval (Dogri), Devendra Mewari (Hindi), Basu Bevinagida (Kannada), Majeed Majazi (Kashmiri), Sumedha Kamat Desai (Konkani), Anmol Jha (Maithili), Raghunath Paleri (Malayalam), Ningombam Jadumani Singh (Manipuri), Sanjay Wagh (Marathi), Sudarsha Ambatey (Nepali), Digaraj Brahma (Odia), Kirti Sharma (Rajasthani), Asha Agarwal (Sanskrit), Sova Hansda (Santali), Kishin Khubchandani “Ranjayal” (Sindhi), Mu. Murugesh (Tamil), Devaraju Maharaju (Telugu), and Kausar Siddiqui (Urdu). No Bal Sahitya Puraskar was given in Gujarati and Punjabi languages this year.