literary award

New Delhi, April 2 Padma Viswanathan, a Canadian-American writer of Indian origin, has been shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize as the English translator of a novella written in Portuguese."On Earth As It Is Beneath," by Brazilian author Ana Paula Maia, which judges described...

The novel "Hara Parbati Katha" by author Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay has been selected for the Saraswati Samman, 2025. The Saraswati Samman, established by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1991, is an annual award given to outstanding literary works written in any Indian language by an Indian citizen and...

Hyderabad, March 17 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy congratulated poet Nandini Sidha Reddy on Tuesday, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2025.The chief minister stated that the renowned Telangana writer is a great humanist who depicted the plight of humanity and the breakdown of...

Gangtok, March 16 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang congratulated Prakash Bhattarai on Monday for being selected for the Sahitya Akademi award for 2025.The Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 24 Indian languages recognized by it on Monday. Prakash Bhattarai has...

Jaipur, March 16 Jaipur District Collector Jitendra Kumar Soni's collection of short stories, "Bharkhama," will receive the Sahitya Akademi Award in the Rajasthani language category.The Sahitya Akademi, an autonomous organization under the Union Ministry of Culture, announced awards for...

New Delhi, March 16 English author and former ambassador Navtej Sarna and Hindi writer Mamta Kalia are among the 24 authors in as many languages who will receive the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2025, the National Academy of Letters announced on Monday.The announcement comes months after the...

Chennai, March 14 Poet and lyricist Vairamuthu has been selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award, becoming the third Tamil writer to receive the country’s highest literary honour.The 72-year-old author follows in the footsteps of late novelists Akilan (1975) and Jayakanthan (2002)...

New Delhi, March 14 – The 60th Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, for the year 2025 will be conferred on the distinguished Tamil poet, lyricist, and writer, R. Vairamuthu.This was announced by the Bharatiya Jnanpith on Saturday.He has been selected for the prestigious award in...

London, February 24 Padma Viswanathan, a Canadian writer of Indian origin, was named on Tuesday as the English translator of a “haunting” Portuguese-language novel by Brazilian author Ana Paula Maia for the 2026 International Booker Prize."On Earth As It Is Beneath," described by judges as a...