SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2019

Language Title and Genre Name of the Author
Assamese Chanakya (Novel) Joysree Goswami Mahanta
Bengali Ghumer Darja Thele (Essays) Chinmoy Guha
Bodo Akhai Athumniphrai (Poetry) Phukan Ch. Basumatary
Dogri Bandralta Darpan (Essays) Om Sharma Jandriari
English An Era of Darkness (Non-Fiction) Shashi Tharoor
Gujarati Mojma Revu Re (Essays) Ratilal Borisagar
Hindi Chheelate Hue Apne Ko (Poetry) Nand Kishore Acharya
Kannada Kudi Esaru (Autobiography) Vijaya
Kashmiri Akh Yaad Akh Qayamat (Short Stories) Abdul Ahad Hajini
Konkani The Words (Poetry) Nilba A. Khandekar
Maithili Jingik Oriaon Karait (Poetry) Kumar Manish Arvind
Malayalam Achan Piranna Veedu (Poetry) V. Madhusoodanan Nair
Manipuri Ei Amadi Adungeigi Eethat (Novel) L. Birmangol Singh (Beryl Thanga)
Marathi Kadachit Ajoonahi (Poetry) Anuradha Patil
Odia Bhaswati (Short Stories) Tarun Kanti Mishra
Punjabi Antheen (Short Stories) Kirpal Kazak
Rajasthani Bareek Baat (Short Stories) Ramsawroop Kisan
Sanskrit Prajnachakshusham (Poetry) Penna Madhusudan
Santali Sisirjali (Short Stories) Kali Charan Hembram
Sindhi Jeejal (Short Stories) Ishwar Moorjani
Tamil Sool (Novel) Cho. Dharman
Telugu Septabhoomi (Novel) Bandi Narayana Swamy
Urdu Sawaneh-E-Sir Syed: Ek Bazdeed (Biography) Shafey Kidwai
Nepali to be declared later

Annexure ‘B’
JURY MEMBERS FOR THE SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2019
ASSAMESE
 Dr. Basanta Bhattacharya
 Sri Gagan Ch. Adhikary
 Prof. Umesh Deka
BENGALI
 Ms. Bani Basu
 Sri Pabitra Mukhopadhyay
 Sri Usharanjan Bhattacharya
BODO
 Sri Nabin Malla Boro
 Dr. Rita Baro
 Sri U.G. Brahma
DOGRI
 Smt. Padma Sachdev
 Prof. Shashi Pathania
 Dr. Narsingh Dev Jamwal
ENGLISH
 Dr. G.N. Devy
 Prof. K. Satchidanandan
 Prof. Sukanta Choudhury
GUJARATI
 Smt. Anila A. Dalal
 Sri Hasu Yajnik
 Sri Harshad Trivedi
HINDI
 Sri Leeladhar Jagoori
 Sri Nand Bhardwaj
 Prof. Ratan Kumar Pandey
KANNADA
 Sri B.R. Lakshmana Rao
 Dr. Na. Damodara Shetty
 Dr. Lata Gutti
KASHMIRI
 Sri Fayaz Tilagami
 Prof. Mohammad Zaman Azurdah
 Sri Farooq Nazki
KONKANI
 Sri Gajanan Jog
 Smt. Meena Kakodkar
 Sri Prakash D. Padgaonkar
MAITHILI
 Prof. Amarnath Jha
 Smt. Bina Thakur
 Dr. Rajkumar Jha
MALAYALAM
 Dr. Chandramathi
 Sri N.S. Madhavan
 Prof. M. Thomas Mathew
MANIPURI
 Dr. Moirangthem Priyobrata Singh
 Prof. H. Behari Singh
 Prof. Nahakpam Aruna Devi
MARATHI
 Dr. Aasaram Lomate
 Sri Laxman Mane
 Sri Vasudev Sawant
ODIA
 Dr. Malabika Ray
 Dr. Phani Mohanty
 Dr. Prafulla Kumar Mohanty
PUNJABI
 Dr. Atamjit
 Sri Darshan Singh Buttar
 Sri Manmohan Singh Daon
RAJASTHANI
 Sri Ambika Dutt Chaturvedi
 Sri C.L. Sankhala
 Dr. Arjun Dev Charan
SANSKRIT
 Prof. H.K. Satpathy
 Dr. Satyanarayan Chakravarthy
 Prof. P.C. Muraleemadhavan
SANTALI
 Sri Arjun Charan Hembram
 Sri Bhujanga Tudu
 Sri Gangadhar Hansda
SINDHI
 Sri Dholan Rahi
 Dr. Nirmala Asnani
 Prof. Vishu Bellani
TAMIL
 Sri Puviyarasu
 Dr. K. Chellappan
 Smt. Sivasankari
TELUGU
 Sri Ketu Vishwanadha Reddy
 Sri Seela Veerraju
 Dr. V. Chinnaveera Bhadrudu
URDU
 Sri Janki Prasad Sharma
 Sri Maher Mansoor
 Sri Mohd. Khaleel