The list comprises eight men and five women authors some who have been entered before and some who have won. Each author is well established with no debut novels making this year’s list. There is a range of stories and concepts to each book making it difficult to choose which make the shortlist, but administrator for the Man Booker Prize, Ion Trewin, says this year’s books could be characterised by their humour. “There’s been a great deal of laughter this year.” So will you be reading through the list or do can you take a good guess as to which six will be making the short list? For that we will have to wait and see.
The Shortlist will be announced on the 7th September.
Congratulations to Barbara Demick for winning this year’s Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction with Nothing to Envy. The title comes from a song North Korean children are taught “We have nothing to envy in the world” but Demick tells the tale of 6 individuals who believed there was better beyond their country’s borders. A true account of human hardship and survival under one of the most secretive states on this planet.
Awards
Sahitya akademi awards......
The Sahitya Akademi was set up by the Government of India to foster and coordinate literary activities in all the Indian languages and to promote through them the cultural unity of India.
The Akademi was formally launched by the Government of India on March 12, 1954. It was registered as a society on January 7, 1956 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi awards prizes to the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by it. The award carries a monetary component
Sahitya Akademi gives twenty four awards to literary works in the languages it has recognised and an equal number to literary translations from and into the languages of India, both after an year-long process of scrutiny, discussion and selection. The awards are meant to recognise and promote excellence in Indian writing and expanding the very definition of Indian literature by acknowledging new trends and movements. They are a reflection of current tastes and contribute to the formation of an Indian sensibility.
Bhasha samman
The Akademi also gives special awards called Bhasha Samman to writers/scholars for significant contribution to the languages not formally recognised by the Akademi as also for contribution to classical & medieval Literature. It also has a system of electing Fellows and Honorary Fellows, as also offering Anand Coomarswamy and Premchand Fellowships.
Sahitya akademi awards in hindi 1955-2007
Year Books Authors
2009 Hawa mein hastakshar (Poetry) Kailash vajpeyi
2008 Kohre mein kaid rang (Novel) Govind Mishra
2007 | Inhin Hathiyaron Se (Novel) | Amar Kant | |||||
2006 | Sanshyatma (Poetry) | Gyanendrapati | |||||
2005 | Kyap (Novel) | Manohar Shyam Joshi | |||||
2004 | Dushchakra Mein Srista (Poetry) | Viren Dangwal | |||||
2003 | Kitne Pakistan (Novel) | Kamleshwar | |||||
2002 | Do Panktiyon Ke Beech (Poems) | Rajesh Joshi | |||||
2001 | Kali-Katha : Via Bypass (Novel) | Alka Saraogi | |||||
2000 | Hum Jo Dekhte Hain (Poetry) | Manglesh Dabral | |||||
1999 | Deewar Main Ek Khirkee Rahathi Thi (Novel) | Vinod Kumar Shukla | |||||
1998 | Naye Ilake Mein (Poetry) | Arun Kamal | |||||
1997 | Anubhav Ke Aakash Mein Chand (Poetry) | Leeladhar Jagoori | |||||
1996 | Mujhe Chand Chahiye (Novel) | Surendra Verma | |||||
1995 | Koi Doosra Nahin (Poetry) | Kunwar Narain | |||||
1994 | Kahin Nahin Wahin (Poetry) | Ashok Vajpeyi | |||||
1993 | Ardhanarishwar (Novel) | Vishnu Prabhakar | |||||
1992 | Dhai Ghar (Novel) | Giriraj Kishore | |||||
1991 | Main Vaqt Ke Hun Samne (Poetry) | Girija Kumar Mathur | |||||
1990 | Neela Chand (Novel) | Shiv Prasad Singh | |||||
1989 | Akaal Mein Saras (Poetry) | Kedarnath Singh | |||||
1988 | Aranya (Poems) | Naresh Mehta | |||||
1987 | Magadh (Poems) | *Shrikant Verma | |||||
1986 | Apurva (Poetry) | Kedarnath Aggarwal | |||||
1985 | Kavve Aur Kala Pani (Short stories) | Nirmal Varma | |||||
1984 | Log Bhool Gaye Hain (Poetry) | Raghuvir Sahai | |||||
1983 | Khutiyon Par Tange Log (Poetry) | *Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena | |||||
1982 | Viklang Shraddha Ka Daur (Satire) | Harishankar Parsai | |||||
1981 | Tap Ke Taye Hue Din (Novel) | Trilochan | |||||
1980 | Zindaginama-Zinda Rukh (Novel) | Krishna Sobti | |||||
1979 | Kal Sunana Mujhe (Poetry) | *Dhoomil | |||||
1978 | Utna Vah Suraj Hai (Poetry) | *Bharat Bhushan Agarwal | |||||
1977 | Chuka Bhi Hun Nahin Main (Poetry) | Shamsher Bahadur Singh | |||||
1976 | Meri Teri Uski Baat (Novel) | Yashpal | |||||
1975 | Tamas (Novel) | Bhisham Sahni | |||||
1974 | Mitti Ki Baraat (Poetry) | Shiv Mangal Singh `Suman' | |||||
1973 | Alok Parva (Essays) | Hazari Prasad Dwivedi | |||||
1972 | Buni Huyi Rassi (Poetry) | Bhawani Prasad Mishra | |||||
1971 | Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman (Literary criticism) | Namwar Singh | |||||
1970 | Nirala Ki Sahitya Sadhana (Biography) | Ram Vilas Sharma | |||||
1969 | Rag Darbari (Novel) | Shrilal Shukla | |||||
1968 | Do Chattanen (Poetry) | Harivansh Rai Bachchan | |||||
1967 | Amrit Aur Vish (Novel) | Amritlal Nagar | |||||
1966 | Muktibodh (Novelette) | Jainendra Kumar | |||||
1965 | Rasa Siddhanta (Treatise on poetics) | Nagendra | |||||
1964 | Aangan Ke Par Dvar (Poetry) | `Agyeya' (S.H. Vatsyayan) | |||||
1963 | Premchand: Kalam Ka Sipahi (Biography) | Amrit Rai | |||||
1961 | Bhoole Bisre Chitra (Novel) | Bhagwaticharan Verma | |||||
1960 | Kala aur Burha Chand (Poetry) | Sumitranandan Pant | |||||
1959 | Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyaya (A Survey of Indian culture) | `Dinkar' (Ramdhari Sinha) | |||||
1958 | Madhya Asia Ka Itihas (History) | Rahul Sankrityayan | |||||
1957 | Bauddha Dharma-Darshan (Philosophy) | *Acharya Narendra Dev | |||||
1956 | Padmavat Sanjivani Vyakhya (Commentary) | Vasudevasaran Agrawala | |||||
1955 | Him-Tarangini (Poetry) | Makhanlal Chaturvedi | |||||
(No awards in 1962) |
Sahitya akademi awards in english 1955-2007
Year Books Authors
2007 | Disorderly Women (Novel) | Malathi Rao |
2006 | The Sari Shop (Novel) | Rupa Bajwa |
2004 | The Mammaries of the Welfare State (Novel) | Upamanyu Chatterjee |
2003 | The Perishable Empire: Essays On Indian Writing In English (Essays) | Meenakshi Mukherjee |
2002 | A New World (Novel) | Amit Chaudhuri |
2001 | Rajaji : A Life (Biography) | Rajmohan Gandhi |
2000 | Cuckold (Novel) | Kiran Nagarkar |
1999 | The collected poems of A. K. Ramanujan (Poetry) | *A. K. Ramanujan |
1998 | Final Solutions and Other Plays (Plays) | Mahesh Dattani |
1996 | Memories of Rain (Novel) | Sunetra Gupta |
1994 | Serendip (Poetry) | Dom Moraes |
1993 | After Amnesia: Tradition and Change in Indian Literary Criticism (Criticism) | G.N. Devy |
1992 | Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (Short stories) | Ruskin Bond |
1991 | The Trotter-Nama (Novel) | I. Allan Sealy |
1990 | That Long Silence (Novel) | Shashi Deshpande |
1989 | The Shadow Lines (Novel) | Amitav Ghosh |
1988 | The Golden Gate (Novel in verse) | Vikram Seth |
1987 | Trapfalls in the Sky (Poetry) | Shiv K. Kumar |
1986 | Rich Like Us (Novel) | Nayantara Sahgal |
1985 | Collected Poems (Poetry) | Kamala Das |
1984 | The Keeper of the Dead (Poetry) | Keki N. Daruwalla |
1983 | Latter-Day Psalms (Poetry) | Nissim Ezekiel |
1982 | The Last Labyrinth (Novel) | Arun Joshi |
1981 | Relationship (Poetry) | Jayant Mahapatra |
1980 | On the Mother, Vol. I & II (Biography) | K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar |
1979 | Inside the Haveli (Novel) | *Rama Mehta |
1978 | Fire on the Mountain (Novel) | Anita Desai |
1977 | Azadi (Novel) | Chaman Nahal |
1976 | Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1947) (Biography) | S. Gopal |
1975 | Scholar Extraordinary (Biography) | Nirad C. Chaudhury |
1971 | Morning Face (Novel) | Mulk Raj Anand |
1969 | An Artist in Life (Study of Tagore) | Niharranjan Ray |
1967 | Shadow from Ladakh (Novel) | Bhabani Bhattacharya |
1965 | The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin (Autobiography) | *Verrier Elwin |
1963 | The Serpent and the Rope (Novel) | Raja Rao |
1960 | The Guide (Novel) | R.K. Narayan |
(No awards in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1995 and 1997) |