SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD ANNOUNCES BAL SAHITYA PURUSKAR.
- The Union Ministry Of Culture has announced the names of 22 writers for Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya.
- The winner will get a cash prize of ₹ 50000 each and an engraved copper plaque.
- This annual award was started in the year 1954. Since then the Sahitya Akademi Award is awarded to the outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages. The first award was given in 1955. Initially, the prize money was ₹ 5000 which is now ₹ 50000.
WINNERS OF BAL SAHITYA PURUSKAR 2019.
| AUTHOR. | LANGUAGE. | BOOK. | GENRE. |
| SWMIM NASRIN. | ASSAMESE. | MILI, AMIA ARU EKHON NADI. | STORIES. |
| NABANITA DEBSEN. | BENGALI. | CONTRIBUTION. | |
| LAKHMINATH BRAHMA. | BODO. | SOLOBATHA KHWNASONG DE. | FOLK TALES. |
| VIJAY SHARMA. | DOGRI. | LARJAAN. | POETRY. |
| DEVIKA CARIAPA. | ENGLISH. | INDIA THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGY EXCAVATING HISTORY. | HISTORY. |
| KUMARPAL DESAI. | GUJARATI. | CONTRIBUTION. | |
| GOVIND SHARMA. | HINDI. | KACHU KI TOPI. | STORIES. |
| CHANDRAKANTH KARADALI. | KANNADA. | KADU KANASINA BEEDIGE. | NOVEL |
| NAJI MUNAUWAR. | KASHMIRI. | SHURIN HUND NAJI. | POETRY |
| RAJASHREE BANDODKAR KARAPURKAR. | KONKANI. | CHITKULYA CHINKICHYE VISHAAL VISHWA. | STORIES. |
| MALAYATH APPUNNI. | MALAYALAM. | CONTRIBUTION. | |
| R.K.SANAHANBI CHANU. | MANIPURI. | THAWAISHINGGI THAWAI. | PLAY. |
| SALIM SARDAR MULLA. | MARATHI. | JANGAL KHAJINYACHA SHODH. | NOVEL. |
| BHABILAL LAMICHHANE. | NEPALI. | CHARA KO CHIRBIR KO KIRKIR. | POETRY. |
| BIRENDRA KUMAR SAMANTRAY. | ODIA. | CONTRIBUTION. | |
| PAWAN HARCHANDPURI. | PUNJABI. | ALIENS DI DHARTI TE. | NOVEL. |
| SANJAY CHAUBEY. | SANSKRIT. | CHITVA TRINAM TRINAM. | POETRY. |
| LAKSHMAN CHANDRA SAREN. | SANTALI. | JHARUMJHAJ. | POETRY. |
| VEENA SHRINGI. | SINDHI. | CONTRIBUTION | |
| DEVI NACHIAPPAN. | TAMIL. | CONTRIBUTION | |
| BELAGAM BHEEMESWARA RAO. | TELUGU. | THATHA MAAT VARAALA MOOTA. | SHORT STORIES. |
| MOHAMMAD KHALIL. | URDU. | SCIENCE KE DILCHASP MAZAMEEN. | STORIES. |
