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Controversy in Sahitya Akademi as Malayalam author resigns over political interference in literary body's autonomy.

Retiree Kannaiyan Daksnamurthy wins Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation, recognized for Tamil version of The Black Hill.

The Committee noted that as of now only the Chairman of Sahitya Akademi is elected.

Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammad Khan has said that Sanskrit was the binding force behind the survival of the Indian culture and civilisation for centuries. He addressed the inaugural session of the three-day ‘Samskrita Samunmesha’, the National Sanskrit Convention organised jointly by the Union Ministry of Culture, Sahitya Akademi and…

Noted writer Manchikanti Venkateswara Reddy from Ongole concluded his State-wide motorcycle yatra on June 8 (Thursday). The motorcycle yatra was undertaken to sow the seeds for a library movement in Andhra Pradesh, he said. Taking inspiration from Sahitya Akademi awardee Kalipatnam Ramarao, who carved a niche for himself with his…

Noted poet Chandra Kanta Murasingh (66), who was Sahitya Akademi's first Bhasha Samman awardee from the northeast, passed away in Agartala on March 27, 2023, following a cardiac arrest, family and hospital sources said.

A total of 10 young writers from Jammu and Kashmir in the fields of fiction, poetry etc. have received the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for Kashmiri language so far.

Focus on use of Devanagari script for writing the Banjara language: Minister

The Oldest Love Story – A Motherhood Anthology brings together a roster of 25 highly distinguished writers, including five Sahitya Akademi winners, reflecting on the natural, yet deified, phenomenon of motherhood