SAHITYA AKADEMI FELLOWSHIP
The highest honour conferred by the Akademi on a writer is by electing him/her as its Fellow. This honour is reserved for the 'immortals of literature' and limited to twenty-one only at any given time. Following is the list of writers who have been elected as Sahitya Akademi Fellow till date:
2024
1. | Smt. Ajeet Cour |
Punjabi |
1934- |
2. | Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar |
Kannada |
1937- |
3. | Sri Pran Kishore Kaul |
Kashmiri |
1926- |
4. | Sri Ved Rahi |
Dogri |
1933- |
2021
1. | Sri Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay |
Bengali |
1935- |
2. | Sri Ruskin Bond |
English |
1934- |
3. | Sri Vinod Kumar Shukla |
Hindi |
1937- |
4. | Dr. M. Leelavathy |
Malayalam |
1927- |
5. | Dr. Bhalchandra Nemade |
Marathi/English |
1938- |
6. | Dr. Tejwant Singh Gill |
Punjabi |
1938- |
7. | Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya |
Sanskrit |
1950- |
8. | Sri Indira Parthasarathy |
Tamil |
1930- |
2019
1. | Sri Jayant Mahapatra |
English/Odia |
1928-2023 |
2. | Smt. Padma Sachdev |
Dogri |
1940-2021 |
3. | Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari |
Hindi |
1940- |
4. | Prof. Nagen Saikia |
Assamese |
1929- |
2017
1. | Dr. Namwar Singh |
Hindi |
1926-2019 |
2016
1. | Dr. Gurdial Singh |
Punjabi |
1933-2016 |
2. | Sri Nirendranath Chakravarty |
Bengali |
1924-2018 |
2014
1. | Prof. S.L. Bhyrappa |
Kannada |
1931- |
2. | Dr. C. Narayana Reddy |
Telugu |
1931-2017 |
2013
1. | Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri |
Sanskrit |
1930-2021 |
2. | Dr. Raghuveer Chaudhari |
Gujarati |
1938- |
3. | Sri Arjan Hasid |
Sindhi |
1930-2019 |
4. | Dr. Sitakanta Mahapatra |
Odia |
1937- |
5. | Dr. M.T. Vasudevan Nair |
Malayalam |
1933- |
6. | Sri Asit Rai |
Nepali |
1940-2019 |
2010
1. | Dr. Bholabhai Patel |
Gujarati |
1934-2012 |
2. | Sri Kunwar Narain |
Hindi |
1927-2017 |
3. | Sri Khushwant Singh |
English |
1915-2014 |
4. | Prof. Kedar Nath Singh |
Hindi |
1934-2018 |
5. | Prof. Chandranath Mishra ‘Amar’ |
Maithili |
1925-2021 |
2009
1. | Sri Ramakanta Rath |
Odia |
1934- |
2. | Prof. Gopi Chand Narang |
Urdu |
1931-2022 |
2007
1. | Prof. Anita Desai |
English |
1937- |
2. | Dr. Kartar Singh Duggal |
Punjabi |
1917-2012 |
3. | Sri Ravindra Kelekar |
Konkani |
1925-2010 |
2006
1. | Prof. Manoj Das |
English/Odia |
1934-2021 |
2. | Sri Vishnu Prabhakar |
Hindi |
1914-2009 |
2004
1. | Prof. U.R. Anantha Murthy |
Kannada |
1932-2014 |
2. | Smt. Amrita Pritam |
Punjabi |
1919-2005 |
3. | Sri Sankha Ghosh |
Bengali |
1932-2021 |
4. | Sri Vijay Dan Detha |
Rajasthani |
1926-2013 |
5. | Prof. Bh. Krishnamurti |
Telugu |
1928-2012 |
6. | Sri Nirmal Verma |
Hindi |
1929-2005 |
7. | Sri Kovilan (V.V. Ayyappan) |
Malayalam |
1923-2010 |
2002
1. | Sri Kaifi Azmi |
Urdu |
1925-2002 |
2. | Sri Nilamani Phookan |
Assamese |
1933-2023 |
3. | Sri Bhisham Sahni |
Hindi |
1915-2003 |
4. | Sri Govind Chandra Pandey |
Sanskrit |
1923-2011 |
2001
1. | Prof. Ram Nath Shastri |
Dogri |
1914-2009 |
2000
1. | Prof. R.N. Dandekar |
Marathi |
1909-2001 |
2. | Prof. Rahman Rahi |
Kashmiri |
1925-2023 |
1999
1. | Sri Ram Vilas Sharma |
Hindi |
1912-2000 |
2. | Sri Rajendra Shah |
Gujarati |
1913-2010 |
3. | Sri Gunturu Seshendra Sharma |
Telugu |
1927-2007 |
4. | Sri Syed Abdul Malik |
Assamese |
1919-2000 |
5. | Pt. N. Khelchandra Singh |
Manipuri/English |
1920-2010 |
6. | Sri K.S. Narasimhaswamy |
Kannada |
1915-2003 |
1996
1. | Sri Sachidananda Raut-Roy |
Odia |
1916-2004 |
2. | Ms. Krishna Sobti |
Hindi |
1925-2019 |
3. | Prof. Vidya Niwas Mishra |
Hindi/Sanskrit |
1926-2005 |
4. | Sri Vinda Karandikar |
Marathi |
1918-2010 |
5. | Sri Subhas Mukhopadhyay |
Bengali |
1919-2003 |
6. | Sri D. Jayakanthan |
Tamil |
1934-2015 |
7. | Sri Raja Rao |
English |
1908-2006 |
1994
1. | Smt. Ashapurna Devi |
Bengali |
1909-1995 |
2. | Sri R.K. Narayan |
English |
1906-2001 |
3. | Dr. P.T. Narasimhachar |
Kannada |
1905-1998 |
4. | Smt. N. Balamani Amma |
Malayalam |
1909-2004 |
5. | Dr. V.B. Kolte |
Marathi |
1908-1998 |
6. | Ms. Qurratulain Hyder |
Urdu |
1927-2007 |
7. | Sri Kanhu Charan Mohanty |
Odia |
1906-1994 |
8. | Dr. Harbhajan Singh |
Punjabi |
1919-2002 |
9. | Sri Nagarjun |
Hindi |
1911-1998 |
1989
1. | Sri Tarkateertha Laxmanshastri Joshi |
Marathi |
1901-1994 |
2. | Sri Annada Shankar Ray |
Bengali |
1904-2002 |
3. | Dr. Mulk Raj Anand |
English |
1909-2004 |
4. | Prof. Vinayak Krishna Gokak |
Kannada |
1909-1992 |
5. | Sri Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |
Malayalam |
1912-1999 |
6. | Sri Amritlal Nagar |
Hindi |
1916-1990 |
1985
1. | Prof. K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar |
English |
1908-1999 |
2. | Prof. Umashankar Joshi |
Gujarati |
1911-1988 |
3. | Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth |
Kannada |
1902-1997 |
1979
1. | Sri A.R. Deshpande ‘Anil’ |
Marathi |
1901-1982 |
2. | Sri Jainendra Kumar |
Hindi |
1905-1988 |
3. | Dr. K.V. Puttappa ‘Kuvempu’ |
Kannada |
1904-1994 |
4. | Dr. V. Raghavan |
Sanskrit |
1908-1979 |
5. | Smt. Mahadevi Verma |
Hindi |
1907-1987 |
1975
1. | Prof. T.P. Meenakshisundaran |
Tamil/English |
1899-1980 |
1973
1. | Prof. M.U. Malkani |
Sindhi |
1896-1980 |
2. | Sri Nilamani Phukan |
Assamese |
1879-1978 |
3. | Prof. V.V. Mirashi |
Sanskrit/Marathi |
1893-1985 |
4. | Prof. V.R. Trivedi |
|
1899-1991 |
5. | Dr. Sukumar Sen |
Bengali |
1900-1992 |
6. | Dr. Masti Venkatesa Iyengar |
Kannada |
1891-1986 |
1971
1. | Mm. Gopinath Kaviraj |
Sanskrit |
1877-1976 |
2. | Sri D.B. Kakasaheb Kalelkar |
Gujarati/Marathi |
1885-1981 |
3. | Sri Gurbaksh Singh |
Punjabi |
1895-1977 |
4. | Sri Kalindi Charan Panigrahi |
Odia |
1901-1991 |
1970
1. | Dr. Viswanatha Satyanarayana |
Telugu |
1895-1976 |
2. | Sri Raghupati Sahay ‘Firaq Gorakhpuri’ |
Urdu |
1896-1982 |
3. | Sri Vaikom Muhammad Basheer |
Malayalam |
1910-1994 |
4. | Sri V.S. Khandekar |
Marathi |
1898-1976 |
1969
1. | Sri C. Rajagopoalachari |
English/Tamil |
1879-1972 |
2. | Sri Tarasankar Bandyopadhyaya |
Bengali |
1898-1971 |
3. | Sri Sumitranandan Pant |
Hindi |
1900-1977 |
4. | Dr. D.R. Bendre |
Kannada |
1896-1981 |
1968
1. | Dr. S. Radhakrishnan |
English |
1898-1975 |
This is the highest honour conferred by the Akademi on literary persons of outstanding merit who are not nationals of India and the number of such Fellows is limited to ten at any given time. The Akademi has so far elected the following Honorary Fellows :
2022
1. | Sri Prafulla Mohanti | 1934 - |
2021
1. | Prof. Michael J. Hutt | 1957 - |
2020
1. | Mr. Velcheru Narayana Rao | 1931 - |
2015
1. | Mr. Katsuro Koga | 1935 - |
2014
1. | Prof. Kim Yang Shik | 1931 - |
2. | Dr. Jin Din Haan |
2013
1. | Dr. Abhimanyu Unnuth | 1937-2018 |
2010
1. | Sir V.S. Naipaul | 1932 - |
2007
1. | Professor R. E. Asher | 1926-2022 |
2010
1. | Dr. Vassilis Vitsaxis | 1920 - |
2. | Professor E. P. Chelyshev | 1921-2020 |
1996
1. | Professor Edward C. Dimock, Jr. | 1929-2001 |
2. | Professor Daniel H.H. Ingalls | 1916-1999 |
3. | Professor Kamil V. Zvelebil | 1927-2009 |
4. | Professor Ji Xian Lin | 1911-2009 |
1974
1. | Sri Leopold Sedar Senghor | 1906-2002 |
Sahitya Akademi has also instituted a Fellowship named after Premchand during his 125th Birth Anniversary in 2005. This Fellowship would be given to scholars doing research on Indian literature or to creative writers from the countries of the SAARC region other than India.
The following are the details of the scheme and rules and procedure for operating it:
- One Fellowship may be offered to a person of eminence in the field of culture and literature from the Saarc countries every year.
- The period of Fellowship should be upto three months depending on the convenience and availability of the writer/scholar.
- Actual cost of international air journey (by economy class) may be borne by the Sahitya Akademi, as also train or air journey within India.
- Arrangements for boarding and lodging would be made by the Sahitya Akademi.
- An amount of Rs.25,000 per month might be given to the scholar/writer for meeting incidental expenses.
- A database of writers and scholars might be created to select the Fellows. Names of writers and scholars might be invited from the Indian Missions in SAARC countries, members of the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, senior writers and scholars and from select cultural and literary institutions and universities.
- The visiting Fellow might deliver talks or do readings from his/her works in different places during his visit.
- The visiting Fellow will be expected to submit a comprehensive report of his visit which will be placed before the Executive Board.
The first Premchand Fellowship was offered to Janab Intizar Husain eminent Urdu fiction writer and columnist from Pakistan. He visited India in two phases. He participated in literary programmes and delivered lectures at Aligarh Muslim University, Luchnow University, Patna University and Banaras Hindu University in the first phase of his visit from 1 September 2007 to 3 September 2007. In the second phase, he took part in programmes held at Bangalore, Mysore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Udaipur and delivered lectures at Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Hyderabad University from 24 January to 25.
YEAR | NAME | COUNTRY |
---|---|---|
2022 |
No Fellowship was given |
|
2020 |
Prof. Nirmalendu Goon | Bangladesh |
2019 |
No Fellowship was given |
|
2018 |
No Fellowship was given |
|
2017 |
Mr. Santhan Ayathurai | Sri Lanka |
2016 |
Ms. Kishwar Naheed | Pakistan |
2015 |
Mr. Muhammad Waheed Nadwi | Maldives |
2014 |
Ms. Jean Arasanayagam | Sri Lanka |
2013 |
Dr. Ram Dayal Rakesh | Nepal |
2012 |
Prof. Yasmine Gooneratne | Sri Lanka |
2011 |
Ms. Sumathy Sivamohan | Sri Lanka |
2010 |
Mr. Syed Shamsul Haq | Bangladesh |
2009 |
Ms. Selina Hossain | Bangladesh |
2008 |
Mr. Ibrahim Waheed | Maldives |
2007 |
Sri Intizar Hussain | Pakistan |
Dr. ANANDACOOMARASWAMY FELLOWSHIP
Sahitya Akademi in 1996, instituted a Fellowship in the name of the great scholar and aesthete Dr. Anandacoomaraswamy to be offered to scholars from Asian countries to pursue literary projects of their choice.
Sahitya Akademi had announced the conferment of the first Fellowships in 1996 on three scholars namely, Dr. Azad N. Shamatov, Head of South Asian Languages Department, Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent, Prof. Senake Bandaranayake, Director, Post-Graduate Institute of Archeology, Colombo, Sri Lanka and Prof. Chie Nakane, a noted scholar from Japan. Of the three, Dr. Shamatov and Prof. Bandaranayake availed the fellowship and spent several weeks in India doing useful research.
The scheme which was discontinued in view of practical difficulties was revived in 2005 after revising the terms and conditions which are given below:
- One Fellowship may be offered to a person of eminence in the field of Asian art, culture, literature and language studies every year under this scheme.
- The period of Fellowship should be upto three months depending on the convenience and availability of the writer/scholar.
- Actual cost of international air journey (by economy class) may be borne by the Sahitya Akademi, as also train or air journey within India.
- Arrangements for boarding and lodging would be made by the Sahitya Akademi.
- An amount of Rs. 25,000 per month might be given to the scholar for meeting incidental expenses.
- The visiting Fellow may be requested to deliver lectures on the topic of his/her specialization in institutions/departments dealing in the discipline.
- A database of writers and scholars might be created to identify the Fellows. Names of writers and scholars might be invited from the Indian Missions abroad, members of the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, senior writers and scholars and from select cultural and literary institutions and universities.
- The visiting Fellow will be expected to submit a comprehensive report of his visit which will be placed before the Executive Board.
YEAR | NAME | COUNTRY |
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2022 |
No Fellowship was given |
|
2020 |
Dr. Asanga Tilakratne | Sri Lanka |
2019 |
No Fellowship was given |
|
2018 |
No Fellowship was given |
|
2017 |
Ms. Nalina Gopal | Singapore |
2016 |
Professor Zalmai Hewadmal | Afghanistan |
2015 |
Professor Jiang Jingkui | China |
2014 |
Dr. Ithamar Theodor | Israel |
2013 |
Mohd. Issa Barhoum | Jordan |
2012 |
Prof. (Dr.) Sophana Srichampa | Bangkok (Thailand) |
2011 |
Ms. Mihoko Hiraoka | Japan |
2010 |
Dr. Suchitra Chongstitvatana | Bangkok (Thailand) |
2009 |
Ms. Merlie M. Alunan | Philippines |
2008 |
Prof. (Ms.) Do Thu Ha | Vietnam |
2007 |
Ms. Mami Yamada | Japan |
1996 |
Prof. Chie Nakane (did not avail) | Japan |
1996 |
Prof. Senake Badbaranayake |
Sri Lanka |
1996 |
Dr. Azad N. Shamatov | Tashkent |
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