List of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize winners for English


Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes are given each year to writers for their outstanding translations work in the 24 languages, since 1989.

Recipients

Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in English. The award, as of 2019, consisted of 50,000.
YearTranslatorTitle of the translationOriginal TitleOriginal LanguageGenreOriginal Author
1989Bikram K. DasParajaParajaOriyaNovelGopinath Mohanty
1990V. K. Narayana MenonChemmeenChemmeenMalayalamNovelThakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1991O. V. VijayanAfter the Hanging and Other StoriesCollectionMalayalamShort StoriesO. V. Vijayan
1992Jai RatanKrishan Chander: Selected Short StoriesCollectionUrduShort StoriesKrishan Chander
1993Tejaswini NiranjanaPhaniyammaPhaniyammaKannadaNovelM. K. Indira
1994Dilip ChitreSays TukaSelected AbhangsMarathiPoetryTukaram
1995R. ParthasarathyThe Tale of the AnkletCilappatikaramTamilEpicIlango Adigal
1996Aruna ChakravartiSrikantaSrikantaBengaliNovelSarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
1997Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakImaginary MapsCollectionBengaliShort StoriesMahasweta Devi
1998Kalpana BardhanWives and OthersSelectionBengaliShort Stories and NovelManik Bandopadhyay
1999Gita KrishnankuttyThe Eye of GodDeivathinte KannuMalayalamNovelN.P. Mohammed
2000P. Sreenivasa RaoBharathipuraBharathipuraKannadaNovelU. R. Ananthamurthy
2001Gopa MajumdarAparajitoAparajitoBengaliNovelBibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
2002Nita KumarMaiMaiHindiNovelGeetanjali Shree
2003 Sujit MukherjeeGoraGoraBengaliNovelRabindranath Tagore
2004M. AsaduddinLifting The Veil: Selected WritingsCollection of ChughtaiUrduNovelIsmat Chughtai
2005Pratik KanjilalThe Last WildernessAntim AranyaHindiNovelNirmal Verma
2006Mohammed ZakirSon of the MomentIbu-ul-VaqtUrduNovelNasir Ahmed
2007Vinay DharwadkarKabir, the Weaver'sSelectionHindiPoetryKabir
2008Meenakshi ShivramTopi ShuklaTopi ShuklaHindiNovelRahi Masoom Raza
2009Tridip SuhrudHarilal Gandhi: A LifeHarilal GandhiGujaratiBiographyChandulal Bhagubhai Dalal
2010Ira PandeT'ta ProfessorT'ta ProfessorHindiNovelManohar Shyam Joshi
2011Anju Makhija & Hari DilgirShah Abdul Latif: Seeking The BelovedShah Jo RisaloSindhiPoetryShah Abdul Latif Bhittai
2012M. L. ThangappaLove Stands AloneTamil SangamTamilPoetryVarious authors
2013Ranjit HoskoteI, Lalla: The Poems of Lal DedLalla's VakhsKashmiriPoetryLal Ded
2014Padmini RajappaKadambariKadambariSanskritPoetryBāṇabhaṭṭa
2015Susheela PunithaBharathipuraBharathipuraKannadaNovelU.R. Ananthamurthy
2016Aniruddhan VasudevanOne Part WomanMaadhorubaaganTamilNovelPerumal Murugan
2017Ranjita BiswasWritten In TearsSelectionAssameseShort Stories and NovelArupa Kalita Patangia
2018Subashree KrishnaswamyThe Tamil Story - Through The Times, Through The TidesCollectionTamilShort StoriesVarious Authors
2019Susan DanielKusumabaleKusumabaleKannadaNovelDevanur Mahadeva
2020Shrinath PerurGhachar GhocharGhachar GhocharKannadaNovelVivek Shanbhag
2021Shanta GokhaleSmritichitre :The Memoirs of a Spirited WifeSmritichitreMarathiMemoirLakshmibai Tilak
2022N. Kalyan RamanPoonachi or The Story of a Black GoatPoonachiTamilNovelPerumal Murugan
2023Nabaneeta Dev SenChandrabati's RamayanChandrabati's RamayanBengaliEpic PoetryChandrabati
2024Anisur RahmanHazaaron Khwahishein Aisi Hazaaron Khwahishein AisiUrduPoetry CollectionCollection of Various Poets