List of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize winners for Meitei


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

Recipients

Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Manipuri. The award, as of 2019, consisted of 50,000.
YearTranslatorTitle of the translationOriginal TitleOriginal LanguageGenreOriginal AuthorReferences
1989T. Thoibi DeviDrishtipathDrishtipathBengaliNovelBinay Mukhopadhyay
1990A Shyamsundar SinghKrishnakantagee UilKrishna Kanter UilBengaliNovelBankimchandra Chattopadhyay
1991Kalachand ShastriManipuri MahabharatMahabharatamSanskritEpicVyasa
1992H. Guno SinghBangla Sahityagi ItihasHistory of Bengali LiteratureEnglish-Sukumar Sen
1993L. Raghumani SharmaCharitraheenCharitraheenBengaliNovelSarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
1994E. Dinamani SinghHayavadanaHayavadanaKannadaPlayGirish Karnad
1996Aribam Krishna Mohan SharmaShivanigi KishnuliCollectionHindiShort StoriesShivani
1997Ch. Nishan NingtambaPremchandgi AkhannbawariCollectionHindiShort StoriesPremchand
1998I.S. KangjamMahaakkee Waaree Amashung Atei WaareemachaashingUska Faisla Tatha Anya KahaniyanHindiShort StoriesJawahar Singh
1999Aribam RadhamohanDashopanishadDashopanishadSanskritTextVeda vyasa
2000Kshetri RajeswarMadhusalaMadhushalaHindiPoetryHarivansh Rai Bachchan
2001Rajkumar Mani SinghYugantaYugantaMarathiEssaysIrawati Karve
2002Meghachandra HeirangkhongjamAtoppa Dronacharya AmaEk Aur DronacharyaHindiPlayShanker Shesh
2003A. Kumar SharmaNumitki Tarretsuba SagolSuraj Ka Satwan GhodaHindiNovelDharamvir Bharati
2004Nongthombam Kunjamohan SinghGoraGoraBengaliNovelRabindranath Tagore
2005I.R. Babu SinghLamijingbaThe GuideEnglishNovelR. K. Narayan
2006B.S. Rajkumar Babu SinghNetaji Subhaschandra BoseNetaji SubhaschandraEnglishBiographySisir Kumar Bose
2007A. Bhanumati DeviKhunushinggiA Flight of PigeonsEnglishNovelRuskin Bond
2008Y. Ibomcha SinghSanskarSamskaraKannadaNovelU. R. Ananthamurthy
2009S. Brajeshwor SharmaTamthiba NongleiKaali AandhiHindiNovelKamleshwar
2010Birendra Kumar SharmaTrainna Pakistan TamnaTrain to PakistanEnglishNovelKhushwant Singh
2011S. Nandakishor SinghKiri Mangkhre Kari PhankhreKya Khoya Kya PayaHindiPoetryAtal Bihari Vajpayee
2012E. Sonamani SinghDharma TattwaDharma TattwaBengaliProseBankim Chandra
2013Ibocha SoibamKhambi Meigi MashashingWings of FireEnglishAutobiographyA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
2014Ibotombi MangangHi IrakpaNoukadubeeBengaliNovelRabindranath Tagore
2015Naorem KhagendraLishing Ama Supna Mariphumarigi MamaHajar Churashir MaaBengaliNovelMahasweta Devi
2016Anita NingombamE-Ba Loishinkhidraba Punshi WaariAdha Lekha DastavejAssameseAutobiographyIndira Goswami
2017Naorem Bidyasagar SinghaManimaheshManimaheshBengaliTravelogueUmaprasad Mukhopadhyay
2018Rajkumar Mobi SinghMapung PhadabaAadhe AdhureHindiPlayMohan Rakesh
2019Kh. Prakash SinghLalhouba Amasung Atei SheirengshingBidrohi O Anyanya KavitaBengaliPoetryKazi Nazrul Islam
2020H. Shyamsundar SinghAthum-Ahao Yonba NupaThe Vendor of SweetsEnglishNovelR. K. Narayan
2021M.M. AhmadUmrao Jan AdaUmrao Jaan AdaUrduNovelMirza Hadi Ruswa
2022Salam TombaAngouba KeiThe White TigerEnglishNovelAravind Adiga
2023Laishram SomorendroMittangba Sagolgee Mingda  Angamba KatpiyuAnhe Ghore Da DaanPunjabiNovelGurdial Singh
2024Soibamcha IndrakumarYurangbiMadhushalaHindiPoetryHarivansh Rai Bachchan