The Sahitya Akademi Awards was first established in the year 1954, under the gargantuan canopy of the Sahitya Akademi itself, the Indian National Academy of Letters. Sahitya Akademi is that supremely prestigious organisation, funding by itself and awarding and honouring every year the most outstanding and extraordinaire persona and his/her priceless contribution to the Indian literary genres. Be it in any of the 24 officially recognised languages that an authors pens, Sahitya Akademi Awards is legendary for its unbiased ness towards every regional language in India, also including tribal ones. Likewise, Sahitya Akademi Award also has created its mark on Marathi literature, honouring every year, since its commencement. Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi, however was not honoured in the year 1957, outside which every year has remained witness to celebrated personalities and their literary works.
The following may be mentioned:
| Year | Book | Author |
| 2008 | Utsukatene Mee Zopalo | Shyam Manohar |
| 2007 | Bhoomi | Asha Bage |
| 2006 | Bhoomi (Novel) | Aasha Bage |
| 2005 | Bhijaki Vahi | Arun Kolatkar |
| 2004 | Baromas | Sadanand Deshmukh |
| 2003 | Dangora Eka Nagaricha | T.V.Sardeshmukh |
| 2002 | Yugant | Mahesh Elkunchwar |
| 2001 | Tanakat | Rajan Gavas |
| 2000 | Panzad | N.D.Mahanor |
| 1999 | Tamrapat | Ranganath Pathare |
| 1998 | Tukaram Darshan | Sadanand More |
| 1997 | Dnyaneshwaritil Laukik Srushti | M.V.Dhond |
| 1996 | Eka Mungiche Mahabharat | Gangadhar Gadgil |
| 1995 | Raghava vel | Namdeo Kamble |
| 1994 | Ekun Kavita1 | Dilip Chitre |
| 1993 | Mardhekaranchi Kavita | Vijaya Rajadhyksha |
| 1992 | Zada Zadati | Vishwas Patil |
| 1991 | Teeka Svayanwar | Bhalchandra Nemade |
| 1990 | Zombi | Anand Yadav |
| 1989 | Haravlele Diwas | Prabhakar Urdhwareshe |
| 1988 | Uchalya | Laxman Gaikwad |
| 1987 | Shri Vitthal : Ek Mahasamanvay | R. C. Dhere |
| 1986 | khoon Gathi | N.G.Deshpande |
| 1985 | Ek Zad ani Don Pakshi | Vishram Bedekar |
| 1984 | Garbhareshmi | Indira Sant |
| 1983 | Sattantar | Vyankatesh Madgulkar |
| 1982 | Saundaryanubhav | Prabhakar Padhye |
| 1981 | Upara | Laxman Mane |
| 1980 | Salaam | Mangesh Padgaonkar |
| 1979 | Srushti, Saundarya ani Sahityamulya | Sharadchandra Muktibodh |
| 1978 | Nakshatranche Dene | C.T. Khanolkar Arati Prabhu |
| 1977 | Dashapadi | A.R. Deshpande Anil |
| 1976 | Smarangatha | G. N. Dandekar |
| 1975 | Soundarya Mimansa | R. B. Patankar |
| 1974 | Natasamrat | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar |
| 1973 | Kajalmaya | G. A. Kulkarni |
| 1972 | Jevha Manus Jaga Hoto | Godavari Parulekar |
| 1971 | Pais | Durga Bhagwat |
| 1970 | Adarsh Bharat Sevak | N. R. Phatak |
| 1969 | Natyacharya Deval | S. N. Banhatti |
| 1968 | Yugant | Irawati Karve |
| 1967 | Bhasha : Itihas ani Bhoogol | N. G. Kelkar |
| 1966 | Shri Shiv Chhatrapati | T S Shejwalkar |
| 1965 | Vyakti ani Valli (Sketches) | P. L. Deshpande |
| 1964 | Swami (Novel) | Ranjit Desai |
| 1963 | Rathachakra (Novel) | S. N. Pendse |
| 1962 | Anamikachi Chintanika (Philosophical reflections) | P. Y. Deshpande |
| 1961 | Dr.Ketkar (A treatise on poetics) | D. N. Gokhale |
| 1960 | Yayati (Novel) | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar |
| 1959 | Bharatiya Sahityashastra | G.T. Deshpande |
| 1958 | Bahurupee (Autobiography) | Chintamanrao Kolhatkar |
| 1957 | (No Award) | (No Award) |
| 1956 | Saundarya ani Sahitya (A study of aesthetics) | B. S. Mardhekar |
| 1955 | Vaidik Sanskruticha Vikas (Cultural history) | Tarkateertha Laxman Shastri Joshi |
