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