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Sahitya Akademi Awards in Marathi
Sahitya Akademi Awards in Marathi literature had received overwhelming response and respect from every Indian corner.

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Sahitya Akademi Awards in MarathiThe 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.


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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



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