Santhali has, since long, essentially served as a tribal and aboriginal language, not enlisted within the two basic recognised Indian language families, comprising Indo-Aryan language family and the Dravidian language family. However, Sahitya Akademi, deemed India`s most prestigious literary organisation, necessitating every exceptional writer and his authorship, does comprehend Santhali into its integral writing style and path-breaking phenomena. As such,

Santhali literature and their unique authors receiving the Sahitya Akademi Award is as follows: