Sahitya Akademi

The Sahitya Akademi (साहित्य अकादमी), India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India.^[1] Founded on 12 March 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government.

The Sahitya Akademi organises national and regional workshops and seminars; provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature; and presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs. 100,000 (approx. USD 2,200) in each of the 24 languages it supports, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. The Sahitya Akademi Library is one of the largest multi-lingual libraries in India, with a rich collection of books on literature and allied subjects. It also publishes two bimonthly literary journals -- Indian Literature in English and Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya in Hindi.^[1][2]

Supported languages

• Assamese
• Bengali
• Dogri
• English
• Gujarati
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Kashmiri
• Konkani
• Maithili
• Malayalam
• Meitei
• Marathi
• Nepali
• Oriya
• Punjabi
• Rajasthani
• Sanskrit
• Sindhi
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Urdu [1]

See also

• Jnanpith Award
• Sahitya Kala Parishad
• List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali
• List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Oriya

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Hota, AK (2000). Encyclopaedia of New Media and Educational Planning. `. pp. 310–12. ISBN 9788176251709. http://books.google.com/books?id=y1IW8UwPfzUC&pg=PA311. 
2. ^ "National Academies: Sahitya Akademi". Government of India. http://india.gov.in/knowindia/sahitya.php. Retrieved 1 January 2011. 

• Sahitya Akademi (India) at UNESCO

External links

• Sahitya Akademi , official website

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