Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2024

The Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2024 (transl. Children's literature award), also known as Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2024, is a 2024 literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers for their contribution in the field of Children's literature in any of the 22 languages of the 8th Schedule to the Indian constitution as well as in English and Rajasthani language. It comprises a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and an engraved copper plaque.^[1]

Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2024
Awarded for	Literary awards for children's literature in Indian languages
Sponsored by	Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward	₹ 50,000
Website	Official website
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Recipients by language

Languages	Authors	Works	Genres	References
Assamese	Ranju Hazarika	Biponna Bismoi Khel	Novel	[2][3][4]
Bengali	Dipanwita Roy	Mahidadur Antidote	Novel	[5][6][7]
Boro	Virgin Jekova Machahary	Buhuma Boynibw	Poetry	[8][9][10]
Dogri	Bishan Singh 'Dardi'	Kukdu Kadoon	Poetry	[11][12][13]
English	Nandini Sengupta	The Blue Horse and Other Amazing Animals from Indian History	Historical Fiction	[14][15][16]
Gujarati	Gira Pinakin Bhatt	Hasati Haveli	Stories	[17][18][19]
Hindi	Devender Kumar	51 Baal Kahaniyan	Stories	[20][21][22]
Kannada	Krishnamurthy Biligere	Choomantrayyana Kathegalu	Short Stories	[23][24][25]
Kashmiri	Muzaffar Hussain Dilbar	Sone Gobrew	Poetry	[26][27][28]
Konkani	Harsha Sadguru Shetye	Ek Ashil’lem Bayul	Novel	[29][30][31]
Maithili	Narayanjee	Anar	Short Stories	[32][33][34]
Malayalam	Unni Ammayambalam	Algorithangalude Nadu	Novel	[35][36][37]
Meitei	Kshetrimayum Subadani	Malem Atiya	Novel	[38][39][40]
Marathi	Bharat Sasane	Samsher Aani Bhootbangala	Novel	[41][42][43]
Nepali	Basanta Thapa	Desh Ra Fuchhey	Poetry	[44][45][46]
Odia	Manas Ranjan Samal	Gapa Kalika	Short Stories	[47][48][49][50]
Punjabi	Kuldeep Singh Deep	Mai Jalianwala Bagh Bolda Haan	Play	[51][52][53]
Rajasthani	Prahlad Singh 'Jhorda'	Mhari Dhani	Poetry	[54][55][56]
Sanskrit	Harshadev Madhav	Bubhukshitah Kakah	Short Stories	[57][58][59]
Santali	Dugai Tudu	Miru Arang	Poetry	[60][61][62]
Sindhi	Lal Hotchandani 'Lachaar'	Dostan ji Dosti	Stories	[63][64][65]
Tamil	Yuma Vasuki	Thanviyin Piranthanal	Stories	[66][67][68]
Telugu	P. Chandrashekhar Azad	Maya Lokam	Novel	[69][70][71]
Urdu	Shamsul Islam Farooqi	Barf Ka Des Antarctica	Short Stories	[72][73][74]

See also

• Sahitya Akademi Award
• Yuva Puraskar

Notes