List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Hindi

Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1955, by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to writers and their works, for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature and Hindi literature in particular. No Award was conferred in 1962.^[1]

Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi
Award for contributions to Hindi literature
Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)	₹1 lakh (US$1,200)
First award	1955
Final award	2024
Highlights
First winner	Makhanlal Chaturvedi
Most Recent winner	Gagan Gill
Total awarded	69
Website	Official website

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Recipients

Makhanlal Chaturvedi was the first winner of this award.

Krishna Sobti was the first woman winner of this award.

Daya Prakash Sinha is the 2021 winner of this award.

Year	Author	Work	Type of Work	Ref.
1955	Makhanlal Chaturvedi	Him Tarangini	Poetry
1956	Vasudev Sharan Agarwal	Padmavat Sanjivani Vyakhya	Commentary
1957	Acharya Narendra Dev	Bauddha Dharma Darshan	Philosophy
1958	Rahul Sankrityayan	Madhya Asia Ka Itihas	History
1959	Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'	Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyayay	A survey of Indian culture
1960	Sumitranandan Pant	Kala aur Budha Chand	Poetry
1961	Bhagwati Charan Verma	Bhoole Bisre Chitra	Novel
1962	No Award
1963	Amrit Rai	Premchand: Kalam Ka Sipahi	Biography
1964	Agyeya	Angan Ke Par Dwar	Poetry
1965	Nagendra	Rasa Siddhanta	Treatise on poetics
1966	Jainendra Kumar	Muktibodh	Novelette
1967	Amritlal Nagar	Amrit Aur Vish	Novel
1968	Harivansh Rai Bachchan	Do Chattanen	Poetry
1969	Shrilal Shukla	Raag Darbari	Novel
1970	Ram Vilas Sharma	Nirala Ki Sahitya Sadhana	Biography
1971	Namwar Singh	Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman	Literary criticism
1972	Bhawani Prasad Mishra	Buni Huyi Rassi	Poetry
1973	Hazari Prasad Dwivedi	Alok Parva	Essays
1974	Shivmangal Singh 'Suman'	Mitti Ki Baraat	Poetry
1975	Bhisham Sahni	Tamas	Novel
1976	Yashpal	Meri Teri Uski Baat	Novel
1977	Shamsher Bahadur Singh	Chuka Bhi Hun Nahin Main	Poetry
1978	Bharat Bhushan Agarwal	Utna Vah Suraj Hai	Poetry
1979	Sudama Panday 'Dhoomil'	Kal Sunana Mujhe	Poetry
1980	Krishna Sobti	Zindaginama - Zinda Rukh	Novel
1981	Trilochan Shastri	Tap Ke Taye Hue Din	Poetry
1982	Harishankar Parsai	Viklang Shraddha Ka Daur	Satire
1983	Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena	Khutiyon Par Tange Log	Poetry
1984	Raghuvir Sahay	Log Bhool Gaye Hain	Poetry
1985	Nirmal Verma	Kavve Aur Kala Pani	Short stories
1986	Kedarnath Agarwal	Apurva	Poetry
1987	Shrikant Verma	Magadh	Poetry
1988	Naresh Mehta	Aranya	Poetry
1989	Kedarnath Singh	Akaal Mein Saras	Poetry
1990	Shiv Prasaad Singh	Neela Chand	Novel
1991	Girija Kumar Mathur	Main Vaqt Ke Hun Samne	Poetry
1992	Giriraj Kishore	Dhai Ghar	Novel
1993	Vishnu Prabhakar	Ardhanarishwar	Novel
1994	Ashok Vajpeyi	Kahin Nahin Wahin	Poetry
1995	Kunwar Narayan	Koi Doosra Nahin	Poetry
1996	Surendra Verma	Mujhe Chand Chahiye	Novel
1997	Leeladhar Jagudi	Anubhav Ke Aakash Mein Chand	Poetry
1998	Arun Kamal	Naye Ilake Mein	Poetry
1999	Vinod Kumar Shukla	Deewar Main Ek Khirkee Rahathi Thi	Novel
2000	Manglesh Dabral	Hum Jo Dekhte Hain	Poetry
2001	Alka Saraogi	Kali-Katha : Via Bypass	Novel
2002	Rajesh Joshi	Do Panktiyon Ke Beech	Poetry
2003	Kamleshwar	Kitne Pakistan	Novel
2004	Viren Dangwal	Dushchakra Mein Srista	Poetry
2005	Manohar Shyam Joshi	Kyap	Novel
2006	Gyanendrapati	Sanshyatma	Poetry
2007	Amar Kant	Inhin Hathiyaron Se	Novel
2008	Govind Mishra	Kohre Mein Kaid Rang	Novel	[2]
2009	Kailash Vajpeyi	Hawa mein Hastakshar	Poetry	[3]
2010	Uday Prakash	Mohan Das	Short stories	[4][5]
2011	Kashinath Singh	Rehan Par Raghu	Novel	[6]
2012	Chandrakant Devtale	Patthar fenk Raha Hoon	Poetry	[7]
2013	Mridula Garg	Miljul Man	Novel	[8]
2014	Ramesh Chandra Shah	Vinayak	Novel	[9]
2015	Ramdarash Mishra	Aag Ki Hansi	Poetry
2016	Nasira Sharma	Parijat	Novel
2017	Ramesh Kuntal Megh	Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar	Literary Criticism
2018	Chitra Mudgal	Post Box No. 203 - Nala Sopara	Novel
2019	Nand Kishore Acharya	Chheelatey Hue Apne Ko	Poetry	[10]
2020	Anamika	Tokri Mein Digant 'Their Gatha	Poetry	[11]
2021	Daya Prakash Sinha	Samraat Ashok	Play
2022	Badri Narayan	Tumadi Ke Shabd	Poetry	[12]
2023	Sanjeev	Mujhe Pahachaano	Novel	[13]
2024	Gagan Gill	Main Jab Tak Aai Bahar	Poetry	[14]

See also

• List of Hindi language poets
• Sahitya Akademi