Sahitya Akademi Translation Prizes are given each year to writers for their outstanding translations work in the 24 languages, since 1989.
Recipients Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Kannada. The award, as of 2019, consisted of 50,000.
Year Translator Title of the translation Original Title Original Language Genre Original AuthorReferences 1990 S.V. Parameshwara Bhatta Kannada Kalidasa Mahasamputa Collection of Kalidasa's Works Sanskrit Poetry & Drama Kalidasa 1991 H. S. Venkateshamurthy Rithu Vilasa Ritusamharam Sanskrit Poetry Kalidasa 1992 Saraswati Gajanan Risbud Valmiki Ramayana Sapa Mattu Vara Valmiki Ramayana Sapa Ani Vara Marathi Epic Shripad Raghunath Bhide 1993 Kirtinath Kurtakoti Marathi Samskriti: Kelavu Samasyegalu Marathti Sanskriti Marathti Criticism Sham B. Joshi 1994 Pradhan Gurudatta Jaya Yaudheya Jaya Yaudheya Hindi Novel Rahul Sankrityayan 1995 Thippeswamy Nirmala Nirmala Hindi Novel Premchand 1996 Seshanarayana Hadinentaneya Aksharekhe Padinettavadu Akshakkodu Tamil Novel Ashokamitran 1997 Neerpaje Beema Bhat Kalhanana Rajatharangmi (Vol I & II) Rajatarangini Sanskrit Poetry Kalhana 1998 C. Raghavan Indulekha Indulekha Malayalam Novel O. Chandu Menon 1999 Vaman D. Bendre Kosala Kosala Marathi Novel Bhalchandra Nemade 2000 L. Basavaraju Buddha Charite Buddhacharitam Sanskrit Epic Aswaghosh 2001 Bannanje Govindacharya Aaveya Mannina Atada Bandi Mrcchakatikam Sanskrit Play Shudraka AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES 1989-2005 2002 Veena Shanteswara Nadi Dweepagalu Nadi Ke Dweep Hindi Novel Agyeya 2003 Snehalata Rohidekar Vichitra Varna Bichitra Barna Odia Short Stories Rabi Pattanayak 2004 Chandrakant M. Pokale Mahanayaka Mahanayak Marathi Novel Vishwas Patil 2005 Panchakshari Hiremath Hemantha Ruthuvina Swaragalu Patjhar Ki Awaz Urdu Short Stories Qurratulain Hyder 2006 R.S. Lokapur Kannada Jnaneshwari Jnaneswari Marathi Poetry Jnaneshwar 2007 R. Lakshminarayana Kannada Vakrokti Vakrokti Jivita Sanskrit Poetics Kuntaka Nemade 2008 Hasan Nayeem Surakoda Raseedi Tikeetu Raseedi Ticket Punjabi Autobiography Amrita Pritam 2009 D.N. Srinath Bheeshma Sahniyavara Prathinidhika Kathegalu Bhishma Sahni Ki Kahaniyan Hindi Short Stories Bhisham Sahni 2010 A. Janaki Godana Godan Hindi Novel Premchand 2011 Tamil Selvi Naanu Avanalla... Avalu...! Naan Sharavanan lllai. Vidya Telugu Autobiography Living Smile Vidya 2012 K.K.Nair & Ashok Kumar Hagga (Part 1,2,3) Kayar Malayalam Novel Thakazhi Sivasankara 2013 J.P. Dodamani Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Marathi Biography Dhananjay Keer 2014 G.N. Ranganatha Rao Mohan Das: Ondu Satya Kathe Mohan Das - A True Story of A Man, His People and an Empire English Biography Rajmohan Gandhi 2015 N. Damodara Shetty Kochereti Kochereti Malayalam Novel Narayan 2016 O.L. Nagabhushanaswamy A.K. Ramanujan Aayda Prabandhagalu Selected Essays Of A.K. Ramanujan English Essays A. K. Ramanujan 2017 H.S. Sreemathi Mahashweta Devi Avara Katha Sahitya-1 & 2 Selected Stories Of Mahashweta Devi Bengali Short Stories Mahasweta Devi 2018 Giraddi Govindaraj Jaya : Mahabharatha Sachitra Marukathana Jaya: Retelling of The Mahabharata English Epic Devdutt Pattanaik 2019 Dr. Vithalrao T. Gaikwad Dalita Saahityada Soundarya Prajne Dalit Sahityache Soundarya Shastra Marathi Literary Criticism Sharankumar Limbale 2020 S. Nataraja Budalu Sarahapada Collections (Works. Philosophy & Dohas) Apabhraṃśa Dohas Sarahapada 2021 Guruling Kapse Ondu Putada Kathe Eka Panachi Kahani Marathi Autobiography V. S. Khandekar 2022 Padmaraj Dandavati Sita Ramayanada Sachitra Maru Kathana Sita - An Illustrated Retelling of Ramayana English Fiction Devdutt Pattanaik 2023 K. K. Gangadharan Malayalam Kathegalu Selected Malayalam Short Stories Malayalam Short Stories Various Authours 2024 Siddhaling Pattanashetti Vidisha Prahasana Mālavikāgnimitram Sanskrit Drama Kalidasa
See also List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Kannada
External links Akademi Translation Prizes For Kannada Language
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