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| Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗಳು | |
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| Literary awards for contributions to Kannada literature | |
| Awarded for | Literary awards for writers in Kannada language |
| Sponsored by | Government of Karnataka |
| First awarded | 1983 |
| Last awarded | 2019 |
Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is an annual literary award given to literary works in Kannada by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy. Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is given to individual books published in various genres like poetry, novel, short fiction, criticism, travel writing, translation, children's writing etc., as well as for the complete contribution of a writer to Kannada literature.
Instituted in 1983, it has been given to some of the most eminent writers in Kannada like P.Lankesh, U.R.Ananthamurthy, K.P.Poornachandra Tejaswi, B.T. Lalitha Naik, Niranjana, Jayanta Kaikini, K Y Narayanaswamy etc.