List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

Sahitya Akademi Award for Bengali
Award for contributions to Bengali literature
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored bySahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)1 lakh (US$1,200)
First awarded1955
Last awarded2021
Highlights
Total awarded63
First winnerJibanananda Das
Most Recent winnerBratya Basu
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Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations. This is the second highest literary award of India, after Jnanpith Award. The awards given to Bengali writers for works in Bengali and English as well as for translations from Bengali literature are given below.