| Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada | |
|---|---|
| Award for contributions to Kannada literature | |
 Award | |
| Awarded for | Literary award in India |
| Sponsored by | Sahitya Akademi, Government of India |
| Reward(s) | ₹1 lakh (US$1,200) |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 69 |
| First winner | Kuvempu |
| Recent winner | Lakshmisha Tolpadi |
| Website | sahitya-akademi.gov.in |
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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 Kannada literature in particular.[1][2] No Awards were conferred in 1957 and 1963.[3]
- ^ Kannada Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007 Sahitya Akademi Official website. Archived 26 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kannada Sahitya Academy Award Winners list from the official website". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.