| Sahitya Akademi Award for Konkani | |
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| Award for contributions to Konkani literature | |
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| Awarded for | Literary award in India |
| Sponsored by | Sahitya Akademi, Government of India |
| Reward(s) | ₹1 lakh (US$1,200) |
| First awarded | 1977 |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 46 |
| First winner | Ravindra Kelekar |
| Most Recent winner | Maya Anil Kharangate |
| Website | Official website |
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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 Konkani literature in particular.[1][2]
When the Sahitya Akademi recognised Konkani in 1975 as an independent and literary language, one of the important factors was the literary heritage of Romi Konkani since the year 1556. However, after Konkani in the Devanagari script was made the official language of Goa in 1987, the Sahitya Akademi has supported only writers in the Devanagari script.
- ^ ":: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::". Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.