List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Maithili

Sahitya Akademi Award for Maithili
Award for contributions to Maithili literature
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored bySahitya Akademi, Government of India
Reward(s)1 lakh (US$1,200)
First awarded1966
Last awarded2022
Highlights
Total awarded54
First winnerYashodhar Jha
Most Recent winnerAjit Azad
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Sahitya Akademi Award to Maithili language Writers by Sahitya Akademi. No Awards were conferred in 1957, 1959, 1966 and 1972.[1]

  1. ^ "Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.