Sahitya Akademi Award for Meitei | |
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Award for contributions to Meitei literature | |
Awarded for | Literary award in India |
Sponsored by | Sahitya Akademi, Government of India |
Reward(s) | ₹1 lakh (US$1,200) |
First awarded | 1973 |
Last awarded | 2022 |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 48 |
First winner | Pacha Meetei |
Most Recent winner | Koijam Shantibala |
Website | Official website |
The Sahitya Akademi Award has been 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 and Meitei literature (Manipuri literature). No awards were given in 1975 and 1980.[1]