Sahitya Akademi Award for Nepali | |
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Award for contributions to Nepali literature | |
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 | 45 |
First winner | Indra Bahadur Rai |
Most Recent winner | K. B. Nepali |
Website | Official website |
Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year by the Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters) to writers and their works for their outstanding contribution to the upliftment of Indian literature, Nepali literature being one of them.[1]