Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar- 2020
The executive board of Sahitya Akademi selected the 21 writers for ‘Bal Sahitya Puraskar- 2020’, on 12th March 2021. Award in Malayalam, Sanskrit & Tamil will be declared later.
Name of Winners Language-wise:
| Language | Title and Genre | Name of the Author |
| Assamese | Phosong (Short Stories) | Madhurima Gharphalia |
| Bengali | Gopon Bakso Khulte Nei (Short Story) | Pracheta Gupta |
| Bodo | Gothosa Bisombi (Essays) | Ajit Boro |
| Dogri | Dadi Da Hirkh (Short Stories) | Shiv Dev Sushil |
| English | Dead As A Dodo (Fiction) | Venita Coelho |
| Gujarati | Bhurini Ajayab Safar (Stories) | Natwar Patel |
| Hindi | Sampurna Bal Kavitayen (Poetry) | Balswaroop Rahi |
| Kannada | Nanoo Ambedkar (Novel) | H.S. Byakod |
| Kashmiri | Paghich Aash (Poetry) | Syed Akhtar Hussain Mansoor |
| Konkani | Balu (Novelette) | V.Krishna Vadhyar |
| Maithili | Sonahula Ijotwala Khidki (Poetry) | Siya Ram Jha 'Saras' |
| Manipuri | Uchan Meira (Poetry) | Naorem Bidyasagar |
| Marathi | Abachi Gosht (Short Stories) | Aba Mahajan |
| Nepali | Akshar Ujyalo (Drama) | Dhruba Chauhan |
| Odia | Bana Deula Re Suna Neula (Stories) | Ramachandra Nayak |
| Punjabi | Phullan Da Shehar (Travelogue) | Karnail Singh Somal |
| Rajasthani | Kudrat Ro Nyav (Poetry) | Mangat Badal |
| Santali | Bhanj Kul Bhurkah Ipil Sunaram Soren (Biography) | Joyram Tudu |
| Sindhi | Mundee Kera Paaye? (Drama) | Sahib Bijani |
| Telugu | Snehitulu (Short Stories) | Kanneganti Anasuya |
| Urdu | Fakhr-E-Watan (Biography) | Hafiz Karnataki |
About:
Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters was established in 1954 by the Govt of India.