⇒ The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi under the Chairmanship of its President, Sri Madhav Kaushik approved selection of 24 books for the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2023.
- The Executive Board met on 11 March 2024 at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi and approved selection of 24 books for the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2023 in 24 Indian Languages.
Key Points:
- These books were selected as per the prescribed rules and procedures on the basis of recommendations made by Selection Committees consisting of three members each in the respective languages.
- The prize relates, to translations first published during the five years prior to the year immediately preceding the year of Prize for Translation (i.e. between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2021).
- The Prize carries an amount of Rs 50,000/- and a copper plaque.
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2023 Winners:
| S. No. | Language | Title of the Translation | Translator | Name of the Original Book, Genre, Language & Author |
| 1 | Assamese | Mor Jivonto | Lakkshajyoti Gogoi Handique | Once Upon a Life : Burnt Curry and Bloody Rags (Memoir), English, Temsula Ao |
| 2 | Bengali | Dalit Nandantattwa | Mrinmoy Pramanick | Dalit Sahitya Che Soundharya Shashtra (Lierary Criticism), Marathi, Sharankumar Limbale |
| 3 | Bodo | Santanufwlerni Fisajla | Ambikagiri Hajowary | Santanukulanandan (Novel), Assamese, Purabi Bormudoi |
| 4 | Dogri | Dhan Delhi De Keengre | Sushma Rani | Dhaawaan Dilli De Kingrey (Novel), Punjabi, Baldev Singh |
| 5 | English | Chandrabati’s Ramayan | (Late) Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Chandrabati’s Ramayan (Epic Poetry), Bengali, Chandrabati |
| 6 | Gujarati | Swechcha | Minal Dave | Swechcha (Novel), Telugu, P. Lalitakumari ‘Volga’ |
| 7 | Hindi | Pashu, Panchhi, Manushya Aur Prakriti : Mahabharat Se Kathayen | Rita Rani Paliwal | Birds, Beasts, Man and Nature: Tales from Mahabharata (Stories), English, Kavita A. Sharma |
| 8 | Kannada | Malayalam Kathegalu | K. K. Gangadharan | Selected Malayalam Short Stories (Short Stories), Malayalam, Various Malayalam Authors |
| 9 | Kashmiri | Chooma Sund Dol | Gulzar Ahmad Rather | Chomana Dudi (Novel), Kannada, Kota Shivarama Karanth |
| 10 | Konkani | Astavyasta Bayalo | Sunetra Jog | Disorderly Women (Novel), English, Malathi Rao |
| 11 | Maithili | Nilkantha | Menaka Mallik | Nilkantha (Novel), Nepali, Matsyendra Pradhan |
| 12 | Malayalam | Aksharangalude Nizhalil | P.K. Radhamani | Aksharon Kay Sayee (Autobiography), Hindi, Amrita Pritam |
| 13 | Manipuri | Mittangba Sagolgee Mingda Angamba Katpiyu | Laishram Somorendro | Anhe Ghore Da Daan (Novel), Punjabi, Gurdial Singh |
| 14 | Marathi | Brahmos : Eka Agnyat Samshodana Yatrechi Yashogatha | Abhay Sadavarte | Success Mantra of Brahmos (Non-Fiction), English, A. Sivathanu Pillai |
| 15 | Nepali | Kayakalpa | Chhatraman Subba | Kayakalpa (Novel), Assamese, Lakshminandan Bora |
| 16 | Odia | Nelluri Keshavaswamynka Shrestha Galpa | Bangali Nanda | Nelluri Keshavaswamy Uthama Kathalu (Short Stories), Telugu, Nelluri Keshavaswamy |
| 17 | Punjabi | Gulara Begum | Jagdish Rai Kulrian | Gulara Begum (Novel), Hindi, Sharad Pagare |
| 18 | Rajasthani | Sarokar | Bhanwar Lal ‘Bhramar’ | Sarokar (Short Stories), Maithili, Pradip Bihari |
| 19 | Sanskrit | Ruchiraah Baalakathaah | Nagaratna Hegde | Makkaligaagi Nanna Necchina Kathegalu (A Collection of Short Stories for Children), Kannada, Sudha Murty |
| 20 | Santali | Kira | Veer Pratap Murmu | Pratigya (Novel), Hindi, Munsi Premchand |
| 21 | Sindhi | Sado Lifafo | Bhagwan Babani | Sada Lifafa (Novel), Bengali, Moti Nandy |
| 22 | Tamil | Karunkundram | Kannaiyan Daksnamurthy | The Black Hill (Novel), English, Mamang Dai |
| 23 | Telugu | Ghalib Naati Kaalam | Elanaaga (N. Surendra) | Ghalib: The Man, The Times (Biography), English, Pavan K. Varma |
| 24 | Urdu | Post Box No. 203 Nala Sopara | Ahsan Ayyubi | Post Box No. 203 Nala Sopara (Novel), Hindi, Chitra Mudgal |