Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar- 2020
Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Yuva Puraskar for the year 2020 in 18 languages, on 12 March 2021.
In the list of winners of Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2020 Ten books of poetry, Three of short stories, Two of Essays, One of Memoir, One of Criticism and One travelogue are included. Awards in Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Marathi, Rajasthani and Sindhi will be announced later.
Name of the Winners language-wise:
| Language | Title and Genre | Author |
| Assamese | Megh-Ghora (Poetry) | Dwijen Das |
| Bodo | Abwi-Abou Arw Ang (Poetry) | Newton K. Basumatary |
| Dogri | Manne Da Buaal (Poetry) | Ganga Sharma |
| English | Coming Out As Dalit (Memoir) | Yashica Dutt |
| Hindi | U.R. Ananthamurti Pratirodh ka Vikalp (Criticism) | Ankit Narwal |
| Kannada | Dhoopada Makkalu (Short Stories) | K. S. Mahadevaswamy |
| Kashmiri | Wavech Baavath (Poetry) | Muzaffar Ahmad Parray |
| Konkani | Char Panvala Ashiyent (Travelogue) | Sampada Shenvi Kunkoliekar |
| Maithili | Gassa (Short Stories) | Sonu Kumar Jha |
| Manipuri | Kairaba Chaphu Machet (Poetry) | Rameshwar Sharongbam |
| Nepali | Dristi- Nibandha Sangrah (Essays) | Anjan Baskota |
| Odia | Chetanara Anwesana (Essays) | Chandrasekhar Hota |
| Punjabi | Malaha'n Ton Bina (Poetry) | Deepak Kumar Dhalewan |
| Sanskrit | Aadhyonmeshah (Poetry) | Rishiraj Pathak |
| Santali | Anjle (Poetry) | Anjali Kisku |
| Tamil | Mara Naai (Poetry) | Shakti |
| Telugu | Milinda (Short Stories) | Manasa Yendluri |
| Urdu | Main Apni Baat ka Mafhoom Dusra Chahun: Bani Ki Shairi Ka Motalea (Criticism) | Saquib Faridi |
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Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters was established in 1954 by the Govt of India.