SAHITYA AKADEMI

The 'Sahitya Akademi' is an Indian organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. Founded on March 12 1954, it is supported by, though independent of, the Indian government.
The Sahitya Akademi organises national and regional workshops and seminars; provides research and travel grants to authors; publishes books and journals, including the Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature; and presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs. 50,000 (approx. USD 1,100) in each of the 22 languages it supports.
It also publishes two bimonthly literary journals -- Indian Literature in English and Samkaleen Bharatiya Sahitya in Hindi.

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Supported languages

See also

External links

Supported languages

★ Assamese

★ Bengali

★ Dogri

★ English

★ Gujarati

★ Hindi

★ Kannada

★ Kashmiri

★ Konkani

★ Maithili

★ Malayalam

★ Meitei

★ Marathi

★ Nepali

★ Oriya

★ Punjabi

★ Rajasthani

★ Sanskrit

★ Sindhi

★ Tamil

★ Telugu

★ Urdu

See also

★ Jnanpith Award

External links

★ Sahitya Akademi home page

★ Indian Literature Magazine