The Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters, to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it, as well as for translations. No awards were given in 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1968.[1]
Sahitya Akademi Award winners
The following is a List of winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award for writings in the Odia language:[2]
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^"Bibhuti Patnaik to get Sahitya Akademi award". Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^Panda, Subhransu. "Paramita Satpathy bags Sahitya Akademi Award for 2016". Odisha Story. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^"Odia writers Gayatri Saraf, Suryamani Khuntia bag Kendra Sahitya Akademi award". newindianexpress. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^"Sahitya Akademi announces annual SahityaAkademi Awards in 23languages toda". PIB. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^"Sahitya Akademi announces 2020 Odia, Malayalam awards". The Hindu. 24 August 2021.
^K. Sreenivasarao (30 December 2021). "List of Winners - 2021" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi.
^"Sahitya Akademi Award 2022" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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^"Odisha writer Dash Benhur gets Central Sahitya Akademi award". Odisha Sun Times. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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^Chakra, Shyamhari (14 September 2012). "A woman of words". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^"Sahitya Akademi announces awards for young writers and children's literature". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.