Sahitya Akademi Award 2025

• Sahitya Akademi Award is India's premier annual literary honour given in 24 recognised Indian languages, instituted by the Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters) under the Ministry of Culture.
• The 2025 cycle, announced on 16 March 2026, covers books across poetry, fiction, criticism and life-writing — high-yield Prelims fodder on awards & culture.
• Each winner gets an engraved copper plaque, a shawl, and ₹1,00,000 prize money, to be presented on 31 March 2026, New Delhi.