The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi which met at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, today, under the Chairmanship of its President, Sri Madhav Kaushik approved selection of 24 books (as given at Annexure ‘A’ attached) for the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2023. The books were selected on the basis of recommendations made by the Selection Committees of three members each in the concerned languages in accordance with the rules and procedure laid down for the purpose. 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 names of the members of the Selection Committees on whose recommendations the Translation Prizes were declared are given language wise at Annexure ‘B’ attached.

The Prize carries an amount of Rs.50,000/- and a copper plaque which will be presented to the translators of these books at a special function to be held sometime later this year.

 

 

                        Annexure ‘A’

 

       SAHITYA  AKADEMI  PRIZE  FOR  TRANSLATION  2023

 

Language	Title of the Translation	Translator	Name of the Original Book. Genre. Language & Author
Assamese	Mor Jivonto	Lakkshajyoti Gogoi Handique	Once Upon a Life : Burnt Curry and Bloody Rags (Memoir), English, Temsula Ao
Bengali	Dalit Nandantattwa	Mrinmoy Pramanick	Dalit Sahitya Che Soundharya   Shashtra (Lierary Criticism), Marathi, Sharankumar Limbale
Bodo	Santanufwlerni Fisajla	Ambikagiri Hajowary	Santanukulanandan (Novel), Assamese, Purabi Bormudoi
Dogri	Dhan Delhi De Keengre	Sushma Rani	Dhaawaan Dilli De Kingrey (Novel), Punjabi, Baldev Singh
English	Chandrabati’s Ramayan	(Late) Nabaneeta Dev Sen	Chandrabati’s Ramayan (Epic Poetry), Bengali,  Chandrabati
Gujarati	Swechcha	Minal Dave	Swechcha (Novel), Telugu, P. Lalitakumari ‘Volga’
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
Kannada	Malayalam Kathegalu	K. K. Gangadharan	Selected Malayalam Short Stories (Short Stories), Malayalam, Various Malayalam Authors
Kashmiri	Chooma Sund Dol	Gulzar Ahmad Rather	Chomana Dudi (Novel), Kannada, Kota Shivarama Karanth
Konkani	Astavyasta Bayalo	Sunetra Jog	Disorderly Women (Novel), English, Malathi Rao
Maithili	Nilkantha	Menaka Mallik	Nilkantha (Novel), Nepali, Matsyendra Pradhan
Malayalam	Aksharangalude Nizhalil	P.K. Radhamani	Aksharon Kay Sayee (Autobiography), Hindi, Amrita Pritam
Manipuri	Mittangba Sagolgee Mingda  Angamba Katpiyu	Laishram Somorendro	Anhe Ghore Da Daan (Novel), Punjabi,  Gurdial Singh
Marathi	Brahmos : Eka Agnyat Samshodana Yatrechi Yashogatha	Abhay Sadavarte	Success Mantra of Brahmos (Non-Fiction), English, A. Sivathanu Pillai
Nepali	Kayakalpa	Chhatraman Subba	Kayakalpa (Novel), Assamese, Lakshminandan Bora
Odia	Nelluri Keshavaswamynka Shrestha Galpa	Bangali Nanda	Nelluri Keshavaswamy Uthama Kathalu  (Short Stories), Telugu, Nelluri Keshavaswamy
Punjabi	Gulara Begum	Jagdish Rai Kulrian	Gulara Begum (Novel), Hindi, Sharad Pagare
Rajasthani	Sarokar	Bhanwar Lal ‘Bhramar’	Sarokar (Short Stories), Maithili, Pradip Bihari
Sanskrit	Ruchiraah Baalakathaah	Nagaratna Hegde	Makkaligaagi Nanna Necchina Kathegalu (A Collection of Short Stories for Children), Kannada, Sudha Murty
Santali	Kira	Veer Pratap Murmu	Pratigya (Novel), Hindi, Munsi Premchand
Sindhi	Sado Lifafo	Bhagwan Babani	Sada Lifafa (Novel), Bengali, Moti Nandy
Tamil	Karunkundram	Kannaiyan Daksnamurthy	The Black Hill (Novel), English, Mamang Dai
Telugu	Ghalib Naati Kaalam	Elanaaga (N. Surendra)	Ghalib: The Man, The Times (Biography), English, Pavan K. Varma
Urdu	Post Box No. 203 Nala Sopara	Ahsan Ayyubi	Post Box No. 203 Nala Sopara (Novel), Hindi, Chitra Mudgal

 

 

                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                               Annexure ‘B’

 

JURY MEMBERS FOR THE SAHITYA AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZE 2023

 

ASSAMESE

Dr. Birinchi Kumar Das

Dr. Dhrubajyoti Nath

Dr. Pori Hiloidari  

                                                       

BENGALI

Sri Nitish Biswas

Dr. Swati Guha

Sri Anilkrishna Acharya

 

BODO

Sri Horeswar Narzary

Dr. Rita Baro

Sri Baneswar Swargiary

 

DOGRI

Sri Chandu Bhau (Chandu Lal)

Sri Sunil Kumar Sharma    

Ms. Rita Rani

 

ENGLISH

Dr. C.T. Indra

Prof. Esther Syiem

Prof.  Sachidananda Mohanty

 

GUJARATI

Dr. Darshana Oza

Dr. Pranav Joshipura

Sri Ashwin Chandarana

 

HINDI

Prof. Surya Prasad Dixit

Sri Pallav

Dr. RanjIt Saha

 

KANNADA

Dr. M.S. Ashadevi

Sri Keshava Malagi

Prof. S. Siraj Ahmed

 

KASHMIRI

Dr. Roop Krishen Bhat

Sri Syed Sad-ud-Din Saidi

Sri Shahid Delinavi

 

KONKANI

Smt. Jayashree G. Shanbhag

Smt. Prashanti Talpankar  

Sri Ramnath G. Gawde

  

 

MAITHILI

Dr. Bibhuti Anand  

Dr. Sachchidanand Pathak

Sri Dinkar Kumar

MALAYALAM

Dr. Chathanath Achuthan Unny

Prof. K.  Vanaja

Dr. M. Vijayan Pillai

MANIPUR

Dr. Irungbam Deven Singh

Dr. Ngangom Ekashini Devi

Sri Phurailatpam Iboyaima Sharma

 

MARATHI

Sri Chandrakant Bhonjal

Ms. Maya Pandit Narkar

Ms. Sharada Sathe

 

NEPALI

Sri Purna Kumar Sarmah

Dr. Samar Sinha

Sri Kishan Pradhan

 

ODIA

Prof. Baishnab Charan Samal

Sri Bipin Bihari Mishra

Dr. Prasanna Kumar Mohanty

 

PUNJABI

Sri Bhajanbir Singh

Sri K.L. Garg

Dr. Sarbjit Kaur Sohal

 

RAJASTHANI

Prof. Kalpana Purohit

Dr. Kirti Sharma

Dr. Madan Saini

 

SANSKRIT

Prof. Lalit Kumar Patel (Lalit Kumar Atmaram)

Prof. Upendra Kumar Tripathy

Prof. Pralhad R. Joshi

 

SANTALI

Sri Niranjan Hansda

Smt. Tala Tudu

Sri Innocent Soren

 

SINDHI

Ms. Jaya Jadwani

Sri Harish Karamchandani

Sri Lakhmi Khilani

 

TAMIL

Sri S. Devadoss

Sri S. Mohamed Yoosuf (Kulachal Yoosuf)

Sri Kurinjivelan (Selvaraj)

TELUGU

Sri Vadrevu Chinaveerabhadrudu

Smt. Swatee Sripada 

Dr. J. Satyanarayana Moorthy (Vihaari)

URDU

Sri Aslam Mirza

Prof. Khalid Mahmood

Dr. Nusrat Mehdi

 

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