Sahitya Akademi

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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 an annual award of Rs. 50,000 (approx. USD 1,100) in each of the 22 languages it supports.

It also publishes the journal Indian Literature.

[edit] Supported languages

• Assamese
• Bengali
• Dogri
• English
• Gujarati
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Kashmiri
• Konkani
• Maithili
• Malayalam
• Meitei
• Marathi
• Nepali
• Oriya
• Punjabi
• Rajasthani
• Sanskrit
• Sindhi
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Urdu

[edit] See also

• Jnanpith Award

[edit] External links

• Sahitya Akademi home page
• Indian Literature Magazine