Sahitya Akademi

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Sahitya Akademi is India’s National Academy of Letters, dedicated to promoting and recognizing excellence in literature across the country’s many languages, including Bengali.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary organization
national academy of letters
alsoKnownAs National Academy of Letters
country India
fieldOfWork literature
focusesOn Bengali literature
Indian languages
foundedBy Government of India
hasBuilding Sahitya Akademi building, New Delhi
headquartersLocation New Delhi
linked to: New Delhi, India
inception 1954
nativeName Sāhitya Akādemī
linked to: Sahitya Akademi
operatesInLanguage Assamese
Bengali
Bodo
Dogri
English
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Maithili
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Odia
Punjabi
Rajasthani
Sanskrit
Santali
linked to: Santhali

Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
organizes literary festivals
literary seminars
writers’ workshops
parentOrganization Ministry of Culture, Government of India
publishes books
literary journals
purpose promotion of literature
recognition of literary excellence
regionServed India
sponsors Bal Sahitya Puraskar
Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Translation Award
Yuva Puraskar

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Bengali literature hasMajorInstitution Sahitya Akademi
Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada parentOrganization Government of India (through autonomous Sahitya Akademi)
linked to: Sahitya Akademi
Sahitya Akademi Award presentedBy Sahitya Akademi
Sahitya Akademi Award administeredBy Sahitya Akademi
Sahitya Akademi nativeName Sāhitya Akādemī
linked to: Sahitya Akademi
Ḍogrī recognizedBy Sahitya Akademi (India)
linked to: Sahitya Akademi
Manipuri governingBody Sahitya Akademi (for literary recognition)
linked to: Sahitya Akademi
Mandra awardGivenBy Sahitya Akademi
President of Sahitya Akademi headOf Sahitya Akademi
President of Sahitya Akademi appointedBy Sahitya Akademi General Council
linked to: Sahitya Akademi
President of Sahitya Akademi reportsTo Sahitya Akademi General Council
linked to: Sahitya Akademi
Kannada literature recognizedBy Sahitya Akademi
Ministry of Culture (India) oversees Sahitya Akademi
subject linked to: Ministry of Culture