List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali
Sahitya Akademi Award winners
Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973.

List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

Section Title: Sahitya Akademi Award winners
Table Section Text: Following is the list of Akademi Award winners. No awards were conferred in 1960, 1968 and 1973.

Year	Book	Author	Category of Books

1955	Shreshtha Kavita	Jibanananda Das	Poetry

1956	Arogya Niketan	Tarashankar Bandopadhyay	Novel

1957	Sagar Theke Phera	Premendra Mitra	Poetry

1958	Anandibai Ityadi Galpa	Parashuram	Short Stories

1959	Kolkatar Kachhei	Gajendra Kumar Mitra	Novel

1961	Bharater Sakti-Sadhana O Sakta Sahitya	Sashi Bhushan Dasgupta	A Study of the Sakti-cult

1962	Japane	Annada Shankar Ray	Travelogue

1963	Ghare Pherar Din	Amiya Chakravarty	Poetry

1964	Jato Durei Jai	Subhas Mukhopadhyay (poet)	Poetry

1965	Smriti Satta Bhabishyat	Bishnu Dey	Poetry

1966	Nishi-Kutumba	Manoj Basu	Novel

1967	Tapasvi O Tarangini	Buddhadeb Basu	Verse play

1969	Mohini Aaraal	Manindra Ray	Poetry

1970	Adhunikata O Rabindranath	Abu Sayeed Ayyub	Literary criticism

1971	Manimahesh	Umaprasad Mukhopadhyay	Travelogue

1972	Shesh Namaskar	Santosh Kumar Ghosh	Novel

1974	Ulanga Raja	Nirendranath Chakravarty	Poetry

1975	Asamay	Bimal Kar	Novel

1976	Na Hanyate	Maitreyi Devi	Novel

1977	Babarer Prarthana	Shankha Ghosh	Poetry

1978	Vivekananda O Samakalin Bharatvarsha, Vol. I, II and III	Sankari Prasad Basu	Biography and cultural history

1979	Aranyer Adhikar	Mahashweta Devi	Novel

1980	Shambo	Samaresh Basu `Kalkut'	Novel

1981	Kolikata Darpan, Pt. I	Radharaman Mitra	Local history and culture

1982	Amritasya Putree	Kamal Das	Novel

1983	Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo	Shakti Chattopadhyay	Poetry

1984	Kalbela	Samaresh Majumdar	Novel

1985	Sei Samay (Part II)	Sunil Gangopadhyay	Novel

1986	Raj Nagar	Amiya Bhushan Majumdar	Novel

1987	Khujte Khujte Eto Dur	Arun Mitra	Poetry

1988	Bari Badle Jai	Ramapada Chaudhuri	Novel

1989	Manabjamin	Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay	Novel

1990	Tista Parer Brittanto	Debesh Ray	Novel

1991	Sada Kham	Moti Nandi	Novel

1992	Marami Karat	Alok Ranjan Dasgupta	Poetry

1993	Shahjada Darasukoh	Shyamal Gangapadhyay	Novel

1994	Aleek Manush	Syed Mustafa Siraj	Novel

1995	Kavita Sangraha	Naresh Guha	Poetry

1996	Tal Betal	Ashok Mitra	Essays

1997	Herbert	Nabarun Bhattacharya	Novel

1998	Anubhav	Dibyendu Palit	Novel

1999	Naba-Nita	Nabaneeta Dev Sen	Prose-Poetry

2000	Pagli Tomar Sange	Joy Goswami	Poetry

2001	Panchashati Galpo	Atin Bandyopadhyay	Short Stories

2002	Ami O Banabehari	Sandipan Chattopadhyay	Novel

2003	Krantikal	Prafulla Ray	Novel

2004	Baul Fakir Katha	Sudhir Chakravarti	Essay

2005	Haspatale Lekha Kabitaguchha	Binay Majumdar	Poetry

2006	Dhrubaputra	Amar Mitra	Novel

2007	Amar Samay Alpa	Amarendra Sengupta	Poetry

2008	Ghumer Borir Mato Chand	Sharat Kumar Mukhopadhyay	Poetry

2009	Keno Amra Rabindranathke Chai Ebong Kibhabe	Sourin Bhattacharya	Essay

2010	Khanamihirer Dhipi	Bani Basu	Novel

2011	Bane Aaj Concherto	Manindra Gupta	Poetry

2012	Birasan	Subrata Mukhopadhyaya	Novel

2013	Dwaipayan Hrader Dhare	Subodh Sarkar	Poetry

2014	Piya Man Bhabe	Utpal Kumar Basu	Poetry

2015	Shono Jabaphul	Alok Sarkar	Poetry

2016	Mahabharater Astadashi	Nrisinghaprasad Bhaduri	Essays

2017	Sei Nikhonj Manusta	Afsar Ahmed	Novel

2018	Srikrishner Sesh Kata Din	Sanjib Chattopadhyay	Short Story

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Das's Shrestha Kavita won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1955.

final_sentence: Das's Shrestha Kavita won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1955.