# List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Maithili

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Sahitya Akademi Award to Maithili language Writers by Sahitya Akademi. No Awards were conferred in 1957, 1959, 1966 and 1972.

## Recipients

| Year | Title and genre | Author |
| 2024 | Prabandh Sangrah (Essays) | Mahendra Malangia |
| 2023 | Bodha Sanketan (Essays) | Basukinath Jha |
| 2022 | Pen-Drive Me Prithvi (Poetry) | Ajit Azad |
| 2021 | Pangu (Novel) | Jagdish Prasad Mandal |
| 2020 | Gacch Roosai Acchi (Short stories) | Kamalkanth Jha |
| 2019 | Jingik Oriaon Karait (Poetry) | Kumar Manish Arvind |
| 2018 | Parineeta (Short stories) | Bina Thakur |
| 2017 | Jahalak Diary (Poetry) | Uday Narayan Singh "Nachiketa" |
| 2016 | Barki Kaki at hotmail dot com (short stories) | Shyam Darihare |
| 2015 | Khissa (Short Stories) | Man Mohan Jha |
| 2014 | Uchat (Novel) | Asha Mishra |
| 2013 | Sangharsh Aa Sehanta (Memoirs) | Sureshwar Jha |
| 2012 | Kist-Kist Jeewan (Autobiography) | Shefalika Verma |
| 2011 | Apaksha (Poetry) | Uday Chandra Jha ‘Vinod’ |
| 2010 | Bhamati (Novel) | Usha Kiran Khan |
| 2009 | Ganga-Putra (Short Stories) | *Man Mohan Jha |
| 2008 | Katek Daaripar (Memoirs) | Mantreshwar Jha |
| 2007 | 1. Sarokar (Short Stories) 2. Yudhh Aaor Yoddha (Nepali to Maithili Translation of Agam Singh Giri's Epic Poem "Yuddh Ra Yoddha") | Pradip Bihari Anant Bihari Lal Das "Indu" |
| 2006 | Kaath (Short Stories) | Bibhuti Anand |
| 2005 | Chanan Ghan Gachchiya (Poetry) | Vivekanand Thakur |
| 2004 | Shakuntala (Epic) | Chandrabhanu Singh |
| 2003 | Ritambhara (Short Stories) | Niraja Renu (Khamakhy A Devi) |
| 2002 | Sahasmukhi Chowk Par (Poems) | Somdev |
| 2001 | Pratijna Pandav (Epic) | Babuajee Jha ‘Ajnat’ |
| 2000 | Katek Raas Baat (Poetry) | Ramanand Renu |
| 1999 | Gananayak (Short Stories) | Saketanand |
| 1998 | Takait Achhi Chirai (Poetry) | Jeeva Kant |
| 1997 | Dhwast Hoet Shanti Stoop (Poetry) | Keerti Narayan Mishra |
| 1996 | Aai Kaalhi Parsoo (Short stories) | Raj Mohan Jha |
| 1995 | Kavita Kusumanjali (Poetry) | Jayamanta Mishra |
| 1994 | Uchitavakta (Short stories) | Gangesh Gunjan |
| 1993 | Samak Pauti (Short stories) | Govinda Jha |
| 1992 | Vividha (Essays) | Bhimanath Jha |
| 1991 | Pasijhaita Pathar (Play) | Ramdeo Jha |
| 1990 | Prabhasak Katha (Short stories) | Prabhas kumar choudhary |
| 1989 | Parasar (Epic) | *Kanchinath Jha ‘Kiran’ |
| 1988 | Mantraputra (Novel) | Mayanand Mishra |
| 1987 | Atita (Short stories) | Umanath Jha |
| 1986 | Natik Patrak Uttar (Belles-lettres) | Subhadra Jha |
| 1985 | Jeevan Yatra (Autobiography) | *Hari Mohan Jha |
| 1984 | Suryamukhi (Poetry) | Arsi Prasad Singh |
| 1983 | Maithili Patrakaritaka Ithihas (Treatise) | Chandranath Mishra ‘Amar’ |
| 1982 | Marichika (Novel) | Lily Ray |
| 1981 | Agastyayaini (Epic) | Markandeya Pravasi |
| 1980 | Ee Bataha Sansar (Novel) | Sudhanshu Shekhar Chaudhary |
| 1979 | Krishna-charit (Poetry) | Tantranath Jha |
| 1978 | Baji Uthal Murali (Poetry) | Upendra Thakur ‘Mohan’ |
| 1977 | Avahatta: Udbhava O Vikas (Literary criticism) | *Rajeshwar Jha |
| 1976 | Sitayana (Epic) | Vaidyanath Mallik "Vidhu" |
| 1975 | Kichhu Dekhal Kichhu Sunal (Reminiscences) | Girindramohan Mishra |
| 1973 | Naika Banijara (Novel) | Braj Kishore Verma ‘Manipadma’ |
| 1971 | Payasvini (Poetry) | Surenda Jha ‘Suman’ |
| 1970 | Radha Viraha (Epic poetry) | Kashikant Mishra ‘Madhup’ |
| 1969 | Du Patra (Novel) | Upendranth Jha |
| 1968 | Patrahin Nagna Gachh (Poetry) | ‘Yatri’ (Vaidyanath Mishra) |
| 1966 | Mithila-Baibhav (Philosophical treatise) | Yashodhar Jha |