Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is an annual literary award given to literary works in Kannada by the Karnataka Sahitya Academy. Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award is given to individual books published in various genres like poetry, novel, short fiction, criticism, travel writing, translation, children's writing etc., as well as for the complete contribution of a writer to Kannada literature.
Instituted in 1983, it has been given to some of the most eminent writers in Kannada like P.Lankesh, U.R.Ananthamurthy, K.P.Poornachandra Tejaswi, B.T. Lalitha Naik, Niranjana, Jayanta Kaikini, K Y Narayanaswamy etc.
Awards
Annual honorary award
Sahityashree Award
Book prizes
The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the books for which they won.
Poetry
Novel
Short story
Play
Humour
Essay
Travelogue
Biography / Autobiography
Criticism
Children work
Science writing
Research
Translation (creative)
Translation (non-creative)
Debut work
See also
Sahitya Akademi Award to Kannada Writers
References
External links
Karnataka Sahitya Academy (Book) Award winners
Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award winners (Total contribution)