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title: "Who has bagged the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada language?"  
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published: 2018-03-11  
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# Who has bagged the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kannada language?

Who has bagged the 2017 [Sahitya Akademi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35048/from-which-year-sahitya-akademi-award-war-started) Award for Kannada [language](https://www.mindstick.com/startup/28/preply-the-fast-growing-platform-transforming-language-learning)?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Sanat Shukla

**December 24, 2017:** Noted Kannada pundit [**T.P. Ashok**](https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/sahitya-akademi-award-for-ashoka-sreemathi/article22239382.ece) has sacked the Sahitya Akademi yearly honor for 2017 for his abstract analysis work 'Kathana Bharathi'.

The honor conveys a satchel of ₹1 lakh and a copper plaque which will be introduced to him on February 12, 2018, in New Delhi during the Festival of Letters being sorted out by the Akademi. \
Another Kannada author H.S. Sreemathi has stowed the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2017 for her work 'Mahashweta Devi Avara Katha Sahitya – 1 and 2', interpretation of short accounts of Mahashweta Devi (Bengali). The honor conveys a satchel of ₹50,000 and a copper plaque. The Sahitya Akademi on Thursday reported its yearly Sahitya Akademi grants in 24 dialects in New Delhi. \
Seven books, five books of verse, five of short stories, five of artistic analysis and one of play and expositions have been decided for the honors. \
The honors were suggested by recognized jury individuals speaking to the 24 Indian dialects and endorsed by the Akademi Executive Board, said a delivery.


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