The Sahitya Akademi has announced its awards for outstanding literary works in 24 Indian languages, covering poetry, novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and criticism. In Tamil, Sa. Tamilselvan won for Thamiz Sirukathaiyin Thadangal, a work of literary criticism tracing the evolution of the Tamil short story. Other winners include Navtej Sarna (Crimson Spring, English novel), Mamta Kalia (Jeete Jee Allahabad, Hindi memoir) and N. Prabhakaran (Maayaamanushyar, Malayalam novel). Poetry winners include Prasun Bandyopadhyay (Bengali), Yogesh Vaidya (Gujarati) and Nandini Sidha Reddy (Telugu). Each awardee receives a copper plaque, a shawl and ₹1,00,000.