The prestigious ‘Sahitya Akademi Award’ for 2022 will be conferred on authors Badri Narayan and Anuradha Roy, officials said on December 22, 2022.

• The award has been given by the central government for the best literature every year. Accordingly, the central government announced the Sahitya Akademi Award for literature on December 22. Writer M. Rajendran from Tamil Nadu has received this award for his novel ‘Kala Pani’.
• The awardee will be presented with a cash prize of one lakh rupees and a copper Shield. This ‘Kala Pani’ novel is a historical novel based on the war of Kalayarkovil or Kalayarkool.
• The Awards, recommended by distinguished Jury members in 23 Indian languages, were approved by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, under the Chairmanship of Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar, President, Sahitya Akademi.