Sahitya Akademi Award 2018

List of Awardees

• Renowned Hindi writer Chitra Mudgal, Dogri writer Inderjeet Kesar, Kannada writer KG Nagarajappa and Kashmiri story writer Mushtaq Ahmad Mushtaq were among 24 writers, who were honoured.
  
  
  
  
• The award was given to Chitra Mudgal for her book 'post box no 203 NallaSopara', which was based on the life of a transgender. 
  
  
• Inderjeet Kesar got the award for his Dogri novel- Bhagirath based on challenges faced by human beings. 
  
  
• G Nagarajappa bagged the award for Anushreni- Yajamanike which is a collection of Kannada essays. 
  
  
• Mushtaq  Ahmad Mushtaq received the award for his collection of  18 Kashmiri short stories - Aakh.