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Sahitya Akademi Award Winners in English (1960–2025): Complete List of Award-Winning Authors and Books

Explore the complete list of Sahitya Akademi Award winners in English from 1960 to 2025. Discover award-winning authors, books, literary achievements, and their contribution to Indian English literature. Based on official Sahitya Akademi records Sahitya Akademi Award Winners in English (1960–2025) Sahitya Akademi Award Winners in English (1960–2025): Complete List The Sahitya Akademi Award is one of India’s most prestigious literary honors, recognizing outstanding books of literary merit in the languages recognized by the Sahitya Akademi. Established in 1954, the award has played a vital role in promoting literary excellence and celebrating the rich diversity of Indian literature. The English category has honored some of the most influential writers, poets, dramatists, critics, and historians whose works have shaped the landscape of Indian English literature. From R. K. Narayan’s celebrated novel The Guide to contemporary award-winning works by Easterine Kire and Navtej Sarna, the Sahi...

UGC NET English Literature – Renaissance / Tudor Age (1485–1558)

Renaissance / Tudor Age (1485–1558) Quiz Quiz: Geoffrey Chaucer 1. Who is known as the "Father of English Poetry"? John Skelton Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas More Edmund Spenser 2. The Tudor Age began with the accession of which monarch? Henry VIII Edward VI Henry VII James I 3. Who wrote Utopia? Roger Ascham Thomas Wyatt Thomas More Henry Howard 4. Utopia was originally written in which language? English French Latin Greek 5. Who introduced the sonnet into English literature? Sidney and Spenser Wyatt and Surrey Chaucer and Gower More and Ascham 6. Sir Thomas Wyatt adapted the sonnet form from which Italian poet? Dante Petrarch Boccaccio Ariosto 7. Henry Howard is better known as: Earl of Kent Earl of Essex Earl of Surrey Earl of Warwick 8. Who first used Blank Verse in English literature? ...