{{Short description|List of winners of a literary honor in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Sahitya Akademi Awards}} '''Yuva Puraskar''' is given each year to young writers for their outstanding works in the 24 languages, since 2011.
==Recipients== Following is the list of recipients of Yuva Puraskar for their works written in English. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and an engraved copper plaque.<ref name="timesofindia-economictimes 2015">{{cite web | title=Some Sahitya Yuva Puraskar awardees 'condemn' intolerance | website=timesofindia-economictimes | date=2015-11-19 | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-11-19/news/68412654_1_sahitya-akademi-religious-intolerance-young-writers | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609175500/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-11-19/news/68412654_1_sahitya-akademi-religious-intolerance-young-writers | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 June 2016 | access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Author ! Work !Genre !class=unsortable|References |- | 2011 || Vikram Sampath || '''My Name Is Gauhar Jaan!'–The Life And Times of A Musician'' || Biography || |- | 2012 || Aman Sethi || ''A Free Man'' || Non Fiction || |- | 2013 || Janice Pariat || ''Boats on Land'' || Short Stories || |- | 2014 || Kaushik Barua || ''Windhorse'' || Novel || <ref>{{cite news |title=Poetry dominates Sahitya Akademi Yuva awards |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/poetry-dominates-sahitya-akademi-yuva-awards/article6342960.ece |work=The Hindu |date=22 August 2014 |language=en-IN}}</ref> |- | 2015 || Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar || ''The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey'' || Novel || <ref>{{cite web | last=Datta | first=Sudipta | title=Who is Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, fighting a ban | website=The Hindu | date=19 August 2017 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hansda-sowvendra-shekharfighting-a-ban/article19525262.ece | access-date=18 June 2025|quote=From 2002 to 2015, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar gathered stories about his people, the Santhals of Jharkhand, for his collection The Adivasi will not Dance . It was published in 2015 to critical acclaim; just as his novel The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey, which won him the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Purashkar the same year.}}</ref> |- | 2016 || Raghu Karnad || ''Farthest Field An Indian Story of The Second World War'' || Biography || |- | 2017 || Manu S. Pillai || ''The Ivory Throne'' || Biography || |- | 2018 || colspan="4" style="background:#f5a9a9; text-align:center;" | '''''No Award''''' <ref name="India 2018">{{cite web | title=Sahitya Akademi announces winners for Bal Sahitya, Yuva Puraskar for 2018 | website=Business Standard News | date=2018-06-22 | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sahitya-akademi-announces-winners-for-bal-sahitya-yuva-puraskar-for-2018-118062200794_1.html | access-date=2018-06-22}}</ref> |- | 2019 || Tanuj Solanki || ''Diwali in Muzaffarnagar'' || Short Stories || |- | 2020 || Yashica Dutt || ''Coming Out as Dalit'' || Memoir || <ref name="Deccan Herald">{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi announces Bal Sahitya Puraskar, Yuva Puraskar 2020 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sahitya-akademi-announces-bal-sahitya-puraskar-yuva-puraskar-2020-961327.html |website=www.deccanherald.com |date=2021-03-12 |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> |- | 2021 || Megha Majumdar || ''A Burning'' || Novel ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/sahitya-akademi-announces-winners-of-yuva-puraskar-bal-sahitya-puraskar-2021-megha-majumdar-7699167/|title=Sahitya Akademi announces winners of Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021|date= 31 December 2021|publisher=indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards, Yuva Puraskar and Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 announced |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/sahitya-akademi-awards-yuva-puraskar-and-bal-sahitya-puraskar-2021-announced/articleshow/88596074.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=timesofindia.com |date=2021-12-30 |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi announces winners of Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2021 |url=https://staging.theprint.in/india/sahitya-akademi-announces-winners-of-yuva-puraskar-bal-sahitya-puraskar-2021/792021/ |website=staging.theprint.in |date=2021-12-31 |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref> |- |2022 || Mihir Vatsa || ''Tales of Hazaribagh'' || Travel Memoir || |- |2023 || Anirudh Kanisetti|| ''Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas'' || Historical ||<ref>{{cite web |date=23 June 2023 |title=Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2023|url=https://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/Pressrelease_YP-2023.pdf|access-date=27 June 2023|website=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref> |- | 2024 || K. Vaishali || ''Homeless: Growing up Lesbian and Dyslexic In India'' || Memoir ||<ref>{{cite news |title=Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sahitya-akademi-announces-yuva-puraskar-bal-sahitya-puraskar-winners-for-2024/article68293703.ece |access-date=15 June 2024 |publisher=www.thehindu.com |date=15 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/sahitya-akademi-announces-yuva-puraskar-bal-sahitya-puraskar-winners-for-2024/articleshow/111018778.cms |access-date=15 June 2024 |publisher=economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=15 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sahitya Akademi announces Yuva Puraskar, Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for 2024 |url=https://theprint.in/india/sahitya-akademi-announces-yuva-puraskar-bal-sahitya-puraskar-winners-for-2024/2132795/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |publisher=theprint.in |date=15 June 2024}}</ref> |- |2025 |Advait Kottary |Siddhartha: The Boy Who Became the Buddha |Novel |<ref>[https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/Pressrelease_YP-2025.pdf "Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025"] (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in''.'' 18 June 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2026.</ref> |}
== See also == {{Portal|India|Literature}} * List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for English * List of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize winners for English
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/yuva_samman_suchi.jsp Yuva Puraskar-Sahitya Akademi India - Official Website] * [https://bestcurrentaffairs.com/sahitya-akademi-yuva-puraskar/ List of Yuva Puraskar Winners]
Category:Indian literary awards Category:Awards established in 2011 Category:2011 establishments in India