Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025: Complete List of winner
The Sahitya Akademi is India’s national academy of letters, established in 1954 by the Government of India as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Culture, which has taken a momentous decision to recognize the tremendous work of young writers in Indian literature. Under the distinguished leadership of Sri Madhav Kaushik, President of the Sahitya Akademi, the Executive Board convened to take the final decision of the recipients of the prestigious Yuva Puraskar 2025.
Complete List of Yuva Puraskar 2025 Recipients
Complete Winners Table
The table below gives the complete list of 23 distinguished winners of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025, categorized according to language with their works and authors:
| S.No | Language | Name of the Book (Genre) | Awardee’s Name |
| 1 | Assamese | Kushiyarama (Short Stories) | Supraksam Bhuyan |
| 2 | Bengali | Ekadha Chinish Toliami (Poetry) | Sudeshna Moitra |
| 3 | Bodo | Ang Aisu (Poetry) | Amar Khungur Boro |
| 4 | English | Siddhartha – The Boy Who Became the Buddha (Novel) | Advait Kolarkar |
| 5 | Gujarati | Naranch Tekari (Essays) | Mayur Kharadi |
| 6 | Hindi | Phir Ugna (Poetry) | Parvesh Yadav |
| 7 | Kannada | Paccheya Jagat (Criticism) | R. Deepkumar |
| 8 | Kashmiri | Harfas Harfas Zaagi (Criticism) | Saiba Sehar |
| 9 | Konkani | Gaavgaamhas (Short Stories) | Glynis Dias |
| 10 | Maithili | Banaras Aa Hum (Poetry) | Neha Jha Maini |
| 11 | Malayalam | Ram Oru Anandhi (Novel) | Akhil P. Dharmajan |
| 12 | Manipuri | Khoyum Nongdan Coy (Epic) | A. K. Jiten |
| 13 | Marathi | Khel Khel Dukhana Dele (Novel) | Pradeep Kokane |
| 14 | Nepali | Junko Aansu (Poetry) | Subash Thakuri |
| 15 | Odia | Kademsabana (Short Stories) | Subrat Kumar Senapati |
| 16 | Punjabi | Girka Hostel (Poetry) | Mandeep Aulakh |
| 17 | Rajasthani | Ankhs ni sangmat (Poetry) | Poonam Chand Godara |
| 18 | Sanskrit | Panchbhautikshahol-swavasyam (vedantdarshanhsaraviseshathe) (Criticism) | Dhiresna Kumar Pandey |
| 19 | Santali | Ara Sajo te (Poetry) | Fagui Baaskey |
| 20 | Sindhi | Pandhyado (Poetry) | Manjham Bachani |
| 21 | Tamil | Kuttaaru Kuthuvi (Short Stories) | Latarhinhar |
| 22 | Telugu | Maralawatha (Novel) | Prasad Suri |
| 23 | Urdu | Maulard Haqeqat, Thereek-e-Azadi, or Hindi Jihad Ka Farmonsuti Kardah Qasaid (Novel) |