Context The Sahitya Akademi announced its awards for 2021 for literary works in 20 languages
Key takeaways
Literary critic D.S. Nagabhushan has been awarded the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for 2021 for his work Gandhi Kathana, biography of Mahatma Gandhi
Award is presented to the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the twenty-four major Indian languages recognized by the Akademi (including English).
Sahitya Akademi award is the second highest literary honour by the Government of India, after Jananpith award.
The Award in the form of an engraved copper-plaque, and cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-
The author must be of Indian Nationality.
Indian film-maker Satyajit Ray is the designer of the plaque awarded by the Sahitya Akademi
