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06 May, 2026
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Education & Literature ( Prize and awards)

Education & Literature

International Booker Prize 2025

Awarded to: Banu Mushtaq (India) for her short story collection Heart Lamp.
Awarded by: Booker Prize Foundation, UK.
Note: The book was originally written in Kannada and translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi.

PEN Pinter Prize 2025

Awarded to: Leila Aboulela, a Sudanese-Scottish writer.
Awarded by: English PEN.
Awarded for: Powerful writing exploring faith, migration and the lives of Muslim women.

PEN Translates Award 2025

Awarded to: Hindi author Geetanjali Shree.
Recognised Work: Once Elephants Lived Here.
Translator: Daisy Rockwell.
Awarded by: English PEN, UK-based human rights and literary organisation.

Women’s Prize 2025

Category	Awardee	Work
Women’s Prize for Fiction	Yael van der Wouden	The Safekeep
Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction	Dr Rachel Clarke	The Story of a Heart

Awarded by: Women’s Prize Trust, UK.

Booker Prize 2025

Awarded to: David Szalay for Flesh.
Awarded by: Booker Prize Foundation, UK.
Note: Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny was shortlisted.

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2024

The Sahitya Akademi Award is India’s second-highest literary honour after the Jnanpith Award.

Language	Work	Awardee
Hindi	Main Jab Tak Aai Bahar (Poetry)	Gagan Gill
English	Spirit Nights (Novel)	Easterine Kire
Sanskrit	Bhaskara Charitam (Poetry)	Dipak Kumar Sharma

60th Jnanpith Award

Awarded to: Eminent Tamil lyricist and author R. Vairamuthu.
He became the 3rd Tamil writer and the 1st recognised for Tamil poetry.
Won Sahitya Akademi Award in 2003 for Kallikattu Ithikasam.
Received Padma Shri (2003) and Padma Bhushan (2014).
Earlier Tamil recipients: Akilan (1975) and Jayakanthan (2002).
The 59th Jnanpith Award went to Vinod Kumar Shukla.

Saraswati Samman 2024

Awarded to: Mahamahopadhyay Swami Bhadreshdas.
Awarded for: Swaminarayan Siddhant Sudha.
Awarded by: K.K. Birla Foundation.

Vyas Samman 2024

Awarded to: Suryabala.
Recognised Work: Kaun Des Ko Vasi: Venu Ki Diary.
Awarded by: K.K. Birla Foundation.

Global Teacher Prize 2026

Awarded to: Indian artist and educator Rouble Nagi.
Awarded for: Educational work through the Rouble Nagi Art Foundation, which established over 800 centres in Indian slums.
Awarded by: GEMS Education in partnership with the Varkey Foundation and UNESCO.

PT Facts

International Booker Prize recognises translated fiction published in English.
Heart Lamp was originally written in Kannada.
The PEN Pinter Prize is named after playwright Harold Pinter.
PEN Translates supports literary translation into English.
Geetanjali Shree is also known for Tomb of Sand.
Daisy Rockwell is a noted translator of Hindi and Urdu literature.
The Women’s Prize recognises outstanding writing by women.
The Safekeep won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025.
The Booker Prize is awarded for outstanding fiction written in English.
Kiran Desai earlier won the Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss.
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by India’s National Academy of Letters.
The Jnanpith Award is India’s highest literary honour.
Jnanpith Award is given by Bharatiya Jnanpith.
Vinod Kumar Shukla received the 59th Jnanpith Award.
Saraswati Samman and Vyas Samman are awarded by K.K. Birla Foundation.
Global Teacher Prize is associated with the Varkey Foundation and UNESCO partnership.
Rouble Nagi was recognised for promoting education through art and creative learning methods.

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