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The Sahitya Akademi Award was first awarded to _____ for his collection of poems in Bengali.

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Jibanananda Das
  3. Bishnu Dey
  4. None - first winner was in Hindi

Answer: None - first winner was in Hindi

The first Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 was awarded to G. Sankara Kurup for his Malayalam poetry collection 'Odakkuzhal', not to a Hindi or Bengali writer. The award recognizes excellence across all 24 recognized languages.

Topic Sahitya Akademi Award
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