The Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's national academy of letters, to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it, as well as for translations.

No awards were given in 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1968.

[1] The following is a List of winners of the Sahitya Akademi Award for writings in the Odia language:[2] The following is a List of winners of the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar:[17] The following is a List of winners of the Akademi Yuva Puraskar:[21]