Sahitya Academy Award winners for 1955- 2017 is listed in the table below which can be referred for the better knowledge of awardees. The people in literary world who are extraordinary in their work go long ahead. Sahitya Akademi Award For Hindi will include the writers who have written well Hindi books.
Award Winners for Sahitya Academy will be given in different categories like poetry, commentary, philosophy, history, novel etc. All the details are mentioned in the table below with all categories mentioned along.
1st Sahitya Akademi Awardee for year 1955- Makhanlal Chaturvedi
Latest Sahitya Akademi Awardee for year 2014- Ramesh Chandra Shah
| Serial No. | Award (Year) | Work | Category | Author |
| 1 | 1955 | Him Tarangini | Poetry | Makhanlal Chaturvedi |
| 2 | 1956 | Padmavat Sanjivani Vyakhya | Commentary | Vasudeva Saran Agrawal |
| 3 | 1957 | Bauddha Dharma Darshan | Philosophy | Acharya Narendra Dev |
| 4 | 1958 | Madhya Asia Ka Itihas | History | Rahul Sankrityayan |
| 5 | 1959 | Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyaya | A Survey of Indian culture | Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ |
| 6 | 1960 | Kala aur Burha Chand | Poetry | Sumitranandan Pant |
| 7 | 1961 | Bhoole Bisre Chitra | Novel | Bhagwati Charan Verma |
| 8 | 1963 | Premchand: Kalam Ka Sipahi | Biography | Amrit Rai |
| 9 | 1964 | Aangan Ke Par Dvar | Poetry | S.H. Vatsyayan Agyeya |
| 10 | 1965 | Rasa Siddhanta | Treatise on poetics | Nagendra |
| 11 | 1966 | Muktibodh | Novelette | Jainendra Kumar |
| 12 | 1967 | Amrit Aur Vish | Novel | Amritlal Nagar |
| 13 | 1968 | Do Chattanen | Poetry | Harivansh Rai Bachchan |
| 14 | 1969 | Raag Darbari | Novel | Shrilal Shukla |
| 15 | 1970 | Nirala Ki Sahitya Sadhana | Biography | Ram Vilas Sharma |
| 16 | 1971 | Kavita Ke Naye Pratiman | Literary criticism | Namwar Singh |
| 17 | 1972 | Buni Huyi Rassi | Poetry | Bhawani Prasad Mishra |
| 18 | 1973 | Alok Parva | Essays | Hazari Prasad Dwivedi |
| 19 | 1974 | Mitti Ki Baraat | Poetry | Shivmangal Singh ‘Suman’ |
| 20 | 1975 | Tamas | Novel | Bhisham Sahni |
| 21 | 1976 | Meri Teri Uski Baat | Novel | Yashpal |
| 22 | 1977 | Chuka Bhi Hun Nahin Main | Poetry | Shamsher Bahadur Singh |
| 23 | 1978 | Utna Vah Suraj Hai | Poetry | Bharat Bhushan Agarwal |
| 24 | 1979 | Kal Sunana Mujhe | Poetry | Sudama Pandey |
| 25 | 1980 | Zindaginama – Zinda Rukh | Novel | Krishna Sobti |
| 26 | 1981 | Tap Ke Taye Hue Din | Novel | Trilochan |
| 27 | 1982 | Viklang Shraddha Ka Daur | Satire | Harishankar Parsai |
| 28 | 1983 | Khutiyon Par Tange Log | Poetry | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena |
| 29 | 1984 | Log Bhool Gaye Hain | Poetry | Raghuvir Sahay |
| 30 | 1985 | Kavve Aur Kala Pani | Short stories | Nirmal Verma |
| 31 | 1986 | Apurva | Poetry | Kedarnath Agarwal |
| 32 | 1987 | Magadh | Poems | Shrikant Verma |
| 33 | 1988 | Aranya | Poems | Naresh Mehta |
| 34 | 1989 | Akaal Mein Saras | Poetry | Kedarnath Singh |
| 35 | 1990 | Neela Chand | Novel | Shiv Prasad Singh |
| 36 | 1991 | Main Vaqt Ke Hun Samne | Poetry | Girija Kumar Mathur |
| 37 | 1992 | Dhai Ghar | Novel | Giriraj Kishore |
| 38 | 1993 | Ardhanarishwar | Novel | Vishnu Prabhakar |
| 39 | 1994 | Kahin Nahin Wahin | Poetry | Ashok Vajpeyi |
| 40 | 1995 | Koi Doosra Nahin | Poetry | Kunwar Narayan |
| 41 | 1996 | Mujhe Chand Chahiye | Novel | Surendra Verma |
| 42 | 1997 | Anubhav Ke Aakash Mein Chand | Poetry | Leeladhar Jagoori |
| 43 | 1998 | Naye Ilake Mein | Poetry | Arun Kamal |
| 44 | 1999 | Deewar Main Ek Khirkee Rahathi Thi | Novel | Vinod Kumar Shukla |
| 45 | 2000 | Hum Jo Dekhte Hain | Poetry | Manglesh Dabral |
| 46 | 2001 | Via Bypass | Novel | Alka Saraogi |
| 47 | 2002 | Do Panktiyon Ke Beech | Poems | Rajesh Joshi |
| 48 | 2003 | Kitne Pakistan | Novel | Kamleshwar |
| 49 | 2004 | Dushchakra Mein Srista | Poetry | Viren Dangwal |
| 50 | 2005 | Kyap | Novel | Manohar Shyam Joshi |
| 51 | 2006 | Sanshyatma | Poetry | Gyanendrapati |
| 52 | 2007 | Inhin Hathiyaron Se | Novel | Amar Kant |
| 53 | 2008 | Kohre Mein Kaid Rang | Novel | Govind Mishra |
| 54 | 2009 | Hawa mein Hastakshar | Poetry | Kailash Vajpeyi |
| 55 | 2010 | Mohan Das | Short stories | Uday Prakash |
| 56 | 2011 | Rehan Par Ragghu | Novel | Kashinath Singh |
| 57 | 2012 | Patthar fenk Raha Hoon | Poetry | Chandrakant Devtale |
| 58 | 2013 | Miljul Man | Novel | Mridula Garg |
| 59 | 2014 | Vinayak | Novel | Ramesh Chandra Shah |
| 60 | 2015 | Aag Ki Hansi | Poetry | Ramdarash Mishra |
| 61 | 2016 | Parijat | Novel | Nasira Sharma |
| 62 | 2017 | Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar | Novel | Ramesh Kuntal |