Porunai Literary Festival will be held for two days 26th and 27th of November 2022. Collector V. Vishnu launched the ‘Porunai Literary Festival’ awareness rally at VOC Stadium in Palayamkottai. Chief Minister M. K. Stalin inaugurated the 2-day Porunai Literary Festival in Nellai.
- The two-day Borunai Literary Festival will be conducted at five venues including Palayankottai VUC Maidan, Nehruji Kalaiyaranam, Melikottai Vasal, BPL Wedding Hall, Centenary Hall, and competitions for students.
‘Tamil Sahitya Akademi Award’ – Sahitya Akademi Award | சாகித்திய அகாதமி விருது
- The Sahitya Akademi Award is the 2nd-highest literary honor in India. The Sahitya Akademi is presented for “promoting Indian literature throughout the world”.
- The awards are recognized by the Akademi for works published in any of the 24 languages.
- The award recognizes and promotes excellence in writing and acknowledges new trends.
- It includes a plaque and a cash prize of ₹1 lakh (US$1,300).
Sahitya Akademi Award Winners 2021
| Language | Name of the Winner | Genre |
| Assamese | Anuradha Sarma Pujari | Novel |
| Bengali | Bratya Basu | Play |
| Bodo | Mwdai Gahai | Poetry |
| Dogri | Raj Rahi | Short Stories |
| English | Namita Gokhale | Novel |
| Hindi | Daya Prakash Sinha | Play |
| Kannada | D.S. Nagabhushana | Biography |
| Kashmiri | Wali Mohd. Aseer Kashtawari | Criticism |
| Konkani | Sanjiv Verenkar | Poetry |
| Malayalam | George Onakkoor | Autobiography |
| Marathi | Kiran Gaurav | Short Stories |
| Nepali | Chhabilal Upadhyaya | Epic Poetry |
| Odia | Hrushikesh Mallick | Poetry |
| Punjabi | Khalid Hussain | Short Stories |
| Rajasthani | Meethesh Nirmohi | Poetry |
| Sanskrit | Vindeshwariprasad Mishr ‘Vinay’ | Poetry |
| Santali | Niranjan Hansda | Short Stories |
| Sindhi | Arjun Chawla | Poetry |
| Tamil | Ambai | Short Stories |
| Telugu | Gorati Venkanna | Poetry |
Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar
| S.N. | Winner Name |
| 1 | Gourob Chakraborty (Bengali) |
| 2 | Gautom Daimary (Bodo) |
| 3 | Arun Akash Dev (Dogri) |
| 4 | Drashti Soni (Gujarati) |
| 5 | Himanshu Vajpai (Hindi) |
| 6 | L.Lakshmi Narayan Swamy (Kannada) |
| 7 | Razi Tahir Bhagat (Kashmiri) |
| 8 | Sharddha Garad (Konkani) |
| 9 | Amit Mishra (Maithili) |
| 10 | Mobin Mohan (Malayalam) |
| 11 | Lenin Khmancha (Manipuri) |
| 12 | Pranav Sakhadeo (Marathi) |
| 13 | Mahesh Dahal (Nepali) |
| 14 | Debabrata Das (Odia) |
| 15 | Veerdavinder Singh (Punjabi) |
| 16 | Swetapadma Satapathy (Sanskrit) |
| 17 | Kuna Hansdah (Santali) |
| 18 | Rakesh Shewani (Sindhi) |
| 19 | Thagulla Gopal (Telugu) |
| 20 | Umar Farhat (Urdu) |
| 21 | Abhijit Bora (Assamese) |
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