<page_title> List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Telugu </page_title> <section_title> Sahitya Akademi Award winners </section_title> <table> <cell> 1961 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao <col_header> Author </col_header> </cell> <cell> Andhra Vaggeyakara Charitramu (A History of Telugu composers and songwriters) <col_header> Work </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1961, Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao, a music composer, won the Sahitya Akademi Award.