Saraswati Samman

The Saraswati Samman (सरस्वती सम्मान) is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after an Indian goddess of learning and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India. The award consists of Rs 7.5 lakh, a citation and a plaque. The Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. Candidates are selected from literary works published in the previous ten years by a panel that included scholars and former award winners.

YearAwardeeAwarded for
1991Harivanshrai ‘Bachchan’Autobiography in four volumes in Hindi
1992Ramakant RathPoetry Sri Radha in Oriya
1993Vijay TendulkarPlay Kanyadaan in Marathi
1994Harbhajan SinghBook of poetry Rukh Te Rishi in Punjabi
1995Balamani AmmaPoetry collection Nivedyam in Malayalam
1996Shamsur Rahman FaruqiShe`r-e Shor-Angez in Urdu
1997Manubhai PancholiBook Kurukshetra in Gujarati
1998Shankha GhoshAnthology Gandharba Kabita Guccha in Bengali
1999Indira ParthasarathyPlay Ramanujar in Tamil
2000Manoj DasNovel Amruta Phala (The Nectar Fruit) in Oriya
2001Dalip Kaur TiwanaNovel Katha Kaho Urvashi in Punjabi
2002Mahesh ElkunchwarPlay Yugant in Marathi
2003Govind Chandra PandeCollection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi
2004Sunil GangopadhyayNovel Pratham Alo in Bengali
2005K. Ayyappa PanickerCollection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal in Malayalam
2006Jagannath Prasad DasCollection of poems Parikrama in Oriya
2007Naiyer MasudCollection of short stories Taoos Chaman Ki Myna (The Myna from Peacock Garden) written in Urdu
2008Lakshmi Nandan Bora,Novel Kayakalpa
2009Surjit PaatarLafzan Di Dargah
2010S. L. BhyrappaMandra
2011A.A. ManavalanIrama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum
2012SugathakumariCollection of her poems, titled Manalezhuthu
2013Govind MishraBook ‘Dhool Paudho Par’ published in 2008.

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