General Knowledge Information about Kedar Samman:
Who is known as Kedar Samman?
Kedar Samman is a major literary award given every year by Kedar Shodh Peeth in the memory of Kedarnath Agrawal, the top poet of progressive Hindi poetry.
Quick Info About Kedar Samman:
Category of award | Literature |
Establishment year | 1996 |
Country | India |
First winner | Nasir Ahmed Sikandar |
last winner | Kedar Nath Choudhary (2016) |
Features and important facts of Kedar Samman:
- This honor is mainly for Hindi poetry, every year since 1996 by the 'Kedar Shodh Peeth Nyas', Banda, in the memory of the distinguished progressive poet Kedarnath Agrawal, this honor is given to such talents, who have contributed to the advancement of Kedar's poetry. Some contribution has been made through creativity.
- The Kedar Award is decided by a Selection and Jury Committee.
- The 'Kedar Samman' is given every year in a grand ceremony held in the month of August.
- The main objective of 'Kedar Samman' is to honor the creationists, who are in favor of democratic, progressive, modern, rational, scientific thinking, in the tradition of Kedarnath Agrawal.
List of Kedar Samman winners from the year 1996 till now:
The year | Poet's name | Work/Novel/Poetry |
2016 | Kedar Nath Choudhary | Stray nest |
2015 | Madan Kashyap | Far far away silence and own country |
2014 | - | - |
2013 | Anita Verma | On the path of light |
2012 | - | - |
2011 | - | - |
2010 | Pankaj Raag | It's the night of the earth |
2009 | Ashtabhuja Shukla | Nightmares come |
2008 | Dinesh Kumar Shukla | World of lalmunis |
2007 | Anamika (Hindi Poet) | Rough palms |
2006 | Badri Narayan | Word padyam |
2005 | Ashutosh Dubey | Impossible summary |
2004 | Nilesh Raghuvanshi | Taste of water |
2003 | Hemant Kukreti | Boat on the moon |
2002 | Anil Kumar Singh | First sermon |
2001 | Harishchand Pandey | A Bud blooms somewhere |
2000 | Gagan Gill | This is not the time to aspire |
1999 | Vinod Das | Out of alphabet |
1998 | Kumar Ambuj | Cruelty and provisional |
1997 | Ekant Srivastava | Food is my words |
1996 | Nasir Ahmed Sikandar | Whatever is happening in the world |
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