SARASWATI SAMMAN SE SAMMANIT VYAKTIYON KI SUCHI
Saraswati Samman Winners (1991 to 2023)
What is Saraswati Samman?
Saraswati Samman K. K. Literature award given by Birla Foundation. This award is given annually to literary works published in the last 10 years by Indian writers of languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
Brief description of Saraswati Samman:
| Category of award | Literature |
| Establishment year | 1991 |
| Prize money | 15 lakh rupees |
| First winner | Harivanshrai Bachchan |
| last winner | Ramdarash Mishra (2022) |
Saraswati Samman:
Recently, Hindi writer “Prof. Ramdarsh Mishra" for his poetry collection 'Mai to yaha hoon' was awarded the Saraswati Samman for 2021 on April 7, 2022. The award consists of fifteen lakh rupees, a citation and a plaque. In 1991 by the KK Birla Foundation The established Saraswati Samman is recognized as the most prestigious and highest literary award in the country.
Features and important facts of Saraswati Samman:
- In Saraswati Samman, a shawl, citation, insignia and an honorarium of fifteen lakh rupees are given.
- Saraswati Samman was started in 1991.
- The first Saraswati Samman was given to Hindi litterateur Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan for his four-volume autobiography.
- Dogri litterateur Padma Sachdev was given the prestigious Saraswati Samman for the year 2015 for her autobiography Chitta-Chet.
- Eminent Konkani litterateur Mahabaleshwar Sail was selected for the Saraswati Samman for the year 2016. He was given this honor for his novel 'Houghton'.
- On April 27, 2018, the famous Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandra was selected for the 27th Saraswati Samman for the year 2017. Sitanshu Yashaschandra will be given this honor for his poetry collection 'Vakhar'. This book was published in the year 2009.
- On April 10, 2019, the famous Telugu poet Dr.K. Siva Reddy has been selected for the 28th Saraswati Samman for the year 2018, he will be given this honor for his
- poetry collection 'Pakki Ottigilite'. Which was published in the year 2016.
- On 16 January 2020, famous Sindhi writer Vasdev Mohi was awarded the 29th Saraswati Samman, he has been given this honor for his famous Sindhi speaking story "Check Book".
List of Saraswati Samman winners since 1991 till date:
| Year | Author name | Work/Novel/Poetry |
| 2021/2022 | Ramdarsh Mishra | I am here (poetry collection) |
| 2020 | Dr. Sharankumar Limbale | Eternal |
| 2019 | Vasdev Mohi | Cheque Book (Sindhi Story) |
| 2018 | K Siva Reddy | Pakki Ottigilite (Poetry Collection) |
| 2017 | Shitanshu Yashchandra | Wakhaar (a collection of poems) |
| 2016 | Mahabaleshwar Cell | Houghton (novel) |
| 2015 | Padma Sachdev | Chitta-Chet (autobiography) |
| 2014 | Veerappa Moily | Kannada |
| 2013 | Govind Mishra | Hindi |
| 2012 | Sugat (Sugatha) Kumari | Malayalam |
| 2011 | A.A. Humanization | Tamil |
| 2010 | S.L. Bhairappa | Novel 'Mandra' (Kannada) |
| 2009 | Surjit Patar | Lafzon Di Dargah |
| 2008 | Lakshmi Nandan Bora | Assamese |
| 2007 | Nair Masood | Urdu |
| 2006 | Jagannath Prasad Das | Oriya |
| 2005 | Prof. K Ayyappa Panicker | Malayalam |
| 2004 | Sunil Gangopadhyay | Bangla |
| 2003 | Prof. Govind Chandra Pandey | Sanskrit |
| 2002 | Mahesh Elkunchwar | Marathi |
| 2001 | Dalip Kaur Tiwana | Punjabi |
| 2000 | Manoj Das | Oriya |
| 1999 | Indira Parthasarathy | Tamil |
| 1998 | Prof. Shankh Ghosh | Bangla |
| 1997 | Manubhai Pancholi 'The Audience' | Gujarati |
| 1996 | Shamsur Rahman Farooqui | Urdu |
| 1995 | Balamani Amma | Malayalam |
| 1994 | Haribhajan Singh | Punjabi |
| 1993 | Vijay Tendulkar | Marathi |
| 1992 | Ramakant Rath | Oriya |
| 1991 | Harivansh Rai Bachchan | Autobiography (Hindi) |
Saraswati Samman FAQs:
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