SARASWATI SAMMAN

SARASWATI SAMMAN

The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian languages 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 10 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: 

Awardees:-

 1990 - Ismat Chughtai for Urdu Literature

1991 - Harivanshrai 'Bachchan' for his autobiography in four volumes

1992 - Ramakant Rath for his poetry ShreeRadh1992 - Ramakant Rath for his poetry ShreeRadha

1993 - Vijay Tendulkar

1994 - Harbhajan Singh

1995 - Balamani Amma for poetry collection Nivedyam

1996 - Shamsur Rahman Faruqi for She`r-e Shor-Angez

1997 - Manubhai Pancholi           

1998 - Shankha Ghosh for his anthology Gandharba Kabitaguccha

1999 - Indira Parthasarathy          

2000 - Manoj Das for his novel Amruta Phala (The Nectar Fruit)      

2001 - Dalip Kaur Tiwana for her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi

2002 - Mahesh Elkunchwar for his play Yugant

2003 - Govind Chandra Pande for his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi

2004 - Sunil Gangopadhyay for his novel Pratham Alo          

2005 - K. Ayyappa Panicker for his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritika      

2006 – Jagannath Prasad Das for his collection of poems Parikrama

2007 - Naiyer Masud for his collection of short stories Taoos Chaman Ki Myna (The Myna from Peacock Garden) written in Urdu

2008 - Lakshmi Nandan Bora, for his novel Kayakalpa          

2009 - Surjit Paatar for Lafzan Di Dargah

2010 - S. L. Bhyrappa for Mandra

2011- A.A. Manavalan for Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum

2012- Rohit Gautam and Adriana Rivera for Bang Bhoom

2013- Sugathakumari for the collection of her poems, titled 'Manalezhuthu.

Prof. John Kurakar