Saraswati Samman
The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 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 Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It consists of Rs 10 lakh, a citation and a plaque.
Awardees
Year Recipient Work Language
1991 Harivansh Rai Bachchan Autobiography in four volumes Hindi
1992 Ramakant Rath “Sri Radha”(Poetry) Oriya
1993 Vijay Tendulkar “Kanyadaan” (Play) Marathi
1994 Harbhajan Singh “Rukh Te Rishi”
(Poetry collection) Punjabi
1995 Balamani Amma “Nivedyam” Malayalam
(Poetry collection)
1996 Shamsur Rahman Faruqi “She`r-e Shor-Angez” Urdu
1997 Manubhai Pancholi “Kurukshetra” Gujarati
1998 Shankha Ghosh “Gandharba Kabita Guccha” Bengali
(Poetry collection)
1999 Indira Parthasarathy “Ramanujar” Tamil
(Play)
2000 Manoj Das “Amruta Phala” Oriya
(Novel)
2001 Dalip Kaur Tiwana “Katha Kaho Urvashi” Punjabi
(Novel)
2002 Mahesh Elkunchwar “Yugant” Marathi
(Play)
2003 Govind Chandra Pande “Bhagirathi” Sanskrit
(Poetry collection)
2004 Sunil Gangopadhyay “Pratham Alo” Bengali
(Novel)
2005 K. Ayyappa Panicker “Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal” Malayalam
(Poetry collection)
2006 Jagannath Prasad Das “Parikrama” Oriya
(Poetry collection)
2007 Naiyer Masud “Taoos Chaman Ki Myna” Urdu
(Short stories collection)
2008 Lakshmi Nandan Bora “Kayakalpa”
( Novel)
2009 Surjit Paatar “Lafzan Di Dargah” Punjabi
2010 S. L. Bhyrappa “Mandra” Kannada
2011 A. A. Manavalan “Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum” Tamil
2012 Sugathakumari “Manalezhuthu” MALAYALAM
(Poetry collection)
2013 Govind Mishra “Dhool Paudho Par”
(Novel)
2014 Veerappa Moily “Ramayana Mahanveshanam” Kannada
(Poetry)
