Saraswati Samman
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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
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Candidates are selected from literary works published in the previous ten years by a panel that included scholars and former award winners. The selected work must have been written in a language listed as an Indian language in the Indian Constitution.
Saraswati
In Hinduism Saraswati , is the goddess of knowledge, music, arts, science and technology. She is the consort of Brahma, also revered as His Shakti....
Samman (सरस्वती सम्मान) is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language
Languages of India
The languages of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-European languages—Indo-Aryan and the Dravidian 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
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.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
K. K. Birla Foundation
The K.K. Birla Foundation was established in 1991 by Krishna Kumar Birla. Its mission is to promote literature and the arts, as well as education and social work...
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Candidates are selected from literary works published in the previous ten years by a panel that included scholars and former award winners. The selected work must have been written in a language listed as an Indian language in the Indian Constitution.
Awardees
- 1990 - Ismat ChughtaiIsmat ChughtaiIsmat Chughtai 1 was an eminent Urdu writer, known for her indomitable spirit and a fierce feminist ideology. She was considered the grand dame of Urdu fiction, as one of the four pillars of modern Urdu short story, the other three being Saadat Hasan Manto, Krishan Chander, and Rajinder Singh Bedi...
for Urdu Literature - 1991 - Harivanshrai 'Bachchan'Harivanshrai 'Bachchan'Harivansh Rai Bachchan , born Harivansh Rai Bachchan Shrivastav, was a noted Hindi poet of Chhayavaad literary movement of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a famous poet of Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is best known for his early work Madhushala...
for his autobiography in four volumes - 1992 - Ramakant RathRamakant RathRamakanta Rath is one of the most renowned modernist poets in the Oriya literature. Heavily influenced by the poets such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, Rath experimented greatly with form and style...
- 1993 - Vijay TendulkarVijay TendulkarVijay Tendulkar was a leading Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marāthi...
- 1994 - Harbhajan SinghHarbhajan Singh (poet)Harbhajan Singh was a Punjabi poet, critic, cultural commentator, and translator. Along with Amrita Pritam, Harbhajan is credited with revolutionizing the Punjabi poetry writing style...
- 1995 - Balamani AmmaBalamani AmmaNalappat Balamani Amma was an Indian poetess who wrote in Malayalam. She was a prolific writer and was known as the Poetess of Motherhood. Amma , Muthassi , and Mazhuvinte Katha were some of her well known works...
for poetry collection Nivedyam - 1996 - Shamsur Rahman FaruqiShamsur Rahman FaruqiShamsur Rahman Faruqi is an eminent Urdu critic, poet and theorist, who has nurtured a whole generation of Urdu writers since the 1960s. He is regarded as the founder of the new movement in Urdu literature and has formulated fresh models of literary appreciation...
for She`r-e Shor-Angez - 1997 - Manubhai Pancholi
- 1998 - Shankha GhoshShankha GhoshShankha Ghosh is a Bengali Indian poet and critic. Ghosh was born on February 6, 1932 at Chandpur of what is now Bangladesh...
for his anthology Gandharba Kabitaguccha - 1999 - Indira ParthasarathyIndira ParthasarathyIndira Parthasarathy is the pen name of R. Parthasarathy. Born on July 10, 1930 in Chennai in a traditional Iyengar family...
- 2000 - Manoj DasManoj DasManoj Das is an Indian award-winning author who writes in Oriya and English.Manoj Das, a profilic author,he is India's foremost short story writers. He writes both in Oriya and english and is a proffesor of English at the Sri Aurobindo International University, Pondicherry.Manoj Das was born in a...
for his novel Amrita Phala (The Nectar Fruit) - 2001 - Dalip Kaur TiwanaDalip Kaur TiwanaDr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana is a foremost novelist and short-story writer of contemporary Punjabi literature.-Biography:She was born at village Rabbon in the Ludhiana district of Punjab in 1935. She did her M.A. and Ph.D...
for her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi - 2002 - Mahesh ElkunchwarMahesh ElkunchwarMahesh Elkunchwar is an Indian playwright with more than 15 plays to his name, in addition to his theoretical writings, critical works, and his active work in India's Parallel Cinema as actor and screenwriter....
for his play Yugant - 2003 - Govind Chandra PandeGovind Chandra PandeGovind Chandra Pande is a well-known Indian historian of the Vedic and the Buddhist periods . He has served a professor of ancient history and vice-chancellor at Jaipur and Allahabad universities...
for his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi - 2004 - Sunil GangopadhyaySunil GangopadhyaySunil Gangopadhyay , is a celebrated Indian poet and novelist.-Early life:...
for his novel Pratham Alo - 2005 - K. Ayyappa PanickerK. Ayyappa PanickerDr. K. Ayyappa Paniker, sometimes spelt "Ayyappa Panicker" was an influential Malayalam poet, literary critic, and an academic and a scholar in modern and post-modern literary theories as well as ancient Indian aesthetics and literary traditions...
for his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal - 2006 - Jagannath Prasad Das for his collection of poems Parikrama
- 2007 - Naiyer MasudNaiyer MasudNaiyer Masud is one of the foremost short story writers in Urdu. He was born in Lucknow in 1936 and has spent nearly all his life there, working until his retirement as a Professor of Persian in Lucknow University. He is the author of many scholarly books and translations , but is best regarded...
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 PaatarSurjit PaatarSurjit Patar is an Indian Punjabi language poet who debuted in 1960s-Biography:Dr Surjit Patar is a renowned Punjabi poet. He obtained a Masters degree from Punjabi University, Patiala and then a Ph.D in Literature on "Transformation of Folklore in Guru Nanak Vani" from Guru Nanak Dev...
for Lafzan Di Dargah - 2010 - S. L. BhyrappaS. L. BhyrappaSanteshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa , is a Kannada novelist, whose works are immensely popular both within and beyond Karnataka. Bhyrappa is widely regarded as one of India's foremost modern-day writers. His novels are unique in terms of theme, structure, and characterization...
for Mandra