Vyas Samman
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The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India
, first awarded in 1991 . It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation and includes a cash payout of Rs
2.5 lakh
(as of 2005).
To be eligible for the award, the literary work must be in the Hindi
language and have been published in the past 10 years.
Past winners
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, first awarded in 1991 . It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation and includes a cash payout of Rs
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(as of 2005).
To be eligible for the award, the literary work must be in the Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
language and have been published in the past 10 years.
- 2010 - VISHWANATH PRASAD TIWARI for his collection of poems "PHIR BHI KUCH RAH JAYEGA "
Past winners
- 2009 - AMAR KANTH for his booK "INHI HATHIYARON SE"
- 2008 - Eminent Hindi author Mannu Bhandari’s autobiography Ek Kahani Yah Bhi has been chosen for the prestigious Vyas Samman for 2008.
- 2007 - The Selection Board did not find anyone suitable for the award.
- 2006 - Noted poet and literary critic Parmanand Srivastava .
- 2005 - "Katha Satisar" by ChandrakantaChandrakanta (author)Chandrakanta is a writer, born in Srinagar, India. She has written many novels and stories in the Hindi language including the epic Katha Satisar, which was awarded the Vyas Samman prize in 2005....
- 2004 - "Kath Gulab" by Mridula (Jain) Garg
- 2003 - "Anwan" by Chitra MudgalChitra MudgalChitra Mudgal is one of the leading literary figures of modern Hindi literature.-Biography:Chitra Mudgal was born in a Thakur family. family in Chennai, India on the 10th of December 1944. Educated in Mumbai, she has done her M.A. in Hindi Literature from the SNDT Women's University...
- 2002 - "Prithvi Ka Krishna Paksh" by Kailash vajpayee
- 2001 - Hindi author Giriraj Kishor, after receiving the Vyas Samman for his book ``Pehla Girmitiya
- 2000 - "Pehla Girimitya" by Giriraj KishoreGiriraj KishoreGiriraj Kishore is an Indian activist and politician. He belongs to kayastha community.He serves as the senior vice-president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, International wing of the Hindu nationalist Sangh Parivar.Kishore is from state of Uttar Pradesh...
- 1999 - "Bisarampur Ka Sant" by Sri Lal SuklaSri Lal SuklaShrilal Shukla was a Hindi writer, notable for his satire. He worked as a Provincial Civil Services officer for the state government of Uttar Pradesh, later inducted into the IAS...
- 1998 - "Paanch Aanganon wala Ghar" by Govind MishraGovind MishraGovind Mishra is an award winning Indian author. He was awarded the Vyas Samman literary prize in 1998 for his work "Panch Anganon Vala Ghar" . He won the Sahitya Akademi Award to Hindi Writers in 2009 for his work Kohre Mein Kaid Rang.- References :...
- 1997 - "Uttar Kabir Tatha Anya Kavitaen (Poems)" by Dr. Kedarnath Singh
- 1996 - "Hindi Sahitya aur Samvedna ka Vikas" by Prof. Ramswarup Chaturvedi
- 1995 - "Koi Dusra Nahin (Collection of poems)" by Shri Kunwar Narayan
- 1994 - "Sapna Abhi Bhi (Collection of poems)" by Dr. Dharmvir Bharti
- 1993 - "Main Waqt ke Hoon Samane (Collection of poems)" by Shri Girija Kumar Mathur
- 1992 - "Neela Chand (Novel)" by Dr. Shiv Prasad Singh
- 1991 - Bharat ke Pracheen bhasha parivar aur Hindi in 3 volumes by Dr. Ram Vilas SharmaRam Vilas SharmaRam Vilas Sharma was an eminent progressive literary critic, linguist, poet and thinker. He was born in Unchgaon Sani, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh....