SARASWATI SAMMAN
The Saraswati Samman 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 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.
Winner's of Saraswati Samman
Year Winner Works
2013 Govind Mishra For his book Dhool Paudho Par published in 2008
2012 Sugathakumari For the collection of her poems, titled 'Manalezhuthu'
2011 A.A. Manavalan For Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum
2010 S. L. Bhyrappa For Mandra
2009 Surjit Paatar For Lafzan Di Dargah
2008 Lakshmi Nandan Bora For his novel Kayakalpa
2007 Naiyer Masud For his collection of short stories Taoos Chaman Ki Myna (The Myna from Peacock Garden) written in Urdu
2006 Jagannath Prasad Das For his collection of poems Parikrama in Oriya
2005 K. Ayyappa Panicker For his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal in Malayalam
2004 Sunil Gangopadhyay For his novel Pratham Alo in Bengali
2003 Govind Chandra Pande For his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi
2002 Mahesh Elkunchwar For his play Yugant in Marathi
2001 Dalip Kaur Tiwana For her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi in Punjabi
2000 Manoj Das For his novel Amruta Phala (The Nectar Fruit) in Oriya
1999 Indira Parthasarathy For her play Ramanujar in Tamil
1998 Shankha Ghosh For his anthology Gandharba Kabita Guccha in Bengali
1997 Manubhai Pancholi For his book Kurukshetra in Gujarati
1996 Shamsur Rahman Faruqi For She`r-e Shor-Angez in Urdu
1995 Balamani Amma For poetry collection Nivedyam in Malayalam
1994 Harbhajan Singh For his book of poetry Rukh Te Rishi in Punjabi
1993 Vijay Tendulkar For his play Kanyadaan in Marathi
1992 Ramakant Rath For his poetry Sri Radha in Oriya
1991 Harivanshrai Bachchan For his autobiography in four volumes in Hindi
Year Winner Works
2013 Govind Mishra For his book Dhool Paudho Par published in 2008
2012 Sugathakumari For the collection of her poems, titled 'Manalezhuthu'
2011 A.A. Manavalan For Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum
2010 S. L. Bhyrappa For Mandra
2009 Surjit Paatar For Lafzan Di Dargah
2008 Lakshmi Nandan Bora For his novel Kayakalpa
2007 Naiyer Masud For his collection of short stories Taoos Chaman Ki Myna (The Myna from Peacock Garden) written in Urdu
2006 Jagannath Prasad Das For his collection of poems Parikrama in Oriya
2005 K. Ayyappa Panicker For his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal in Malayalam
2004 Sunil Gangopadhyay For his novel Pratham Alo in Bengali
2003 Govind Chandra Pande For his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi
2002 Mahesh Elkunchwar For his play Yugant in Marathi
2001 Dalip Kaur Tiwana For her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi in Punjabi
2000 Manoj Das For his novel Amruta Phala (The Nectar Fruit) in Oriya
1999 Indira Parthasarathy For her play Ramanujar in Tamil
1998 Shankha Ghosh For his anthology Gandharba Kabita Guccha in Bengali
1997 Manubhai Pancholi For his book Kurukshetra in Gujarati
1996 Shamsur Rahman Faruqi For She`r-e Shor-Angez in Urdu
1995 Balamani Amma For poetry collection Nivedyam in Malayalam
1994 Harbhajan Singh For his book of poetry Rukh Te Rishi in Punjabi
1993 Vijay Tendulkar For his play Kanyadaan in Marathi
1992 Ramakant Rath For his poetry Sri Radha in Oriya
1991 Harivanshrai Bachchan For his autobiography in four volumes in Hindi