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[1]. 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. The selected work must have been written in a language listed as an Indian language in the Indian Constitution.
[edit] Awardees
- 1990 - Ismat Chughtai for Urdu Literature
- 1991 - Harivanshrai 'Bachchan' for his autobiography in four volumes
- 1992 - Ramakant Rath
- 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 Amrita 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 Kritikal
- 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
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- "Saraswati Samman for Dalip Kaur Tiwana" Tribune News Service (24 January 2002);
- "Harivansh Rai Bachchan" LitGloss
- Choudhury, Ashok K "Manoj Das: True interpreter of India's cultural and spiritual heritage" Daily Excelsior (17 June 2001)
- "Saraswati Samman for Prof K Ayyappa Paniker" Asia Net Global (17 February 2006) retrieved on March 4, 2006
- " Saraswati Samman for eminent Oriya writer" The Hindu (13 February 2007) retrieved on 20 July 2007
- Saraswati Samman for Urdu writer Naiyer Masud
- Sagaree Sengupta, An Interview with Naiyer Masud (2-3 April 1996)
- The Tribune, "I view the whole story like a movie: Naiyer Masud" (24 February 2008)
- Naiyer Masud: A Prefatory Note
- Saraswati Samman for writer Bhyrappa
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