Saraswati Samman

The Saraswati Samman (सरस्वती सम्मान) - annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language. It was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation.

Awardees

• 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
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• 1996 - Shamsur Rahman Faruqi for She`r-e Shor-Angez
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• 1997 - Manubhai Pancholi
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• 1998 - Shankha Ghosh for his anthology Gandharba Kabitaguccha
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• 1999 - Indira Parthasarathy
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• 2000 - Manoj Das for his novel Amrita Phala (The Nectar Fruit)
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• 2001 - Dalip Kaur Tiwana for her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi
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• 2002 - Mahesh Elkunchwar for his play Yugant
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• 2003 - Govind Chandra Pande for his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi
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• 2004 - Sunil Gangopadhyay for his novel Pratham Alo
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• 2005 - K. Ayyappa Panicker for his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal 

• 2006 - Jagannath Prasad Das for his collection of poems Parikrama written in Oriya

 





 

• 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 written in Assamese