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The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 23
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listed in Schedule VIII of the
Constitution of India The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India, legal document of India, and the longest written national constitution in the world. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures ...
. It is named after the Hindu goddess of knowledge,
Saraswati Saraswati (, ), also spelled as Sarasvati, is one of the principal Devi, goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, music, purification, language and culture. Together with the godde ...
. The Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It consists of ₹15,00,000, a citation and a plaque. Candidates are selected from literary works published in the previous ten years by a panel that included scholars and former award winners. The inaugural award was given to Harivanshrai 'Bachchan' for his four volume autobiography, '' Kya Bhooloon Kya Yaad Karoon'', ''Needa Ka Nirman Phir'', ''Basere Se Door'' and ''Dashdwar se Sopan Tak''. Shankha Ghosh, the 1998 recipient of Saraswati Samman, went on to win India's highest literary honor
Jnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian ...
in 2016. Three recipients of Saraswati Samman --
Manubhai Pancholi Manubhai Pancholi also known by his pen name Darshak, was a Gujarati language novelist, author, educationist and politician from Gujarat, India. He participated in the Indian independence movement and held several offices after independence. B ...
(1997), Govind Chandra Pande (2003), and Veerappa Moily (2014) -- received
Moortidevi Award The Moortidevi Award is an Indian literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation. The award is given only to Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Con ...
, considered the second highest after the Jnanpith Award, in 1987, 2000, and 2007, respectively.


Awardees


Recipients by language

Saraswati Samman has been presented for works in ten languages. The 34 awardees from 1991 to 2024 wrote in the following languages:


See also

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Jnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian ...
, considered India's highest literary honor that is conferred by the
Bharatiya Jnanpith Bharatiya Jnanpith a literary and research organization, based in New Delhi, India, was founded on February 18, 1944Encyclopaedia of Indian literature vol. 1, p. 298 1987, Sahitya Akademi, by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family and h ...
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Moortidevi Award The Moortidevi Award is an Indian literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation. The award is given only to Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Con ...
, another annual literary honor, regarded as the second highest,https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/state-editions/hara-parasad-das-gets-moortidevi-award.html and also awarded by the Bharatiya Jnanpith.


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* * {{Saraswati Samman Indian literary awards Awards established in 1991 1991 establishments in India