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| sponsor = [[K. K. Birla Foundation]]<ref name=abt>{{cite web | title =About Saraswati Samman|work= K.K. Birla Foundation | url = http://www.kkbirlafoundation.org/saraswati.html | accessdate = 2014-09-23 }}</ref>
| date = 1991 
| location = Delhi
| reward = [[Indian rupee|₹]]15,00,000
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = [[Sharan Kumar Limbale]]
| country = India
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]]
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The '''Saraswati Samman''' is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 [[languages of India]] listed in Schedule VIII of the [[s:Constitution of India|Constitution of India]].<ref name=abt/><ref name="SS-2005">{{Cite news|title=Saraswati Samman for Prof Paniker|date=19 February 2006|newspaper=The Tribune|location=Chandigarh, India|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060220/cth1.htm#21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216215051/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060220/cth1.htm#21|archivedate=16 December 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> It is named after an Indian [[Saraswati|goddess of knowledge]].<ref name="SS-2005" />

The Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the [[K. K. Birla Foundation]]. It consists of [[Indian rupee|₹]]15,00,000,<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/community/padma-sachdev-to-get-saraswati-samman/221490.html</ref> a citation and a plaque.<ref name=abt>{{cite web | title =About Saraswati Samman|work= K.K. Birla Foundation | url = http://www.kkbirlafoundation.org/saraswati.html | accessdate = 2014-09-23 }}</ref><ref name="SS-2005" /><ref name="Bhyrappa">{{Cite news|title=Saraswati Samman for writer Bhyrappa|date=6 April 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Saraswati-Samman-for-writer-Bhyrappa/articleshow/7880219.cms|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205115539/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Saraswati-Samman-for-writer-Bhyrappa/articleshow/7880219.cms|archivedate=5 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Saraswati Samman Recipients|work=[[K.K. Birla Foundation ]]| url = http://www.kkbirlafoundation.org/saraswati-r.html | accessdate = 2014-09-23 }}</ref>

==Awardees==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year !! Image !! Recipient !! Work !! Language !! Ref.
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| 1991 || [[File:Harivansh Rai Bachchan 2003 stamp of India.jpg|100px]] ||[[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]]||[[Harivansh Rai Bachchan#List of works|Autobiography in four volumes]] ''(Autobiography)''||[[Hindi]]||<ref name="SS-2005" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wings.buffalo.edu/litgloss/bachchan/about.shtml|title=Harivansh Rai Bachchan|publisher=LitGloss, University at Buffalo|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624144939/http://litgloss.buffalo.edu/bachchan/about.shtml|archivedate=24 June 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 1992 ||[[File:Ramakanta Rath Odia Author.jpg|100px]]||[[Ramakant Rath]]|| "Sri Radha" ''(Poetry)''||[[Odia language|Odia]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
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| 1993 ||[[File:Vijay Tendulkar.jpg|100px]]||[[Vijay Tendulkar]]|| "Kanyadaan" ''(Play)''||[[Marathi language|Marathi]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
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| 1994 ||[[File:Poet Harbhajan Singh in 2000.jpg|100px]]||[[Harbhajan Singh (poet)|Harbhajan Singh]]|| "Rukh Te Rishi" ''(Poetry collection)''||[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
|-
| 1995 ||[[File:Balamaniamma.jpg|100px]]||[[Balamani Amma]]|| "Nivedyam" ''(Poetry collection)''||[[Malayalam]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
|-
| 1996 ||[[File:Shamsur Rahman Farooqi.jpg|100px]]||[[Shamsur Rahman Faruqi]]|| "She`r-e Shor-Angez" ||[[Urdu]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
|-
| 1997 ||[[File:Manubhai-Pancholi.jpg|138x138px]]||[[Manubhai Pancholi]]|| "Kurukshetra" ||[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
|-
| 1998 ||[[File:Sankha Ghosh - Kolkata 2011-05-09 3039.JPG|100px]]||[[Shankha Ghosh]]|| "Gandharba Kabita Guccha" ''(Poetry collection)''||[[Bengali language|Bengali]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
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| 1999 ||– ||[[Indira Parthasarathy]]|| "Ramanujar" ''(Play)''||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
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| 2000 ||[[File:Manoj Das Odia Author.jpg|100px]]||[[Manoj Das]]|| "Amruta Phala" ''(Novel)''|| Oriya ||<ref name="SS-2005" /><ref>{{Cite news|author=Choudhury, Ashok K.|date=17 June 2001|title=Manoj Das: True interpreter of India's cultural and spiritual heritage|newspaper=Daily Excelsior|location=Jammu and Kashmir, India|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/01june17/edit.htm#5|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010701080120/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/01june17/edit.htm#5|archivedate=1 July 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2001 ||[[File:DalipKaurTiwana.jpg|100px]]||[[Dalip Kaur Tiwana]]|| "Katha Kaho Urvashi" ''(Novel)''|| Punjabi ||<ref name="SS-2005" /><ref>{{Cite news|title=Saraswati Samman for Dalip Kaur Tiwana|date=24 January 2002|newspaper=The Tribune|location=Chandigarh, India|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020125/nation.htm#8|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213041936/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020125/nation.htm#8|archivedate=13 February 2002|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2002 ||[[File:Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship to Shri Mahesh Elkunchwar, at the investiture ceremony of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards-2013, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.jpg|100x100px]]||[[Mahesh Elkunchwar]]|| "Yugant" ''(Play)''|| Marathi ||<ref name="SS-2005" />
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| 2003 ||{{dash}}||[[Govind Chandra Pande]]|| "Bhagirathi" ''(Poetry collection)''||[[Sanskrit]]||<ref name="SS-2005" />
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| 2004 ||[[File:Sunil Gangopadhyay taken by Ragib.jpg|100px]]||[[Sunil Gangopadhyay]]|| "Pratham Alo" ''(Novel)''|| Bengali ||<ref name="SS-2005" />
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| 2005 ||[[File:Ayyapapanicker323.jpg|100px]]||[[K. Ayyappa Panicker]]|| "Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal" ''(Poetry collection)''|| Malayalam ||<ref name="SS-2005" /><ref>{{Cite news|author=Joshua, Anita|title=Saraswati Samman for Ayyappa Paniker, Malayalam poet|date=18 February 2006|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/saraswati-samman-for-ayyappa-paniker-malayalam-poet/article3179869.ece|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128083236/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/saraswati-samman-for-ayyappa-paniker-malayalam-poet/article3179869.ece|archivedate=28 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2006 ||[[File: Jagannath Prasad Das.jpg|100px]]||[[Jagannath Prasad Das]]|| "Parikrama" ''(Poetry collection)''|| Oriya ||<ref>{{Cite news|title=Saraswati Samman for eminent Oriya writer|date=13 February 2007|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/13/stories/2007021307390500.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304090350/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/13/stories/2007021307390500.htm|archivedate=4 March 2007|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 2007 ||[[File:Naiyar Masud, March 05, 2008.jpg|146x146px]]||[[Naiyer Masud]]|| "Taoos Chaman Ki Myna" ''(Short stories collection)''||[[Urdu language|Urdu]]||<ref>{{Cite news|title=Saraswati Samman for Urdu author|date=15 February 2008|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/15/stories/2008021553060400.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219235446/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/15/stories/2008021553060400.htm |archivedate=19 February 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=I view the whole story like a movie: Naiyer Masud |date=24 February 2008|newspaper=[[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]|location=Chandigarh, India |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080224/spectrum/book6.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006171815/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080224/spectrum/book6.htm |archivedate= 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2008 ||[[File:Lakshmi Nandan Bora.jpg|100px]]
||[[Lakshmi Nandan Bora]]|| "Kayakalpa" ''(Novel)''|| [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<ref>{{Cite news|title="Kayakalpa" gets Saraswati Samman|date=12 February 2009|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/kayakalpa-gets-saraswati-samman/article353080.ece|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128082538/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/kayakalpa-gets-saraswati-samman/article353080.ece|archivedate=28 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2009 ||[[File:Surjit Patar.jpg|100px]]||[[Surjit Paatar]]|| "Lafzan Di Dargah" || Punjabi ||<ref>{{Cite news|title=Punjabi poet Surjit Patar gets Saraswati Samman|date=19 September 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-gets-saraswati-samman/article698261.ece|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128081958/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-gets-saraswati-samman/article698261.ece|archivedate=28 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2010 ||[[File:S.L.Bhyrappa.jpg|100px]]||[[S. L. Bhyrappa]]|| "Mandra" ||[[Kannada]]||<ref name="Bhyrappa" />
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| 2011 ||{{dash}}||[[A. A. Manavalan]] || "Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum" || Tamil ||<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 March 2012|title=Honour for Tamil writer|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/honour-for-tamil-writer/article3156794.ece|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128080641/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/honour-for-tamil-writer/article3156794.ece|archivedate=28 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2012 ||[[File:Sugathakumari Teacher.jpg|100px]]||[[Sugathakumari]]|| "Manalezhuthu" ''(Poetry collection)''||Malayalam ||<ref>{{Cite news|title=Award for Sugathakumari|date=3 August 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/award-for-sugathakumari/article4984517.ece|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128073439/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/award-for-sugathakumari/article4984517.ece|archivedate=28 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 2013 ||{{dash}}||[[Govind Mishra]]|| "Dhool Paudho Par" ''(Novel)''|| Hindi
|<ref>{{cite web | title = Govind Mishra gets Saraswati Samman 2013 for novel 'Dhool Paudhon Par' |work= Daily News & Analysis| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-govind-mishra-gets-saraswati-samman-2013-for-novel-dhool-paudhon-par-2020773 |date=22 September 2014 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6SnuGY4Bp?url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-govind-mishra-gets-saraswati-samman-2013-for-novel-dhool-paudhon-par-2020773| archivedate = 23 September 2014|url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 2014 ||[[File:Veerappa Moily BNC.jpg|100px]]||[[Veerappa Moily]]|| "Ramayana Mahanveshanam" ''(Poetry)''|| Kannada ||<ref>http://english.dcbooks.com/m-veerappa-moily-bags-prestigious-saraswati-samman-2014.html</ref>
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| 2015 ||[[File:Padma Sachdev bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 0781 May 12, 2018.jpg|150x150px]]||[[Padma Sachdev]]|| "Chitt-Chete" ''(Autobiography)''|| Dogri ||{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}
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| 2016 || [[File:Shubhankar - M. Sail - 20 Feb 2018 - 1.jpg|100px]]||[[Mahabaleshwar Sail]]|| "Hawthan" ''(Novel)''|| Konkani ||<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/konkani-author-mahabaleshwar-sail-gets-saraswati-samman/articleshow/57561403.cms</ref>
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| 2017 ||[[File:Writer Sitanshu Yashaschandra Mehta at Loktak lake.jpg|100px]]||[[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]]|| "Vakhar" ''(Poetry collection)''|| Gujarati ||<ref name="India Today 2018">{{cite web | author=PTI | title=Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandras "Vakhar" chosen for Saraswati Samman | website=India Today | date=2018-04-27 | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/gujarati-poet-sitanshu-yashaschandras-vakhar-chosen-for-saraswati-samman-1221702-2018-04-27 | access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref>
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|2018 
|[[File:K Shiva Reddy at KNY Patanjali complete works volumes book release program 29 Dec 2012 Hyderabad.jpg|100x100px]]
|[[K Siva Reddy]]
|"Pakkaki Ottigilite" (''Poetry'') 
|Telugu
|<ref>{{cite news |title=K Siva Reddy to get Saraswati Samman |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/k-siva-reddy-to-get-saraswati-samman/story-edPLtEtSy1xDs1CasJ2xuO.html |accessdate=23 April 2019 |work=Hindustan Times, New Delhi}}</ref>
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|2019
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|[[Vasdev Mohi]]
|"Chequebook" (Short Story Series)
|Sindhi
|<ref name="sahitya-akademi.gov.in">{{Cite web |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/vasdev_mohi.pdf |title= Meet the author, Vasdev Mohi| website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref>
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|2020 
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|[[Sharankumar Limbale]]
|"Sanatan" (Novel)
|Marathi
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Saraswati award conferred on Marathi Writer Limbale |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/new-delhi-saraswati-award-conferred-on-marathi-writer-limbale
|accessdate=1 April 2021
|work=The free press journal}}</ref>
|}

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==External links==
* {{cite web | title = Saraswati Samman webpage|work=[[K.K. Birla Foundation]] | url = http://www.kkbirlafoundation.org/saraswati.html }}
* {{cite web | title = Saraswati Samman Recipients, Official listings|work=[[K.K. Birla Foundation ]]| url = http://www.kkbirlafoundation.org/saraswati-r.html}}

{{Saraswati Samman}}

[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Saraswati Samman Award| ]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1991]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in India]]

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