Saraswati Samman
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. It is named after an Indian goddess of knowledge and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India.
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.
Awardees
| Year | Image | Recipient | Work | Language | Ref. |
| 1991 | Harivansh Rai Bachchan | Autobiography in four volumes ' | Hindi | ||
| 1992 | Ramakant Rath | "Sri Radha" ' | Odia | ||
| 1993 | Vijay Tendulkar | "Kanyadaan" ' | Marathi | ||
| 1994 | Harbhajan Singh | "Rukh Te Rishi" ' | Punjabi | ||
| 1995 | Balamani Amma | "Nivedyam" ' | Malayalam | ||
| 1996 | Shamsur Rahman Faruqi | "She`r-e Shor-Angez" | Urdu | ||
| 1997 | Manubhai Pancholi | "Kurukshetra" | Gujarati | ||
| 1998 | Shankha Ghosh | "Gandharba Kabita Guccha" ' | Bengali | ||
| 1999 | – | Indira Parthasarathy | "Ramanujar" ' | Tamil | |
| 2000 | Manoj Das | "Amruta Phala" ' | Oriya | ||
| 2001 | Dalip Kaur Tiwana | "Katha Kaho Urvashi" ' | Punjabi | ||
| 2002 | Mahesh Elkunchwar | "Yugant" ' | Marathi | ||
| 2003 | Govind Chandra Pande | "Bhagirathi" ' | Sanskrit | ||
| 2004 | Sunil Gangopadhyay | "Pratham Alo" ' | Bengali | ||
| 2005 | K. Ayyappa Panicker | "Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal" ' | Malayalam | ||
| 2006 | Jagannath Prasad Das | "Parikrama" ' | Oriya | ||
| 2007 | Naiyer Masud | "Taoos Chaman Ki Myna" ' | Urdu | ||
| 2008 | Lakshmi Nandan Bora | "Kayakalpa" ' | Assamese | - | |
| 2009 | Surjit Paatar | "Lafzan Di Dargah" | Punjabi | ||
| 2010 | S. L. Bhyrappa | "Mandra" | Kannada | ||
| 2011 | A. A. Manavalan | "Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum" | Tamil | ||
| 2012 | Sugathakumari | "Manalezhuthu" ' | Malayalam | ||
| 2013 | Govind Mishra | "Dhool Paudho Par" ' | Hindi | ||
| 2014 | Veerappa Moily | "Ramayana Mahanveshanam" ' | Kannada | ||
| 2015 | Padma Sachdev | "Chitt-Chete" ' | Dogri | ||
| 2016 | Mahabaleshwar Sail | "Hawthan" ' | Konkani | ||
| 2017 | Sitanshu Yashaschandra | "Vakhar" ' | Gujarati | ||
| 2018 | K Siva Reddy | "Pakkaki Ottigilite" | Telugu | ||
| 2019 | Vasdev Mohi | "Chequebook" | Sindhi |