Saraswati Samman

Saraswati Samman 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. 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.

Famous poet in Malayalam literature, Sugathakumari, has won the Saraswati Samman, for the year 2013
Previous Saraswati Samman Winners

 1990 - Ismat Chughtai for Urdu Literature
 1991 - Harivanshrai 'Bachchan' for his autobiography in four volumes
 1992 - Ramakant Rath for his poetry ShreeRadha
 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 Amruta 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
 2011- A.A. Manavalan for Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalu
 2012- Rohit Gautam for Bang Bhoomi
 2013- Sugathakumari for the collection of her poems, titled 'Manalezhuthu.'.