List of Saraswati Samman Awards Winners Since 1991 to 2017
The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 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 Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It consists of Rs 15 lakh, 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 first Saraswati Samman 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.
Complete Winners list of Saraswati Samman (1991-2017)
| Year | Name of Recipient | Work | Language |
| 2016 | Mahabaleshwar Sail | “Hawthan” (Novel) | Konkani |
| 2015 | Padma Sachdev | “Chitt-Chete” (Autobiography) | Dogri |
| 2014 | Veerappa Moily | “Ramayana Mahanveshanam” (Poetry) | Kannada |
| 2013 | Govind Mishra | “Dhool Paudho Par” (Novel) | Hindi |
| 2012 | Sugathakumari | “Manalezhuthu” (Poetry collection) | Malayalam |
| 2011 | A. A. Manavalan | “Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum” | Tamil |
| 2010 | S. L. Bhyrappa | “Mandra” | Kannada |
| 2009 | Surjit Paatar | “Lafzan Di Dargah” | Punjabi |
| 2008 | Lakshmi Nandan Bora | “Kayakalpa” (Novel) | Assamese |
| 2007 | Naiyer Masud | “Taoos Chaman Ki Myna” (Short stories collection) | Urdu |
| 2006 | Jagannath Prasad Das | “Parikrama” (Poetry collection) | Oriya |
| 2005 | K. Ayyappa Panicker | “Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal” (Poetry collection) | Malayalam |
| 2004 | Sunil Gangopadhyay | “Pratham Alo” (Novel) | Bengali |
| 2003 | Govind Chandra Pande | “Bhagirathi” (Poetry collection) | Sanskrit |
| 2002 | Mahesh Elkunchwar | “Yugant” (Play) | Marathi |
| 2001 | Dalip Kaur Tiwana | “Katha Kaho Urvashi” (Novel) | Punjabi |
| 2000 | Manoj Das | “Amruta Phala” (Novel) | Oriya |
| 1999 | Indira Parthasarathy | “Ramanujar” (Play) | Tamil |
| 1998 | Shankha Ghosh | “Gandharba Kabita Guccha” (Poetry collection) | Bengali |
| 1997 | Manubhai Pancholi | “Kurukshetra” | Gujarati |
| 1996 | Shamsur Rahman Faruqi | “She`r-e Shor-Angez” | Urdu |
| 1995 | Balamani Amma | “Nivedyam” (Poetry collection) | Malayalam |
| 1994 | Harbhajan Singh | “Rukh Te Rishi” (Poetry collection) | Punjabi |
| 1993 | Vijay Tendulkar | “Kanyadaan” (Play) | Marathi |
| 1992 | Ramakant Rath | “Sri Radha” (Poetry) | Oriya |
| 1991 | Harivansh Rai Bachchan | Autobiography in four volumes (Autobiography) | Hindi |
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