Saraswati Award
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Saraswati Samman is top Hindi literary prize Rs 15 lakh
Instituted by KK Birla Foundation in 1991
Harivansh Rai Bachchan won first Saraswati Samman 1991
Awarded for outstanding prose or poetry in Indian languages
Vijay Tendulkar won Saraswati Samman for Marathi literature
Subodh Kumar Mishra won Saraswati Samman for Hindi
Work published in last 10 years is eligible for award
Award recognizes literary work in any of 22 languages
Selection done by eminent literary scholars panel
Vyas Samman is another literary prize by Birla Foundation
Bihari Puraskar also given by Birla Foundation Rajasthan
Award ceremony held annually in New Delhi
Srilal Shukla won Saraswati Samman for Hindi novel Raag Darbari
Manoj Das won Saraswati Samman for Odia literature in 2000
Pratibha Ray won Saraswati Samman for Odia novel in 2011