The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India, first awarded in 1991. It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation and includes a cash payout of ₹ 4,00,000 (as of 2019).
To be eligible for the award, the literary work must be in the Hindi language and have been published in the past 10 years.
Four recipients of Vyas Samman -- Kunwar Narayan (1995), Kedarnath Singh (1997), Shrilal Shukla (1999), and Amarkant (2009) -- went on to win the Jnanpith Award, considered the highest Indian literary honor, in 2005, 2013, 2009, and 2009, respectively.
Two recipients of Vyas Samman -- Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari (2011) and Vishwanath Tripathi (2013) -- received Moortidevi Award, considered the second highest after the Jnanpith Award, in 2019 and 2014, respectively.
Two recipients of Vyas Samman -- Govind Mishra (1997) and Ramdarash Mishra (2011) -- received Saraswati Samman, considered the highest awarded by the same K.K. Birla Foundation, in 2013 and 2021, respectively.
Starting with Chitra Mudgal in 2003, nine women have won the award so far.
Recipients The people who have been awarded the Vyas Samman are:
Year AwardeeWorkType2024SuryabalaKaun Des Ko Vasi: Venu Ki DiaryNovel2023Pushpa BharatiYaadein, Yaadein!...Aur YaadeinMemoir 2022Gyan ChaturvediPagalkhanaNovel 2021Asghar WajahatMahabaliPlay 2020Sharad K. PagarePatliputra ki SamragiNovel2019Nasira SharmaKagaz Ki NaavNovel2018Leeladhar Jagudi Jitne Log Utne PremNovel 2017Mamta Kalia Dukkham SukkhamNovel2016Surendra VermaKaatna shami ka vriksha padma-pankhuri ki dhar seNovel2015Sunita JainKshamaPoetry2014Kamal Kishore GoyenkaPremchand Kee Kahaniyon Kaa Kaal Kramanusar Adhyan2013Vishwanath Tripathi Vyomkesh DarveshMemoir2012Narendra Kohli Na Bhooto Na BhavishyatiNovel2011Ramdarash Mishra Aam K PattePoetry2010Vishwanath Prasad TiwariPhir Bhi Kuch Rah JayegaPoetry2009 Amar KantInhi Hathiyaron Se2008 Mannu Bhandari Ek Kahani Yah BhiAutobiography2007 2006 Parmanand SrivastavaKavita Ki Arthaat2005ChandrakantaKatha SatisarNovel 2004Mridula GargKath Gulab2003 Chitra MudgalAnwan2002Kailash VajpeyiPrithvi Ka Krishna Paksh2001 Ramesh Chandra ShahAalochana ka paksh2000 Giriraj KishorePehla Girimitya1999 Sri Lal SuklaBisarampur Ka Sant1998Govind MishraPaanch Aanganon wala Ghar1997Kedarnath SinghUttar Kabir Tatha Anya KavitaenPoetry1996Ramswarup ChaturvediHindi Sahitya aur Samvedna ka Vikas1995Kunwar NarayanKoi Dusra NahinPoetry1994Dharamvir BharatiSapna Abhi BhiPoetry1993Girija Kumar MathurMain Waqt ke Hoon SamanePoetry1992Shiv Prasaad SinghNeela ChandNovel1991Ram Vilas SharmaBharat ke Pracheen bhasha parivar aur Hindi
See also Jnanpith Award, another annual literary award, regarded as the highest Indian literary honor and conferred by the Bharatiya Jnanpith. Moortidevi Award, another annual literary honor, regarded as the second highest, and also awarded by the Bharatiya Jnanpith. Saraswati Samman, a similar literary award in all official Indian languages and also conferred by the K. K. Birla Foundation.
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