Saraswati Samman

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Saraswati Samman is a prestigious Indian literary award presented annually for outstanding prose or poetry works in any of the major Indian languages.

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Saraswati Samman canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary award ⓘ
awardCategory literary award in India ⓘ
awardedBy K. K. Birla Foundation ⓘ
awardedForLanguages Assamese ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Kannada ⓘ
Kashmiri ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
Rajasthani ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
country India ⓘ
domain arts and culture ⓘ
eligibility authors writing in Indian languages ⓘ
eligibleWorkType book ⓘ
field literature ⓘ
firstAwarded 1991 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
hasAwardType individual award ⓘ
inception 1991 ⓘ
includes citation ⓘ
plaque ⓘ
languageScope major Indian languages ⓘ
monetaryComponent cash prize ⓘ
namedAfter Saraswati ⓘ
presentedFor outstanding literary work ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
works in major Indian languages ⓘ
region India ⓘ
relativeStanding one of the highest literary awards in India ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
selectionCriteria outstanding literary merit ⓘ
selectionProcess jury selection ⓘ
sponsor K. K. Birla Foundation ⓘ
sponsoredBy private foundation ⓘ
status active ⓘ
typicalRecipient author ⓘ
poet ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

S. L. Bhyrappa → awardReceived → Saraswati Samman ⓘ
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi → awardReceived → Saraswati Samman ⓘ
Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa → awardReceived → Saraswati Samman ⓘ
subject linked to: Santeshivara Lingannaiah
K. K. Birla Foundation → awardEstablished → Saraswati Samman ⓘ