Saraswati Samman

The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in Schedule VIII of the . It is named after an Indian goddess of knowledge.
The Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It consists of ₹15,00,000, 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 inaugural 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".