Vyas Samman

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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 Rs 2.5 lakh (as of 2005).

To be eligible for the award, the literary work must be in the Hindi language and have been published in the past 10 years.

Past winners

• 2005 - "Katha Satisar" by Chandrakanta
• 2004 - "Kath Gulab" by Mridula (Jain) Garg
• 2003 - "Anwan" by Chitra Mudgal
• 2002 - "Prithvi Ka Krishna Paksh" by Kailash Bajpai
• 2001 -
• 2000 - "Pehla Girimitya" by Giriraj Kishore
• 1999 - "Bisarampur Ka Sant" by Sri Lal Sukla
• 1998 - "Paanch Aanganon wala Ghar" by Govind Mishra
• 1997 -
• 1996 -
• 1995 -
• 1994 -
• 1993 -
• 1992 -
• 1991 -

[edit] Sources

• 'The Hindu' article (1999)
• 'The Tribune' article (2005)
• 'Deepika Kerala News' article (2004?)
• 'Ahimsa Times' article (2005)
• 'Media Up-date' (March 2001)