Vyas Samman
Literary award in India
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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: