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साहित्यिक पुरस्कार व सम्मान - जैसे ज्ञानपीठ, व्यास सम्मानLiterary Awards & Honors

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Premier Literary Awards of India & Recent Honorees (भारत के सर्वोच्च साहित्यिक पुरस्कार एवं हालिया विजेता)

Award Name (पुरस्कार का नाम)Instituting Body & Language Scope (प्रदाता संस्था एवं भाषा दायरा)Recent Recipients & Landmark Firsts (हालिया विजेता एवं ऐतिहासिक प्रथम)
Jnanpith Award (ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार)
ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार
Bharatiya Jnanpith (instituted 1961, cash prize ₹11 Lakh & Vagdevi bronze statue)
भारतीय ज्ञानपीठ (1961 में स्थापित, ₹11 लाख व वाग्देवी प्रतिमा)
58th Jnanpith (2023) conferred jointly to Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Sanskrit) and legendary lyricist Gulzar (Urdu). First recipient was G. Sankara Kurup (1965, Malayalam); First Hindi recipient was Sumitranandan Pant (1968 for *Chidambara*).
58वां ज्ञानपीठ (2023) संस्कृत विद्वान जगद्गुरु रामभद्राचार्य व उर्दू के प्रख्यात रचनाकार गुलजार को संयुक्त रूप से। प्रथम हिंदी विजेता: सुमित्रानंदन पंत (1968, *चिदंबरा*)।
Saraswati Samman (सरस्वती सम्मान)
सरस्वती सम्मान
K.K. Birla Foundation (instituted 1991, cash prize ₹15 Lakh for 22 languages)
के.के. बिड़ला फाउंडेशन (1991 में स्थापित, ₹15 लाख)
33rd Saraswati Samman (2023) awarded to Malayalam poet Prabha Varma for verse novel *Roudra Sathwikam*. First recipient was Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1991 for his 4-volume autobiography).
33वां सरस्वती सम्मान (2023) मलयालम कवि प्रभा वर्मा (*रौद्र सात्विकम*) को। प्रथम विजेता: डॉ. हरिवंश राय बच्चन (1991)।
Vyas Samman (व्यास सम्मान)
व्यास सम्मान
K.K. Birla Foundation (instituted 1991, cash prize ₹4 Lakh for Hindi literature)
के.के. बिड़ला फाउंडेशन (1991 में स्थापित, ₹4 लाख, केवल हिंदी)
33rd Vyas Samman (2023) awarded to renowned Hindi writer Pushpa Bharati for her nostalgic memoir *'Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein'*. First recipient was Dr. Ram Vilas Sharma (1991).
33वां व्यास सम्मान (2023) वरिष्ठ लेखिका पुष्पा भारती को उनके संस्मरण *'यादें, यादें और यादें'* हेतु। प्रथम विजेता: डॉ. रामविलास शर्मा।
International Booker Prize
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बुकर पुरस्कार
Booker Prize Foundation (UK, £50,000 for translated fiction)
बुकर प्राइज फाउंडेशन (यूके)
In 2022, Uttar Pradesh author Geetanjali Shree became the first Hindi writer to win for *Tomb of Sand* (*Ret Samadhi*), translated by Daisy Rockwell.
वर्ष 2022 में उत्तर प्रदेश की लेखिका गीतांजलि श्री ने उपन्यास *रेत समाधि* (*Tomb of Sand*) हेतु जीतकर प्रथम हिंदी विजेता होने का इतिहास रचा।

Key Exam Takeaways / मुख्य परीक्षा बिंदु

  • The 58th Jnanpith Award (2023) was jointly conferred upon Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Sanskrit) and Gulzar (Urdu).
  • Sumitranandan Pant was the first Hindi writer to receive the Jnanpith Award (for Chidambara in 1968).
  • Pushpa Bharati won the 33rd Vyas Samman for her memoir 'Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein'.
  • Geetanjali Shree became the first Indian author writing in Hindi to win the International Booker Prize (Tomb of Sand).