Noted Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashashchandra has been awarded Saraswati Samman,2017, for his poetry collection in Gujarati named “Vakhar”. This is the 27th edition of the award.
About:
Instituted by: K. Birla foundation.
Criteria: The award is annually given to an outstanding work of an Indian citizen published during the last 10 years in any of the languages mentioned in Schedule 8 of the constitution.
Award Money: 15 lakh rupees.
Winner of 2017: Noted Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashashchandra, recipient of the Padmashri (2006), has explored politics of the times, the larger and more immediate human conditions in his award-winning work "Vakhar".
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