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 250,000 (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
2016 - Surinder Verma for poetry collection "Kaatna shami ka vriksha padma-pankhuri ki dhar se" has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman 2016.
2015 - Sunita Jain for poetry collection “Kshama” has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman 2015.
2014 - Kamal Kishore Goyenka for his book Premchand Kee Kahaniyon Kaa Kaal Kramanusar Adhyan published in 2012
2013 - Vishwanath Tripathi for his memoir Vyomkesh Darvesh
2012 - Narendra Kohli for his novel Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati
2011 - Ramdarash Misra for his collection of poems Aam K Patte
2010 - Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari for his collection of poems Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega
2009 - Amar Kanth for his book Inhi Hathiyaron Se
2008 - Mannu Bhandari for her autobiography Ek Kahani Yah Bhi
2007 - The Selection Board did not find anyone suitable for the award.
2006 - Noted poet and literary critic Parmanand Srivastava .
2005 - "Katha Satisar" by Chandrakanta
2004 - "Kath Gulab" by Mridula (Jain) Garg
2003 - "Anwan" by Chitra Mudgal
2002 - "Prithvi Ka Krishna Paksh" by Kailash vajpayee
2001 - Hindi author Giriraj Kishor, after receiving the Vyas Samman for his book ``Pehla Girmitiya
2000 - "Pehla Girimitya" by Giriraj Kishore
1999 - "Bisarampur Ka Sant" by Sri Lal Sukla
1998 - "Paanch Aanganon wala Ghar" by Govind Mishra
1997 - "Uttar Kabir Tatha Anya Kavitaen (Poems)" by Dr. Kedarnath Singh
1996 - "Hindi Sahitya aur Samvedna ka Vikas" by Prof. Ramswarup Chaturvedi
1995 - "Koi Dusra Nahin (Collection of poems)" by Shri Kunwar Narayan
1994 - "Sapna Abhi Bhi (Collection of poems)" by Dr. Dharmvir Bharti
1993 - "Main Waqt ke Hoon Samane (Collection of poems)" by Shri Girija Kumar Mathur
1992 - "Neela Chand (Novel)" by Dr. Shiv Prasad Singh
1991 - Bharat ke Pracheen bhasha parivar aur Hindi in 3 volumes by Dr. Ram Vilas Sharma
