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 winners2016 - 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 20122013 - Vishwanath Tripathi for his memoir Vyomkesh Darvesh2012 - Narendra Kohli for his novel Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati2011 - Ramdarash Misra for his collection of poems Aam K Patte2010 - Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari for his collection of poems Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega2009 - Amar Kanth for his book Inhi Hathiyaron Se2008 - Mannu Bhandari for her autobiography Ek Kahani Yah Bhi2007 - The Selection Board did not find anyone suitable for the award.2006 - Noted poet and literary critic Parmanand Srivastava .2005 - "Katha Satisar" by Chandrakanta2004 - "Kath Gulab" by Mridula (Jain) Garg2003 - "Anwan" by Chitra Mudgal2002 - "Prithvi Ka Krishna Paksh" by Kailash vajpayee2001 - Hindi author Giriraj Kishor, after receiving the Vyas Samman for his book ``Pehla Girmitiya2000 - "Pehla Girimitya" by Giriraj Kishore1999 - "Bisarampur Ka Sant" by Sri Lal Sukla1998 - "Paanch Aanganon wala Ghar" by Govind Mishra1997 - "Uttar Kabir Tatha Anya Kavitaen (Poems)" by Dr. Kedarnath Singh1996 - "Hindi Sahitya aur Samvedna ka Vikas" by Prof. Ramswarup Chaturvedi1995 - "Koi Dusra Nahin (Collection of poems)" by Shri Kunwar Narayan1994 - "Sapna Abhi Bhi (Collection of poems)" by Dr. Dharmvir Bharti1993 - "Main Waqt ke Hoon Samane (Collection of poems)" by Shri Girija Kumar Mathur1992 - "Neela Chand (Novel)" by Dr. Shiv Prasad Singh1991 - Bharat ke Pracheen bhasha parivar aur Hindi in 3 volumes by Dr. Ram Vilas Sharma