Distinguish Between the Following Four Literary Awards

(i) Jnanpith Award
(ii) Sahitya Akademi Award
(iii) Vyas Samman
(iv) Saraswati Samman

(i) Jnanpith Award: This award is the most prestigious and highest literary award, given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution. This award carries a cash award of Rs. 5 lakh. Since 1982 this award has been given for the life time contribution of the writer, prior to that the award were given for a single work. The award was instituted in 1961, was the brain child of late Smt. Rama Jain, the first President of Bhartiya Jnanapith. The malyalam writer G. Sankar Kurup, was its first recipient.

(ii) Sahitya Akademy Award: This is a literary honor annually conferred by Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of letters, on writers of outstanding works in any of the twenty four major Indian languages including English language. This award was instituted in 1954, comprises a plaque and a cash prize of Rs. 10,000. This is the second highest literary honour centered by the Govt. of India.

(iii) Vyas Samman: The Vyas Amman is a literary award annually conferred by K. K. Birla foundation. The award instituted in 1991. It carries a cash prize of Rs. 2.5 lakh (as of 2005). This award in conferred on the best creative literary work in Hindi language, which has been published in the last 10 years.

(iv) Saraswati Samman: This award is named after Indian goddess Saraswati, the goddess of learning. This the highest literary works in any Indian languages that is included in the eighth schedule of Indian Constitution and have been published in the previous ten years by a panel of scholars and former award winners. It includes a monetary award of Rs. 5 Lakhs. The Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla foundation.

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