Noted poet and litterateur Prabha Varma will be awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2023 for his verse novel Roudra Sathwikam.

Awards

Noted poet and litterateur Prabha Varma will be awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2023 for his verse novel Roudra Sathwikam. It carries a citation, a plaque, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh. The recipient is chosen by a selection committee, whose current head is former Supreme Court judge, Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri. Born in Thiruvalla, Kerala, in 1959, Varma has excelled as a bilingual writer, with exemplary literary works in both Malayalam and English. He has emerged as one of the most important voices in contemporary Malayalam literature, with his work reflecting a confluence of tradition and modernity. He has bagged more than 70 awards, including the National Sahitya Akademi Award and the National Film Award.


      Instituted in 1991, Saraswati Samman is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the country.

      It is given every year to an outstanding literary work written in any Indian language by an Indian citizen and published within the last 10 years.

      Published in 2022, Roudra Sathwikam is a novel written in poetic verse in Malayalam.

 

     


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