ameya prabhu was chosen for the 2017 saraswati samman.
ameya prabhu was chosen for the 2017 saraswati samman.
who was chosen for the 2017 saraswati samman?
ameya prabhu
he received sahitya akademi award for gujarati writer in 1987 for his poetry collection "jatayu". he also received ranjitram suvarna chandrak, the highest award in gujarati literature, in 1987. he was awarded padma shri, the fourth highest civilian award in india, in 2006. he also received rashtriya kabir samman (1998) by government of madhya pradesh, indian national theatre – gujarat samachar award, nanalal award, gujarat state government poetry award. he was selected for adyakavi narsinh mehta award in 2008 but he had declined. in 2013, he won sahitya gaurav puraskar. he received saraswati samman (2017) for his poetry collection "vakhar". the award citation said: "...vakhar is the pinnacle of his poetic journey where he crosses the boundaries of the real world and establishes high standards of liberty in language and creativity by evolving a balance in the contradicting elements of human emotions and thoughts".
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the saraswati samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of india listed in schedule viii of the . it is named after an indian goddess of learning and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in india.
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