The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. It is named after an Indian goddess of learning and is considered to be among the highest literary awards in India. The award consists of Rs 10 lakh, a citation and a plaque. The Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. Candidates are selected from literary works published in the previous ten years by a panel that included scholars and former award winners.
| Year | Winner | Works |
| 2013 | Govind Mishra | For his book Dhool Paudho Par published in 2008 |
| 2012 | Sugathakumari | For the collection of her poems, titled ''Manalezhuthu'' |
| 2011 | A.A. Manavalan | For Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum |
| 2010 | S. L. Bhyrappa | For Mandra |
| 2009 | Surjit Paatar | For Lafzan Di Dargah |
| 2008 | Lakshmi Nandan Bora | For his novel Kayakalpa |
| 2007 | Naiyer Masud | For his collection of short stories Taoos Chaman Ki Myna (The Myna from Peacock Garden) written in Urdu |
| 2006 | Jagannath Prasad Das | For his collection of poems Parikrama in Oriya |
| 2005 | K. Ayyappa Panicker | For his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal in Malayalam |
| 2004 | Sunil Gangopadhyay | For his novel Pratham Alo in Bengali |
| 2003 | Govind Chandra Pande | For his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi |
| 2002 | Mahesh Elkunchwar | For his play Yugant in Marathi |
| 2001 | Dalip Kaur Tiwana | For her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi in Punjabi |
| 2000 | Manoj Das | For his novel Amruta Phala (The Nectar Fruit) in Oriya |
| 1999 | Indira Parthasarathy | For her play Ramanujar in Tamil |
| 1998 | Shankha Ghosh | For his anthology Gandharba Kabita Guccha in Bengali |
| 1997 | Manubhai Pancholi | For his book Kurukshetra in Gujarati |
| 1996 | Shamsur Rahman Faruqi | For She`r-e Shor-Angez in Urdu |
| 1995 | Balamani Amma | For poetry collection Nivedyam in Malayalam |
| 1994 | Harbhajan Singh | For his book of poetry Rukh Te Rishi in Punjabi |
| 1993 | Vijay Tendulkar | For his play Kanyadaan in Marathi |
| 1992 | Ramakant Rath | For his poetry Sri Radha in Oriya |
| 1991 | Harivanshrai Bachchan | For his autobiography in four volumes in Hindi |