Yuva Puraskar facts for kids
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Trophy for 2013 Yuva Puraskar in Gujarati language
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The Yuva Puraskar, also known as the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, is a special award given every year in India. It celebrates young writers who have created amazing books and stories in 24 different Indian languages.
This award was started in 2011. Its main goal is to find and encourage talented writers who are under 35 years old. It helps them continue writing and share their wonderful stories with the world.
What Winners Receive
When a young writer wins the Yuva Puraskar, they get a cash prize of ₹50,000. They also receive a beautiful copper plaque with special designs carved into it. This award is usually announced around the same time as the Bal Sahitya Puraskar, which is an award for children's literature.
Languages Recognized
The Yuva Puraskar is given to 24 different writers each year. These writers come from various language backgrounds across India. This shows how rich and diverse Indian literature is. Here are the languages for which the awards are presented:
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Assamese
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Bengali
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Bodo
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Dogri
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for English
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Gujarati
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Hindi
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Kannada
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Kashmiri
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Konkani
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Maithili
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Malayalam
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Manipuri
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Marathi
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Nepali
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Odia
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Punjabi
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Rajasthani
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Sanskrit
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Santali
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Sindhi
- List of Yuva Puraskar Winners for Tamil
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Telugu
- List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Urdu
