The Dr. George Grierson Award (Devnagari: डॉ जॉर्ज ग्रियर्सन पुरस्कार) is a literary honor in India. It is conferred annually by Central Institute of Hindi, (Kendriya Hindi Sansthan), Ministry of Human Resource Development on writers of outstanding works in Hindi Literature. It is also a Hindi Sevi Samman and is given to number of Hindi experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language abroad. It is awarded by the President Of India.
The award named after the linguist Dr. George Abraham Grierson was established by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan in 1989. The award carries Rs five lakh each, a citation and a shawl.
Award recipients Year Name Presenter Country 1994 Prof. Dr. Lothar LutzeGermany 1995 Dr. Maria Christopher Byrski Poland 1996 Dr. Odolen Smékal Czechoslovakia 1997 Dr. Rupert Snell United Kingdom 1998 Shri. Abhimanyu Anat Mauritius 1999 Pro. P.A Bashannikov प्रो. पी. ए. बाशननी्कोव Russia 2000 Pro. Jin Ding Han China 2001 Shri Naresh BhartiyaDr. Tomio Mizokami IndiaJapan 2002 Dr. Maria Negyeshi Hungary 2003 Prof. Toshio Tanaka Japan 2004 Dr. Ronald Stuart McGregor 2005 Prof. Dr. Indra Dassanayake President of India, H.E. Pratibha PatilSri Lanka 2006 Pro. Mariola Offredi Italy 2007 Pro. Danuta Stashik Poland 2008 Pro. Herman Van Olphen United States 2009 Pro. Jeong Ho Lee South Korea 2010 Dr Shamtof Azad Uzbekistan 2011 Dr Wu Jo Kim South Korea 2012 Alka Dhanpat Hon’ble President of India Sri Pranab Mukherjee Mauritius 2013 Ge Fuping Hon’ble President of India Sri Pranab Mukherjee China 2014 Shichiro Soma Hon’ble President of India Sri Pranab Mukherjee Japan 2015 Fujii Takeshi Japan 2015 Gabriela Nik Ilieva US 2016 Satyadev Tengar Mauritius 2016 Ziyang Zing Khwe China 2018 Heinz Werner Wessler Germany 2018 Sharangupt VeerSingh Sri Lanka
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