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Dr. George Grierson Award

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Dr. George Grierson Award
डॉ जॉर्ज ग्रियर्सन पुरस्कार
Award for promotion of the Hindi Language
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored byKendriya Hindi Sansthan, Government of India
First awarded1994
Last awarded2007
Highlights
Total awarded15
First winnerDr. Lothar Lutze
Websitewww.hindisansthan.org/hi/awards/drgeorge_awards.html

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[clarification needed] 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

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Year[1] Name Presenter Country
1994 Prof. Dr. Lothar Lutze Germany
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 Russia
2000 Pro. Jin Ding Han China
2001 Shri Naresh Bhartiya
Dr. Tomio Mizokami
India
Japan
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 Patil Sri Lanka
2006 Pro. Mariola Ofredi 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

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. George Grierson Award". Retrieved 20 August 2019.