- Man Booker Prize 2013 - Eleanor Catton (for her novel The Luminaries).
- Man Booker International Prize 2013 – Lydia Davis
- Best of the Booker Prize – Salman Rushdie.
- 48th Gyan Pith Purushkar, 2012 – Dr. Ravuri Bharadwaja ( A Telgu writer).
- 26th Murti Devi Purushkar, 2012 – Har Prashad Das. ( composition – Vamsha).
- Vyas Sammaan – Narendra Kohli ( Novel: Na Bhooto Na Bhavishyati).
and Ram Darsha Mishra (Poetry collection - Aam Ke Patte)
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- Saraswati Samman – Shugatha Kumari ( Poetry collection – Manlechhootu).
- Bihari Purushkar, 2012 – Hari Ram Meena (Novel: Dhumi Tape Teer).
- Sahitya Acadmi Purushkar (Hindi-2012)
