♦ Suryabala’s novel “Kaun Des Ko Vasi: Venu Ki Diary” was selected for the 34th Vyas Samman 2024.  

♦ This novel was published in 2018. Vyas Samman was instituted in 1991 by the KK Birla Foundation.

♦ The award is given to an outstanding Hindi literary work by an Indian citizen published during the last 10 years. It carries a cash prize of Rs.4 lakh, a citation and a plaque.

♦ Suryabala was born in Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh in 1943.

♦ Besides the Vyas Samman, the KK Birla Foundation has also instituted Saraswati Samman and Bihari Puraskar.

♦ The Saraswati Samman, which carries a cash prize of Rs.15 lakh, is given to an outstanding literary work by an Indian citizen in any of the languages included in Schedule VIII to the Constitution of India and published during a period of 10 years.