<span style="color: #222222;">Telugu poet K Siva Reddy has been selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his collection of poetry titled Pakkaki Ottigilite. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The award carries a cash prize of  15 lakh rupees, a citation and a plaque. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The award, instituted by the KK Birla Foundation in 1991, is given annually for an outstanding literary work written in any Indian language and published during the last 10 years.</span><br />''