Who is the winner of Jnanpith Award 2020?
Who is the winner of Jnanpith Award 2020?
Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award. The country’s highest literary award, the Jnanpith is bestowed on writers for “their outstanding contribution to literature”.
Who is the first winner of Jnanpith Award?
G. Sankara Kurup
G. Sankara Kurup (1901– 1978), a Malayalam poet, won the first Jnanpith Award in 1965, the year of its inception, for his anthology of poems, titled Odakkuzhal.
Who received Jnanpith Award in 2019?
Amitav Ghosh
List of recipients
| Year | Recipient(s) | Language(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 (52nd) | Shankha Ghosh | Bengali |
| 2017 (53rd) | Krishna Sobti | Hindi |
| 2018 (54th) | Amitav Ghosh | English |
| 2019 (55th) | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri | Malayalam |
Which language won most Jnanpith Award?
The award was instituted in 1961. An Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour. So far Kannada writers have won 7 awards (highest any for any language).
Who won Sahitya Akademi 2021?
Sahitya Akademi 2021 Literary critic D.S. Nagabhushan has been awarded the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for 2021 for his work Gandhi Kathana, biography of Mahatma Gandhi.
Who got jnanpith award?
Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr has won the 56th Jnanpith Award, and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo has won the 57th Jnanpith Award. India’s highest literary award, the annual Jnanpith is bestowed on writers for “their outstanding contribution towards literature”.
Who got the Bharat Ratna award?
Mother Teresa, a naturalised Indian citizen was conferred with the award in 1980. Non-Indians, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Nelson Mandela have also been awarded with the Bharat Ratna. 3.
Who won Sahitya Akademi 2020?
Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily received the award for his poetry ‘Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam. ‘ New Delhi: Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily and poet Arundhathi Subramaniam were among the 20 authors who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2020 at a ceremony in Delhi on Saturday.
Which is the highest literary award of India?
Jnanpith Award
Jnanpith Award, highest literary award in India, given annually for the best creative literary writing to writers in any of the 22 “scheduled languages” recognized in the Indian Constitution.
Which is highest civilian award in India?
Bharat Ratna
‘Bharat Ratna’, the highest civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour.
