Who was awarded with the prestigious Jnanpith Award in the year 2016?
Shankha Ghosh
Shankha Ghosh, the well-known Bengali poet, critic and academician, has been selected for the prestigious 52nd edition of the Jnanpith Award (2016) by the Government of India (GoI) for his poetic idiom and experiments with various poetic forms mark his greatness as a creative talent.
Who won Jnanpith Award 2015?
Raghuveer Chaudhary
Who of the following has been honoured with the 2015 Jnanpith award? The noted Gujarati litterateur, Raghuveer Chaudhary (76) has been selected for the 51st Jnanpith award for his contribution to Indian literature. He wrote more than eighty books including novels, poetry, plays and literary criticism.
Who got 2020 Moortidevi award?
Eminent Malayalam author M P Veerendra Kumar will be given the 30th Moortidevi award by Bharatiya Jnanpith organisation on March 4.
Who was the first award of the highest literature award in India?
The Jnanpith Award
It is sponsored by the cultural organization Bharatiya Jnanpith. The Jnanpith Award was instituted in 1961, and the first award was given in 1965.
Who was the first Gyanpeeth puraskar winner?
Sankara Kurup
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 is the first recipient of Jnanpith Award for Marathi literature?
The first recipient of the Jnanpith Award for Marathi literature was Vishnu Khandekar. Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (11 January 1898 – 2 September 1976) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was the first Marathi author to win the prestigious Jnanpith Award.
Who got Kendra Sahitya Academy award 2019?
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor, Nand Kishore Acharya to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019; win Rs 1 lakh cash prize. While Tharoor won the award for his book ‘An Era of Darkness’ in English, Acharya will receive the recognition for his book of Hindi poetry, ‘Chheelatey Hue Apne Ko’.
Who got first Moortidevi award?
C. K. Nagaraja Rao
The first recipient of the award was the Kannada writer C. K. Nagaraja Rao who was honoured in 1983 for his novel, Pattamahadevi Shantala Devi, which was published in four volumes….
| Moortidevi Award | |
|---|---|
| Most recent winner | Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 30 |
| First winner | C. K. Nagaraja Rao |
Who got first Jnanpith award?
writer G. Sankara Kurup
The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute), published in 1950.
Which language has 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).