Table of Contents
- 1 Who is the winner of Jnanpith Award 2015?
- 2 Who got Njanapeedam award?
- 3 Who is first recipient of Bharat Ratna?
- 4 Who got Saraswati Samman?
- 5 Who won the literary award in India?
- 6 Who is the winner of the 55th Jnanpith Award?
- 7 When did Pottekkatt win the Jnanpith Award?
- 8 What is the cash price of Jnanpith Award?
Who is the winner of Jnanpith Award 2015?
critic Raghuveer Chaudhary
Eminent Gujarati novelist, poet and critic Raghuveer Chaudhary has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015, the literary organisation has announced.
Who got Njanapeedam award?
It is sponsored by the cultural organization Bharatiya Jnanpith. In 2019, author Amitav Ghosh was felicitated with 54th Jnanpith Award. He became the first English language writer to become a Jnanpith laureate.
Which is the highest literary award in 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.
Who is first recipient of Bharat Ratna?
It was first awarded in 1964 to Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Dr. CV Raman, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. The physical award is designed in the shape of a peepal leaf with ‘Bharat Ratna’ inscribed in Devanagri script under a sunburst figure.
Who got Saraswati Samman?
Sharankumar Limbale
Sharankumar Limbale has authored 40 books of novel, poetry, stories and criticism. Marathi novelist, poet, critic and short story writer Sharankumar Limbale was selected for the 2020 Saraswati Samman, a prestigious literary recognition conferred annually by the KK Birla Foundation.
Who was the first scientist to receive Bharat Ratna?
Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
The provision of Bharat Ratna was introduced in 1954. The first-ever Indian to receive this award was the famous scientist, Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. Since then, many dignitaries, each a whiz in varied aspects of their career, have received this coveted award.
Who won the literary award in India?
The winner gets a statue of the Goddess Saraswati, along with a cash prize of INR eleven lakh. As of 2020, there have been sixty recipients of the award. The most recent awardee is Mr Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri for his work in Malayalam.
Who is the winner of the 55th Jnanpith Award?
Eminent Malayalam poet, Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award for his outstanding contribution to the Malayalam language and Poetry.
Who are the Malayalam writers honored with Jnanpith Award?
List of Malayalam Writers Who Honored With Jnanpith Award. 1 G. Sankara Kurup-1965. G. Sankara Kurup, – February 2, 1978, Vappalassery, Angamaly, Ernakulam district, Kerala), better known as Mahakavi G (The 2 S. K. Pottekkatt-1980. 3 M. T. Vasudevan Nair-1995. 4 O. N. V. Kurup-2007.
When did Pottekkatt win the Jnanpith Award?
Pottekkatt won the Kerala Sahitya Academy award of 1961 for the novel Oru Theruvinte Katha (The Story of a Street) and the Jnanpith Award in 1980 for the novel Oru Desathinte Katha (The Story of a Locale), which was made into an award winning film.
What is the cash price of Jnanpith Award?
The Jnanpith Award : It carries a cash price of Rs 11 lakhs, a citation plank and a bronze replica of goddess Saraswati ‘Vagdevi’. Prior to 1982, the Jnanpith Award were given for a single work of Author, but after that, the Jnanpith Award is being given for the lifetime contribution of the writer to the Indian literature.