Jnanpith Award
Awards & Honors · ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार · 12 facts
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Jnanpith Award is highest Indian literary award
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Award carries Rs 11 lakh a bronze Vagdevi and citation
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G Sankara Kurup first won Jnanpith in 1965 for Malayalam
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Kannada has most Jnanpith winners among Indian languages
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Amrita Pritam won Jnanpith for Punjabi in 1982
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Mahadevi Varma won Jnanpith for Hindi poetry Yama
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Award instituted in 1961 by Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust
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Given for outstanding contribution to Indian literature
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Only Indian citizens writing in scheduled languages eligible
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VK Gokak won Jnanpith for Kannada in 1990
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Damodar Mauzo won Jnanpith for Konkani in 2022
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Raghuvir Chaudhary won Jnanpith for Gujarati in 2015