Jnanpith & Akademi
Books & Authors · ज्ञानपीठ और अकादमी · 10 facts
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G Sankara Kurup was first Jnanpith Award winner 1965
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Mahadevi Varma won Jnanpith for Yama in 1982
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VK Gokak won Jnanpith for Kannada literature 1990
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Girish Karnad won Jnanpith for Kannada drama 1998
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Amrita Pritam won Jnanpith for Punjabi literature 1982
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Raghuvir Chaudhary won Jnanpith for Gujarati in 2015
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Sahitya Akademi Award given for outstanding Indian literature
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Sahitya Akademi recognizes 24 Indian languages
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Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay won Jnanpith for Bengali 1966
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Kedarnath Singh won Jnanpith for Hindi poetry 2013