Published on: December 9, 2021

JNANAPEETH AWARDS

JNANAPEETH AWARDS

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Sorochinsk Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr has won the 56th Jnanpith Award, and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo has won the 57th Jnanpith Award.

ABOUT THE AWARD

  • Indian literary award
  • Taken from Sanskrit words Jnana and Pitha which means knowledge-seat.
  • Was instituted in 1961
  • By Bharatiya Jnanpith trust founded by the Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain family that owns the Times of India newspaper group. For “outstanding contribution towards literature“
  • Bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English, with no posthumous conferral.
  • Carries cash prize of 11 lakh rupees, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom
  • 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.