Jnanpith Award

Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honour of India, given to writers who have excelled in literature in different Indian languages.

Jnanpith Award

Jnanpith Award Latest News

The President of India conferred the 58th Jnanpith Award on Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Ji at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi recently.

About Jnanpith Award

  • It is the highest literary honour of India, given to writers who have excelled in literature in different Indian languages.
  • It is given every year to an author for his/her outstanding contribution towards Indian literature through creative writing in any of the Indian languages mentioned in Schedule VIII of the Indian Constitution and English.
  • It was instituted in 1961. 
  • The prize carries a cash award, a citation, and a bronze replica of Vagdevi (Saraswati), the goddess of learning. 
  • It is sponsored by the cultural organization Bharatiya Jnanpith.
    • Bharatiya Jnanpith is one of the premier literary organisations of India, which is nurturing literature and culture through its literary endeavors, which include awards, publication, fellowship, and research, for the last several decades. 
    • The organisation was established in 1944.
  • The first recipient of the award was Malayalam poet G. Sankara Kurup, who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems Odakkuzhal.
  • Only those creative writers who are alive and are Indian citizens, can be proposed for the Award.
  • A language which receives the Award in a particular year is not eligible for consideration for the next two years. 
  • A writer who receives the Award once will not be considered again.
  • The Award may not be given in a particular year if the Jnanpith Award Selection Board feels that there is no suitable name which comes up to the expected standard of the Award.

Jnanpith Award FAQs

Q1: Who was awarded the 58th Jnanpith Award?

Ans: Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya

Q2: Who got the 1st Indian Jnanpith Award?

Ans: The first recipient of the award was Malayalam poet G. Sankara Kurup.

Q3: What is the second highest literary award in India?

Ans: The second highest literary award in India is the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Source: PIB

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