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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Amrita_PritamAmrita Pritam - Wikipedia

    She received the Jnanpith Award, one of India's highest literary awards, in 1982 for Kagaz Te Canvas ("The Paper and the Canvas"). She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1969, and the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, in 2004.

  3. byjus.com › free-ias-prep › jnanpith-awardJnanpith Award| List of Jnanpith Award Winners 1965 to 2023

    Aug 2, 2016 · The first woman writer to be awarded this award was Ashapoorna Devi, a Bengali writer, in 1976. The organization which presents this award was founded in 1944 by industrialist and philanthropist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain. Jnanpith Award is sponsored by the cultural organization Bharatiya Jnanpith.

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    Jnanpith Award Winners
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    2022
    Damodar Mauzo
    Konkani
    2021
    Nilamani Phookan
    Assamese
    2019
    Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
    Malayalam
    2018
    Amitav Ghosh
    English

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    The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and ...

  6. learn.culturalindia.net › amrita-pritamAmrita Pritam Biography – Life History, Achievements

    Aug 4, 2018 · Bhartiya Jnanpith Award – Amrita received the ‘Jnanpith Award,’ considered as India’s highest literary award, in the year 1982. The award was bestowed upon her for one of her books titled ‘Kagaj te Canvas.’

  7. www.frontlist.in › authors › amrita-pritamAmrita Pritam Biography and Famous Books - frontlist

    Bhartiya Jnanpith Award – Amrita received the ‘Jnanpith Award,’ considered as India’s highest literary award, in the year 1982. The award was bestowed upon her for one of her books titled ‘Kagaj te Canvas.’

  8. www.seema.com › amrita-pritam-the-literary-geniusAmrita Pritam Biography: A Poetic Legend - Seema

    Jul 15, 2023 · She was the first female recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for “Sunehadey,” and she received the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary award, in 1982 for “Kagaj te Canvas.”

  9. ddnews.gov.in › en › remembering-amrita-pritam-theRemembering Amrita Pritam: the literary luminary of Punjab

    Mar 11, 2023 · Following that, she received the coveted Bharatiya Jnanpith award in 1982 and the Padma Shri in 1969 for her efforts. In 2004, she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, as well as the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship for lifetime accomplishment, demonstrating her continuing impact.