Tag: Jnanpith Award

Bhubaneswar: Eminent writer Pratibha Ray was appointed Chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Selection Board. The announcement on the appointment was made on the official website of Bharatiya Jnanpith. . Ray, who won the prestigious Jnanpith Award in 2011, is the first Odia woman and fourth Odia writer to get the Jnanpith Award. She is known for […]

New Delhi: Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with this year’s Jnanpith Award, a literary award given to an author for “outstanding contribution towards literature,” Bharatiya Jnanpith announced Friday. “Amitav Ghosh is a path- breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings to the modern era and weaves a space where […]

New Delhi: Renowned author Amitav Ghosh was awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature in English at a ceremony here on Wednesday. He was conferred the award by former governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Amitav Ghosh is the first English writer to get this prestigious award. Receiving […]

Palakkad : Eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was on Thursday conferred with the Jnanpith award at his residence ‘Devayanam’ by Kerala Culture Minister A.K. Balan. Appearing live from his office in the state Secretariat, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan paid tributes to the life and works of 93-year-old Akkitham, as he is popularly known. Seated […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Three weeks after eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was conferred with the Jnanpith award, the hugely popular writer often referred to as Akkitham, passed away at a hospital in Thrissur on Thursday morning, said family sources. He was unwell for a few days. He breathed his last around 8.10 a.m. The funeral will […]