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Akkiitham Achuthan Namboothiri

15 Oct 2020

Three weeks after receiving Jnanpith Award, Akkitham Achuthan dies at 94

The funeral will be held according to the COVID-19 protocols and will take place at his hometown in Patambi in Palakkad district, later in the day.

14 Dec 2018

Author Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54th Jnanpith award

"His fiction is endowed with extraordinary depth and substance through his academic training as a historian and a social anthropologist," a statement from Bharatiya Jnanpith read.

Google doodle Mahadevi Varma

27 Apr 2018

Google doodle celebrates Jnanpith awardee Mahadevi Varma

On this date, in 1982, the Bharatiya Jnanpith honoured her with the prestigious award for her "outstanding contribution towards literature".

Pranab Mukherjee

11 Jul 2016

President confers 51st Jnanpith Award on Raghuveer Chaudhari

The president said mortal beings do not remain but their creations remain for a long time and therein lies the success of a master creator.

Raghuveer Chaudhary

30 Dec 2015

Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary wins Jnanpith Award

A novelist, poet and critic, Chaudhary is a recipient of Sahitya Academi Award for his novel, ‘Trilogy Uparvaas’ in 1977.

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