Question:
Who is the first winner of Jnanpith Award ?
AG. Sankarakurupp
BAshapurna Devi
CUmashankar Joshi
DAmrutha Pritham
Answer:
A. G. Sankarakurupp
Explanation:
- The Jnanpith Award is one of the most prestigious literary awards in India.
- It is presented annually to an author for their outstanding contribution to Indian literature.
- The award was established in 1961 by the Sahu Jain family, a prominent business family in India, to honor and promote excellence in Indian literature.
- The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, 'Odakkuzhal' , published in 1950
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