JNANPITH AWARD

Sept. 27, 2020

The 55th Jnanpith award announced in November 2019 was handed over to poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri. Akkitham became the sixth writer to bring Jnanpith to Malayalam literature. The COVID-19 lockdown delayed the award ceremony.

About:

Jnanpith Award is given by Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organization based in Delhi.
It is given annually to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature".
It is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English.
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There are no posthumous conferral. Also only works published during the preceding twenty years is considered for the award.
The award consists of cash prize is ₹11 lakh and a Bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom.