The Jnanpith Award Winners
| Description: The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary award in India. It is awarded annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded in 1961 by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain. The award is given to an Indian writer for an outstanding contribution to literature. The award consists of a cash prize of Rs. 11 lakhs, a citation, and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom. | |
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In which year was the Jnanpith Award first awarded?
Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award?
Which language has won the most Jnanpith Awards?
Which author has won the most Jnanpith Awards?
Which state has produced the most Jnanpith Award winners?
Which author was awarded the Jnanpith Award posthumously?
Which author was the youngest recipient of the Jnanpith Award?
Which author was the oldest recipient of the Jnanpith Award?
Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of non-fiction?
Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of poetry?
Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of drama?
Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of fiction?
Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of translation?
Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of children's literature?
Which author has won the Jnanpith Award for a work of travel literature?