Three weeks after receiving Jnanpith Award, Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri 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.
Oct 15, 2020, 14:10 PM IST
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.
Dec 14, 2018, 20:55 PM IST
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".
Apr 27, 2018, 09:58 AM IST
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.
Jul 11, 2016, 22:38 PM IST
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.
Dec 30, 2015, 11:44 AM IST
