Question – The first recipient of this award was G.Sankara Kurup from Kerala, the latest recipient Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri is also from Kerala. Name the award.
Options:-
A. Jnanpith award
B. The Hindu Literary Prize
C. Vyas Samman Sahitya
D. Akademi award
Answer –
The correct ANSWER is Jnanpith award
Explanation:
The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented every year by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their outstanding contribution towards literature. This award is given only to the Indian Authors who write in the Indian language. In the year 1965, Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup won the first Jnanpith Award for his collections of poems.
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