Noted Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhari has been conferred with India’s the highest literary honour, the Jnanpith Award for 2015.
Chaudhari, whose most noted works include novels ‘Amruta’ and ‘Uparvas,’ has become the56th writer and fourth Gujarati literary artist to receive the prestigious award.
Gujaratis who have won the award before Chaudhari were poet Umashankar Joshi (1967), novelist Pannalal Patel (1985) and poet Rajendra Shah (2001).
Chaudhari has received the Sahitya Akademi Award (1977) for his novel trilogy ‘Uparvas’. He received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1975 and the Munshi Award in 1997. He also received the Sauhard Samman from Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthaan for contribution to Hindi literature in 1990, Narmad Award in 2010, and the Uma-Snehrashmi Prize and Ranjitram Gold Medal for creative writing in 1975.
Jnanpith Award:
The Jnanpith Award is one of the prestigious literary honours in the country. The award was instituted in 1961.
Eligibility: Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour.
Prior to 1982, the awards were given for a single work by a writer; since then, the award has been given for a lifetime contribution to Indian literature.
Seven women writers have won the award so far.
sources: the hindu.
Chaudhari, whose most noted works include novels ‘Amruta’ and ‘Uparvas,’ has become the56th writer and fourth Gujarati literary artist to receive the prestigious award.
Gujaratis who have won the award before Chaudhari were poet Umashankar Joshi (1967), novelist Pannalal Patel (1985) and poet Rajendra Shah (2001).
Chaudhari has received the Sahitya Akademi Award (1977) for his novel trilogy ‘Uparvas’. He received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1975 and the Munshi Award in 1997. He also received the Sauhard Samman from Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthaan for contribution to Hindi literature in 1990, Narmad Award in 2010, and the Uma-Snehrashmi Prize and Ranjitram Gold Medal for creative writing in 1975.
Jnanpith Award:
The Jnanpith Award is one of the prestigious literary honours in the country. The award was instituted in 1961.
Eligibility: Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour.
Prior to 1982, the awards were given for a single work by a writer; since then, the award has been given for a lifetime contribution to Indian literature.
Seven women writers have won the award so far.
sources: the hindu.
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