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30-November-2019 Current Affairs

Renowned poet Akkitham awarded Jnanpith Award for 2019

Renowned poet Akkitham awarded Jnanpith Award for 2019

  • Renowned Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri (age 93 years) awarded with the 55th Jnanpith Award.
  • List of Awards He was Received:
    i) Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry (1971)
    ii) Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (1973)
    iii) Vayalar Award (2012)
    iv) Ezhuthachan Award (2008)
    v) Padma Shri (2017)
  • The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented every year by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their outstanding contribution towards literature.
  • In 2018, the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh had won the 54th Jnanpith Award.
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