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HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jnanpith Award, highest literary award in India, given annually for the best creative literary writing to writers in any of the 22 “scheduled languages” recognized in the Indian Constitution. The prize carries a cash award, a citation, and a bronze replica of Vagdevi (Saraswati), the goddess of learning.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded since 1901 and has been awarded to writers in over 50 different languages. The highest literary award is not easy to win.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sahitya Akademi award is the second-highest literary honour by the Government of India, after the Jnanpith award.
Detailed explanation-4: -National Book Awards. The Booker Prize & The International Booker Prize. PEN/Faulkner Foundation Awards. Pulitzer Prizes.