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HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Shankar Samman
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Vyas Samman
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Kabir Award
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Jnanpith award
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jnanpith Award is India’s highest literary honour. Its name has been taken from Sanskrit words Jnana and Pitha which means knowledge-seat. It was instituted in 1961 by Bharatiya Jnanpith trust founded by the Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain family that owns the Times of India newspaper group. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Sankara Kurup was the first recipient of the award. Damodar Mauzo is the most recent recipient of the award.