GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
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Kailash Satyarthi
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Bhalchandra Nemade
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Asha Bhosle
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade, whose 1963 novel Kosala (Cocoon) changed the dimensions of Marathi novel, was on Friday selected for 2014 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour in India, by the Jnanpith Selection Board.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phookan has won the 56th Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary award, for the year 2020. He was also awarded the 1981 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese for his poetry collection, Kavita (Kobita).
Detailed explanation-3: -Bhalchandra Nemade pioneer theorist of Nativism or Desivad says, “The task of preparing again a viable Indian Critical Tradition may not be possible unless all the systems of literature-productive, distributive and consumptive – are originally desi or nativistic” (Preface/ Nativism).