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The 1st Jnanpith Award was
received by G. Sankara
Kurup in 1965.
Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian
literary award.
award.
Jnanpith Award presented annually by the Bharatiya
Jnanpith.
The award is given for the “outstanding contribution
towards literature”.
Until 2021, the Jnanpith award was given only once in English.
The highest Jnanpith award has been given to Hindi langua
ge.
Nilamani Phookan has been conferred with 56th Jnanpith
Award in 2020.
Eminent Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo has been
conferred with 57th
Jnanpith Award in 2021.
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Amitabh Ghosh is the winner of the 54th Jnanpith Award 2018 in English.