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Jnanpith Award 2026 – Vairamuthu
March 16 , 2026
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- Vairamuthu received the Jnanpith Award 2026, becoming the third Tamil writer to win the honour after 24 years.
- Earlier Tamil recipients include Akilan and Jayakanthan.
- Vairamuthu won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2003 for his novel Kallikattu Ithikasam.
- The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and highest literary award in India, instituted in 1961 by Bharatiya Jnanpith, founded by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain in 1944.
- The award is given to Indian writers writing in languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India and English.
- Out of 23 eligible languages, the award has been presented for works in 16 languages.
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