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57th Jnanpith Award
May 31 , 2023
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- Renowned Konkani novelist and short story writer Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award.
- The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually.
- It was given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith a literary and research organization, based in New Delhi.
- Mauzo was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983.
- The first Konkani writer to win this literary award was Ravindra Kelekar in 2006.
- Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan won the 56th Jnanpith Award.
- Phookan is the third Assamese writer to have received the Jnanpith.
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