jnanpith awards Flashcards
What is the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith.
When was the Bharatiya Jnanpith established?
Answer: The Bharatiya Jnanpith was established in 1944.
Who was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award, and for which work was it awarded?
Answer: The first recipient was Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup, awarded for his collection of poems, “Odakkuzhal” (The Bamboo Flute), published in 1950.
When was the Jnanpith Award first established?
Answer: The Jnanpith Award was established in 1961.
What is the purpose of the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: It is awarded to an author for their outstanding contribution towards literature.
Who founded the Bharatiya Jnanpith?
Answer: The Bharatiya Jnanpith was founded by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.
What event prompted the initiation of the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: The award was initiated to celebrate Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain’s fiftieth birthday on May 22, 1961.
On what date was the Jnanpith Award first awarded?
Answer: The Jnanpith Award was first awarded in 1965.
Who are the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award?
Answer: The recipients are Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya.
What is another name for the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: The Jnanpith Award is also known as the Gyanpith Award.
What is the waiting period for a language after it has received the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: Once a language receives the award, it is not eligible for consideration for the next three years.
When was English included in the consideration for the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: English was included for consideration starting from the 49th Jnanpith Award.
Which Bengali novelist was the first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award, and for what work did she receive it?
Answer: In 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi became the first woman to receive the award for her novel “Prothom Protishruti” (The First Promise).
What were the original criteria for awarding the Jnanpith Award from 1965 to 1981?
Answer: From 1965 till 1981, the award was given for an author’s “most outstanding work” and included a citation plaque, a cash prize, and a bronze replica of Saraswati.
What are the current prizes awarded to the recipients of the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: Awardees now receive a cash prize of Rs 11 lakh, a statue of Vagdevi (goddess Saraswati), and a citation honoring their literary achievements.
What significant changes were made to the award criteria in subsequent years?
Answer: The rules were revised to consider only works published during the preceding twenty years, excluding the year for which the award was to be given.
What is the full name of the poet and filmmaker popularly known as Gulzar?
Answer: His full name is Sampooran Singh Kalra.
Which prestigious literary award did Gulzar receive for Urdu literature in 2002?
Answer: He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in 2002.
In which year did Gulzar receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, and what is its significance?
Answer: Gulzar received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013, which is India’s highest award in cinema.
For which notable contributions was Gulzar awarded the Padma Bhushan, and in what year?
Answer: Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 for his contributions to literature and film.
How many National Film Awards has Gulzar won for his works, and what do these awards recognize?
Answer: Gulzar has won at least five National Film Awards, which recognize excellence in Indian cinema.
What innovative poetic form did Gulzar create, and what are its characteristics?
Answer: Gulzar invented a new genre called ‘Triveni,’ which is a non-mukaffa poem consisting of three lines.
Which song did Gulzar write for the film “Slumdog Millionaire,” and what awards did it receive?
Answer: Gulzar wrote the song “Jai Ho” for the film “Slumdog Millionaire,” which received an Oscar in 2009 and a Grammy Award in 2010.
What is the full name of the founder and head of Tulsi Peeth in Chitrakoot?
Answer: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya.
