Akilan P.V.

(1922-1988) Tamil writer and Jnanapeeth award winner. Works include Chittirappavai & Kayalvizhi

Amrita Preetam

(1919-) Poetess and novelist. Winner of Jnanapeeth award in 1981

Ashapurna Devi

(1909-) Bengali writer and Jnanapeeth awardee

Dattatraya R. Bendre

Kannada Poet and Jnanapeeth award winner [more]

Girish Karnad

(1938-) Kannada playwright, actor and director; Jnanapeeth awardee

Jnanapeeth

(jnana-pee-thha, from Sanskrit, translates to "the seat of knowledge"), the highest literary honor in India, awarded by the Government of India.

Masti Venkatesh Iyengar

Kannada short story writer; Jnanapeeth awardee; works include Madakari Nayaka

Puttappa K. V.

Popular Kannada poet and writer; Jnanapeeth award winner; works include Sri Ramayana Darshanam, Kanooru Heggaditi [more]

Shivaram Karanth

Accomplished writer; dancer, novelist, environmentalist and educator; Jnanapeeth awardee; works include Mookajjiya Kanasugalu, Hucchu Hareyada Hadinaru Mukha [more]

Thakazhi Shivashankar Pillai

(1915-1999) Malayalam writer and Jnanapeeth awardee; works include Kayar, Chemmeen, Rantitangazhi

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

(1895-1976) Telugu writer and poet; awardee of Jnanapeeth, known as a writer in rigid classical style.

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