Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo and Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan conferred with 57th and 56th Jnanpith Award respectively
Eminent Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo has been conferred with 57th Jnanpith Award for the year 2022.
Mauzo is the second Konkani writer after Ravindra Kelekar (42nd edition in 2006) to win Jnanpith award.
Apart from this, noted Assamese poet and litterateur Nilmani Phookan has been felicitated with the 56th Jnanpith award for 2021.
Phookan is the third Assamese writer to receive the Jnanpith after Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya in 1979 and Mamoni Raisom Goswami in 2000.
About Jnanpith Award: The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary award of India, presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their “outstanding contribution towards literature”.
