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Question
Who was the first winner of the prestigious Jnanpith Award?
Options
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa
G Sankara Kurup
Umashankar Joshi
MCQ
Solution
G Sankara Kurup
Explanation:
G. Sankara Kurup, better known as Mahakavi G (The Great Poet G), was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award. He won the prize in 1965 for his collection of poems in Malayalam Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute, 1950).
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