Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, a renowned Malayalam poet was conferred the Jnanpith award, the country’s highest literary award at a special function held at his house at Kumaranallur, near Palakkad.
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Jnanpith Award is given by Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organization based in Delhi.
It is given annually to an author for their “outstanding contribution towards literature”.
It is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English.
There are no posthumous conferral. Also only works published during the preceding twenty years is considered for the award.
The award consists of cash prize is ₹11 lakh and a Bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom.