Moortidevi Award

The Moortidevi Award is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture. In 2003, the prize included an amount of 1 lakh (US$1,500),[1] a plaque, a statue of Saraswati, and a shawl.[2] The cash prize was raised to 2 lakh (US$3,000) in the year 2011[3] and to 4 lakh (US$5,900) in the year 2013.[4]

Recipients

The following are the recipients of the award:[5]

Year Laureate Language Work
1983 C.K.Nagaraja Rao Kannada Pattamhadevi Shantala Devi[1]
1984 Virendra Kumar Jain Hindi Mukti Doot[6]
1986 Kanhaiyalal Sethia Rajasthani
1987 Manubhai Pancholi ‘Darshak' Gujarati Zer To Pidha Chhe Jani Jani
1988 Vishnu Prabhakar Hindi
1989 Vidya Niwas Mishra Hindi
1990 Munishree Nagraj Hindi
1991 Pratibha Rai Odia Yagnaseni[2]
1992 Kubernath Ray Hindi
1993 Shyamacharan Dubey Hindi
1994 Shivaji Sawant Marathi Mrityunjay[1]
1995 Nirmal Verma Hindi Bharat aur Europe: Pratishruti ke Shetra[1]
2000 Govind Chandra Pande[1] Hindi Sahitiya Saundarya aur Sanskriti[1]
2001 Rammurti Tripathi Hindi Shriguru Mahima[1]
2002 Yashdev Shalya Hindi
2003 Kalyan Mal Lodha Hindi
2004 Narayan Desai Gujarati Maroon Jeewan Aaj Mari Vaani[7]
2005 Rammurti Sharma Hindi Bharatiya Darshan Ki Chintadhara[7]
2006 Krishna Bihari Mishra Hindi Kalpataru ke Utsav Leela[8]
2007 M. Veerappa Moily Kannada Shri Ramayana Mahanveshanam [9]
2008 Raghuvansh Hindi Paschimi Bhautik Samskriti Ka Utthan Aur Patan [3]
2009 Akkitham Malayalam Various poems[10]
2010 Gopi Chand Narang Urdu Urdu Ghazal aur Hindustani Zehn-o Tahzeeb[11]
2011 Gulab Kothari Hindi Ahmev Radha, Ahmev Krishnah[12]
2012 Haraprasad Das Odia Vamsha[2]
2013 C. Radhakrishnan Malayalam Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram[4]
2014 Vishwanath Tripathi Hindi Vyomkesh Darvesh[13]
2015 Kolakaluri Enoch Telugu Ananta Jeevanam[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Moortidevi Awards for two writers". Times of India. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Moortidevi Award for Haraprasad Das". The Times Of India. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Hamid Ansari presents 'Moortidevi Award' to Dr. Raghuvansh". May 16, 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Moortidevi Award for C. Radhakrishnan". The Hindu. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. "MOORTIDEVI LAUREATES". Bharatiya Jnanpith. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  6. "Bharatiya Jnanpith second moorti devi literary award". The Times Of India. 27 April 1986. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Narayan Desai to be awarded". Daily News and Analysis. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  8. "Moily gets Moortidevi Award". Deccan Herald. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  9. "Moortidevi Award for Veerappa Moily". Times of India. March 19, 2010.
  10. "Moortidevi Award for Akkitham". The Hindu. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  11. Budhaditya Bhattacharya (19 November 2012). "Reclaiming the ghazal’s space". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  12. "Vice President Calls upon People to Stay Connected with their Cultural Roots". Press Information Bureau. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  13. "Moortidevi Award for Hindi author Vishwanath Tripathi". Business Standard. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  14. Special Correspondent. "Award for Kolakaluri Enoch". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

External links

Official website

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