 | Goan writer Damodar Mauzo gets Jnanpith AwardMauzo's famous novel 'Karmelin', published in 1981, received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983. It has been translated in Hindi, Marathi, English, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Odia and Maithili languages. |
 | Eminent Assamese writer and Jnanpith awardee Nilmani Phookan dies at 90Author of several collections of poetry, his principal works, includes 'Phuli Thoka Suryamukhi Phulor Phale' (To a Sunflower in bloom), 'Golapi Jamur Lagna' (The Raspberry Moment), 'Kobita' (Poems). |
 | In a first, English author Amitav Ghosh wins Jnanpith awardGhosh is a path- breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings to the modern era and weaves a space where the past connects with the present, said Bharatiya Jnanpith. |
