Who was honoured with the 55^th Jnanpith Award for the year 2019?

The correct answer is A Achuthan Namboothiri.

Key Points

• Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was the 55th winner of the Jnanpith Award in 2019.
  • He was an Indian poet and essayist who wrote in Malayalam.
  • He was honoured with the Odakkuzhal Award in 1973.
  • He was honoured with the Vallathol Award in 1997.
  • He was honoured with the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram in 2008.
  • He was honoured with the theVayalar Award in 2012.
  • He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2017.
  • Notable works of Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri are:
    • Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam.
    • Balidarshanam.
    • Nimisha Kshetram.
    • Idinju Polinja Lokam.
    • Kedatha Sooryan
• On 11 April 2022, Eminent Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan has conferred the 56th Jnanpith Award for the year 2021.

Additional Information

• Krishna Sobti was an Indian Hindi-language writer.
  • She was born in Gujrat, India.
  • She writes under the pseudonym Hashmat.
  • Krishna Sobti awarded the 53rd Jnanpith Award 2017.
  • She died on 25 January 2019.
  • Notable works of Krishna Sobti are:
    • Zindaginama.
    • Jaini Meharban Singh.
    • Mitro Marajani.
    • Daar Se Bichchuri.
    • Tin Pahad.
• Chitra Mudgal is an Indian Writer who became the first Indian woman to receive the coveted Vyas Samman.
• Shobha Rao is an American novelist who won the 2014 Katherine Anne Porter Prize.