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The first male recipient of the Jnanpith Award was G. Sankara Kurup, an Indian poet. He received the award in the year 1965.
Jnanpith Award was created in 1961.
The first Indian woman writer to receive the Jnanpith Award was Ashapurna Devi.
Mali Madhavan Nair was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award in Malayalam literature, receiving the prestigious honor in 1965 for his outstanding contributions to literature.
Ashapurna Devi
G. Shankara Kurup was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award in 1965 for his outstanding contributions to Indian literature in Malayalam.
Sumitranandan Pant
The Jnanpith Award in 2007 was won by Konkani writer Ravindra Kelekar.
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ravindra kelekar
The last recipient of the Jnanpith Award is Kedarnath Singh in 2013. The 2012 winner was Ravuri Bharadhwaja Pakudu Rallu.