About

• • The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented to authors for their “outstanding contribution towards literature.” 
  • Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English, with no posthumous conferral.

• The Award is presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organization, based in New Delhi.