by CulturoAdmin | Apr 25, 2020 | Honours & Awards
Indian Nobel Prize Winners: Rabindra Nath Tagore (1861-1941): Author and educator, he founded the Shanti Niketan (1901) which later became the Vishwabharati University. Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali. He was the first... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 25, 2020 | Honours & Awards
The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work in Malayalam. The award was instituted in 1977 by the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust in memory of the renowned Malayalam poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma (1928-1975). The Award now carries a prize money of... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 25, 2020 | Honours & Awards
Odakkuzhal Award is an annual literary award that was institued in 1968 by the renowned Malayalam Poet G. Sankara Kurup to commemorate the Jnanpith Award he had won. The award carries a monetary award of INR 30000, a plaque, and a citation. Balakavi Raman won the... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 24, 2020 | Honours & Awards
The Uttar Pradesh Government has instituted several awards in different fields such as Vishwa Bharti Award, Maharishi Valmiki Award, Maharishi Vyas Award, Maharishi Narada Award, Ved Pandit Award, Vishesh Award, Vividh Award and Namit Award. Vishwa Bharti Award:... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 24, 2020 | Honours & Awards
Moortidevi Award is a literary award instituted in 1982 by the Bharatiya Jnanpith in the memory of Smt. Moorti Devi, mother of Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, the founder of Bharatiya Jnanpith to a “contemplative or intellectual work” created by any living author... by CulturoAdmin | Apr 21, 2020 | Honours & Awards
The Saraswati Samman Award, which was instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation in 1991, is considered as one of the highest literary awards of India. It is given for outstanding prose or poetry works in any of the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the... 