Bengali poet and literary critic Shankha Ghosh will get the 52nd Jnanpith Award for 2016. The award is given for exceptional contribution in the field of literature by Bharatiya Jnanpith.
He is the sixth Bengali to get this prestigious award. Shankha Ghosh was born in Chandipur, present day Bangladesh, He has earlier won the Sahitya Academy Award and the Padmabhushan for his contribution to Indian literature.
The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal.
He is the sixth Bengali to get this prestigious award. Shankha Ghosh was born in Chandipur, present day Bangladesh, He has earlier won the Sahitya Academy Award and the Padmabhushan for his contribution to Indian literature.
The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal.
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