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Jnanpith Award for Krishna Sobti
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Noted writer of Hindi literature Krishna Sobti will be conferred with the country’s highest literary honour, Jnanpith Award this year in 2017 for her path-breaking contribution to Indian literature.
Krishna Sobti:
- She will be overall eight women to win this prestigious award
- Krishna Sobti She was born on 18 February 1925 in Gujrat Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan).
- She also has written under the name Hashmat and has published Hum Hashmat, a compilation of pen portraits of writers and friends
- She is known for enriching Hindi literature by experimenting with new styles and forms of writing and also by minting several words in Hindi.
- Her writings have dealt with plethora of issues ranging from partition, relationships between man and woman, changing dynamics of Indian society and slow Deterioration of human values.
- In 1980, Sobti was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel Zindaginama. In 1996, she was also awarded with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship,
Her contributions:
- Some of her celebrated works include Mitro Marjani, Daar Se Bichhudi, Zindaginama, Badalom ke Ghere, Ai Ladki, Dil-o-Danish and Gujarat Pakistan Se Gujarat Hindustan.
- Several of her works have been translated into other Indian languages and also in English, Swedish and Russian.
Jnanpith Award:
- Jnanpith Award Jnanpith Award is India’s highest literary honour.
- Jnanpith Award is given every year to an author for his/her outstanding contribution to Indian literature.
- Its name has been taken from Sanskrit words Jnana and Pitha which means knowledge- -seat.
- It was instituted in 1961 by Bharatiya Jnanpith trust founded by the Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain family that owns the Times of India newspaper group.
- It is bestowed upon any Indian citizen who writes in any 22 official languages of India mentioned in VIII Schedule of Constitution of India and English.
- Prior to 1982, the award was only given for a single work by a writer. But after 1982, the award is given for lifetime contribution to Indian literature.
