Kuvempu
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Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa, popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu, was an Indian poet, playwright, novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century. He w
Kuvempu in the 1960s
Kuvempu's ancestral house in Kuppali
Kuvempu's memorial in Kavishaila, Kuppali
Kuvempu on a 2017 stamp of India
Jnanpith Award
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The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in
Kuvempu
…playwright, novelist and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest Kannada poet of the 20th century. He was the first Kannada writer to receive the Jnanpith Award. Kuvempu studied at Mysuru University in the 1920s, taught there for nearly three decades and served as its vice-chancellor from 1956 to 1960. He…
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G. Sankara Kurup was the first recipient of the award.
Vairamuthu is the most recent recipient of the award.