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Who was the first winner of the prestigious Jnanpith Award?

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Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay

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Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa

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G Sankara Kurup

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Umashankar Joshi

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The correct option is C G Sankara Kurup
G.Sankara Kurup, better known as Mahakavi G (The Great Poet G), was the first winner of the Jnanpith Award ,Indias highest literacy award. He won the prize in 1965 for his collection of poems in Malayalam Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute, 1950).

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