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Who won the Jnanpith Award for 2011?

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Sitakant Mahapatra
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Sachidananda Routray
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Pratibha Ray
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Gopinath Monanty
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The correct option is C Pratibha Ray
A professor by profession and a writer by choice, Pratibha Ray undoubtedly is a household name in Odisha and in most parts of India through her translated works. She is one of the leading fiction writers in India today. She was the first woman to receive the coveted National Moorti Devi Award by Bharatiya Jnanpith for the year 1991 for her widely acclaimed novel Jajnaseni. In 2011, she the won Jnanpith Award, the highest award of the country for literature.

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