Nrupatunga Award
| Nrupatunga Award | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awarded by Kannada Sahitya Parishat | |||||
| Type | Civilian | ||||
| Category | Literature | ||||
| Description | |||||
| Description |
Highest literary award of Karnataka | ||||
| Statistics | |||||
| Instituted | 2006 | ||||
| First awarded | 2007 | ||||
| Last awarded | 2012 | ||||
| Total awarded | 6 | ||||
| Cash award | INR ₹ five hundred thousand and one (₹500,001) | ||||
| First awardee(s) | D. Javare Gowda | ||||
| Last awardee(s) | Sara Abubaker | ||||
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The Nrupatunga Award is an award for excellence in Kannada literature in the Indian state of Karnataka. The award was instituted by the Kannada Sahitya Parishat and is sponsored by the Bangalore Metropolitan transport Corporation (BMTC).[1] Instituted in honor of the great Rashtrakuta King Nrupatunga Amoghavarsha I (ruled c.814-878), the award carries a purse of INR ₹500,001. King Nrupatunga finds an important place in the history of India in general and Karnataka in particular for his patronage and contribution to the Kannada language in the 9th century.[2][3]
List of Awardees
| Year | Writer |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Javare Gowda[4] |
| 2008 | Patil Puttappa[5] |
| 2010 | Devanur Mahadeva[6] |
| 2010 | C. P. Krishnakumar[6] |
| 2011 | M. M. Kalburgi[7] |
| 2012 | Sara Abubaker[8] |
Notes
- ↑ Nrupatunga award to be instituted - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition
- ↑ Panchamukhi in Kamath (2001), p80
- ↑ Sastri (1955), p. 146.
- ↑ The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Kannada will get classical tag soon, declares Rajasekharan
- ↑ Nrupatunga award for Patil Puttappa - The Hindu
- 1 2 Nrupatunga Award for two - The Hindu
- ↑ Nrupatunga Award presented to M M Kalburgi - The New Indian Express
- ↑ Sara Abubakker to receive prestigious BMTC Nrupatunga Award
References
- Sastri, Nilakanta K. A. (2002) [1955]. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. New Delhi: Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-560686-8.
- Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) [1980]. A concise history of Karnataka : from pre-historic times to the present. Bangalore: Jupiter books. LCCN 80905179. OCLC 7796041.
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