* Eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalachandra
Nemade has been chosen for the 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014.
* The decision to confer the 50th Jnanpith
award on 76-year-old Nemade was taken in a meeting of the 10-member selection
board chaired by noted scholar, writer, and critic Prof Namwar Singh in New
Delhi.
* Born in 1938, Namade occupies a unique
place in Marathi literature.
* His hugely celebrated works — from
"Kosala", 1963 to his recently-published magnum opus
"Hindu" — have earned him a reputation as a self-aware, globally
conscious and alert writer, said a statement issued by Bharatiya Jnanpith on 6 February
2015.
* He was honoured with Sahitya Akademi
award in 1991 for his volume of criticism, Teeka Swayamvara, and Padma Shri in
2011.
* Nemade is the fourth Marathi writer to
win the literary honour after VS Khandekar in 1974, VV Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj
in 1988, and Govind Karandikar alias Vinda Karandikar in 2003.
* He has novels like Hool, Bidar (1967),
Zarila (1977) and Zhool (1979) and poetry volumes,Dekhni and Melody to his
credit among other critical essays.
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