Question
Download Solution PDFHow much purse money was given to a recipient of the Akademi Award in 2019?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is ₹1 lakh.
Key Points
- Every year since its inception in 1954, the Sahitya Akademi Award prizes the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by the Akademi
- Each Award carries a plaque, shawl, citation and a Cheque for Rs. One Lakh [₹ 1,00,000].
- The award amount, which was Rs.5,000 since inception, had been enhanced to Rs.10,000 from 1983, Rs.25,000 from 1988, Rs.40,000 from 2001, Rs.50,000 from 2003 and is now Rs.1,00,000 from 2009.
- Zafar Hussain Khan was the first recipient of the Akademi Award in 1955. "Maal aur Mashiyat" (Philosophical Treatise) was the book for which he got the award.
Additional Information
- Tumadi Ke Shabd (Poetry) written by Badri Narayan in Hind was given the 2022 Akademi Award.
- Major Literature Awards in India are:
- Jyanpith award
- Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
- Saraswati Samman
- The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any of the 22 languages of India listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India
- Bihari Puraskar
- It is a prestigious literary award given by the Birla Foundation. In the year 1991, K. K. The Bihari Award was instituted by the Birla Foundation in the name of the famous poet Bihari Lal of the Riti period
- Jyanpith award
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