who received the jnanpeeth award in the year 2017
Krishna Sobti
title: Jnanpith Award text: Urdu (four each), Telugu (three), Assamese, Punjabi, and Tamil (two each), English, Kashmiri, Konkani, and Sanskrit (one each). The award has been conferred upon fifty-eight writers including seven women authors. In 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi became the first woman to win the award and was honoured for the 1965 novel "Pratham Pratisruti" ("The First Promise"), the first in a trilogy. The most recent recipient of the award is English fiction writer Amitav Ghosh who was awarded for the year 2018. The Bharatiya Jnanpith, a research and cultural institute founded in 1944 by industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the title: Indu Jain text: is also founder President of the Ladies wing of FICCI (FLO (March 2017) she is Chairperson of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Trust, which awards the Jnanpith award. Jain was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government Of India in January 2016. Indu Jain was married to Ashok Kumar Jain by whom she had two sons, Samir Jain, Vineet Jain and a daughter. Her husband died on 4 February 1999 in Cleveland, United States at age of 65, following a heart transplant on 10 January. Indu Jain Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current chairperson of India's title: Jnanpith Award text: the citation, statue of Saraswati, and a cheque for prize of at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi. In his acceptance speech, Kurup appreciated the concept of the new award and thanked it for bringing "integration of the diverse people of this land on a spiritual plane". The nominations for the award are received from various literary experts, teachers, critics, universities, and numerous literary and language associations. Every three years, an advisory committee is constituted for each of the languages. The language of the most recent recipient's work is not eligible for consideration for the next two years. Each title: Sahu Jain family text: Das Jain, Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, Sahu Shreyans Prasad Jain, Sahu Ashok Kumar Jain Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain, Sahu Samir Jain, Sahu Vineet Jain, Sahu Deepak Jain and Indu Jain. Jnanpith Awards, are given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization founded by the family. The group has also founded a few other awards that are coveted honours in the fields of fashion, movies and business in India - namely the Miss India title, Filmfare Awards (movies) and the Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence. The Times Group has diversified into many fields. The Times of India (world's largest circulated English newspaper), title: Jnanpith Award text: Jnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". 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 and English, with no posthumous conferral. From 1965 till 1981, the award was given to the authors for their "most outstanding work" and consisted of a citation plaque, a cash prize of , and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom. The first recipient of