Famous Hindi littérateur Krishna Sobti has been chosen Jnanpith Award 2017
- She was Born in 1925 in Gujrat in Pakistan’s Punjab Province
- She is well-recognised for experimenting with new writing styles and creating “bold” and “daring” characters in her stories.
- Her language was highly influenced by the intermingling of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi cultures.
- Partition, and relationships between man and woman, to the changing dynamics of the Indian society and the gradual deterioration of human values are the main themes of her literary works.
- Some of her celebrated works include Daar Se Bichhudi, Mitro Marjani, Zindaginama, Dil-o-Danish, Badalom ke Ghere, Ai Ladki and Gujarat Pakistan Se Gujarat Hindustan.
- She has won Hindi Akademi Awards, Shiroman Awards, Maithli Sharan Gupt Samman, Sahitya Akademi Fellowship and Padma Bhushan.
About Jnanpith Award
- It is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature".
- It was instituted in 1961.
- The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup.
- He received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute)
