literature medium True/False

Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan was awarded the 57th Jnanpith Award (for the year 2021), making him the third Assamese writer to receive this honor.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

Nilmani Phookan won the 2021 Jnanpith. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1979) and Indira Goswami (2000) were the previous Assamese winners.

Topic Literary Awards - Recent
Exam Relevance UPSC Prelims, APSC
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