Who won the 2022 'Jnanpith Award'?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Damodar Mauzo
The Jnanpith Award is India’s highest literary award, given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an Indian writer for an outstanding contribution to literature in one of the languages of the Eighth Schedule or English.
Damodar Mauzo, a Konkani writer from Goa, was chosen for the 57th Jnanpith Award, for the year 2022. He is known for the novel Karmelin and for his short stories. The choice was announced together with that of the Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan, who received the award for 2021.