New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Renowned scholars Jagadguru Ramabhadracharya in Sanskrit and Urdu literary figure Gulzar will be conferred with the 58th Jnanpith Award.
The selection committee for the Jnanpith Awards announced the recipients for the year 2023 on Saturday.
In a statement, the Committee said, "The decision has been made to award the 58th Jnanpith Award to eminent authors in two languages, Jagadguru Ramabhadracharya (Sanskrit literature) and Shri Gulzar (Urdu literature).
The selection committee meeting was chaired by renowned storyteller and Jnanpith laureate Pratibha Ray. Madhav Kaushik, Damodar Mouzo, Prof. Suranjan Das, Prof. Purushottam Bilimale, Prafulla Shiledar, Prof. Harish Trivedi, Prabha Varma, Dr Janaki Prasad Sharma, A. ...