Question: Recently Eminent Hindi poet Kunwar Narayan passed away. In which year he was honored with the prestigious Jnanpith Award?
(a) year-2009
(b) year -2005
(c) year-2008
(d) year -2002
Answer- (b)
Related Facts:
- On November 15th, 2017, senior poet Kunwar Narayan Passed away. He was 90 years old.
- He was born on 19th September, 1927 in Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh).
- He was honored with the Jnanpith Award in 2005 and Padma Bhushan in the year 2009 for the Sahitya Akademi (for the poem collection ‘No other’) in the year 1995.
- Apart from his first poetry collection “Chakravyuh”, which is considered a landmark in Hindi literature, his other works including “Atmajayee”, “Apne Samne”, “Koi Dusra Nahi”, and “In Dinon” put him on the forefronts of the literary world.
Reference:
http://www.ptinews.com/news/9238581_Padma-Bhushan-Hindi-poet-Kunwar-Narayan-dead-at-90.html
http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/kunwar-narayan-1927-2017-among-the-last-of-the-doyens-in-hindi-literature-4939392/
http://kavitakosh.org/kk/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A3
http://www.veethi.com/india-people/kunwar_narayan-profile-2341-25.htm
https://www.notedlife.com/hi/Kunwar-Narayan-biography-in-hindi