The Jnanpith Award in 2007 was won by Konkani writer Ravindra Kelekar.
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Jnanpith Award was created in 1961.
Vinda Karandikar won the third Gyanpeeth award in Marathi literature in 2003.
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The first Indian woman writer to receive the Jnanpith Award was Ashapurna Devi.
Literature
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Ashapurna Devi
G. Shankara Kurup was the first recipient of the Jnanpith Award in 1965 for his outstanding contributions to Indian literature in Malayalam.
In 2006, JaMarcus Russell of Louisiana State won the Manning Award.
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