Nrupatunga Award

Nrupatunga Award
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
Awarded for	Literary excellence award of Karnataka
Sponsored by	Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
Reward(s)	₹700,001
First awarded	2007
Last awarded	2022
Most recent winner	=vaidehi (Janaki Srinivas)
Highlights
Total awarded	17
First winner	Javaregowda
Recent winner	vaidehi (Janaki Srinivas

The Nrupatunga Award is an award for excellence in Kannada literature in the Indian state of Karnataka. The award was instituted by the Kannada Sahitya Parishat and is sponsored by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC).^[1] Instituted in honor of the Rashtrakuta King Nrupatunga Amoghavarsha I (ruled c. 814–878), the award carries a purse of ₹700,001. King Nrupatunga finds an important place in the history of India in general and Karnataka in particular for his patronage and contribution to the Kannada language in the 9th century.^[2][3]

List of awardees

Year	Image	Writer	Ref.
2007		Javaregowda	[4]
2008	–	Patil Puttappa	[5]
2009		G. S. Shivarudrappa	[6]
2010		Devanur Mahadeva (Rejected by the author)	[7]
		C. P. Krishnakumar
2011		M. M. Kalburgi	[8]
2012	–	Sara Aboobacker	[9]
2013		Baraguru Ramachandrappa	[10]
2014		Kum. Veerabhadrappa	[11]
2015		T. V. Venkatachala Sastry	[12]
2016	–	M. Chidananda Murthy	[13]
2017		S. L. Bhyrappa	[14]
2018		Siddalingaiah	[15]
2019	–	Chennaveera Kanavi	[16]
2020	–	G. S. Amur	[17]
2021		Mallepuram G Venkatesh	[1]

2022 Vaidehi (Janaki Srinivas Murti) ನೃಪತುಂಗ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪಡೆದ ಎರಡನೇ ಮಹಿಳೆ (ಮೊದಲ ಮಹಿಳೆ ಸಾರಾ ಅಬೂಬಕ್ಕರ್)

Further reading

• Sastri, Nilakanta K. A. (2002) [1955]. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. New Delhi: Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-560686-8.
• Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) [1980]. A concise history of Karnataka : from pre-historic times to the present. Bangalore: Jupiter books. LCCN 80905179. OCLC 7796041.

References

1. "Nrupatunga award to be instituted". Deccan Herald. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
2. Panchamukhi in Kamath (2001), p80
3. Sastri (1955), p. 146.
4. "Kannada will get classical tag soon, declares Rajasekharan". The Hindu. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
5. "Nrupatunga award for Patil Puttappa". The Hindu. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
6. "Nrupatunga Award for Shivarudrappa". The Hindu. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
7. "Nrupatunga Award for two". The Hindu. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
8. "Nrupatunga Award for Kalburgi". The Hindu. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
9. "Sara Abubakker to receive prestigious BMTC Nrupatunga Award". Mangalore Today. mangaloretoday.com. 4 November 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
10. "Nrupathunga Baraguru". indiaglitz.com. 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
11. "Nrupatunga award for Kum. Veerabhadrappa". The Hindu. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
12. "I have passed recognition test: Nrupatunga awardee". The Times of India. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
13. Hanur, Krishnamurthy (24 February 2017). "Kannada as a way of life". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
14. Special Correspondent (14 December 2017). "Bhyrappa chosen for Nrupatunga award". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 December 2017. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
15. "ಬಂಡಾಯ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಮೂಲ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಅಲ್ಲ" [Nrupatunga Award for Poet Siddalingaiah] (in Kannada). 8 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
16. "ಕವಿ ಚೆನ್ನವೀರ ಕಣವಿಗೆ ನೃಪತುಂಗ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ" [Nrupatunga Award for Chennaveera Kanavi] (in Kannada). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
17. "ಜಿ. ಎಸ್. ಆಮೂರಗೆ 'ನೃಪತುಂಗ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ'" [Nrupatunga Award for G. S. Amur] (in Kannada). Prajavani.com. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

External links

• Nrupathunga Sahitya Prashasti (in Kannada). Karnataka Sahitya Academy