The Marathi writer chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award-2014 is __?
The Marathi writer chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award-2014 is __?
[A]Vyankatesh Madgulkar
[B]Bhalchandra Nemade
[C]Annabhabu Sathe
[D]Bahinabai Chowdhary
Bhalchandra Nemade
Eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade has been chosen for the 2014 Jnanpith award, the highest literary honour in India. He has been chosen for the award for his novel Kosala(Cocoon), which changed the dimensions of Marathi novel. Nemade is the fourth Marathi writer to win the literary honour after VS Khandekar in 1974, VV Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj in 1988, and Govind Karandikar alias Vinda Karandikar in 2003.