Odia writer Pratibha Ray named for Jnanpith AwardExpected question in PSC

Jnanpith Award for 2011  

Pratibha Ray

 

•  Pratibha Ray is an Indian academic and writer

•  She was the first woman to win the Moortidevi Award in 1991

•  Her first novel Barsha Basanta Baishakha

   She was awarded

  • 1985 - 'Orissa Sahitya Academi Award' for her novel 'Sheelapadma'

  • 1990 - 'Sarala Award' for her novel 'Yajnaseni'

  • 1991 - 'Moortidevi Award' for her Novel 'Yajnaseni'

  • 2000 - 'Sahitya Akademi Award' for her Short-Story Collection 'Ullaghna'

  • 2006 - 'Amrita Keerti Puraskar'

  • 2007 - 'Padma Shri Award' in Literature and Education by the Government of India.

  • 2011 - 'Jnanpith Award'