alleryWho won the first Jnanpith Award in 1965 for his Malayalam poetry?
AG. Sankara Kurup
BK. V. Puttappa
CT. Bandyopadhyay
DUmashankar Joshi
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. G. Sankara Kurup
Malayalam poet G. Sankara Kurup won the inaugural Jnanpith Award in 1965 for his poetry collection 'Odakkuzhal'.
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