He also served on several prestigious committees, including the National Book Trust and the Jnanpith Trust that gives the Jnanpith Award.
Emmy Award | Grammy Award | Tony Award | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film | National Book Award | Daytime Emmy Award | Juno Award | Obie Award | Golden Globe Award | Primetime Emmy Award | Drama Desk Award | César Award | Academy Award for Best Picture | Edgar Award | Konex Award | Academy Award for Best Visual Effects | Academy Award for Best Original Song | Eisner Award | Latin Grammy Award | Hugo Award | Peabody Award | Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | award | Academy Award for Best Actress | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam | BAFTA Award for Best Film | Award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | Academy Award for Best Cinematography | Cy Young Award |
He was first ever recipient of the Jnanpith Award given to an Bengali/Assamese writer, in the year 1979 for his novel Mrityunjay (Immortal).
Chikka Virarajendra,the last ruler of Kodagu was from the Haleri Kingdom.The famous Kannada litterateur and Jnanpith Award recipient, Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, wrote a critically acclaimed book, Chikavira Rajendra, based on the life and times of that ruler.
Rāvūri Bharadvāja (1927 – 18 October 2013) was a Jnanpith award winning Telugu novelist, short-story writer, poet and critic.
then in 2006, he became the first recipient of the Jnanpith award in Sanskrit language (conferred in 2009 by his disciple and Thailand's Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn).
Contemporary prose versions of the epic Ramayana include Sri Ramayana Darshanam by Dr. K. V. Puttappa in Kannada and Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu by Viswanatha Satyanarayana in Telugu, both of which have been awarded the Jnanpith Award.
The film is based on a widely read story by Jnanpith Award winner Mamoni Raisom Goswami.
Mrityunjay: The Jnanpith Award-winning 1979 Assamese novel by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya