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10th May, 2019

Sub: Proposal for the 33rd Moortidevi Award for the year 2019

Dear Sir/Madam,

Bharatiya Jnanpith invites proposal for the 33rd Moortidevi Award for the year 2019. We seek your kind cooperation in the process of selecting our next awardee.

Moortidevi Award, presented annually, is perhaps the only book award in India for a contemplative and perceptive work which expresses, underlines and illumines human values rooted in the broad vision of Indian philosophy and cultural heritage through literary works of poetry, fiction and non- fiction. Books written in all the Indian languages mentioned in the VIIIth Schedule of Indian Constitution and English are considered.

We shall be grateful if you kindly suggest a suitable book for this award. A Proposal Form is enclosed, which is to be kindly filled and returned by th 30 June, 2019. Your proposal should be accompanied by the original book, / English translation of the book, excerpts of the book in either Hindi or in English and a detailed note on the author.

Please note that Jnanpith does not entertain self nominations; there is no provision for a posthumous award and and Bengali will be out of purview of this year’s award since they happened to be the awarded languages in the last two years as per rules.

An early response will be highly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Madhusudan Anand Director Moortidevi Laureates till date

Late Shri C.K. Nagaraja Rao Late Shri Virendra Kumar Jain Late Shri ‘Darshak’ Late Shri Kanhaiyalal Sethiya Late Shri Late Dr. Vidyaniwas Mishra Late Dr. Munishri Nagaraj Jee Dr. Late Shri Kubernath Rai Late Prof. Shyamacharan Dube Late Shri Shivaji Sawant Late Shri Late Dr. Govind Chandra Pandeya Late Dr. Rammurthy Tripathi Late Yashdev Salya. Late Kalyanmal Lodha Late Narayan Desai Late Dr. Rammurti Sharma Dr. Krishna Bihari Mishra Dr. M. Veerappa Moily Late Dr. Raghuvansh Shri Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Dr. Dr. Gulab Kothari Shri Haraprasad Das Shri C. Radhakrishnan Shri Vishwanath Tripathi Shri Shri M. P. Veerendra Kumar Shri Joy Goswami 33rd MOORTIDEVI AWARD YEAR 2019

AWARD RULES

1. The Award instituted by Bharatiya Jnanpith is presented every year for a contemplative and perceptive work written in any forms of literature which expresses, underlines and illumines human values rooted in the broad vision of Indian philosophy and cultural heritage. The objective of the Award is to foster social and individual commitment to higher values of life through the medium of literature in its larger sense. In that perspective, analytical, reflective and perceptive writing of a higher order would be considered for the Award.

2. Only the work in any of the Indian languages and English of a living author, published at least one year and at the most ten years before the relevant Award year, will be considered for the Award. That is to say, for the 33rd Moortidevi Award for the year 2019, books published between 2009 and 2018 will be considered.

3. Proposals for the Award may be submitted by the publisher or by any other person or an institution. The proposal must be acconpanied by the original book, Hindi/ English translation of the book, excerpts of the book in either Hindi or in English and a detailed note on the author. Proposal forms may be downloaded from the website of Bharatiya Jnanpith. The Selection Committee is free to consider any other works besides the proposals submitted to it. Only the proposal forms, received by due date, will be considered in the selection process. In this process, there is no provision for any reimbursement by Jnanpith and books and articles submitted will not be returned under any circumstances.

4. If, during any Award year, the selection Committee does not find any work measuring upto the required standard, no Award may be declared for that year.

5. The decision of the Selection Board will be final and binding to all.

6. The language of the awarded book that receives the Award in a particular year will not be eligible for competition for the next two years. Hence Malayalam and Bengali will not be considered for this year's award.

7. Once a writer has been selected for the Award, none of his other works will be considered for any subsequent Award. PROPOSAL FORM Date......

Bharatiya Jnanpith 18, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 33rd MOORTIDEVI AWARD Award Year : 2019

1. Proposer Name...... Address ...... Mobile...... e-mail...... 2. Proposed Book (Books written in Malayalam and Bengali will not be considered) (a) Title...... (b) Language...... (c) Subject...... (d) First Edition (year)...... (e) Present Edition(Year)...... 3. Author Name...... Address ...... Mobile...... e-mail...... 4. Publisher Name...... Address ...... Mobile...... e-mail......

5. Available Translation of the book in English/Hindi or some other Indian language (if any) : Language...... Name of the Translator...... Publisher's address & Contact Number...... 6. A brief note on the proposed book :...... 7. Author's other works ......

Date...... Signature

(Proposer) Note :1. If the space provided falls short for any additional information, please use a separate sheet, indicating the reference number of the column. 2. Proposal Form may please be returned duly filled by 30th June, 2019 at the address given above.