Nrupatunga Award

The Nrupatunga Award is an award for excellence in Kannada literature in the Indian state of Karnataka. The award was instituted by the Kannada Sahitya Parishat and is sponsored by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC).^[1] Instituted in honor of the Rashtrakuta King Nrupatunga Amoghavarsha I (ruled c. 814–878), the award carries a purse of ₹700,001. King Nrupatunga finds an important place in the history of India in general and Karnataka in particular for his patronage and contribution to the Kannada language in the 9th century.^[2][3]

Nrupatunga Award
Civilian award for contributions to Literature
2022 winner Vaidehi
Awarded for	Literary excellence award of Karnataka
Sponsored by	Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
Reward(s)	₹700,001
First award	2007
Final award	2022
Most recent winner	Vaidehi
Highlights
Total awarded	16
First winner	Javaregowda
Recent winner	Vaidehi

List of awardees

Year	Image	Writer	Ref.
2007		Javaregowda	[4]
2008	–	Patil Puttappa	[5]
2009		G. S. Shivarudrappa	[6]
2010		Devanur Mahadeva (Rejected by the author)	[7]
		C. P. Krishnakumar
2011		M. M. Kalburgi	[8]
2012	–	Sara Aboobacker	[9]
2013		Baraguru Ramachandrappa	[10]
2014		Kum. Veerabhadrappa	[11]
2015		T. V. Venkatachala Sastry	[12]
2016	–	M. Chidananda Murthy	[13]
2017		S. L. Bhyrappa	[14]
2018		Siddalingaiah	[15]
2019	–	Chennaveera Kanavi	[16]
2020	–	G. S. Amur	[17]
2021		Mallepuram G Venkatesh
2022		Vaidehi	[18]

Further reading

• Sastri, Nilakanta K. A. (2002) [1955]. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. New Delhi: Indian Branch, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-560686-8.
• Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) [1980]. A concise history of Karnataka : from pre-historic times to the present. Bangalore: Jupiter books. LCCN 80905179. OCLC 7796041.