The Jnanpith Award is given to authors for excellence in literature. Which author is NOT a recipient of the Jnanpith Award?
R.K. Narayan
The Jnanpith Award is India's highest literary award, given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith.
Gulzar (Urdu) and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Sanskrit) jointly received the 58th Jnanpith Award for 2023.
Vinod Kumar Shukla (Hindi) was named the 59th Jnanpith awardee for 2024.
R.K. Narayan, though famous for 'Malgudi Days' and 'The Guide' (Sahitya Akademi Award, 1960), never received the Jnanpith Award.
Hence, R.K. Narayan.
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