The first woman to receive Jnanpith Award
Ashapoorna Devi (1909 –1995) was the first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award in 1965 for her novel Pratham Pratisruti, the first in a trilogy that included Subarnalata and Bakul Katha. For her contribution to literature, the Sahitya Akademi conferred its highest honour, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, on her in 1994.
