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{{short description|Indian Kannada literary award}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Nrupatunga Award
| image = Vaidehi.jpg
| image_upright = yes
| alt =
| caption = 2022 winner Vaidehi
| subheader = Civilian award for contributions to [[Literature]]
| awarded_for = Literary excellence award of [[Karnataka]]
| sponsor = [[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation]]
| firstawarded = 2007
| lastawarded = 2022
| reward = ₹700,001
| former name =
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = [[Vaidehi (Kannada writer)|Vaidehi]]
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 16
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[Javaregowda]]
| award3_type = Recent winner
| award3_winner = [[Vaidehi (Kannada writer)|Vaidehi]]
| website =
}}

The '''Nrupatunga Award''' is an award for excellence in Kannada literature in the [[India]]n state of [[Karnataka]]. The award was instituted by the [[Kannada Sahitya Parishat]] and is sponsored by the [[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation]] (BMTC).<ref>{{cite web|title=Nrupatunga award to be instituted|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/nov292006/city2304420061129.asp|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=29 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055541/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/nov292006/city2304420061129.asp|archive-date=21 September 2013|date=29 November 2006}}</ref> Instituted in honor of the [[Rashtrakuta Dynasty|Rashtrakuta]] King [[Amoghavarsha I|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.<ref name="Ashoka">Panchamukhi in Kamath (2001), p80</ref><ref name="fine">Sastri (1955), p. 146.</ref>

==List of awardees==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year
! Image
! Writer
! class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2007
|[[File:De. Javaregowda.jpg|100px]]
! [[Javaregowda]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Kannada will get classical tag soon, declares Rajasekharan|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Kannada-will-get-classical-tag-soon-declares-Rajasekharan/article15176780.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=29 April 2017|date=2 March 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
|{{Dash}}
! [[Patil Puttappa]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Nrupatunga award for Patil Puttappa|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Nrupatunga-award-for-Patil-Puttappa/article15331932.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=29 April 2017|date=31 October 2008}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
|
! [[G. S. Shivarudrappa]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Nrupatunga Award for Shivarudrappa|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Nrupatunga-Award-for-Shivarudrappa/article16541813.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=29 April 2017|date=28 August 2009}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2010
|[[File:Devanuru Mahadeva.jpg|100px]]
! [[Devanur Mahadeva]] <br>({{small|Rejected by the author}})
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|<ref name="th1">{{cite web|title=Nrupatunga Award for two|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Nrupatunga-Award-for-two/article16044065.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=29 April 2017|date=23 September 2010}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Prof CP Krishnakumar.jpg|100px]]
! [[C. P. Krishnakumar]]
|-
| 2011
|
! [[M. M. Kalburgi]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Nrupatunga Award for Kalburgi|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/nrupatunga-award-for-kalburgi/article2651567.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=29 April 2017|date=23 November 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
|{{Dash}}
! [[Sara Aboobacker]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|title=Sara Abubakker to receive prestigious BMTC Nrupatunga Award|url=http://www.mangaloretoday.com/main_Sara-Abubakker-to-receive-prestigious-BMTC-Nrupatunga-Award.html|access-date=29 April 2017|work=Mangalore Today|publisher=mangaloretoday.com|date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054751/http://www.mangaloretoday.com/main_Sara-Abubakker-to-receive-prestigious-BMTC-Nrupatunga-Award.html|archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
|[[File:Baragur Ramachandrappa.jpg|100px]]
! [[Baraguru Ramachandrappa]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Nrupathunga Baraguru|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/nrupathunga-baraguru-kannada-news-99079.html|work=indiaglitz.com|access-date=29 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429135346/http://www.indiaglitz.com/nrupathunga-baraguru-kannada-news-99079.html|archive-date=29 April 2017|date=24 October 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
|[[File:KumVeerabhadrappa.jpg|100px]]
! [[Kum. Veerabhadrappa]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Nrupatunga award for Kum. Veerabhadrappa|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/nrupatunga-award-for-kum-veerabhadrappa/article6600167.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=29 April 2017|date=15 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
|[[File:T. V. Venkatachala Sastry.jpg|100px]]
! [[T. V. Venkatachala Sastry]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=I have passed recognition test: Nrupatunga awardee|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/I-have-passed-recognition-test-Nrupatunga-awardee/articleshow/51859491.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=29 April 2017|date=16 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
|{{Dash}}
! [[M. Chidananda Murthy]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hanur|first1=Krishnamurthy|title=Kannada as a way of life|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/kannada-as-a-way-of-life/article17359200.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=29 April 2017|date=24 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
|[[File:S.L.Bhyrappa.jpg|100px]]
! [[S. L. Bhyrappa]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|last1=Special Correspondent|title=Bhyrappa chosen for Nrupatunga award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bhyrappa-chosen-for-nrupatunga-award/article21665852.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=14 December 2017|date=14 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
|[[File:Dr. Siddalingaiah.jpg|100px]]
! [[Siddalingaiah (poet)|Siddalingaiah]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=ಬಂಡಾಯ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯದ ಮೂಲ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಅಲ್ಲ|url=https://vijaykarnataka.indiatimes.com/state/karnataka/nrupatunga-award-for-poet-siddalingaiah/articleshow/65723926.cms|date=8 September 2018|access-date=12 August 2019|language=kn|trans-title=Nrupatunga Award for Poet Siddalingaiah}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
|{{Dash}}
! [[Chennaveera Kanavi]]
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=ಕವಿ ಚೆನ್ನವೀರ ಕಣವಿಗೆ ನೃಪತುಂಗ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ|url=https://www.prajavani.net/stories/stateregional/nrupatunga-award-chennaveera-655468.html|date=3 August 2019|access-date=12 August 2019|language=kn|trans-title=Nrupatunga Award for Chennaveera Kanavi}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
|{{Dash}}
! [[G. S. Amur]]
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|title=ಜಿ. ಎಸ್. ಆಮೂರಗೆ 'ನೃಪತುಂಗ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ'|url=https://www.prajavani.net/amp/artculture/gs-amura-nrupatunga-award-760420.html|date=10 September 2020|publisher=Prajavani.com|access-date=10 September 2020|language=kn|trans-title=Nrupatunga Award for G. S. Amur}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|
!Mallepuram G Venkatesh
|[https://www.prajavani.net/karnataka-news/nrupatunga-award-to-mallepuram-g-venkatesh-858526.html]
|-
|2022
|[[File:Vaidehi.jpg|100px]]
![[Vaidehi (Kannada writer)|Vaidehi]]
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vijayavani.net/article-about-writer-vaidehi-who-selected-for-nrup|title=Vaidehi selected for Nrupatunga Award|work=Vijaya Vani|language=Kannada|date= 26 February 2023}}</ref>
|}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last= Sastri|first= Nilakanta K. A.|title= [[A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar]]|orig-year=1955|author-link=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri|year=2002|publisher= Indian Branch, Oxford University Press|location= New Delhi|isbn= 0-19-560686-8}}
*{{cite book |last= Kamath|first= Suryanath U.|author-link=Suryanath U. Kamath|title= A concise history of Karnataka : from pre-historic times to the present|orig-year=1980|year= 2001|publisher= Jupiter books|location= Bangalore|oclc= 7796041 |lccn= 80905179}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20201028020609/http://karnatakasahithyaacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nrupatunga-sahitya-prashasti.pdf Nrupathunga Sahitya Prashasti]}} (in Kannada). [[Karnataka Sahitya Academy]]

{{Karnataka topics}}

[[Category:Kannada literature]]
[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2007]]
[[Category:2007 establishments in Karnataka]]

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