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{{short description|Indian Kannada literary award}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Pampa Prashasti<br>ಪಂಪ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ
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| subheader = Highest literary award for contributions to Kannada literature
| awarded_for = Highest literary award of <br/>[[Karnataka]]
| sponsor = [[Government of Karnataka]]
| firstawarded = 1987
| lastawarded = 2025
| reward = {{INR}}1 [[lakh]] (1987{{endash}}2007) <br/> {{INR}}3 [[lakh]] (2008{{endash}}present)
Present - 5 lakh
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| holder_label = Most recent winner
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| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 37
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[Kuvempu]]
| award3_type = Last winner
| award3_winner = [[Devanur Mahadeva]]
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The '''Pampa Award''' (or '''Pampa Prashasti''') is a literary award in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. The award was established in 1987 by the [[government of Karnataka]]. It is the highest literary honor conferred by the Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka State, and recognises works written in the [[Kannada]] language (1 of the 22 [[Languages with official status in India|official languages of India]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/01/stories/2004020101750500.htm|title=Kadambotsava from Monday|date=1 February 2004|access-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107000042/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/01/stories/2004020101750500.htm|archive-date=7 November 2012|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The award is named after the first Kannada poet [[Adikavi Pampa]].<ref name=GV>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/pampa-award-for-gv/article6862978.ece|title=Pampa award for GV|work=The Hindu|date=6 February 2015|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref> The award originally comprised a cash prize of {{INRConvert|1|l}}, a shawl, a citation and a memento.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/27/stories/2005062716510400.htm|title=Dept. announces all awards at once|date=27 June 2005|access-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104051400/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/27/stories/2005062716510400.htm|archive-date=4 November 2012|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The cash prize was increased to {{INRConvert|3|l}} in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/19/stories/2009011953580300.htm|title=Shastri to continue to promote Kannada|date=19 January 2009|access-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104051457/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/19/stories/2009011953580300.htm|archive-date=4 November 2012|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Prior to 1996, the awards were given for a best single work by a Kannada writer. Since then, the award has been given to writers for their lifetime contribution to the Kannada literature. The Pampa Prashasti is presented by the [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]], during the Kadambotsava, a cultural festival held annually in Pampa's hometown of [[Banavasi]] in [[Uttara Kannada]] district.<ref name=GV/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Kambara-gets-Pampa-award-2003/articleshow/437517.cms?referral=PM|title=Kambara gets Pampa award 2003|last=Mehu|first=Sowmya Aji|work=The Times of India|date=21 January 2004|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref>

Since its inception in 1987, the award has been given to a more than 30 individuals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/The-Raj-route/article14691499.ece/|title=The Raj route|last=Kaikini|first=Jayant|work=The Hindu|date=21 April 2011|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref> [[Kuvempu]] was the first recipient of the award who was honored for his work ''[[Sri Ramayana Darshanam]]'' (1949), a modern rendition of the Indian [[Indian epic poetry|epic]] [[Ramayana]]. In 2015, [[Chandrashekhar Patil]] returned his award as a sign of protest against the assassination of the scholar [[M. M. Kalburgi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kalburgi-murder-kannada-writer-to-return-pampa-award/article7622303.ece|title=Kalburgi murder: Kannada writer to return Pampa award|work=The Hindu|date=7 September 2015|access-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917034337/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kalburgi-murder-kannada-writer-to-return-pampa-award/article7622303.ece|archive-date=17 September 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 2025's award is announced for famous writer [[Devanur Mahadeva]].

==Recipients==
[[File:Kuvempu1.jpg|thumbnail|upright|alt=An image of Kuvempu.|Kuvempu was the first recipient of the award.]]
[[File:K S Narasimha Swamy photo of portrait from his home .jpeg|thumbnail|upright|alt=A portrait of K S Narasimhaswamy.|K S Narasimhaswamy was given the award in 1995.]]
[[File:G. Venkatasubbaiah.jpg|thumbnail|upright|G.Venkatasubbayya awarded in 2014]]
[[File:Dr. Siddalingaiah.jpg|thumbnail|upright|Dr. Siddalingaiah, the recent awardee, received in 2019]]
[[File:Devanuru Mahadeva.jpg|thumbnail|upright|Devanura Mahadeva selected for the year 2025]]
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Writer
! scope="col" | Work
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1987
! scope="row" | [[Kuvempu]]
| ''[[Sri Ramayana Darshanam]]''
|<ref>{{cite book|title=Culture p484-485|url=http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/HandbookKarnataka2010/Chapter%20XIII%20CULTURE.pdf|work=A Handbook of Karnataka|publisher=Government of Karnataka|access-date=10 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008075154/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/gazetteer/HandbookKarnataka2010/Chapter%20XIII%20CULTURE.pdf|archive-date=8 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 1988
! scope="row" | [[T. N. Srikantaiah]]
| ''Bharathiya Kavya Meemaamse''
|<ref name=pp>{{cite web|url=http://karnatakasahithyaacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pampa-prashasti.pdf|title=Pampa Prashasti|language=kn|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428051557/http://karnatakasahithyaacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pampa-prashasti.pdf|archive-date=28 April 2017|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 1989
! scope="row" | [[K. Shivaram Karanth]]
| ''Mai Managala Sulliyali''
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/news/dec/09kar.htm|title=Shivaram Karanth is dead|work=Rediff.com|date=9 December 1997|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083942/http://m.rediff.com/news/dec/09kar.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 1990
! scope="row" | S. S. Bhoosnurmath
| ''Shoonya Sampadaneya Paramarshe''
|<ref name=pp/>
|-
| 1991
! scope="row" | [[P. T. Narasimhachar]]
| ''Shri Haricharitha''
|{{Sfn|Chari|1994|p=36}}
|-
| 1992
! scope="row" | [[A. N. Murthy Rao]]
| ''Devaru''
|{{Sfn|Chari|1994|p=36}}
|-
| 1993
! scope="row" | [[Gopalakrishna Adiga]]
| ''Suvarna Puthalli''
|
|-
| 1994
! scope="row" | Sediyapu Krishna Bhatta
| ''Vichara Prapancha''
|{{Sfn|Viswanatha|2000|p=75}}
|-
| 1995
! scope="row" | [[K. S. Narasimhaswamy]]
| ''Dundu Mallige''
|<ref name=pp/>
|-
| 1996
! scope="row" | [[M. M. Kalburgi]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref name=pp/>
|-
| 1997
! scope="row" | [[G. S. Shivarudrappa]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref name=pp/>
|-
| 1998
! scope="row" | [[Javare Gowda]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/noted-kannada-writer-d-javare-gowda-passes-away-1464678253-1|title=Noted Kannada writer D Javare Gowda passes away|last=Pruthi|first=Rupali|work=Jagran Prakashan Limited|date=31 May 2016|access-date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014065906/http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/noted-kannada-writer-d-javare-gowda-passes-away-1464678253-1|archive-date=14 October 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
! scope="row" | [[Chennaveera Kanavi]]
| Lifetime contribution
|{{Sfn|Akademi|2001|p=215}}
|-
| 2000
! scope="row" | [[L. Basavaraju]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/223261/writer-l-basavaraju-dead.html|title=Writer L Basavaraju dead|work=Deccan Herald|date=30 January 2012|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
! scope="row" | [[Poornachandra Tejaswi]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Pampa-award-for-Poornachandra-Tejaswi/articleshow/633916707.cms|title=Pampa award for Poornachandra Tejaswi|work=The Times of India|date=21 December 2001|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
! scope="row" | [[M. Chidananda Murthy]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2002/12/25/stories/2002122503180500.htm|title=Pampa Award for Chidananda Murthy|date=25 December 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 May 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
! scope="row" | [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Kambara-gets-Pampa-award-2003/articleshow/437517.cms|title=Kambara gets Pampa award 2003|last=Mehu|first=Sowmya Aji|work=The Times of India|date=21 January 2004|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
! scope="row" | [[H. L. Nage Gowda]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/10/14/stories/2005101403650300.htm|title=Rural love, urban life|last=Gowda|first=Ramchandre|date=14 October 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 May 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
! scope="row" | [[S. L. Bhyrappa]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref name=pp/>
|-
| 2006
! scope="row" | [[G. S. Amur]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/A-writer-in-transition/article15397903.ece|title=A writer in transition|work=The Hindu|date=7 March 2008|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
! scope="row" | [[Yashwant V. Chittal]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref name=pp/>
|-
| 2008
! scope="row" | [[T. V. Venkatachala Sastry]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Shastri-to-continue-to-promote-Kannada/article16354098.ece|title=Shastri to continue to promote Kannada|work=The Hindu|date=19 January 2009|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
! scope="row" | [[Chandrashekhar Patil]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Finally, Pampa award for Champa|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/finally-pampa-award-for-champa/article2451454.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=28 April 2017|date=14 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
! scope="row" | [[Govindray H. Nayak]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/pampa-award-conferred-on-gh-nayak/article5209816.ece|title=Pampa award conferred on G.H. Nayak|work=The Hindu|date=7 October 2013|access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
! scope="row" | [[Baraguru Ramachandrappa]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref name=pp/>
|-
| 2012
! scope="row" | D. N. Shankara Bhat
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcpune.ac.in/notable_professors.php|title=Notable Professors|website=Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute|access-date=11 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425105209/https://www.dcpune.ac.in/notable_professors.php|archive-date=25 April 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
! scope="row" | [[Kayyar Kinhanna Rai]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/poet-freedom-fighter-kayyara-kinhanna-rai-to-turn-100-next-monday/article7272789.ece|title=Poet, freedom fighter Kayyara Kinhanna Rai to turn 100 next Monday|last=Kamila|first=Raviprasad|work=The Hindu|date=2 June 2015|access-date=11 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
! scope="row" | [[G. Venkatasubbiah]]
| Kannada lexicography
|<ref name=GV/>
|-
| 2015
! scope="row" | B. A. Sanadi
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/sanadi-chosen-for-pampa-award/article8287385.ece|title=Sanadi chosen for Pampa Award|work=The Hindu|date=27 February 2016|access-date=2 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
! scope="row" | [[Hampanā]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Hampa Nagarajaiah bags prestigious Pampa award|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/hampa-nagarajaiah-bags-prestigious-pampa-award/articleshow/56492922.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=27 April 2017|date=12 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518202501/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/hampa-nagarajaiah-bags-prestigious-pampa-award/articleshow/56492922.cms|archive-date=18 May 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
! scope="row" | [[K. S. Nissar Ahmed]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Pampa Award for Nisar Ahmed
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/pampa-award-for-nisar-ahmed/article19964779.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=20 February 2018|date=2 November 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
! scope="row" | S. Shettar
| Lifetime contribution
| <ref>{{Cite web|title= ಪ್ರೊ. ಷ. ಶೆಟ್ಟರ್ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಪಂಪ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/education/general-knowledge/news-maker/pampa-award/articleshow/70191257.cms|date=13 July 2019|publisher=Vijayakarnataka.com|access-date=10 Sep 2020|language=kn|trans-title=Pampa award for Prof. S. Shettar}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
! scope="row" | [[Siddalingaiah (poet)|Siddalingaiah]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pampa award for Siddalingaiah|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2020/04/06/siddalingaiah-dalit-activist-resisted-poems/|date=6 April 2020|access-date=10 Sep 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2020
! scope="row" | [[C. P. Krishnakumar]]
| Lifetime contribution
|
|-
| 2021
! scope="row" | S.R.Ramaswamy
| Lifetime contribution
|
|-
| 2022
! scope="row" | Babu Krishnamurthy
| Lifetime contribution
|
|-
| 2023
! scope="row" | [[Na D'Souza]]
| Lifetime contribution
| <ref name=naadsouza>{{cite news|title=ಹಿರಿಯ ಸಾಹಿತಿ ನಾ.ಡಿಸೋಜಾಗೆ ಪಂಪ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ (in Kannada)|url=https://www.prajavani.net/news/karnataka-news/pampa-award-to-na-dsoza-and-other-state-govt-awards-announced-2657339|access-date=2024-01-25|archive-date=2024-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125122356/https://www.prajavani.net/news/karnataka-news/pampa-award-to-na-dsoza-and-other-state-govt-awards-announced-2657339}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
! scope="row" | B.A. Vivek Rai
| Lifetime contribution
|
|-
| 2025
! scope="row" | [[Devanur Mahadeva]]
| Lifetime contribution
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://Lu1zJt5pti4uffrhD|title=Pampa Award for Devanuru|work=Deccan Herald|date=16 April 2026}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JHYsAAAAYAAJ&q=a+n+murthy+rao+devaru+pampa|title=The Book Review, Volume 18|last=Chari|first=C|publisher=Perspective Publications|year=1994}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvljAAAAMAAJ&q=Sediyapu+Krishna+Bhatta+Vichara+Prapancha|title=Routes: representations of the West in short fiction from South India in translation|year=2000|publisher=Macmillan|last=Viswanatha|first=Vanamala|isbn=9780333934111 }}
*{{cite book|title=Indian Literature, Volume 45, Issues 1{{endash}}3|year=2001|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|ref={{sfnref|Akademi|2001|p=215}}}}

==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170428051557/http://karnatakasahithyaacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pampa-prashasti.pdf Pampa Award recipients]}} (in Kannada). [[Karnataka Sahitya Academy]]

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