Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai will present the Jnanpith Award to Damodar Mauzo, a Goan Konkani writer at the Raj Bhavan on May 27 at 5 pm. The 57th Jnanpith Award ceremony will also be graced by Gulzar, a Special Guest and an internationally acclaimed Urdu poet, author, lyricist, and filmmaker. Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude would be the Guest of Honour. Justice Virendra Jain, President of the Bharatiya Jnanpith, and Smt Pratibha Ray, Chairperson of the Selection Board, would also grace the occasion besides several other luminaries from the fields of literature, art, theatre and cinema. The national-level ceremony would be held by Bharatiya Jnanpith, in collaboration with the Directorate of Art & Culture, Govt of Goa, and KLJ Group.
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