The Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award (or Attimabbe Prashasti) is a literary award dedicated for woman writers in the Indian state of Karnataka. The award was established in 1995 by the government of Karnataka. It is the highest literary honour for woman writers conferred by the Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka State, and recognises works written in the Kannada language (one of the 22 official languages of India).

The award is named after Attimabbe, a renowned woman of ancient Karnataka, lived in 950 AD who was parental figure to many Kannada poets including Ranna, Ponna and others. The award comprises a cash prize of , a plaque, shawl and garland. The award has been given to women writers for their lifetime contribution to the Kannada literature and is presented by the Chief Minister.

Since its inception in 1995, the award has been given to a total of 24 individuals. T. Sunandamma was the first writer to receive the award and the most recent recipient is Choodamani Nandagopal, who was awarded for the year 2019 for her lifetime contribution.

Recipients

Year Writer Work 1995 T. Sunandamma Lifetime contribution 1996 Shantadevi Malwada Lifetime contribution 1997 Vaidehi Lifetime contribution 1998 Kamala Hampana Lifetime contribution 1999 Mallika Kadidal Lifetime contribution 2000 Jayalakshmi Srinivasan Lifetime contribution 2001 Sara Aboobacker Lifetime contribution 2002 Geetha Nagabhushan Lifetime contribution 2003 Shailaja Udachan Lifetime contribution 2004 M. Sunitha Shetty Lifetime contribution 2005 Veena Shanteshwar Lifetime contribution 2006 B. T. Lalitha Naik Lifetime contribution 2007 Shashikala Veeraiah Swamy Lifetime contribution 2008 Vijaya Dabbe Lifetime contribution 2009 Shantadevi Kanavi Lifetime contribution 2010 Sudha Murthy Lifetime contribution 2011 Saraswati Chimmalagi Lifetime contribution 2012 B. N. Sumitrabai Lifetime contribution 2013 M. Saraswati Gowda Lifetime contribution 2014 H. S. Srimati Lifetime contribution 2015 Nemichandra Lifetime contribution 2016 Shanti Nayak Lifetime contribution 2017 Sa. Usha Lifetime contribution 2018 H. M. Beelagi Lifetime contribution 2019 Chudamani NandagopalLifetime contribution

See also Attimabbe

References

External links Daana Chintamani Attimabbe award recipients in Kannada-Department of Kannada and Culture