The Nrupatunga Award is an award for excellence in Kannada literature in the Indian state of Karnataka. The award was instituted by the Kannada Sahitya Parishat and is sponsored by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). Instituted in honor of the Rashtrakuta King 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.Panchamukhi in Kamath (2001), p80Sastri (1955), p. 146.
List of awardees + Year Image Writer 2007 Javaregowda 2008 Patil Puttappa 2009 G. S. Shivarudrappa2010 Devanur Mahadeva () C. P. Krishnakumar 2011 M. M. Kalburgi 2012 Sara Aboobacker 2013 Baraguru Ramachandrappa 2014 Kum. Veerabhadrappa 2015 T. V. Venkatachala Sastry 2016 M. Chidananda Murthy 2017 S. L. Bhyrappa 2018 Siddalingaiah 2019 Chennaveera Kanavi 2020 G. S. Amur2021Mallepuram G Venkatesh2022Vaidehi
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External links (in Kannada). Karnataka Sahitya Academy