Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award


The Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award 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.
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

YearWriterWork
1995T. SunandammaLifetime contribution
1996Shantadevi MalwadaLifetime contribution
1997VaidehiLifetime contribution
1998Kamala HampanaLifetime contribution
1999Mallika KadidalLifetime contribution
2000Jayalakshmi SrinivasanLifetime contribution
2001Sara AboobackerLifetime contribution
2002Geetha NagabhushanLifetime contribution
2003Shailaja UdachanLifetime contribution
2004M. Sunitha ShettyLifetime contribution
2005Veena ShanteshwarLifetime contribution
2006B. T. Lalitha NaikLifetime contribution
2007Shashikala Veeraiah SwamyLifetime contribution
2008Vijaya DabbeLifetime contribution
2009Shantadevi KanaviLifetime contribution
2010Sudha MurthyLifetime contribution
2011Saraswati ChimmalagiLifetime contribution
2012B. N. SumitrabaiLifetime contribution
2013M. Saraswati GowdaLifetime contribution
2014H. S. SrimatiLifetime contribution
2015NemichandraLifetime contribution
2016Shanti NayakLifetime contribution
2017Sa. UshaLifetime contribution
2018H. M. BeelagiLifetime contribution
2019Chudamani NandagopalLifetime contribution