Question: who has been selected for the prestigious 2016 jnanpith award
Answer: t , Amarkant Hindi ! Hindi 2009 ( 45th ) † Sukla , Sri Lal Sri Lal Sukla Hindi ! Hindi ( 46th ) Kambara , Chandrashekhara Chandrashekhara Kambara Kannada ! Kannada 2011 ( 47th ) Ray , Pratibha Pratibha Ray Odia ! Odia 2012 ( 48th ) Bharadhwaja , Ravuri Ravuri Bharadhwaja Telugu ! Telugu 2013 ( 49th ) Singh , Kedarnath Kedarnath Singh Hindi ! Hindi 2014 ( 50th ) Nemade , Bhalchandra Bhalchandra Nemade Marathi ! Marathi 2015 ( 51st ) Chaudhari , Raghuveer Raghuveer Chaudhari Gujarati ! Gujarati 2016 ( 52nd ) Ghosh , Shankha Shankha Ghosh Bengali ! Bengali 2017 ( 53rd ) Sobti , Krishna Krishna Sobti Hindi ! Hindi