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Wellknown Konkani writer, Sahitya Akademi award winning poet, journalist, member of the Konkani Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi and General Secretary of the Konkani Bhasha Mandal Mumbai since 1992, has been appointed Convener of the Konkani Advisory Committee of the Bharatiya Jnanapith for a period of three years. (2002-2004)

Shri Moraes who began his literary career at the age of 15, has authored 14 books on various genres of Konkani literature such as poetry, short story, biography, history of literature, drama, translation and adaptation. He has received several literary awards, prominent among them being Sahitya Akademi Award (1985) Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar (1990), Sandesha Prathistan Prashasti (2001) and Dr. T.M.A. Pai Foundation Award (2001). He is the Founder Editor of ‘Divo’ Konkani weekly. ‘Poinnari’ another weekly from Mumbai brought out a ‘J.B.Moraes Special Issue’ in 2001.

‘Jnanpith’ award is the most prestigious and valuable award of India. It was instituted in 1965 and since then 39 writers of Indian languages have won this award. Every year one living writer from among the 18 major languages (including Konkani) is chosen for this award after considering his lifetime work. In the 37 years history of the awards, the greatest number of awards (6) have gone to Kannada writers. The Award has acquired a unique prestige in the world of literature. It is mainly because of the tremendous effort that goes into the selection of the right recipient. In the process of selection, the role of Language Advisory Committee is very significant.

Though Konkani has become eligible for this award eversince it was included in the 8th schedule of the Constitution in 1992, no Konkani writer has so far won the award. The last award given was for the year 2001 which went to Assamese writer Indira Goswami.

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