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Jnanpith Award – The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour.
Jnanpith Award
The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India. Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the official languages of India is eligible for the honour.
Jnanpith Award Type – Literary award in India First awarded – 1965 (G. Sankara Kurup) Last awarded – 2015 Awarded by – Bharatiya Jnanpith Official website – http://jnanpith.net/ |
Jnanpith Award recipients
Year | Name | Works | Language |
1965 | G. Sankara Kurup | Odakkuzhal (Flute) | Malayalam |
1966 | Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | Ganadevta | Bengali |
1967 | Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (Kuvempu) | Sri Ramayana Darshanam | Kannada |
| Umashankar Joshi | Nishitha | Gujarati | |
1968 | Sumitranandan Pant | Chidambara | Hindi |
1969 | Firaq Gorakhpuri | Gul-e-Naghma | Urdu |
1970 | Viswanatha Satyanarayana | Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu (A resourceful tree:Ramayana) | Telugu |
1971 | Bishnu Dey | Smriti Satta Bhavishyat | Bengali |
1972 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | Urvashi | Hindi |
1973 | Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre | Nakutanti | Kannada |
| Gopinath Mohanty | Matimatal | Oriya | |
1974 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar | Yayati | Marathi |
1975 | P. V. Akilan | Chitttrappavai | Tamil |
1976 | Ashapurna Devi | Pratham Pratisruti | Bengali |
1977 | K. Shivaram Karanth | Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajjis dreams) | Kannada |
1978 | Sachchidananda Vatsyayan | Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar | Hindi |
1979 | Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya | Mrityunjay (Immortal) | Assamese |
1980 | S. K. Pottekkatt | Oru Desathinte Katha (Story of a Land) | Malayalam |
1981 | Amrita Pritam | Kagaj te Canvas | Punjabi |
1982 | Mahadevi Varma | Yama | Hindi |
1983 | Masti Venkatesha Iyengar | Chikkaveera Rajendra | Kannada |
1984 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | Kayar (Coir) | Malayalam |
1985 | Pannalal Patel | Maanavi Ni Bhavaai | Gujarati |
1986 | Sachidananda Routray | – | Oriya |
1987 | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj | For his contributions to Marathi literature | Marathi |
1988 | C. Narayana Reddy | Viswambhara | Telugu |
1989 | Qurratulain Hyder | Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar | Urdu |
1990 | V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak) | Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi | Kannada |
1991 | Subhas Mukhopadhyay | Padatik (The Foot Soldier) | Bengali |
1992 | Naresh Mehta | – | Hindi |
1993 | Sitakant Mahapatra | For outstanding contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature, 1973–92 | Oriya |
1994 | U. R. Ananthamurthy | For his contributions to Kannada literature | Kannada |
1995 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | For his contributions to Malayalam literature | Malayalam |
1996 | Mahasweta Devi | Hajar Churashir Maa | Bengali |
1997 | Ali Sardar Jafri | – | Urdu |
1998 | Girish Karnad | For his contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to Kannada theatre (Yayati) | Kannada |
1999 | Nirmal Verma | – | Hindi |
| Gurdial Singh | – | Punjabi | |
2000 | Indira Goswami | – | Assamese |
2001 | Rajendra Shah | – | Gujarati |
2002 | D. Jayakanthan | – | Tamil |
2003 | Vinda Karandikar | For his contributions to Marathi literature | Marathi |
2004 | Rehman Rahi | Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz | Kashmiri |
2005 | Kunwar Narayan | – | Hindi |
2006 | Ravindra Kelekar | – | Konkani |
| Satya Vrat Shastri | – | Sanskrit | |
2007 | O. N. V. Kurup | For his contributions to Malayalam literature | Malayalam |
2008 | Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’ | – | Urdu |
2009 | Amar Kant | – | Hindi |
| Sri Lal Sukla | – | Hindi | |
2010 | Chandrashekhara Kambara | For his contributions to Kannada literature | Kannada |
2011 | Pratibha Ray | Yajnaseni | Oriya |
2012 | Ravuri Bharadhwaja | For his notable contribution to Telugu literature | Telugu |
2013 | Kedarnath Singh | Akaal Mein Saras | Hindi |
2014 | Bhalachandra Nemade | Hindu: Jagnyachi Samrudhha Adgal | Marathi |
2015 | Raghuveer Chaudhari | For his contributions to Gujarati literature | Gujarati |
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