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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