The Jnanpith Award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizens in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs.2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze replica of Vagdevi.
The Jnanpith Award was instituted on May 22, 1961 The first award was given in 1965. So far, 40 eminent writers have received the award in 32 years. On two occasions, the award was given to Kannada writers six times, five times each to Hindi and Bengali writers, four times to Malayalam, thrice to Oriya, twice each to Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu and Urdu, and one each to Assamese, Punjabi and Tamil writers.
Jnanpith Award - Recent News
Eminent Malayalam litterateur ONV Kurup and noted Urdu poet Akhlaq Khan Shahryar have been chosen for the Jnanpith Award for the year 2007 and 2008 respectively for their contribution to literature.
The list of award winners so far
Year
Author (Language)
1965
G.Shankara Kurup (Malayalam) for his poems Odakkuzhal
1966
Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya (Bengali) for the novel Ganadevta
1967
Dr K.V Puttappa (Kannada) for Sri Ramayana Darshanam
1967
Uma Shankar Joshi (Gujarati) for Nishitha
1968
Sumitra Nandan Pant (Hindi) for Chidambara
1969
Firaq Gorakpuri (Urdu) for Gul-e-Naghma
1970
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (Telugu) for Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu
1971
Bishnu Dey (Bengali) for Smriti Satta Bhavishyat
1972
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (Hindi) for Urvashi
1973
Dattareya Ramachandra Bendre (Kannada) for Nakutanti
1973
Gopinath Mohanty (Oriya) for Mattimatal
1974
Vishnu Sakaram Khandekar (Marathi) for Yayati
1975
P.V Akilandam (Tamil) for his novel Chittirappavai
1976
Asha Purna Devi (Bengali) for Pratham Pratisruti
1977
K Shivaram Karnath (Kannada) for Mukajjiya Kanasugalu
1978
S.H.V.Ajneya (Hindi) for his novel Kitni Navon men Kitni Bar
1979
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (Assamese) for his novel Mrityunjay
1980
S.K Pottekkatt (Malayalam) for his novel Oru Desattinte Katha
1981
Amrita Pritam (Punjabi) for her literary collection Kagaz te Canvas in Punjabi
From 1982, the award was given for overall contribution to literature
1982
Mahadevi Varma (Hindi)
1983
Masti Venkatesh Ayengar (Kannada)
1984
Takazhi Sivashankar Pillai (Malayalam)
1985
Pannalal Patel (Gujarati)
1986
Sachidanand Rout Roy (Oriya)
1987
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar Kusumagraj (Marathi)
1988
Dr C Narayanan Reddy (Telugu)
1989
Qurratulain Hyder (Urdu)
1990
V.K Gokak (Kannada)
1991
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Bengali)
1992
Naresh Mehta (Hindi)
1993
Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya)
1994
U R Anantha Murthy (Kannada)
1995
M T Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam)
1996
Mahasweta Devi (Bengali)
1997
Ali Sardar Jafri (Urdu)
1998
Girish Karnad (Kannada)
1999
Nirmal Verma (Hindi)
Gurdial Singh (Punjabi)
2000
Indira Goswami (Assamese)
2001
Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (Gujarati)
2002 D. Jayakanthan Tamil
2003 Vinda Karandikar Ashtadarshana Marathi
2004 Rahman Rahi S S Kalami Rahi, Kashmiri
2005 Kunwar Narayan Hindi
2006 Ravindra Kelekar Konkani
2006 Satya Vrat Shastri
The Jnanpith Award was instituted on May 22, 1961 The first award was given in 1965. So far, 40 eminent writers have received the award in 32 years. On two occasions, the award was given to Kannada writers six times, five times each to Hindi and Bengali writers, four times to Malayalam, thrice to Oriya, twice each to Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu and Urdu, and one each to Assamese, Punjabi and Tamil writers.
Jnanpith Award - Recent News
Eminent Malayalam litterateur ONV Kurup and noted Urdu poet Akhlaq Khan Shahryar have been chosen for the Jnanpith Award for the year 2007 and 2008 respectively for their contribution to literature.
The list of award winners so far
Year
Author (Language)
1965
G.Shankara Kurup (Malayalam) for his poems Odakkuzhal
1966
Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya (Bengali) for the novel Ganadevta
1967
Dr K.V Puttappa (Kannada) for Sri Ramayana Darshanam
1967
Uma Shankar Joshi (Gujarati) for Nishitha
1968
Sumitra Nandan Pant (Hindi) for Chidambara
1969
Firaq Gorakpuri (Urdu) for Gul-e-Naghma
1970
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (Telugu) for Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu
1971
Bishnu Dey (Bengali) for Smriti Satta Bhavishyat
1972
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (Hindi) for Urvashi
1973
Dattareya Ramachandra Bendre (Kannada) for Nakutanti
1973
Gopinath Mohanty (Oriya) for Mattimatal
1974
Vishnu Sakaram Khandekar (Marathi) for Yayati
1975
P.V Akilandam (Tamil) for his novel Chittirappavai
1976
Asha Purna Devi (Bengali) for Pratham Pratisruti
1977
K Shivaram Karnath (Kannada) for Mukajjiya Kanasugalu
1978
S.H.V.Ajneya (Hindi) for his novel Kitni Navon men Kitni Bar
1979
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (Assamese) for his novel Mrityunjay
1980
S.K Pottekkatt (Malayalam) for his novel Oru Desattinte Katha
1981
Amrita Pritam (Punjabi) for her literary collection Kagaz te Canvas in Punjabi
From 1982, the award was given for overall contribution to literature
1982
Mahadevi Varma (Hindi)
1983
Masti Venkatesh Ayengar (Kannada)
1984
Takazhi Sivashankar Pillai (Malayalam)
1985
Pannalal Patel (Gujarati)
1986
Sachidanand Rout Roy (Oriya)
1987
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar Kusumagraj (Marathi)
1988
Dr C Narayanan Reddy (Telugu)
1989
Qurratulain Hyder (Urdu)
1990
V.K Gokak (Kannada)
1991
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (Bengali)
1992
Naresh Mehta (Hindi)
1993
Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya)
1994
U R Anantha Murthy (Kannada)
1995
M T Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam)
1996
Mahasweta Devi (Bengali)
1997
Ali Sardar Jafri (Urdu)
1998
Girish Karnad (Kannada)
1999
Nirmal Verma (Hindi)
Gurdial Singh (Punjabi)
2000
Indira Goswami (Assamese)
2001
Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (Gujarati)
2002 D. Jayakanthan Tamil
2003 Vinda Karandikar Ashtadarshana Marathi
2004 Rahman Rahi S S Kalami Rahi, Kashmiri
2005 Kunwar Narayan Hindi
2006 Ravindra Kelekar Konkani
2006 Satya Vrat Shastri
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