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| Jnanpith Awards And Its Winners (1965-2017) |
It was conceptualized in 1961 and was first awarded in 1965. G Sankara Kurup was the first Jnanpith award winner. He won the prestigious award for his poem collection, Odakkuzal (The Bamboo Flute) in 1965.
As of 2015. the awardee receives a bronze replica of Hindu Goddess Saraswati and a cash prize of 11 lakhs.
The award has been conferred upon 59 authors and poets including 7 women writers. In 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi became the first woman to win Jnanpith Award for her Hindi novel, Pratham Prastruti (The First Promise). Amitav Ghosh is the Jnanpith Award winner for 2018. He is the first English language writer to win the Jnanpith award. Akkitam has been chosen for 55th Jnanpith Award for the year 2019.
Rules and Selection Procedure
The nominations for the award are received from various critics, academicians, researchers, literates and numerous literary institutions. Recently published works are not eligible for the award. They need to be at least three-years-old. So, award review committee can judge the nomination with its overall impact.
Quick Facts About Jnanpith Award
Award Category: Literature
Instituted: 1961
First Awarded: G Sankara Kurup for Odakkuzal
First Woman Awarded: Ashapoorna Devi for Pratham Prastruti
Total Awarded: 57 including seven female authors.
Cash Prize: 11 Lakhs (INR)
| Year | Recepeint | Language | Notable Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | G Shankar Kurup | Malayalam | Odakkuzhal |
| 1966 | Tarashankar Bandhopadhya | Bengali | Ganadevta |
| 1967 | Uma Shankar | Gujarati | Nishitha |
| 1967 | Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa "Kuvempu" | Kannada | Shri Ramayana Darshanam |
| 1968 | Sumitranandan Pant | Hindi | Chidambara |
| 1969 | Firaq Gorakhpuri | Urdu | Gul-e-Naghma |
| 1970 | Viswanatha Satyanarayana | Telegu | Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu |
| 1971 | Bishnu Dey Smriti | Bengali | Satta Bhavishyat |
| 1972 | Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar | Hindi | Urvashi |
| 1973 | Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre | Kannada | Naku Thanti |
| 1973 | Gopinath Mohanty | Oriya | Praja |
| 1974 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar | Marathi | Yayati |
| 1975 | P. V. Akilan | Tamil | Chittrappavi |
| 1976 | Ashapurna Devi | Bengali | Pratham Pratisruti |
| 1977 | K. Shivaram Karanth | Kannada | Mookajjiya Kanasugalu |
| 1978 | Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Ajneya' | Hindi | Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar |
| 1979 | Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya | Assamese | Mrityunjya |
| 1980 | S. K. Pottekkatt | Malayalam | Oru Desathinte Katha |
| 1981 | Amrita Pritam | Punjabi | Kagaj Te Canvas |
| 1982 | Mahadevi Varma | Hindi | Yama |
| 1983 | Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar | Kannada | Chikkaveera Rajendra |
| 1984 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | Malayalam | Kayar |
| 1985 | Pannalal Patel | Gujarati | Maanavi Ni Bhavaai |
| 1986 | Sachidananda Routray | Oriya | Contrubution in Oriya Literature |
| 1987 | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar | Marathi | Natsamrat |
| 1988 | C. Narayana Reddy | Telegu | Vishambhara |
| 1989 | Qurratulain Hyder | Urdu | Akhiri Shab Ke Humsafar |
| 1990 | Vinayaka Krishna Gokak | Kannada | Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi |
| 1991 | Subhas Mukhopadhyay | Bengali | Padati |
| 1992 | Naresh Mehta | Hindi | Contrubution in Hindi Literature |
| 1993 | Sitakant Mahapatra | Oriya | Contrubution in Oriya Literature |
| 1994 | U. R. Ananthamurthy | Kannada | Contrubution in Kannada Literature |
| 1995 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Malayalam | Randamoozham |
| 1996 | Mahasweta Devi | Bengali | Hajar Churashir Ma |
| 1997 | Ali Sardar Jafari | Urdu | Contrubution in Urdu Literature |
| 1998 | Girish Karnad | Kannada | Contrubution in Kannada Literature |
| 1999 | Nirmal Verma | Hindi | |
| 1999 | Gurdial Singh | Punjabi | |
| 2000 | Mamoni Raisom Goswami | Assamese | |
| 2001 | Rajendra Keshavlal Shah | Gujarati | |
| 2002 | D. Jayakanthan | Tamil | |
| 2003 | Vinda Karandikar | Marathi | Ashtadarshana |
| 2004 | Rehman Rahi | Kashmiri | Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz |
| 2005 | Kunwar Narayan | Hindi | |
| 2006 | Ravindra Kelekar | Konkani | |
| 2006 | Satya Vrat Shastri | Sanskrit | |
| 2007 | O. N. V. Kurup | Malayalam | |
| 2008 | Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shyarar' | Urdu | |
| 2009 | Amarkant | Hindi | |
| 2009 | Sri Lal Shukla | Hindi | |
| 2011 | Chandrashekhara Kambar | Kannada | |
| 2011 | Pratibha Ray | Oriya | Yajnaseni |
| 2012 | Ravuri Bharadhwaja | Telegu | Paakudurallu |
| 2013 | Kedarnath Singh | Hindi | Akaal Mein Saras |
| 2014 | Balchandra Namade | Marathi | Hindu: Jagnyachi Samrudhha Adgal |
| 2015 | Raghuveer Chaudhari | Gujarati | Contrubution in Gujarati Literature |
| 2016 | Shankha Ghosh | Bengali | Contribution in Bengali Literature |
| 2017 | Krishna Sobti | Hindi | Contribution in Hindi Literature |
| 2018 | Amitav Ghosh | English | Contribution in Indian English Literature |
| 2019 | Akkitham Achhutan Namboothiri | Malayalam | Contribution in Malayalam Literature |