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{{Infobox award | {{Infobox award | ||
| name = Jnyanapeeth Award | |||
| name = | |||
| image = Jnanpith Award.jpg | | image = Jnanpith Award.jpg | ||
| image_size = | | image_size = | ||
| alt = | | alt = | ||
| caption = Citation plaque | | caption = Citation plaque | ||
| subheader = Award for individual contributions to Literature<br/>Instituted in 1961 | | subheader = Award for individual contributions to Literature<br />Instituted in 1961 | ||
| awarded_for = Literary award in India | | awarded_for = Literary award in India | ||
| sponsor = [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] | | sponsor = [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] | ||
| firstawarded = 1965 | | firstawarded = 1965 | ||
| lastawarded = | | lastawarded = 2025 | ||
| reward = {{INRConvert|11|l|year=2015}} | | reward = {{INRConvert|11|l|year=2015}} | ||
| former name = | | former name = | ||
| holder_label = Most recent winner | | holder_label = Most recent winner | ||
| holder = [[ | | holder = [[Vairamuthu]] | ||
| award1_type = Total awarded | | award1_type = Total awarded | ||
| award1_winner = | | award1_winner = 65 | ||
| award2_type = First winner | | award2_type = First winner | ||
| award2_winner = [[G. Sankara Kurup]] | | award2_winner = [[G. Sankara Kurup]] | ||
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'''Jnanpith Award''' is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the [[Eighth Schedule | The '''Jnanpith Award''' is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the [[Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India]] and English,{{efn|name=lang|The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India consists of twenty-two languages viz. [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Bodo language|Bodo]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], [[Kannada]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Malayalam]], [[Meithei language|Manipuri]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Santali language|Santhali]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and [[Urdu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/Eighth_Schedule.pdf|title=The Constitution of India: Eighth Schedule|access-date=15 May 2016|page=1|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010536/http://mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/Eighth_Schedule.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>}} with no posthumous conferral.<ref name="scheme">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/sites/default/files//tmp/52nd%20Jnanpith%20Award.pdf|title=Proposal for the 52nd Jnanpith Award|date=18 April 2016|access-date=28 May 2016|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509005855/http://jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/tmp/52nd%20Jnanpith%20Award.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2016}}</ref> | ||
From 1965 till 1981, the award was given to the authors for their "most outstanding work" and consisted of a citation plaque, a cash prize and a bronze replica of [[Saraswati]], the [[Hindu goddess]] of knowledge and wisdom.<ref name="JN">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/awards/jnanpith-award|title=Jnanpith Award @ Bharatiya Jnanpith|access-date=28 May 2016|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith | From 1965 till 1981, the award was given to the authors for their "most outstanding work" and consisted of a citation plaque, a cash prize and a bronze replica of [[Saraswati]], the [[Hindu goddess]] of knowledge and wisdom.<ref name="JN">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/awards/jnanpith-award|title=Jnanpith Award @ Bharatiya Jnanpith|access-date=28 May 2016|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309070110/http://jnanpith.net/awards/jnanpith-award|archive-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/gujarati-writer-raghuveer-chaudhary-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/article8045501.ece|title=Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary chosen for Jnanpith Award|newspaper=The Hindu|date=30 December 2015|access-date=22 May 2016|location=New Delhi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216133705/http://www.thehindu.com/books/gujarati-writer-raghuveer-chaudhary-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/article8045501.ece|archive-date=16 December 2016}} | ||
* {{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/authors-publishers-and-members-of-award-juries-discuss-if-indian-literary-prizes-set-literary-standards/article6842116.ece|title=The prize is right?|newspaper=The Hindu|date=31 January 2015|access-date=22 May 2016|author=Bhattacharji, Jaya Rose|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083346/http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/authors-publishers-and-members-of-award-juries-discuss-if-indian-literary-prizes-set-literary-standards/article6842116.ece|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="saraswati">{{cite web|url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/LIWPL/event_archive/Events_Archives/45Vasant_Panchami.pdf|title=Vasant Panchami, a celebration of Goddess Saraswati|publisher=Government of Odisha|access-date=28 May 2016 | * {{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/authors-publishers-and-members-of-award-juries-discuss-if-indian-literary-prizes-set-literary-standards/article6842116.ece|title=The prize is right?|newspaper=The Hindu|date=31 January 2015|access-date=22 May 2016|author=Bhattacharji, Jaya Rose|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083346/http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/authors-publishers-and-members-of-award-juries-discuss-if-indian-literary-prizes-set-literary-standards/article6842116.ece|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="saraswati">{{cite web|url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/LIWPL/event_archive/Events_Archives/45Vasant_Panchami.pdf|title=Vasant Panchami, a celebration of Goddess Saraswati|publisher=Government of Odisha|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810072354/http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/LIWPL/event_archive/Events_Archives/45Vasant_Panchami.pdf|archive-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer [[G. Sankara Kurup]] who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, [[Odakkuzhal (Poetry)|Odakkuzhal]] (''The Bamboo Flute''), published in 1950.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Natarajan|first1=Nalini|last2=Nelson|first2=Emmanuel Sampath|editor-last1=Natarajan|editor-first1=Nalini|editor-last2=Nelson|editor-first2=Emmanuel Sampath|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA187|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|page=187|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707224951/https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA187|archive-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> The rules were revised in subsequent years to consider only works published during the preceding twenty years, excluding the year for which the award was to be given and the cash prize was increased to {{INRConvert|1.5|l|year=1981}} from 1981.<ref name="Datta">{{cite book |author=Datta, Amaresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA298 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1987 |isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 |page=298 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822025440/https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA298 |archive-date=22 August 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
{{As of|2015}}, the cash prize has been revised to {{INRConvert|11|l|year=2015}} | {{As of|2015}}, the cash prize has been revised to {{INRConvert|11|l|year=2015}}. The award has been conferred upon 65 writers including eight women authors. In 1976, Bengali novelist [[Ashapoorna Devi]] became the first woman to win the award and was honoured for the 1965 novel ''[[Prothom Protishruti]]'' (''The First Promise''), the first in a trilogy.{{efn|The trilogy consists of ''Prothom Protishruti'', ''Subarnalata'', and ''Bakul Katha''.}}<ref>{{cite book|author=Surendran, K. V.|title=Indian Women Writers: Critical Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6t22x7xoG6AC&pg=PA163|year=1999|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-072-6|page=163|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930232527/https://books.google.com/books?id=6t22x7xoG6AC&pg=PA163|archive-date=30 September 2017}} | ||
* {{cite book|author-link1=Roger T. Ames|last1=Ames|first1=Roger T.|last2=Kasulis|first2=Thomas P.|last3=Dissanayake|first3=Wimal|editor-last1=Ames|editor-first1=Roger T.|editor-last2=Kasulis|editor-first2=Thomas P.|editor-last3=Dissanayake|editor-first3=Wimal|title=Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLQ0bTkUfJ8C|year=1998|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-2725-5| | * {{cite book|author-link1=Roger T. Ames|last1=Ames|first1=Roger T.|last2=Kasulis|first2=Thomas P.|last3=Dissanayake|first3=Wimal|editor-last1=Ames|editor-first1=Roger T.|editor-last2=Kasulis|editor-first2=Thomas P.|editor-last3=Dissanayake|editor-first3=Wimal|title=Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLQ0bTkUfJ8C|year=1998|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-2725-5|page=163|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083346/https://books.google.com/books?id=uLQ0bTkUfJ8C|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]], a research and cultural institute founded in 1944 by industrialist [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]] of the [[Sahu Jain family]], conceived an idea in May 1961 to start a scheme "commanding national prestige and of international standard" to "select the best book out of the publications in Indian languages". | The [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]], a research and cultural institute founded in 1944 by industrialist [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]] of the [[Sahu Jain family]], conceived an idea in May 1961 to start a scheme "commanding national prestige and of international standard" to "select the best book out of the publications in Indian languages". Later in November, Rama Jain, the Founder President of the Bharatiya Jnanpith, invited a few literary experts to discuss various aspects of the scheme. Jain along with [[Kaka Kalelkar]], [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]], [[Ramdhari Singh Dinkar]], [[Jainendra Kumar]], [[Jagdish Chandra Mathur]], Prabhakar Machwe, Akshaya Kumar Jain, and Lakshmi Chandra Jain presented the initial draft to the then [[President of India]] [[Rajendra Prasad]] who had shown interest in the scheme's implementation. The idea was also discussed at the 1962 annual sessions of the [[Gujarati Sahitya Parishad|All India Gujarati Sahitya Parishad]] and the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad. | ||
On 2 April 1962, around 300 writers of various Indian languages were invited to Delhi for the two sessions conducted by [[Dharamvir Bharati]] in which the draft was finalised and later presented to Prasad. The first award selection committee meeting was scheduled on 16 March 1963 and Prasad was appointed as its president.<ref name="JN"/> However, Prasad died on 28 February 1963 and thus the scheduled meeting was chaired by Kalelkar and [[Sampurnanand]] acted as president of the committee.<ref name="JN"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/nation-honours-dr-rajendra-prasad-on-his-53rd-death-anniversary/20160228.htm|title=Nation honours Dr Rajendra Prasad on his 53rd death anniversary| | On 2 April 1962, around 300 writers of various Indian languages were invited to Delhi for the two sessions conducted by [[Dharamvir Bharati]] in which the draft was finalised and later presented to Prasad. The first award selection committee meeting was scheduled on 16 March 1963 and Prasad was appointed as its president.<ref name="JN"/> However, Prasad died on 28 February 1963 and thus the scheduled meeting was chaired by Kalelkar and [[Sampurnanand]] acted as president of the committee.<ref name="JN"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/nation-honours-dr-rajendra-prasad-on-his-53rd-death-anniversary/20160228.htm|title=Nation honours Dr Rajendra Prasad on his 53rd death anniversary|work=Rediff.com|date=28 February 2016|access-date=29 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502175508/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/nation-honours-dr-rajendra-prasad-on-his-53rd-death-anniversary/20160228.htm|archive-date=2 May 2016}}</ref> | ||
The first Selection Board consisted of Kalelkar, [[Niharranjan Ray]], [[Karan Singh]], [[R. R. Diwakar]], [[V. Raghavan]], [[B. Gopal Reddy]], [[Harekrushna Mahatab]], Rama Jain, and Lakshmi Chandra Jain and was headed by Sampurnanand. Works that were published between 1921 and 1951 were considered for the first award. The nine language committees that were formed were to submit to the board nominations along with translations of the work into Hindi or English. The final round had four authors; [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] (Bengali), [[D. V. Gundappa]] (Kannada), [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]] (Telugu), and [[G. Sankara Kurup]] (Malayalam). On 19 November 1966, Kurup was presented with the citation, statue of [[Saraswati]], and a cheque for prize of {{INRConvert|1|l|lk=|year=1966}} at a ceremony held at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], Delhi.{{efn|The Malayalam language committee headed by [[N. V. Krishna Warrier]] submitted an undisputed nomination of Kurup's work ''Odakkuzhal'' although the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] opined that no work in Malayalam language was worthy of the inaugural prize.<ref name=Bhaskaramenon/>}} In his acceptance speech, Kurup appreciated the concept of the new award and thanked it for bringing "integration of the diverse people of this land on a spiritual plane".<ref name=Bhaskaramenon>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3_dIkCdTcsC&pg=PR11|title=Sweet, Gentle, Radiant: Selected Poems of G. Sankara Kurup|page=xi|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=2001|author=Krishnakumar, Bhaskaramenon|isbn=978-81-260-1341-8|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807124316/https://books.google.com/books?id=p3_dIkCdTcsC&pg=PR11|archive-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> | The first Selection Board consisted of Kalelkar, [[Niharranjan Ray]], [[Karan Singh]], [[R. R. Diwakar]], [[V. Raghavan]], [[B. Gopal Reddy]], [[Harekrushna Mahatab]], Rama Jain, and Lakshmi Chandra Jain and was headed by Sampurnanand. Works that were published between 1921 and 1951 were considered for the first award. The nine language committees that were formed were to submit to the board nominations along with translations of the work into Hindi or English. The final round had four authors; [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]] (Bengali), [[D. V. Gundappa]] (Kannada), [[Viswanatha Satyanarayana]] (Telugu), and [[G. Sankara Kurup]] (Malayalam). On 19 November 1966, Kurup was presented with the citation, statue of [[Saraswati]], and a cheque for prize of {{INRConvert|1|l|lk=|year=1966}} at a ceremony held at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], Delhi.{{efn|The Malayalam language committee headed by [[N. V. Krishna Warrier]] submitted an undisputed nomination of Kurup's work ''Odakkuzhal'' although the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] opined that no work in Malayalam language was worthy of the inaugural prize.<ref name=Bhaskaramenon/>}} In his acceptance speech, Kurup appreciated the concept of the new award and thanked it for bringing "integration of the diverse people of this land on a spiritual plane".<ref name=Bhaskaramenon>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3_dIkCdTcsC&pg=PR11|title=Sweet, Gentle, Radiant: Selected Poems of G. Sankara Kurup|page=xi|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=2001|author=Krishnakumar, Bhaskaramenon|isbn=978-81-260-1341-8|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807124316/https://books.google.com/books?id=p3_dIkCdTcsC&pg=PR11|archive-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> | ||
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==Rules and selection process== | ==Rules and selection process== | ||
The nominations for the award are received from various literary experts, teachers, critics, universities, and numerous literary and language associations. Every three years, an advisory committee is constituted for each of the languages.<ref name="JN"/> The language of the most recent recipient's work is not eligible for consideration for the next two years.<ref name="scheme"/> Each committee consists of three literary critics and scholars of their respective languages. All the nominations are scrutinised by the committee and their recommendations are submitted to the Jnanpith Award Selection Board | The nominations for the award are received from various literary experts, teachers, critics, universities, and numerous literary and language associations. Every three years, an advisory committee is constituted for each of the languages.<ref name="JN"/> The language of the most recent recipient's work is not eligible for consideration for the next two years.<ref name="scheme"/> Each committee consists of three literary critics and scholars of their respective languages. All the nominations are scrutinised by the committee and their recommendations are submitted to the Jnanpith Award Selection Board. | ||
The Selection Board consists of between seven and eleven members of "high repute and integrity". Each member is part of the committee for a term of three years which can also be extended further for two more terms.<ref name="JN"/> The recommendations of all language advisory committees are evaluated by the board based on complete or partial translations of the selected writings of the proposed writers into Hindi or English. The recipient for a particular year is announced by the Selection Board, which has final authority in selection.<ref name="scheme"/> | The Selection Board consists of between seven and eleven members of "high repute and integrity". Each member is part of the committee for a term of three years which can also be extended further for two more terms.<ref name="JN"/> The recommendations of all language advisory committees are evaluated by the board based on complete or partial translations of the selected writings of the proposed writers into Hindi or English. The recipient for a particular year is announced by the Selection Board, which has final authority in selection.<ref name="scheme"/> | ||
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[[File:G.shankarakurup.jpg|thumbnail|upright|[[G. Sankara Kurup]] was the first recipient of the award.]] | [[File:G.shankarakurup.jpg|thumbnail|upright|[[G. Sankara Kurup]] was the first recipient of the award.]] | ||
[[File: | [[File:Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_the_Rajat_Kamal_Award_to_Shri_Vairamuthu_for_the_Best_Lyrics_(Tamil_Thenmerkku_Paruvakkatru),_at_the_58th_National_Film_Awards_function,_in_New_Delhi_on_September_09,_2011_(cropped).jpg|thumbnail|upright|[[Vairamuthu]] is the most recent recipient of the award.]] | ||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" | {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" | ||
|+List of award recipients, showing the year, and language(s)<ref name="jnanpith">{{cite web|title=Jnanpith Laureates|url=http://www.jnanpith.net/page/jnanpith-laureates|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|access-date=20 May 2016 | |+List of award recipients, showing the year, and language(s)<ref name="jnanpith">{{cite web|title=Jnanpith Laureates|url=http://www.jnanpith.net/page/jnanpith-laureates|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714004820/http://jnanpith.net/page/jnanpith-laureates|archive-date=14 July 2016}}</ref> | ||
! scope="col" |Year | ! scope="col" |Year | ||
! scope="col" |Recipient(s) | ! scope="col" |Recipient(s) | ||
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" |{{Tooltip|Refs./Notes|References and notes}} | ! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="text-align:center;" |{{Tooltip|Refs./Notes|References and notes}} | ||
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| style="text-align:center" | 1965<br/>{{small|(1st)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1965<br />{{small|(1st)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|G. Sankara|Kurup}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|G. Sankara|Kurup}} | ||
| {{sort|Malayalam}} | | {{sort|Malayalam}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Odakkuzhal''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-jnanpith-award/220855|title=The Jnanpith Award: All the past awardees from 1965 to now.|magazine=Outlook India|date=25 July 2003|access-date=20 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611135156/http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-jnanpith-award/220855|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Odakkuzhal''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-jnanpith-award/220855|title=The Jnanpith Award: All the past awardees from 1965 to now.|magazine=Outlook India|date=25 July 2003|access-date=20 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611135156/http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-jnanpith-award/220855|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1966<br/>{{small|(2nd)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1966<br />{{small|(2nd)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tarasankar|Bandyopadhyay}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Tarasankar|Bandyopadhyay}} | ||
| {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | | {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Ganadevata (novel)|Ganadevta]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Ganadevata (novel)|Ganadevta]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" | 1967<br/>{{small|(3rd)}} † | | style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" rowspan=2 | 1967<br />{{small|(3rd)}} † | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Umashankar|Joshi}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Umashankar|Joshi}} | ||
| {{sort|Gujarati|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]}} | | {{sort|Gujarati|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Nishitha''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Nishitha''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kuppali Venkatappa|Puttappa 'Kuvempu'|Kuvempu}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kuppali Venkatappa|Puttappa 'Kuvempu'|Kuvempu}} | ||
| {{sort|Kannada}} | | {{sort|Kannada}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Sri Ramayana Darshanam]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Sri Ramayana Darshanam]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1968<br/>{{small|(4th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1968<br />{{small|(4th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sumitranandan|Pant}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sumitranandan|Pant}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | {{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Chidambara''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Chidambara''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1969<br/>{{small|(5th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1969<br />{{small|(5th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Firaq|Gorakhpuri}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Firaq|Gorakhpuri}} | ||
| {{sort|Urdu}} | | {{sort|Urdu}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Gul-e-Naghma''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Gul-e-Naghma''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1970<br/>{{small|(6th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1970<br />{{small|(6th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Viswanatha|Satyanarayana}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Viswanatha|Satyanarayana}} | ||
| {{sort|Telugu|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]}} | | {{sort|Telugu|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Ramayana | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Ramayana Kalpavruksham]]u''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1971<br/>{{small|(7th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1971<br />{{small|(7th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bishnu|Dey}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bishnu|Dey}} | ||
| {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | | {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Smriti Satta Bhavishyat''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Smriti Satta Bhavishyat''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1972<br/>{{small|(8th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1972<br />{{small|(8th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ramdhari|Singh 'Dinkar'|Ramdhari Singh Dinkar}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ramdhari|Singh 'Dinkar'|Ramdhari Singh Dinkar}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | {{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Urvashi''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Urvashi''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" | 1973<br/>{{small|(9th)}} † | | style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" rowspan=2 | 1973<br />{{small|(9th)}} † | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|D. R.|Bendre}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|D. R.|Bendre}} | ||
| {{sort|Kannada}} | | {{sort|Kannada}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Nakutanti''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Nakutanti''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gopinath|Mohanty}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gopinath|Mohanty}} | ||
| {{sort|Odia|[[Odia language|Odia]]}} | | {{sort|Odia|[[Odia language|Odia]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Matimatal''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Matimatal''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1974<br/>{{small|(10th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1974<br />{{small|(10th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vishnu Sakharam|Khandekar}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vishnu Sakharam|Khandekar}} | ||
| {{sort|Marathi|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}} | | {{sort|Marathi|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Yayati (novel)|Yayati]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Yayati (novel)|Yayati]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1975<br/>{{small|(11th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1975<br />{{small|(11th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Akilan | ! scope="row" | {{sortname||Akilan}} | ||
| {{sort|Tamil|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]}} | | {{sort|Tamil|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Chitttrappavai''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Chitttrappavai''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1976<br/>{{small|(12th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1976<br />{{small|(12th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ashapoorna|Devi}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ashapoorna|Devi}} | ||
| {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | | {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Prothom Protishruti|Pratham Pratisruti]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Prothom Protishruti|Pratham Pratisruti]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1977<br/>{{small|(13th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1977<br />{{small|(13th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|K. Shivaram|Karanth}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|K. Shivaram|Karanth}} | ||
| {{sort|Kannada}} | | {{sort|Kannada}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (novel)|Mookajjiya Kanasugalu]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (novel)|Mookajjiya Kanasugalu]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1978<br/>{{small|(14th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1978<br />{{small|(14th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | | ! scope="row" | [[Agyeya|Sachchidananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya']] | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | {{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1979<br/>{{small|(15th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1979<br />{{small|(15th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Birendra Kumar|Bhattacharya}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Birendra Kumar|Bhattacharya}} | ||
| {{sort|Assamese|[[Assamese language|Assamese]]}} | | {{sort|Assamese|[[Assamese language|Assamese]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Mrityunjay''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Mrityunjay''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1980<br/>{{small|(16th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1980<br />{{small|(16th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|S. K.|Pottekkatt}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|S. K.|Pottekkatt}} | ||
| {{sort|Malayalam}} | | {{sort|Malayalam}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Oru Desathinte Katha]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''[[Oru Desathinte Katha]]''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1981<br/>{{small|(17th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1981<br />{{small|(17th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Amrita|Pritam}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Amrita|Pritam}} | ||
| {{sort|Punjabi|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]}} | | {{sort|Punjabi|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Kagaj te Canvas''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | | style="text-align:center" | {{efn|Awarded for ''Kagaj te Canvas''.}}<ref name="outlook1965-2001"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1982<br/>{{small|(18th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1982<br />{{small|(18th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mahadevi|Varma}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mahadevi|Varma}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | {{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP82">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130505/jsp/calcutta/story_16858588.jsp|title=Poet's visual expression|date=5 May 2013|access-date=22 May 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota| | | style="text-align:center" | | ||
{{efn|Awarded for [[Yāmā (poetry collection)|Yāmā]]. In 1982, when Mahadevi Varma received it for her poetry collection Yāmā it did not adhere to the earlier criterion of recognizing a single work. Instead, it represented a collection of selected poems highlighting her overall contribution rather than a singular creation.}}<ref name="JP82">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130505/jsp/calcutta/story_16858588.jsp|title=Poet's visual expression|date=5 May 2013|access-date=22 May 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota |author=Soumitra Das |author2=Sreyoshi Dey |author3=Showli Chakraborty |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629224647/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130505/jsp/calcutta/story_16858588.jsp|archive-date=29 June 2016}}</ref> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1983<br/>{{small|(19th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1983<br />{{small|(19th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Masti Venkatesha|Iyengar}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Masti Venkatesha|Iyengar}} | ||
| {{sort|Kannada}} | | {{sort|Kannada}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP83">{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Literary-Trust-Launches-Programme-to-Honour-Masti/2015/06/10/article2857923.ece|title=Literary Trust Launches Programme to Honour Masti|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=10 June 2015|access-date=22 May 2016|author=Vasudev, Chetana Divya|location=Gavipuram|url-status= | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP83">{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Literary-Trust-Launches-Programme-to-Honour-Masti/2015/06/10/article2857923.ece|title=Literary Trust Launches Programme to Honour Masti|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=10 June 2015|access-date=22 May 2016|author=Vasudev, Chetana Divya|location=Gavipuram|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611161109/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Literary-Trust-Launches-Programme-to-Honour-Masti/2015/06/10/article2857923.ece|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1984<br/>{{small|(20th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1984<br />{{small|(20th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Thakazhi Sivasankara|Pillai}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Thakazhi Sivasankara|Pillai}} | ||
| {{sort|Malayalam}} | | {{sort|Malayalam}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP84">{{cite magazine|url= | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP84">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/books/story/19850831-novelist-thakazhi-sivasankara-pillai-gets-coveted-jnanpith-award-for-1984-801908-2014-01-03|title=Crowning achievement|magazine=India Today|date=4 January 2014|access-date=22 May 2016|author=Pillai, Sreedhar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624223214/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/novelist-thakazhi-sivasankara-pillai-gets-coveted-jnanpith-award-for-1984/1/354421.html|archive-date=24 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1985<br/>{{small|(21st)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1985<br />{{small|(21st)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pannalal|Patel}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pannalal|Patel}} | ||
| {{sort|Gujarati|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]}} | | {{sort|Gujarati|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Sabharwal|2007|p=234}} | | style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Sabharwal|2007|p=234}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1986<br/>{{small|(22nd)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1986<br />{{small|(22nd)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sachidananda|Routray}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sachidananda|Routray}} | ||
| {{sort|Odia|[[Odia language|Odia]]}} | | {{sort|Odia|[[Odia language|Odia]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP86">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/22/stories/2004082201361100.htm|title=Sachidananda Routray passes away|date=22 August 2004|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Bhubaneswar | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP86">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/22/stories/2004082201361100.htm|title=Sachidananda Routray passes away|date=22 August 2004|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Bhubaneswar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083346/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/22/stories/2004082201361100.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1987<br/>{{small|(23rd)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1987<br />{{small|(23rd)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vishnu Vaman|Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj'|Kusumagraj}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vishnu Vaman|Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj'|Kusumagraj}} | ||
| {{sort|Marathi|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}} | | {{sort|Marathi|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Sabharwal|2007|p=222}} | | style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Sabharwal|2007|p=222}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1988<br/>{{small|(24th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1988<br />{{small|(24th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|C. Narayana|Reddy}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|C. Narayana|Reddy}} | ||
| {{sort|Telugu|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]}} | | {{sort|Telugu|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP88">{{cite news|url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130418/news-current-affairs/article/telugu-writer-ravuri-bharadwaja-honoured-jnanpith-award|title=Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja honoured with Jnanpith award|access-date=22 May 2016|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|location=Hyderabad | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP88">{{cite news|url=http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130418/news-current-affairs/article/telugu-writer-ravuri-bharadwaja-honoured-jnanpith-award|title=Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja honoured with Jnanpith award|access-date=22 May 2016|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|location=Hyderabad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924160855/http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/130418/news-current-affairs/article/telugu-writer-ravuri-bharadwaja-honoured-jnanpith-award|archive-date=24 September 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1989<br/>{{small|(25th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1989<br />{{small|(25th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Qurratulain|Hyder}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Qurratulain|Hyder}} | ||
| {{sort|Urdu}} | | {{sort|Urdu}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP89">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/aini-apa-1927-2007/235376|title=Aini Apa (1927–2007)|magazine=Outlook India|date=21 August 2007|access-date=22 May 2016|author=Naim, C. M.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611174323/http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/aini-apa-1927-2007/235376|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP89">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/aini-apa-1927-2007/235376|title=Aini Apa (1927–2007)|magazine=Outlook India|date=21 August 2007|access-date=22 May 2016|author=Naim, C. M.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611174323/http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/aini-apa-1927-2007/235376|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1990<br/>{{small|(26th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1990<br />{{small|(26th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vinayaka Krishna|Gokak}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vinayaka Krishna|Gokak}} | ||
| {{sort|Kannada}} | | {{sort|Kannada}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP90">{{cite magazine|url= | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP90">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/signposts/story/19911130-jnanpith-for-1990-awarded-to-well-known-kannada-writer-vinayak-krishna-gokak-815157-1991-11-29|title=Jnanpith for 1990 awarded to well-known Kannada writer Vinayak Krishna Gokak|magazine=India Today|date=30 November 1991|access-date=22 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624174238/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jnanpith-for-1990-awarded-to-well-known-kannada-writer-vinayak-krishna-gokak/1/319139.html|archive-date=24 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1991<br/>{{small|(27th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1991<br />{{small|(27th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Subhash|Mukhopadhyay|dab=poet}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Subhash|Mukhopadhyay|dab=poet}} | ||
| {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | | {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP91">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030709/asp/bengal/story_2146569.asp|title=Everyman's poet bids final farewell: Obituary [Subhas Mukhopadhyay]|date=9 July 2003|access-date=22 May 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP91">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030709/asp/bengal/story_2146569.asp|title=Everyman's poet bids final farewell: Obituary [Subhas Mukhopadhyay]|date=9 July 2003|access-date=22 May 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210134/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030709/asp/bengal/story_2146569.asp|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1992<br/>{{small|(28th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1992<br />{{small|(28th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Naresh|Mehta}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Naresh|Mehta}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | {{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Sabharwal|2007|p=250}} | | style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Sabharwal|2007|p=250}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1993<br/>{{small|(29th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1993<br />{{small|(29th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sitakant|Mahapatra}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sitakant|Mahapatra}} | ||
| {{sort|Odia|[[Odia language|Odia]]}} | | {{sort|Odia|[[Odia language|Odia]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP93">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/books/the-spirit-of-poetry.html|title=The Spirit of Poetry|newspaper=The Pioneer|author=Srivastava, K. K.|date=1 March 2015|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Bangalore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701004132/http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/books/the-spirit-of-poetry.html|archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP93">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/books/the-spirit-of-poetry.html|title=The Spirit of Poetry|newspaper=The Pioneer|author=Srivastava, K. K.|date=1 March 2015|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Bangalore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701004132/http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/books/the-spirit-of-poetry.html|archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1994<br/>{{small|(30th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1994<br />{{small|(30th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|U. R.|Ananthamurthy}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|U. R.|Ananthamurthy}} | ||
| {{sort|Kannada}} | | {{sort|Kannada}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP94">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UR-Ananthamurthy-renowned-Kannada-writer-dies-in-Bangalore/articleshow/40697927.cms|title=UR Ananthamurthy, renowned Kannada writer, dies in Bangalore|newspaper=The Times of India|author=Rao, Sunitha. R.|date=22 August 2014|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Bangalore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923073546/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UR-Ananthamurthy-renowned-Kannada-writer-dies-in-Bangalore/articleshow/40697927.cms|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP94">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UR-Ananthamurthy-renowned-Kannada-writer-dies-in-Bangalore/articleshow/40697927.cms|title=UR Ananthamurthy, renowned Kannada writer, dies in Bangalore|newspaper=The Times of India|author=Rao, Sunitha. R.|date=22 August 2014|access-date=22 May 2016|location=Bangalore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923073546/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UR-Ananthamurthy-renowned-Kannada-writer-dies-in-Bangalore/articleshow/40697927.cms|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1995<br/>{{small|(31st)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1995<br />{{small|(31st)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|M. T. Vasudevan|Nair}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|M. T. Vasudevan|Nair}} | ||
| {{sort|Malayalam}} | | {{sort|Malayalam}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Sabharwal|2007|p=262}} | | style="text-align:center" | {{sfn|Sabharwal|2007|p=262}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1996<br/>{{small|(32nd)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1996<br />{{small|(32nd)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mahasweta|Devi}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mahasweta|Devi}} | ||
| {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | | {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP96">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP96">{{cite press release|title=Mahasweta Devi and Habib Tanvir appointed as National Research Professors|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=16092|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|date=2 March 2006|access-date=20 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611042747/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=16092|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1997<br/>{{small|(33rd)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1997<br />{{small|(33rd)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ali Sardar|Jafri}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ali Sardar|Jafri}} | ||
| {{sort|Urdu}} | | {{sort|Urdu}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP97">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP97">{{cite press release|title=The Prime Minister Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee presenting the 33rd Jnanpith Award|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pgyr98/pg0698/0806981.html|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|date=5 June 1998|access-date=20 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510123531/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pgyr98/pg0698/0806981.html|archive-date=10 May 2017}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 1998<br/>{{small|(34th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 1998<br />{{small|(34th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Girish|Karnad}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Girish|Karnad}} | ||
| {{sort|Kannada}} | | {{sort|Kannada}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP98">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP98">{{cite press release|title=The Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee presenting the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 1998|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pg0399/pg30mr99/3003992.html|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|date=27 March 1999|access-date=21 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510123525/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pg0399/pg30mr99/3003992.html|archive-date=10 May 2017}} | ||
* {{cite magazine|url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1603/16031170.htm|title=The multi-faceted playwright|magazine=Frontline|volume=16|issue=3|year=1999|author=Menon, Parvathi|location=Bangalore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922233330/http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1603%2F16031170.htm|archive-date=22 September 2013}}</ref> | * {{cite magazine|url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1603/16031170.htm|title=The multi-faceted playwright|magazine=Frontline|volume=16|issue=3|year=1999|author=Menon, Parvathi|location=Bangalore|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922233330/http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl1603%2F16031170.htm|archive-date=22 September 2013}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" | 1999<br/>{{small|(35th)}} † | | style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" rowspan=2 | 1999<br />{{small|(35th)}} † | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nirmal|Verma}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nirmal|Verma}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | {{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP99">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/03/11/stories/0211000b.htm|title=Nirmal Verma, Gurdial Singh jointly get Jnanpith Award|date=11 March 2000|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP99">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/03/11/stories/0211000b.htm|title=Nirmal Verma, Gurdial Singh jointly get Jnanpith Award|date=11 March 2000|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083155/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/03/11/stories/0211000b.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gurdial|Singh}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gurdial|Singh}} | ||
| {{sort|Punjabi|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]}} | | {{sort|Punjabi|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP99"/> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP99"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2000<br/>{{small|(36th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2000<br />{{small|(36th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mamoni Raisom|Goswami}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mamoni Raisom|Goswami}} | ||
| {{sort|Assamese|[[Assamese language|Assamese]]}} | | {{sort|Assamese|[[Assamese language|Assamese]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP00">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP00">{{cite press release|title=The Vice President Shri Krishan Kant presenting the 36th Bhartiya Jnanpith Award|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pgyr2002/pg022002/pg24feb2002/240220022.html|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|date=24 February 2002|access-date=20 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510123536/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pgyr2002/pg022002/pg24feb2002/240220022.html|archive-date=10 May 2017}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2001<br/>{{small|(37th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2001<br />{{small|(37th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajendra|Shah|dab=author}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rajendra|Shah|dab=author}} | ||
| {{sort|Gujarati|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]}} | | {{sort|Gujarati|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP01">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/07/18/stories/2003071803681200.htm|title=Third Gujarati to win Jnanpith|date=18 July 2003|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP01">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/07/18/stories/2003071803681200.htm|title=Third Gujarati to win Jnanpith|date=18 July 2003|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040229105134/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/07/18/stories/2003071803681200.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=29 February 2004}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2002<br/>{{small|(38th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2002<br />{{small|(38th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname||Jayakanthan}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname||Jayakanthan}} | ||
| {{sort|Tamil|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]}} | | {{sort|Tamil|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP02">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jnanpith-award-for-Jayakanthan/articleshow/1056950.cms|title=Jnanpith award for Jayakanthan|newspaper=The Times of India|date=20 March 2005|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi/Chennai|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083355/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jnanpith-award-for-Jayakanthan/articleshow/1056950.cms|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP02">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jnanpith-award-for-Jayakanthan/articleshow/1056950.cms|title=Jnanpith award for Jayakanthan|newspaper=The Times of India|date=20 March 2005|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi/Chennai|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083355/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jnanpith-award-for-Jayakanthan/articleshow/1056950.cms|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2003<br/>{{small|(39th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2003<br />{{small|(39th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vinda|Karandikar}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vinda|Karandikar}} | ||
| {{sort|Marathi|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}} | | {{sort|Marathi|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP03">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP03">{{cite press release|title=President's address at the conferment of 39th Jnanpith Award for 2003|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=19789|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|date=10 August 2006|access-date=20 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611040801/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=19789|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2004<br/>{{small|(40th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2004<br />{{small|(40th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rehman|Rahi}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rehman|Rahi}} | ||
| {{sort|Kashmiri|[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]}} | | {{sort|Kashmiri|[[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP04">{{cite press release|url=http://jnanpith.net/images/40thJnanpith_Declared.pdf|title=40th Jnanpith Award to Eminent Kashmiri Poet Shri Rahman Rahi|date=9 March 2007|access-date=21 May 2016|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP04">{{cite press release|url=http://jnanpith.net/images/40thJnanpith_Declared.pdf|title=40th Jnanpith Award to Eminent Kashmiri Poet Shri Rahman Rahi|date=9 March 2007|access-date=21 May 2016|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407121508/http://jnanpith.net/images/40thJnanpith_Declared.pdf|archive-date=7 April 2009 }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2005<br/>{{small|(41st)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2005<br />{{small|(41st)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kunwar|Narayan}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kunwar|Narayan}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | {{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP0506">{{cite press release|url=http://www.jnanpith.net/images/Press-Release-41st-&-42nd-Awards.pdf |title=41st Jnanpith Award to Eminent Hindi Poet Shri Kunwar Narayan and 42nd Jnanpith Award jointly to Eminent Konkani Poet and Author Shri Ravindra Kelekar and Sanskrit Poet and Scholar Shri Satya Vrat Shastri |date=22 November 2008 |access-date=21 May 2016 |publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP0506">{{cite press release|url=http://www.jnanpith.net/images/Press-Release-41st-&-42nd-Awards.pdf |title=41st Jnanpith Award to Eminent Hindi Poet Shri Kunwar Narayan and 42nd Jnanpith Award jointly to Eminent Konkani Poet and Author Shri Ravindra Kelekar and Sanskrit Poet and Scholar Shri Satya Vrat Shastri |date=22 November 2008 |access-date=21 May 2016 |publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215175046/http://www.jnanpith.net/images/Press-Release-41st-%26-42nd-Awards.pdf |archive-date=15 February 2010 }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" | 2006<br/>{{small|(42nd)}} † | | style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" rowspan=2 | 2006<br />{{small|(42nd)}} † | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ravindra|Kelekar}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ravindra|Kelekar}} | ||
| {{sort|Konkani|[[Konkani language|Konkani]]}} | | {{sort|Konkani|[[Konkani language|Konkani]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP0506"/> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP0506"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satya Vrat|Shastri}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satya Vrat|Shastri}} | ||
| {{sort|Sanskrit}} | | {{sort|Sanskrit}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP0506"/> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP0506"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2007<br/>{{small|(43rd)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2007<br />{{small|(43rd)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|O. N. V.|Kurup}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|O. N. V.|Kurup}} | ||
| {{sort|Malayalam}} | | {{sort|Malayalam}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP07">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP07">{{cite press release|title=Prime Minister's Speech at The Conferment of 43rd Jnanpith Award at Thiruvananthapuram|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=69774|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|date=11 February 2011|access-date=21 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611040706/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=69774|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2008<br/>{{small|(44th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2008<br />{{small|(44th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Akhlaq Mohammed|Khan 'Shahryar'|Akhlaq Mohammed Khan}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Akhlaq Mohammed|Khan 'Shahryar'|Akhlaq Mohammed Khan}} | ||
| {{sort|Urdu}} | | {{sort|Urdu}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP08">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/doyen-of-urdu-poetry-shahryar-presented-jnanpith-award/article2467289.ece|title=Doyen of Urdu poetry Shahryar presented Jnanpith Award|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 September 2011|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620053503/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/doyen-of-urdu-poetry-shahryar-presented-jnanpith-award/article2467289.ece|archive-date=20 June 2014}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP08">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/doyen-of-urdu-poetry-shahryar-presented-jnanpith-award/article2467289.ece|title=Doyen of Urdu poetry Shahryar presented Jnanpith Award|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 September 2011|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620053503/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/doyen-of-urdu-poetry-shahryar-presented-jnanpith-award/article2467289.ece|archive-date=20 June 2014}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" | 2009<br/>{{small|(45th)}} † | | style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" rowspan=2 | 2009<br />{{small|(45th)}} † | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname||Amarkant}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname||Amarkant}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | rowspan=2|{{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP09">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2470528.ece?homepage=true|title=Amar Kant, Shrilal Shukla, Kambar win Jnanpith Award|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 September 2011|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi | | style="text-align:center"| <ref name="JP09">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2470528.ece?homepage=true|title=Amar Kant, Shrilal Shukla, Kambar win Jnanpith Award|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 September 2011|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102912/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2470528.ece?homepage=true|archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shrilal|Shukla}} | |||
! scope="row" | {{sortname| | |||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP09"/> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP09"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2010<br/>{{small|(46th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2010<br />{{small|(46th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chandrashekhara|Kambara}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chandrashekhara|Kambara}} | ||
| {{sort|Kannada}} | | {{sort|Kannada}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP10">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP10">{{cite press release|title=Address of the Hon'ble President on the Occasion of Conferring the Jnanapith Award for the Year 2010 on Dr.Chandrashekhara Kambar|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=88353|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|date=11 October 2012|access-date=20 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610210917/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=88353|archive-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2011<br/>{{small|(47th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2011<br />{{small|(47th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pratibha|Ray}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pratibha|Ray}} | ||
| {{sort|Odia|[[Odia language|Odia]]}} | | {{sort|Odia|[[Odia language|Odia]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP11">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP11">{{cite press release|title=Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the presentation of 47th Jnanpith Award to Dr. Pratibha Ray|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=96155|publisher=Press Information Bureau, India|date=22 May 2013|access-date=20 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610212433/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=96155|archive-date=10 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2012<br/>{{small|(48th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2012<br />{{small|(48th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ravuri|Bharadhwaja}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ravuri|Bharadhwaja}} | ||
| {{sort|Telugu|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]}} | | {{sort|Telugu|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP12">{{cite web|url=http://www.jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/Press%20Release%2048th%20Jnanpith%20Award.pdf|title=48th Jnanpith Award to Eminent Telugu Littérateur Shri Ravuri Bharadhwaja|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|date=17 April 2013|access-date=20 May 2016 | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP12">{{cite web|url=http://www.jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/Press%20Release%2048th%20Jnanpith%20Award.pdf|title=48th Jnanpith Award to Eminent Telugu Littérateur Shri Ravuri Bharadhwaja|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|date=17 April 2013|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060721/http://www.jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/Press%20Release%2048th%20Jnanpith%20Award.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2013<br/>{{small|(49th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2013<br />{{small|(49th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kedarnath|Singh}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kedarnath|Singh}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi}} | | {{sort|Hindi}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP13">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/kedarnath-singh-chosen-for-jnanpith/article6135361.ece|title=Kedarnath Singh chosen for Jnanpith|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 June 2014|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707045937/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/kedarnath-singh-chosen-for-jnanpith/article6135361.ece|archive-date=7 July 2014}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP13">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/kedarnath-singh-chosen-for-jnanpith/article6135361.ece|title=Kedarnath Singh chosen for Jnanpith|newspaper=The Hindu|date=21 June 2014|access-date=20 May 2016|location=New Delhi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707045937/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/kedarnath-singh-chosen-for-jnanpith/article6135361.ece|archive-date=7 July 2014}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2014<br/>{{small|(50th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2014<br />{{small|(50th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhalchandra|Nemade}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bhalchandra|Nemade}} | ||
| {{sort|Marathi|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}} | | {{sort|Marathi|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP14">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/50th%20Jnanpith%20Award%20to%20Eminent%20Marathi%20Litterateur%20Shri%20Bhalachandra%20Nemade.pdf|title=50th Jnanpith Award to Eminent Marathi Littérateur Shri Bhalchandra Nemade|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|date=6 February 2015|access-date=20 May 2016 | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP14">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/50th%20Jnanpith%20Award%20to%20Eminent%20Marathi%20Litterateur%20Shri%20Bhalachandra%20Nemade.pdf|title=50th Jnanpith Award to Eminent Marathi Littérateur Shri Bhalchandra Nemade|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|date=6 February 2015|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611165857/http://jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/50th%20Jnanpith%20Award%20to%20Eminent%20Marathi%20Litterateur%20Shri%20Bhalachandra%20Nemade.pdf|archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2015<br/>{{small|(51st)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2015<br />{{small|(51st)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raghuveer|Chaudhari}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raghuveer|Chaudhari}} | ||
| {{sort|Gujarati|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]}} | | {{sort|Gujarati|[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP15">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/tmp/51stJnanpithAwardDeclared.pdf|title=51st Jnanpith Award to Eminent Gujarati Littérateur Shri Raghuveer Chaudhari|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|date=29 December 2015|access-date=20 May 2016 | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP15">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/sites/default/files/tmp/51stJnanpithAwardDeclared.pdf|title=51st Jnanpith Award to Eminent Gujarati Littérateur Shri Raghuveer Chaudhari|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|date=29 December 2015|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123170516/http://jnanpith.net/sites/default/files//tmp/51stJnanpithAwardDeclared.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2016<br/>{{small|(52nd)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2016<br />{{small|(52nd)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shankha|Ghosh}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Shankha|Ghosh}} | ||
| {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | | {{sort|Bengali|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP16">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768|title=Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award|newspaper=Daily News Analysis|date=23 December 2016|access-date=23 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223115010/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768|archive-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP16">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768|title=Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award|newspaper=Daily News Analysis|date=23 December 2016|access-date=23 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223115010/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-acclaimed-bengali-poet-shankha-ghosh-to-get-2016-jnanpith-award-2285768|archive-date=23 December 2016}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2017<br/>{{small|(53rd)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2017<br />{{small|(53rd)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname| Krishna |Sobti}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname| Krishna |Sobti}} | ||
| {{sort|Hindi|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]}} | | {{sort|Hindi|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP17">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/hindi-writer-krishna-sobti-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/article19976100.ece|title=Hindi writer Krishna Sobti chosen for Jnanpith Award|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 November 2017|access-date=6 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083346/http://www.thehindu.com/books/hindi-writer-krishna-sobti-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/article19976100.ece|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP17">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/hindi-writer-krishna-sobti-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/article19976100.ece|title=Hindi writer Krishna Sobti chosen for Jnanpith Award|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 November 2017|access-date=6 November 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203083346/http://www.thehindu.com/books/hindi-writer-krishna-sobti-chosen-for-jnanpith-award/article19976100.ece|archive-date=3 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2018<br/>{{small|(54th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2018<br />{{small|(54th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname| Amitav |Ghosh}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname| Amitav |Ghosh}} | ||
| {{sort|English|[[Indian English|English]]}} | | {{sort|English|[[Indian English|English]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP18">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/author-amitav-ghosh-honoured-with-54h-jnanpith-award/articleshow/67093276.cms|title=Author Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54h Jnanpith award|newspaper=The Times of India|date=14 December 2018|access-date=14 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214160559/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//india/author-amitav-ghosh-honoured-with-54h-jnanpith-award/articleshow/67093276.cms|archive-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref name="JP18">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/author-amitav-ghosh-honoured-with-54h-jnanpith-award/articleshow/67093276.cms|title=Author Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54h Jnanpith award|newspaper=The Times of India|date=14 December 2018|access-date=14 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214160559/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//india/author-amitav-ghosh-honoured-with-54h-jnanpith-award/articleshow/67093276.cms|archive-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center" | 2019<br/>{{small|(55th)}} | | style="text-align:center" | 2019<br />{{small|(55th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname| Akkitham Achuthan|Namboothiri}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname| Akkitham Achuthan|Namboothiri}} | ||
| [[Malayalam]] | | [[Malayalam]] | ||
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news|title=Malayalam poet Akkitham wins 55th Jnanpith Award|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/malayalam-poet-akkitham-wins-55th-jnanpith-award/article30116908.ece|location=New Delhi|date=29 November 2019|access-date=25 August 2020|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news|title=Malayalam poet Akkitham wins 55th Jnanpith Award|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/malayalam-poet-akkitham-wins-55th-jnanpith-award/article30116908.ece|location=New Delhi|date=29 November 2019|access-date=25 August 2020|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915182355/https://www.thehindu.com/books/malayalam-poet-akkitham-wins-55th-jnanpith-award/article30116908.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center| 2020<br/>{{small|(56th)}} | | style="text-align:center| 2020<br />{{small|(56th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nilamani|Phookan}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nilamani|Phookan}} | ||
| {{sort|Assamese|[[Assamese language|Assamese]]}} | | {{sort|Assamese|[[Assamese language|Assamese]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" |<ref name="JPAK">{{cite | | style="text-align:center" |<ref name="JPAK">{{cite web |last=Srikanth |first=Swarna |title=Damodar Mauzo wins Jnanpith Award, here's all you need to know about the renowned Goan writer |website=Free Press Journal |date=2021-12-07 |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/damodar-mauzo-wins-jnanpith-award-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-renowned-goan-writer |access-date=2026-03-14}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jnanpith |url=http://jnanpith.net/laureates.html?id=3 |access-date=6 Sep 2023 |website=Jnanpith dot net |archive-date=3 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003072538/http://www.jnanpith.net/laureates.html?id=3 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="text-align:center| | | style="text-align:center| 2022<br />{{small|(57th)}} | ||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Damodar|Mauzo}} | ! scope="row" | {{sortname|Damodar|Mauzo}} | ||
| {{sort|Konkani}} | | {{sort|Konkani|[[Konkani language|Konkani]]}} | ||
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/damodar-mauzo-wins-jnanpith-award-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-renowned-goan-writer|title=Damodar Mauzo wins Jnanpith Award, here is all you need to know about the renowned goan writer|work=FreePress Journal.in|date=7 December 2021|access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref> | | style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/damodar-mauzo-wins-jnanpith-award-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-renowned-goan-writer|title=Damodar Mauzo wins Jnanpith Award, here is all you need to know about the renowned goan writer|work=FreePress Journal.in|date=7 December 2021|access-date=8 December 2021|archive-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207120709/https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/damodar-mauzo-wins-jnanpith-award-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-renowned-goan-writer|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center;background-color:#CEE8F0" rowspan=2 | 2023<br />{{small|(58th)}} † | |||
! scope="row" | {{sortname||Rambhadracharya}} | |||
| {{sort|Sanskrit}} | |||
| style="text-align:center"| <ref>{{cite news|title=Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/gulzar-rambhadracharya-jnanpith-award-9166698|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=17 February 2024|access-date=17 February 2024|archive-date=17 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217112144/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/gulzar-rambhadracharya-jnanpith-award-9166698/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
! scope="row" | {{sortname||Gulzar}} | |||
| {{sort|Urdu}} | |||
| style="text-align:center" |<ref name="Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |date=17 February 2024 |title=Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gulzar-sanskrit-scholar-rambhadracharya-selected-for-jnanpith-award/article67857170.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217151932/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gulzar-sanskrit-scholar-rambhadracharya-selected-for-jnanpith-award/article67857170.ece |archive-date=17 February 2024 |access-date=17 February 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center| 2024<br />{{small|(59th)}} | |||
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vinod Kumar|Shukla}} | |||
|{{sort|Hindi|[[Hindi]]}} | |||
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-22 |title=Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla selected for 59th Jnanpith award Nation |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/hindi-writer-vinod-kumar-shukla-selected-for-59th-jnanpith-award-1868419 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center| 2025<br />{{small|(60th)}} | |||
! scope="row" | {{sortname||Vairamuthu}} | |||
|{{sort|Tamil|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]}} | |||
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite web |author=The Hindu Bureau |title=Vairamuthu wins Jnanpith Award, third Tamil writer to receive honour |website=The Hindu |date=2026-03-14 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vairamuthu-wins-jnanpith-award-third-tamil-writer-to-receive-honour/article70743018.ece |access-date=2026-03-14}}</ref> | |||
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|} | |||
[[File:Jnanpith Map.png|alt=Jnanpith Award visualization on map|thumb|290x290px|Jnanpith Award visualization on map]] | |||
==Jnanpith recipients by language== | |||
Out of twenty-three eligible languages, the award has been presented for works in sixteen languages. The 66 Jnanpith awardees from 1965 to 2025 wrote in the following languages: | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
|- | |||
! Language | |||
! Number | |||
|- | |||
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]] | |||
| 12 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Kannada language|Kannada]] | |||
| 8 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] | |||
| rowspan=2|6 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] | |||
| 5 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] | |||
| rowspan=3|4 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Odia language|Odia]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Assamese language|Assamese]] | |||
| rowspan=3|3 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Konkani language|Konkani]] | |||
| rowspan=3|2 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] | |||
|- | |||
| [[English language|English]] | |||
| rowspan=2|1 | |||
|- | |||
| [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] | |||
|- | |||
|} | |} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Moortidevi Award]], another annual literary award | * [[Moortidevi Award]], another annual literary honor, regarded as the second highest,<ref>{{cite web | title=Hara Parasad das gets Moortidevi Award | work=The Pioneer | url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/state-editions/hara-parasad-das-gets-moortidevi-award.html }}</ref> and also awarded by the Bharatiya Jnanpith. | ||
* [[Saraswati Samman]], a similar literary award in Indian languages conferred by the [[K. K. Birla Foundation]]. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* {{cite book|last=Sabharwal|first=Gopa|title=India Since 1947: The Independent Years|year=2007|publisher=Penguin Books India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC|isbn=978-0-14-310274-8| | * {{cite book|last=Sabharwal|first=Gopa|title=India Since 1947: The Independent Years|year=2007|publisher=Penguin Books India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC|isbn=978-0-14-310274-8|page=392}} | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* {{cite book|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Tarasankar|language=hi|title=Ganadevta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8RDsf_R-tm4C|publisher=Bhartiya Jnanpith|year=2009|isbn=978-81-263-1675-5|edition=17}} | * {{cite book|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Tarasankar|language=hi|title=Ganadevta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8RDsf_R-tm4C|publisher=Bhartiya Jnanpith|year=2009|isbn=978-81-263-1675-5|edition=17}} | ||
* {{cite book|last=Pant|first=Sumitranandan|language=hi|title=Chidambara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnyUXCkYCfsC|year=1991|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-267-0491-0| | * {{cite book|last=Pant|first=Sumitranandan|language=hi|title=Chidambara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pnyUXCkYCfsC|year=1991|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-267-0491-0|page=353}} | ||
* {{cite book|last=Gorakhpuri|first=Firaq|title=Gul-e-Naghma|translator-last=Raza|translator-first=Jafar|language=hi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQl9MVn-PdwC|year=2008|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-8031-285-4| | * {{cite book|last=Gorakhpuri|first=Firaq|title=Gul-e-Naghma|translator-last=Raza|translator-first=Jafar|language=hi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQl9MVn-PdwC|year=2008|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-8031-285-4|page=278}} | ||
* {{cite book|last=Dinkar|first=Ramdhari Singh|language=hi|title=उर्वशी: खण्ड काव्य|trans-title=Urvashi: Poetic Novel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZ6oBQAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Bhartiya Sahitya|isbn=978-1-61301-343-4}} | * {{cite book|last=Dinkar|first=Ramdhari Singh|language=hi|title=उर्वशी: खण्ड काव्य|trans-title=Urvashi: Poetic Novel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZ6oBQAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Bhartiya Sahitya|isbn=978-1-61301-343-4}} | ||
* {{cite book|last=Khandekar|first=Vishnu Sakharam|translator-last=Kulkarni|translator-first=Y. P.|title=Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quX57xnaGaoC|year=1978|publisher=Orient Paperbacks|isbn=978-81-222-0428-5| | * {{cite book|last=Khandekar|first=Vishnu Sakharam|translator-last=Kulkarni|translator-first=Y. P.|title=Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quX57xnaGaoC|year=1978|publisher=Orient Paperbacks|isbn=978-81-222-0428-5|page=258}} | ||
* {{cite book|last=Devi|first=Ashapurna|translator-last=Chowdhury|translator-first=Indira|title=Pratham Pratisruti|trans-title=The First Promise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2pWwv9DDQEC|year=2004|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-2650-1| | * {{cite book|last=Devi|first=Ashapurna|translator-last=Chowdhury|translator-first=Indira|title=Pratham Pratisruti|trans-title=The First Promise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2pWwv9DDQEC|year=2004|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-2650-1|page=541}} | ||
* {{cite book|last=Karanth|first=K. Shivarama|title=Mookajjiya Kanasugalu|trans-title=Dreams of Mookajji|language=kn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0URBAAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Sapna Book House|isbn=978-81-7285-062-3| | * {{cite book|last=Karanth|first=K. Shivarama|title=Mookajjiya Kanasugalu|trans-title=Dreams of Mookajji|language=kn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0URBAAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Sapna Book House|isbn=978-81-7285-062-3|page=279}} | ||
* {{cite book|last=Vatsyayan|first=Sachchidananda|title=Kitni Navon Mein Kitni Baar|language=hi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cm0z2PcsGc0C|year=2000|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|isbn=978-81-263-0073-0| | * {{cite book|last=Vatsyayan|first=Sachchidananda|title=Kitni Navon Mein Kitni Baar|language=hi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cm0z2PcsGc0C|year=2000|publisher=Bharatiya Jnanpith|isbn=978-81-263-0073-0|page=100}} | ||
* {{cite book|last=Pritam|first=Amrita|translator=Shanta|title=Kagaz Aur Canvas|trans-title=Paper and Canvas|language=hi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jRrSY8R4kdUC|year=1989|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-267-0492-7| | * {{cite book|last=Pritam|first=Amrita|translator=Shanta|title=Kagaz Aur Canvas|trans-title=Paper and Canvas|language=hi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jRrSY8R4kdUC|year=1989|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-267-0492-7|page=155}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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{{featured list}} | {{featured list}} | ||
[[Category:Indian literary awards]] | |||
[[Category:Awards established in 1961]] | [[Category:Awards established in 1961]] | ||
[[Category:Recipients of the Jnanpith Award|*]] | [[Category:Recipients of the Jnanpith Award|*]] | ||
[[Category:1961 establishments in Delhi]] | [[Category:1961 establishments in Delhi]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:57, 20 March 2026
| Jnyanapeeth Award | |
|---|---|
| Award for individual contributions to Literature Instituted in 1961 | |
 Citation plaque | |
| Sponsored by | Bharatiya Jnanpith |
| Reward(s) | ₹11 lakh (equivalent to ₹13 lakh or US$19,000 in 2019) |
| First awarded | 1965 |
| Last awarded | 2025 |
| Most recent winner | Vairamuthu |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 65 |
| First winner | G. Sankara Kurup |
| Website | jnanpith |
The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India and English,[lower-alpha 1] with no posthumous conferral.[2]
From 1965 till 1981, the award was given to the authors for their "most outstanding work" and consisted of a citation plaque, a cash prize and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom.[3][4][5] The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, Odakkuzhal (The Bamboo Flute), published in 1950.[6] The rules were revised in subsequent years to consider only works published during the preceding twenty years, excluding the year for which the award was to be given and the cash prize was increased to ₹1.5 lakh (equivalent to ₹25 lakh or US$35,000 in 2019) from 1981.[7]
As of 2015[update], the cash prize has been revised to ₹11 lakh (equivalent to ₹13 lakh or US$19,000 in 2019). The award has been conferred upon 65 writers including eight women authors. In 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi became the first woman to win the award and was honoured for the 1965 novel Prothom Protishruti (The First Promise), the first in a trilogy.[lower-alpha 2][8]
Background[edit | edit source]
The Bharatiya Jnanpith, a research and cultural institute founded in 1944 by industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family, conceived an idea in May 1961 to start a scheme "commanding national prestige and of international standard" to "select the best book out of the publications in Indian languages". Later in November, Rama Jain, the Founder President of the Bharatiya Jnanpith, invited a few literary experts to discuss various aspects of the scheme. Jain along with Kaka Kalelkar, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Jainendra Kumar, Jagdish Chandra Mathur, Prabhakar Machwe, Akshaya Kumar Jain, and Lakshmi Chandra Jain presented the initial draft to the then President of India Rajendra Prasad who had shown interest in the scheme's implementation. The idea was also discussed at the 1962 annual sessions of the All India Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad.
On 2 April 1962, around 300 writers of various Indian languages were invited to Delhi for the two sessions conducted by Dharamvir Bharati in which the draft was finalised and later presented to Prasad. The first award selection committee meeting was scheduled on 16 March 1963 and Prasad was appointed as its president.[3] However, Prasad died on 28 February 1963 and thus the scheduled meeting was chaired by Kalelkar and Sampurnanand acted as president of the committee.[3][9]
The first Selection Board consisted of Kalelkar, Niharranjan Ray, Karan Singh, R. R. Diwakar, V. Raghavan, B. Gopal Reddy, Harekrushna Mahatab, Rama Jain, and Lakshmi Chandra Jain and was headed by Sampurnanand. Works that were published between 1921 and 1951 were considered for the first award. The nine language committees that were formed were to submit to the board nominations along with translations of the work into Hindi or English. The final round had four authors; Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bengali), D. V. Gundappa (Kannada), Viswanatha Satyanarayana (Telugu), and G. Sankara Kurup (Malayalam). On 19 November 1966, Kurup was presented with the citation, statue of Saraswati, and a cheque for prize of ₹1 lakh (equivalent to ₹49 lakh or US$68,000 in 2019) at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi.[lower-alpha 3] In his acceptance speech, Kurup appreciated the concept of the new award and thanked it for bringing "integration of the diverse people of this land on a spiritual plane".[10]
Rules and selection process[edit | edit source]
The nominations for the award are received from various literary experts, teachers, critics, universities, and numerous literary and language associations. Every three years, an advisory committee is constituted for each of the languages.[3] The language of the most recent recipient's work is not eligible for consideration for the next two years.[2] Each committee consists of three literary critics and scholars of their respective languages. All the nominations are scrutinised by the committee and their recommendations are submitted to the Jnanpith Award Selection Board.
The Selection Board consists of between seven and eleven members of "high repute and integrity". Each member is part of the committee for a term of three years which can also be extended further for two more terms.[3] The recommendations of all language advisory committees are evaluated by the board based on complete or partial translations of the selected writings of the proposed writers into Hindi or English. The recipient for a particular year is announced by the Selection Board, which has final authority in selection.[2]
List of recipients[edit | edit source]
| † | Indicates a joint award for the given year |
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Jnanpith recipients by language[edit | edit source]
Out of twenty-three eligible languages, the award has been presented for works in sixteen languages. The 66 Jnanpith awardees from 1965 to 2025 wrote in the following languages:
| Language | Number |
|---|---|
| Hindi | 12 |
| Kannada | 8 |
| Bengali | 6 |
| Malayalam | |
| Urdu | 5 |
| Gujarati | 4 |
| Marathi | |
| Odia | |
| Assamese | 3 |
| Tamil | |
| Telugu | |
| Konkani | 2 |
| Punjabi | |
| Sanskrit | |
| English | 1 |
| Kashmiri |
See also[edit | edit source]
- Moortidevi Award, another annual literary honor, regarded as the second highest,[57] and also awarded by the Bharatiya Jnanpith.
- Saraswati Samman, a similar literary award in Indian languages conferred by the K. K. Birla Foundation.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India consists of twenty-two languages viz. Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.[1]
- ↑ The trilogy consists of Prothom Protishruti, Subarnalata, and Bakul Katha.
- ↑ The Malayalam language committee headed by N. V. Krishna Warrier submitted an undisputed nomination of Kurup's work Odakkuzhal although the Kerala Sahitya Akademi opined that no work in Malayalam language was worthy of the inaugural prize.[10]
- ↑ Awarded for Odakkuzhal.
- ↑ Awarded for Ganadevta.
- ↑ Awarded for Nishitha.
- ↑ Awarded for Sri Ramayana Darshanam.
- ↑ Awarded for Chidambara.
- ↑ Awarded for Gul-e-Naghma.
- ↑ Awarded for Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu.
- ↑ Awarded for Smriti Satta Bhavishyat.
- ↑ Awarded for Urvashi.
- ↑ Awarded for Nakutanti.
- ↑ Awarded for Matimatal.
- ↑ Awarded for Yayati.
- ↑ Awarded for Chitttrappavai.
- ↑ Awarded for Pratham Pratisruti.
- ↑ Awarded for Mookajjiya Kanasugalu.
- ↑ Awarded for Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar.
- ↑ Awarded for Mrityunjay.
- ↑ Awarded for Oru Desathinte Katha.
- ↑ Awarded for Kagaj te Canvas.
- ↑ Awarded for Yāmā. In 1982, when Mahadevi Varma received it for her poetry collection Yāmā it did not adhere to the earlier criterion of recognizing a single work. Instead, it represented a collection of selected poems highlighting her overall contribution rather than a singular creation.
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Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Sabharwal, Gopa (2007). India Since 1947: The Independent Years. Penguin Books India. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-14-310274-8.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Bandyopadhyay, Tarasankar (2009). Ganadevta (in हिन्दी) (17 ed.). Bhartiya Jnanpith. ISBN 978-81-263-1675-5.
- Pant, Sumitranandan (1991). Chidambara (in हिन्दी). Rajkamal Prakashan. p. 353. ISBN 978-81-267-0491-0.
- Gorakhpuri, Firaq (2008). Gul-e-Naghma (in हिन्दी). Translated by Raza, Jafar. Rajkamal Prakashan. p. 278. ISBN 978-81-8031-285-4.
- Dinkar, Ramdhari Singh (2014). उर्वशी: खण्ड काव्य [Urvashi: Poetic Novel] (in हिन्दी). Bhartiya Sahitya. ISBN 978-1-61301-343-4.
- Khandekar, Vishnu Sakharam (1978). Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust. Translated by Kulkarni, Y. P. Orient Paperbacks. p. 258. ISBN 978-81-222-0428-5.
- Devi, Ashapurna (2004). Pratham Pratisruti [The First Promise]. Translated by Chowdhury, Indira. Orient Blackswan. p. 541. ISBN 978-81-250-2650-1.
- Karanth, K. Shivarama (2014). Mookajjiya Kanasugalu [Dreams of Mookajji] (in ಕನ್ನಡ). Sapna Book House. p. 279. ISBN 978-81-7285-062-3.
- Vatsyayan, Sachchidananda (2000). Kitni Navon Mein Kitni Baar (in हिन्दी). Bharatiya Jnanpith. p. 100. ISBN 978-81-263-0073-0.
- Pritam, Amrita (1989). Kagaz Aur Canvas [Paper and Canvas] (in हिन्दी). Translated by Shanta. Rajkamal Prakashan. p. 155. ISBN 978-81-267-0492-7.
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