Jnanpith Awards (List of Winners 1965-2019)

Gyanpeeth Award 2017 Winner Krishna Sobti
Jnanpith Awards And Its Winners (1965-2017)
Jnanpith Award (also spelled as Gyanpeeth Award) is an Indian literary award presented by Bhartiya Jnanpith, a research, and literary organization, to Indian authors for their contribution to Indian literature.

It was conceptualized in 1961 and was first awarded in 1965. G Sankara Kurup was the first Jnanpith award winner. He won the prestigious award for his poem collection, Odakkuzal (The Bamboo Flute) in 1965.

As of 2015. the awardee receives a bronze replica of Hindu Goddess Saraswati and a cash prize of 11 lakhs.

The award has been conferred upon 59 authors and poets including 7 women writers. In 1976, Bengali novelist Ashapoorna Devi became the first woman to win Jnanpith Award for her Hindi novel, Pratham Prastruti (The First Promise). Amitav Ghosh is the Jnanpith Award winner for 2018. He is the first English language writer to win the Jnanpith award. Akkitam has been chosen for 55th Jnanpith Award for the year 2019.

Rules and Selection Procedure
The nominations for the award are received from various critics, academicians, researchers, literates and numerous literary institutions. Recently published works are not eligible for the award. They need to be at least three-years-old. So, award review committee can judge the nomination with its overall impact.

Quick Facts About Jnanpith Award

Award Category: Literature
Instituted: 1961
First Awarded: G Sankara Kurup for Odakkuzal
First Woman Awarded: Ashapoorna Devi for Pratham Prastruti
Total Awarded: 57 including seven female authors.
Cash Prize: 11 Lakhs (INR)
YearRecepeintLanguageNotable Work
1965G Shankar KurupMalayalamOdakkuzhal
1966Tarashankar BandhopadhyaBengaliGanadevta
1967Uma ShankarGujaratiNishitha
1967Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa "Kuvempu"KannadaShri Ramayana Darshanam
1968Sumitranandan PantHindiChidambara
1969Firaq GorakhpuriUrduGul-e-Naghma
1970Viswanatha SatyanarayanaTeleguRamayana Kalpavrikshamu
1971Bishnu Dey SmritiBengaliSatta Bhavishyat
1972Ramdhari Singh 'DinkarHindiUrvashi
1973Dattatreya Ramachandra BendreKannadaNaku Thanti
1973Gopinath MohantyOriyaPraja
1974Vishnu Sakharam KhandekarMarathiYayati
1975P. V. AkilanTamilChittrappavi
1976Ashapurna DeviBengaliPratham Pratisruti
1977K. Shivaram KaranthKannadaMookajjiya Kanasugalu
1978Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Ajneya'HindiKitni Navon Men Kitni Bar
1979Birendra Kumar BhattacharyaAssameseMrityunjya
1980S. K. PottekkattMalayalamOru Desathinte Katha
1981Amrita PritamPunjabiKagaj Te Canvas
1982Mahadevi VarmaHindiYama
1983Maasti Venkatesh AyengarKannadaChikkaveera Rajendra
1984Thakazhi Sivasankara PillaiMalayalamKayar
1985Pannalal PatelGujaratiMaanavi Ni Bhavaai
1986Sachidananda RoutrayOriyaContrubution in Oriya Literature
1987Vishnu Vaman ShirwadkarMarathiNatsamrat
1988C. Narayana ReddyTeleguVishambhara
1989Qurratulain HyderUrduAkhiri Shab Ke Humsafar
1990Vinayaka Krishna GokakKannadaBharatha Sindhu Rashmi
1991Subhas MukhopadhyayBengaliPadati
1992Naresh MehtaHindiContrubution in Hindi Literature
1993Sitakant MahapatraOriyaContrubution in Oriya Literature
1994U. R. AnanthamurthyKannadaContrubution in Kannada Literature
1995M. T. Vasudevan NairMalayalamRandamoozham
1996Mahasweta DeviBengaliHajar Churashir Ma
1997Ali Sardar JafariUrduContrubution in Urdu Literature
1998Girish KarnadKannadaContrubution in Kannada Literature
1999Nirmal VermaHindi
1999Gurdial SinghPunjabi
2000Mamoni Raisom GoswamiAssamese
2001Rajendra Keshavlal ShahGujarati
2002D. JayakanthanTamil
2003Vinda KarandikarMarathiAshtadarshana
2004Rehman RahiKashmiriSubhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz
2005Kunwar NarayanHindi
2006Ravindra KelekarKonkani
2006Satya Vrat ShastriSanskrit
2007O. N. V. KurupMalayalam
2008Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shyarar'Urdu
2009AmarkantHindi
2009Sri Lal ShuklaHindi
2011Chandrashekhara KambarKannada
2011Pratibha RayOriyaYajnaseni
2012Ravuri BharadhwajaTeleguPaakudurallu
2013Kedarnath SinghHindiAkaal Mein Saras
2014Balchandra NamadeMarathiHindu: Jagnyachi Samrudhha Adgal
2015Raghuveer ChaudhariGujaratiContrubution in Gujarati Literature
2016Shankha GhoshBengaliContribution in Bengali Literature
2017Krishna SobtiHindiContribution in Hindi Literature
2018Amitav GhoshEnglishContribution in Indian English Literature
2019Akkitham Achhutan NamboothiriMalayalamContribution in Malayalam Literature
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