Bharatiya Gyanpith Awards
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".
» The first Jnanpith Award was given in 1965.
» The Jnanpith Award carries a citation, shawl, srifal, a bronze idol of Vagdevi Saraswati and a cash prize of Rs. 7,00,000
» Out of twenty-three eligible languages, the award has been presented for works in sixteen languages: Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, , Urdu, Telugu, Assamese, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Kashmiri, Konkani, and Sanskrit.
» The Jnanpith Award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith a trust found by the Sahu Jain family, the Publishers of the Times of India newspaper.
| Year |
Recipient |
Work |
| 1965 |
G. Shankar Kurup |
Auda Kujai (Malayalam) |
| 1966 |
Tara Shankar Bandyopadhyay |
Ganadevata (Bengali) |
| 1967 |
K.V. Putappa,Uma Shankar Joshi |
Ramayan Darshanam (Kannada), Nisheeth (Gujarati) |
| 1968 |
Sumitra Nandan Pant |
Chidambara (Hindi) |
| 1969 |
Prof. Raghupati Sahay (Firaq Gorakhpuri) |
Gul-e-Naghma (Urdu) |
| 1970 |
Vishwanath Satyanarayana |
Shreemad Ramayan Kalpavriksham (Telugu) |
| 1971 |
Vishnu Dey |
Smriti Satta Bhavishya (Bengali) |
| 1972 |
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' |
Urvashi (Hindi) |
| 1973 |
Gopinath Mohanty, D.R Bendre |
Mati Matal (Oriya), Naku Thandi(Kannada) |
| 1974 |
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar |
Yayati (Marathi) |
| 1975 |
P.V. Akilandam |
Chittirappavai (Tamil) |
| 1976 |
Smt. Ashapurna Devi |
Pratham Pratishruti (Bengali) |
| 1977 |
Dr.K. Shivram Karanth |
Mukajjiya Kanasugalu (Kannada) |
| 1978 |
Dr Sachidananda Hiranand Vatsyayana 'Agyeya' |
Kitni Nawon Mein Kitni Bar (Hindi) |
| 1979 |
Dr. Virendra Kumar Bhattacharya |
Mrityunjay (Assamia) |
| 1980 |
S.K Pottekat |
Oru Dishatinte Katha (Malayalam) |
| 1981 |
Amrita Pritam |
Kagaz te Canvas (Panjabi) |
| 1982 |
Mahadevi Verma |
Yama (Hindi) |
| 1983 |
Masti Venkatesh Iyengar |
Chikaveer Rajendra (Kannada) |
| 1984 |
T. Shiv Shankar Pillai |
Kayar (Malayalam) |
| 1985 |
Pannalal Patel |
Manvini Bhavai (Gujarati) |
| 1986 |
Sachida Nanda Routroy |
Oriya Literature |
| 1987 |
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar |
Marathi Literature |
| 1988 |
Dr. C. Narayana Reddy |
Telugu Literature |
| 1989 |
Qurrtul - ain - Hyder |
Urdu Literature |
| 1990 |
Prof. Vinayak Krishna Gokak |
Kannada Literature |
| 1991 |
Subhash Mukhopadhyay |
Bengali Literature |
| 1992 |
Naresh Mehta |
Hindi Literature |
| 1993 |
Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra |
Oriya Literature |
| 1994 |
Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy |
Kannada Literature |
