Jnanpith Award

The Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". It carries a cash price of Rs 11 lakhs, a citation plank and a bronze replica of goddess Saraswati. at first Jnanpith Award were given for a single work of Author, but after 1982 this Award is being given for the lifetime contribution of the writer to the Indian literature.

Year	Winners	Contribution and Work	Language
2017	Krishna Sobti	Contribution to Hindi Poetry, Novels,Translations and Short stories	Hindi
2016	Shankha Ghosh	Contribution to Bengali Poetry and Critics	Bengali
2015	Raghuveer Chaudhary	Contribution to Gujarati poetry, novels including trilogy (Uparvaas), Rudra Mahalaya, Venu Vatsala	Gujarati
2014	Bhalchandra Nemade	Kosala(Cocoon)	Marathi
2013	Kedarnath Singh	Akaal main Saras	Hindi
2012	Ravuri Bharadhwaja	Paakudurallu	Telugu
2011	Pratibha Ray	Yajnaseri	Oriya
2010	Chandrashekhara Kambara	For his contributions to Kannada literature	Kannada
2009	Amar Kant		Hindi
2009	Shrilal Shukla		Hindi
2008	Akhlaq Mohammed Khan ‘Shahryar’	For his contribution to Urdu Poetry. He is only the 4th urdu writer to be awarded the Jnanpith Award	Urdu
2007	Dr. O. N. V. Kurup	for his contributions to Malayalam literature	Malayalam
2006	Satya Vrat Shastri		Sanskrit
2006	Ravindra Kelekar		Konkani
2005	Kunwar Narayan		Hindi
2004	Rahman Rahi	Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz	Kashmiri
2003	Vinda Karandikar	Ashtadarshana (poetry)	Marathi
2002	D. Jayakanthan		Tamil
2001	Rajendra Keshavlal Shah		Gujarati
2000	Indira Goswami		Assamese
1999	Gurdial Singh		Punjabi
1999	Nirmal Verma		Hindi
1998	Girish Karnad	for his contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to kannada theater (yayati)	Kannada
1997	Ali Sardar Jafri		Urdu
1996	Mahasweta Devi	Hajar Churashir Ma	Bengali
1995	Dr. M. T. Vasudevan Nair	Randamoozham (Second Chance)	Malayalam
1994	U. R. Ananthamurthy	for his contributions to Kannada literature	Kannada
1993	Sitakant Mahapatra	for contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature	Oriya
1992	Naresh Mehta		Hindi
1991	Subhas Mukhopadhyay	Padati	Bengali
1990	V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak)	Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi	Kannada
1989	Qurratulain Hyder	Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar	Urdu
1988	Dr. C. Narayana Reddy	Vishwambhara	Telugu
1987	Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar(Kusumagraj)	Natsamrat	Marathi
1986	Sachidananda Rout Roy		Oriya
1985	Pannalal Patel	Maanavi Ni Bhavaai (માનવીની ભવાઇ)	Gujarati
1984	Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai	Kayar (Coir)	Malayalam
1983	Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar	Chikkaveera Rajendra (Life and struggle of Kodava King Chikkaveera Rajendra)	Kannada
1982	Mahadevi Varma	Yama	Hindi
1981	Amrita Pritam	Kagaj te Canvas	Punjabi
1980	S. K. Pottekkatt	Oru Desathinte Katha (Story of a land)	Malayalam
1979	Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya	Mrityunjay (Immortal)	Assamese
1978	Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan ‘Ajneya’	Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar	Hindi
1977	K. Shivaram Karanth	Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajjis dreams)	Kannada
1976	Ashapurna Devi	Pratham Pratisruti	Bengali
1975	P. V. Akilan	Chitttrappavai	Tamil
1974	Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar	Yayati	Marathi
1973	Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre	Nakutanti (Naku Thanthi)	Kannada
1973	Gopinath Mohanty	Paraja	Oriya
1972	Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’	Urvashi	Hindi
1971	Bishnu Dey	Smriti Satta Bhavishyat	Bengali
1970	Viswanatha Satyanarayana	Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu	Telugu
1969	Firaq Gorakhpuri	Gul-e-Naghma	Urdu
1968	Sumitranandan Pant	Chidambara	Hindi
1967	Umashankar Joshi	Nishitha	Gujarati
1967	Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa(Kuvempu)	Sri Ramayana Darshanam	Kannada
1966	Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya	Ganadevta	Bengali
1965	G. Sankara Kurup	Odakkuzhal (Flute)	Malayalam