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Jnanpith Award
The literary award Jnanpith or Gyanpith is one of the highest literary honour in India presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature" in any of the languages included in Schedule VIII of the Indian Constitution. The Award is sponsored by Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and cultural organisation set up in 1944, by the late Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain and his wife Rama Jain.
The first Jnanpith Award was given in the year 1965. The award carries a cash price of Rs 11 lakhs, a citation and a bronze replica of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, and arts. Prior to 1982, the Jnanpith Award were given for a single work of Author, but after that, the Jnanpith Award is being given for the lifetime contribution of the writer to the Indian literature.
G. Sankara Kurup was the first recipient of Jnanpith Award in the year 1965
Ashapoorna Devi was the first woman to recieve this award in the year 1976.
Jnanpith Award Winners List:
| Year | Name | Works | Language |
| 2015 | Raghuveer Chaudhari | For his contribution to Gujarati literature | Gujarati |
| 2014 | Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade | For his contribution to Marathi literature | Marathi |
| 2013 | Kedarnath Singh | For his contribution to Hindi literature | Hindi |
| 2012 | Ravuri Bharadhwaja | For his contribution to Telugu literature | Telugu |
| 2011 | Pratibha Ray | For her work "Yajnaseni". | Oriya |
| 2010 | Chandrashekhara Kambara | For his contributions to Kannada literature | Kannada |
| 2009 | Amar Kant | For his contribution in Hindi literature | Hindi |
| 2009 | Sri Lal Sukla | For his contribution in Hindi literature | Hindi |
| 2008 | Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shahryar' | For his contribution in Urdu literature | Urdu |
| 2007 | O. N. V. Kurup | For his contributions to Malayalam literature | Malayalam |
| 2006 | Ravindra Kelekar | For his contribution in Konkani literature | Konkani |
| 2006 | Satya Vrat Shastri | For his contribution in Sanskrit literature | Sanskrit |
| 2005 | Kunwar Narayan | For overall contribution in Hindi literature | Hindi |
| 2004 | Rehman Rahi | Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz | Kashmiri |
| 2003 | Vinda Karandikar | For his contributions to Marathi literature | Marathi |
| 2002 | D. Jayakanthan | For his contribution in Tamil literature | Tamil |
| 2001 | Rajendra Shah | For his contribution in Gujarati literature | Gujarati |
| 2000 | Indira Goswami | For her contribution in Assamese literature | Assamese |
| 1999 | Nirmal Verma | For his contribution in Hindi literature | Hindi |
| 1999 | Gurdial Singh | For his contribution in Punjabi literature | Punjabi |
| 1998 | Girish Karnad | For his contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to Kannada theatre (Yayati) | Kannada |
| 1997 | Ali Sardar Jafri | For his contribution in Urdu literature | Urdu |
| 1996 | Mahasweta Devi | For her work "Hajar Churashir Maa" | Bengali |
| 1995 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | For his contributions to Malayalam literature | Malayalam |
| 1994 | U. R. Ananthamurthy | For his contributions to Kannada literature | Kannada |
| 1993 | Sitakant Mahapatra | For his outstanding contribution to Indian literature | Oriya |
| 1992 | Naresh Mehta | For his contribution in Hindi literature | Hindi |
| 1991 | Subhas Mukhopadhyay | For his work "Padatik (The Foot Soldier)" | Bengali |
| 1990 | V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak) | For his work "Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi" | Kannada |
| 1989 | Qurratulain Hyder | For his work "Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar" | Urdu |
| 1988 | C. Narayana Reddy | For his work "Viswambhara" | Telugu |
| 1987 | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj) | For his contributions to Marathi literature | Marathi |
| 1986 | Sachidananda Routray | For his contribution to Oriya literature | Oriya |
| 1985 | Pannalal Patel | For his work "Maanavi Ni Bhavaai" | Gujarati |
| 1984 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | For his work "Kayar (Coir)" | Malayalam |
| 1983 | Masti Venkatesha Iyengar | For his work "Chikkaveera Rajendra (Life and struggle of Kodava King Chikkaveera Rajendra)" | Kannada |
| 1982 | Mahadevi Varma | For her work "Yama" | Hindi |
| 1981 | Amrita Pritam | For her work "Kagaj te Canvas" | Punjabi |
| 1980 | S. K. Pottekkatt | For his work "Oru Desathinte Katha (Story of a Land)" | Malayalam |
| 1979 | Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya | For his work "Mrityunjay (Immortal)" | Assamese |
| 1978 | Sachchidananda Vatsyayan | "Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar (How many times in how many boats?)" | Hindi |
| 1977 | K. Shivaram Karanth | For his work "Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajjis dreams)" | Kannada |
| 1976 | Ashapurna Devi | For her work "Pratham Pratisruti" | Bengali |
| 1975 | P. V. Akilan | For his work "Chitttrappavai" | Tamil |
| 1974 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar | For his work "Yayati" | Marathi |
| 1973 | Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre | For his work "Nakutanti(Four Strings)" | Kannada |
| 1973 | Gopinath Mohanty | For his work "Matimatal" | Oriya |
| 1972 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | For his work "Urvashi" | Hindi |
| 1971 | Bishnu Dey | For his work "Smriti Satta Bhavishyat" | Bengali |
| 1970 | Viswanatha Satyanarayana | For his work "Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu (A resourceful tree:Ramayana)" | Telugu |
| 1969 | Firaq Gorakhpuri | For his work "Gul-e-Naghma" | Urdu |
| 1968 | Sumitranandan Pant | For her work "Chidambara" | Hindi |
| 1967 | Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa (Kuvempu) | For his work "Sri Ramayana Darshanam" | Kannada |
| 1967 | Umashankar Joshi | For his work "Nishitha" | Gujarati |
| 1966 | Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | For his work "Ganadevta" | Bengali |
| 1965 | G. Sankara Kurup | For his work "Odakkuzhal (Flute)" | Malayalam |