Eminent Malayalam poet, Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award for his outstanding contribution to the Malayalam language and Poetry.
In 2019, Amitav Ghosh is honored with the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to English Literature and also became the 1st English language writer in the list as all previous winners of the prestigious award have been writers in Indian languages. He was conferred the award by former diplomat and governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who also addressed him as a ‘craftsman’.
About Jnanpith Award
Jnanpith Award is a literary award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization to Indian writers every year. This was instituted in 1961 and is given only to Indian writers who write in Indian languages and English.
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This article is about the Jnanpith Award and will also provide you with the list of Jnanpith Award winners from 1965 to 2021 and other important information related to the same.
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List of Jnanpith Award – Jnanpith Award Recipients (1965-2022)
Jnanpith Award was given only for a single piece of work till 1982. After 1982, the Jnanpith honour has been given for lifetime contribution to Indian literature.
The list of recipients of the Jnanpith Award is given below:
| Year | Jnanpith Award winners | Language |
| 1965 | G. Sankara Kurup | Malayalam |
| 1966 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya | Bengali |
| 1967 | Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa | Kannada |
| 1967 | Umashankar Joshi | Gujarati |
| 1968 | Sumitranandan Pant | Hindi |
| 1969 | Firaq Gorakhpuri | Urdu |
| 1970 | Viswanatha Satyanarayana | Telugu |
| 1971 | Bishnu Dey | Bengali |
| 1972 | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | Hindi |
| 1973 | Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre | Kannada |
| 1973 | Gopinath Mohanty | Oriya |
| 1974 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar | Marathi |
| 1975 | P. V. Akilan | Tamil |
| 1976 | Ashapurna Devi | Bengali |
| 1977 | K. Shivaram Karanth | Kannada |
| 1978 | Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan ‘Ajneya’ | Hindi |
| 1979 | Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya | Assamese |
| 1980 | S. K. Pottekkatt | Malayalam |
| 1981 | Amrita Pritam | Punjabi |
| 1982 | Mahadevi Varma | Hindi |
| 1983 | Masti Venkatesh Iyengar | Kannada |
| 1984 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | Malayalam |
| 1985 | Pannalal Patel | Gujarati |
| 1986 | Sachidananda Routray | Oriya |
| 1987 | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar | Marathi |
| 1988 | Dr. C. Narayana Reddy | Telugu |
| 1989 | Qurratulain Hyder | Urdu |
| 1990 | Vinayaka Krishna Gokak | Kannada |
| 1991 | Subhas Mukhopadhyay | Bengali |
| 1992 | Naresh Mehta | Hindi |
| 1993 | Sitakant Mahapatra | Oriya |
| 1994 | U. R. Ananthamurthy | Kannada |
| 1995 | Dr. M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Malayalam |
| 1996 | Mahasweta Devi | Bengali |
| 1997 | Ali Sardar Jafri | Urdu |
| 1998 | Girish Karnad | Kannada |
| 1999 | Gurdial Singh | Punjabi |
| 1999 | Nirmal Verma | Hindi |
| 2000 | Indira Goswami | Assamese |
| 2001 | Rajendra Keshavlal Shah | Gujarati |
| 2002 | D. Jayakanthan | Tamil |
| 2003 | Vinda Karandikar | Marathi |
| 2004 | Rehman Rahi | Kashmiri |
| 2005 | Kunwar Narayan | Hindi |
| 2006 | Ravindra Kelekar | Konkani |
| 2006 | Satya Vrat Shastri | Sanskrit |
| 2007 | Dr. O. N. V. Kurup | Malayalam |
| 2008 | Akhlaq Mohammed Khan | Urdu |
| 2009 | Amar Kant | Hindi |
| 2009 | Shrilal Shukla | Hindi |
| 2010 | Chandrashekhara Kambara | Kannada |
| 2011 | Pratibha Ray | Oriya |
| 2012 | Ravauri Bharadwaja | Telegu |
| 2013 | Kedarnath Singh | Hindi |
| 2014 | Bhalchandra Nemade | Marathi |
| 2015 | Dr. Raghuvir Chaudhari | Gujarati |
| 2016 | Shanka Ghosh | Bengali |
| 2017 | Krishna Sobti | Hindi |
| 2018 | Amitav Ghosh | English |
| 2019 | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri | Malayalam |
** The Jnanpith Award Winner 2022 will be updated as and when it is announced.
Aspirants can go through the following relevant links to prepare for the upcoming UPSC exam even better –
| List of Awards in India | List of Bharat Ratna Awardees From 1954 to 2020 | List of Padma Award Recipients |
| List of First in India | Arjuna Award | List of Indian Nobel Laureates – Nobel Prize Winners |
Also, read the difference between Award and Reward on the linked page.
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