The Jnanpith Awards
The Jnanpith Award, instituted on May 22, 1961, is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. From 1982 onwards, the award is given for overall contribution to literature; earlier a specific work used to be cited.
| Year | Language | Winner | Book |
| 2002 | Tamil | Dandapani Jayakanthan | |
2001 |
Gujarati
2000
Assamese
1999
Punjabi
1999
Hindi
1998
Kannada
1997
Urdu
1996
Bengali
1995
Malayalam
1994
Kannada
1993
Oriya
1992
Hindi
Naresh Mehta
1991
Bengali
Subhash Mukhopadhyay
1990
Kannada
V.K Gokak
1989
Urdu
1988
Telugu
Dr C. Narayanan Reddy
1987
Marathi
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar Kusumagraj
1986
Oriya
Sachidanand Rout Roy
1985
Gujarati
Pannalal Patel
1984
Malayalam
Takazhi Sivashankar Pillai
1983
Kannada
Masti Venkatesh Ayengar
1982
Hindi
1981
Punjabi
Amrita Pritam
1980
Malayalam
S.K Pottekkatt
1979
Assamese
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
1978
Hindi
S.H.V Ajneya
1977
Kannada
K Shivaram Karanth
1976
Bengali
Asha Purna Devi
1975
Tamil
P.V Akilandam
1974
Marathi
Vishnu Sakaram Khandekar
1973
Oriya
Gopinath Mohanty
1973
Kannada
Dattatreya Ramachandran Bendre
1972
Hindi
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
1971
Bengali
Bishnu Dey
1970
Telugu
Vishwanath Satyanarayan
1969
Urdu
Firaq Gorakpuri
1968
Hindi
Sumitra Nandan Pant
1967
Gujarati
Uma Shankar Joshi
1967
Kannada
Dr K.V Puttappa
1966
Bengali
Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya
1965
Malayalam
G. Shankara Kurup
