The country's highest literary award, the Jnanpith
Award, is given to any Indian writer for his or her outstanding
contribution in any of the 18 languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule
of the Constitution. It is given for outstanding contribution to creative
writing in a specified period of 15 years but excluding the five years
immediately preceding the year.The award was instituted in May 22, 1961.
The total prize money for the scheme is Rs. 2.5 lakhs.
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Jnanpith Recipients
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Year
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G. Sankarakurup (Malayalam)
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1965
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Tharasankar Banerjee (Bengali)
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1966
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K. V.Puttappa (Kannada)
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1967
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Umashankar Joshy (Gujarathi)
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1967
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Sumithranandan Pant (Hindi)
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1968
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Firaqoravupuri (Reghupathisahayi) (Urdu)
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1969
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Vishwanatha Sathyanarayana (Telugu)
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1970
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Bishnu De (Bengali)
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1971
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Ramdhari Sinha Dhinakar (Hindi)
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1972
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Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre (Kannada)
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1973
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Gopinath Mohantyi (Oriya)
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1973
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V.S. Khandekar (Marathi)
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1974
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Akhilan ( P.V. Akhilandam) (Tamil)
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1975
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Ashapoorna Devi (Bengali)
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1976
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V Shivram Karanth (Kannada)
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1977
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Anjay (Sachithanandha Heerananda Valsian)
(Hindi)
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1978
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B.K Bhattacharya (Assamese)
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1979
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S.K.Pottakkat (Malayalam)
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1980
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Amrita Pritam (Punjabi)
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1981
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Mahadevi Varma (Hindi)
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1982
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Masti Venkatesh Iyengar(Kannada)
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1983
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Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (Malayalam)
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1984
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Pannalal Patel (Gujarathi)
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1985
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Sachidhananda Rowthrai (Oriya)
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1986
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Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar Kusumagraj (Marathi)
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1987
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Dr. C. Narayana Reddy (Telugu)
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1988
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Qurrailatin Hyder (Urdu)
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1989
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Vinayak Krishna Gokak (Kannada)
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1990
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Subhas Mukherji (Bengali)
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1991
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Naresh Mehta (Hindi)
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1992
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Dr.Seethakantha Mahapatra (Oriya)
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1993
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U.R. Ananthamoorthi (Kannada)
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1994
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M.T.Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam)
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1995
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Mahashwetha Devi (Bengali)
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1996
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Sardar Ali Jafri (Urdu)
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1997
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Girish Karnad (Kannada)
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1998
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Nirmal Varma (Hindi)
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1999
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Gurdhayal Singh (Punjabi)
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1999
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Dr. Indira Goswami (Assamese)
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2000
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Rajendra Keshavlal Shah
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2001
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D. Jayakanthan (Tamil)
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2002
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Vinda Karandikar (Marathi)
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2003
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