Jnanpith Award

Table columns:
Year
Recipient(s)
Language(s)
Refs./Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1965 (1st)
Kurup, G. SankaraG. Sankara Kurup
Malayalam !Malayalam
[d][12]
cells: 1966 (2nd)
Bandyopadhyay, TarasankarTarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Bengali !Bengali
[e][12]
cells: 1967 (3rd) †
Joshi, UmashankarUmashankar Joshi
Gujarati !Gujarati
[f][12]
cells: 1967 (3rd) †
Puttappa 'Kuvempu', Kuppali VenkatappaKuppali Venkatappa Puttappa 'Kuvempu'
Kannada !Kannada
[g][12]
cells: 1968 (4th)
Pant, SumitranandanSumitranandan Pant
Hindi !Hindi
[h][12]
cells: 1969 (5th)
Gorakhpuri, FiraqFiraq Gorakhpuri
Urdu !Urdu
[i][12]
cells: 1970 (6th)
Satyanarayana, ViswanathaViswanatha Satyanarayana
Telugu !Telugu
[j][12]
cells: 1971 (7th)
Dey, BishnuBishnu Dey
Bengali !Bengali
[k][12]
cells: 1972 (8th)
Singh 'Dinkar', RamdhariRamdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Hindi !Hindi
[l][12]
cells: 1973 (9th) †
Bendre, D. R.D. R. Bendre
Kannada !Kannada
[m][12]
cells: 1973 (9th) †
Mohanty, GopinathGopinath Mohanty
Odia !Odia
[n][12]
cells: 1974 (10th)
Khandekar, Vishnu SakharamVishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Marathi !Marathi
[o][12]
cells: 1975 (11th)
, AkilanAkilan
Tamil !Tamil
[p][12]
cells: 1976 (12th)
Devi, AshapoornaAshapoorna Devi
Bengali !Bengali
[q][12]
cells: 1977 (13rd)
Karanth, K. ShivaramK. Shivaram Karanth
Kannada !Kannada
[r][12]
cells: 1978 (14th)
Vatsyayan, SachchidanandaSachchidananda Vatsyayan
Hindi !Hindi
[s][12]
cells: 1979 (15th)
Bhattacharya, Birendra KumarBirendra Kumar Bhattacharya
Assamese !Assamese
[t][12]
cells: 1980 (16th)
Pottekkatt, S. K.S. K. Pottekkatt
Malayalam !Malayalam
[u][12]
cells: 1981 (17th)
Pritam, AmritaAmrita Pritam
Punjabi !Punjabi
[v][12]
cells: 1982 (18th)
Varma, MahadeviMahadevi Varma
Hindi !Hindi
[13]
cells: 1983 (19th)
Iyengar, Masti VenkateshaMasti Venkatesha Iyengar
Kannada !Kannada
[14]
cells: 1984 (20th)
Pillai, Thakazhi SivasankaraThakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Malayalam !Malayalam
[15]
cells: 1985 (21st)
Patel, PannalalPannalal Patel
Gujarati !Gujarati
[16]
cells: 1986 (22nd)
Routray, SachidanandaSachidananda Routray
Odia !Odia
[17]
cells: 1987 (23rd)
Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj', Vishnu VamanVishnu Vaman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj'
Marathi !Marathi
[18]
cells: 1988 (24th)
Reddy, C. NarayanaC. Narayana Reddy
Telugu !Telugu
[19]
cells: 1989 (25th)
Hyder, QurratulainQurratulain Hyder
Urdu !Urdu
[20]
cells: 1990 (26th)
Gokak, Vinayaka KrishnaVinayaka Krishna Gokak
Kannada !Kannada
[21]
cells: 1991 (27th)
Mukhopadhyay, SubhashSubhash Mukhopadhyay
Bengali !Bengali
[22]
cells: 1992 (28th)
Mehta, NareshNaresh Mehta
Hindi !Hindi
[23]
cells: 1993 (29th)
Mahapatra, SitakantSitakant Mahapatra
Odia !Odia
[24]
cells: 1994 (30th)
Ananthamurthy, U. R.U. R. Ananthamurthy
Kannada !Kannada
[25]
cells: 1995 (31st)
Nair, M. T. VasudevanM. T. Vasudevan Nair
Malayalam !Malayalam
[26]
cells: 1996 (32nd)
Devi, MahaswetaMahasweta Devi
Bengali !Bengali
[27]
cells: 1997 (33rd)
Jafri, Ali SardarAli Sardar Jafri
Urdu !Urdu
[28]
cells: 1998 (34th)
Karnad, GirishGirish Karnad
Kannada !Kannada
[29]
cells: 1999 (35th) †
Verma, NirmalNirmal Verma
Hindi !Hindi
[30]
cells: 1999 (35th) †
Singh, GurdialGurdial Singh
Punjabi !Punjabi
[30]
cells: 2000 (36th)
Goswami, Mamoni RaisomMamoni Raisom Goswami
Assamese !Assamese
[31]
cells: 2001 (37th)
Shah, RajendraRajendra Shah
Gujarati !Gujarati
[32]
cells: 2002 (38th)
Jayakanthan, Jayakanthan
Tamil !Tamil
[33]
cells: 2003 (39th)
Karandikar, VindaVinda Karandikar
Marathi !Marathi
[34]
cells: 2004 (40th)
Rahi, RehmanRehman Rahi
Kashmiri !Kashmiri
[35]
cells: 2005 (41st)
Narayan, KunwarKunwar Narayan
Hindi !Hindi
[36]
cells: 2006 (42nd) †
Kelekar, RavindraRavindra Kelekar
Konkani !Konkani
[36]
cells: 2006 (42nd) †
Shastri, Satya VratSatya Vrat Shastri
Sanskrit !Sanskrit
[36]
cells: 2007 (43rd)
Kurup, O. N. V.O. N. V. Kurup
Malayalam !Malayalam
[37]
cells: 2008 (44th)
Khan 'Shahryar', Akhlaq MohammedAkhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shahryar'
Urdu !Urdu
[38]
cells: 2009 (45th) †
Amarkant, Amarkant
Hindi !Hindi
[39]
cells: 2009 (45th) †
Sukla, Sri LalSri Lal Sukla
Hindi !Hindi
[39]
cells: 2010 (46th)
Kambara, ChandrashekharaChandrashekhara Kambara
Kannada !Kannada
[40]
cells: 2011 (47th)
Ray, PratibhaPratibha Ray
Odia !Odia
[41]
cells: 2012 (48th)
Bharadhwaja, RavuriRavuri Bharadhwaja
Telugu !Telugu
[42]
cells: 2013 (49th)
Singh, KedarnathKedarnath Singh
Hindi !Hindi
[43]
cells: 2014 (50th)
Nemade, BhalchandraBhalchandra Nemade
Marathi !Marathi
[44]
cells: 2015 (51st)
Chaudhari, RaghuveerRaghuveer Chaudhari
Gujarati !Gujarati
[45]
cells: 2016 (52nd)
Ghosh, ShankhaShankha Ghosh
Bengali !Bengali
[46]
cells: 2017 (53rd)
Sobti, Krishna Krishna Sobti
Hindi !Hindi
[47]

Questions about this table:
originalText: the recipient of first jnanpith award was an author which language
answer: answerTexts: Malayalam
alternativeAnswers: answerTexts: Malayalam