<Table> Key <Tr> <Td> † </Td> <Td> Indicates a joint award for the given year </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> † </Td> <Td> Indicates a joint award for the given year </Td> </Tr> <Table> List of award recipients, showing the year, and language (s) <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Recipient (s) </Th> <Th> Language (s) </Th> <Th> Refs. / Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 (1st) </Td> <Th> G. Sankara Kurup </Th> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 (2nd) </Td> <Th> Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay </Th> <Td> Bengali </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 (3rd) † </Td> <Th> Umashankar Joshi </Th> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 (3rd) † </Td> <Th> Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa' Kuvempu' </Th> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 (4th) </Td> <Th> Sumitranandan Pant </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 (5th) </Td> <Th> Firaq Gorakhpuri </Th> <Td> Urdu </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 (6th) </Td> <Th> Viswanatha Satyanarayana </Th> <Td> Telugu </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 (7th) </Td> <Th> Bishnu Dey </Th> <Td> Bengali </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 (8th) </Td> <Th> Ramdhari Singh' Dinkar' </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 (9th) † </Td> <Th> D.R. Bendre </Th> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 (9th) † </Td> <Th> Gopinath Mohanty </Th> <Td> Odia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (10th) </Td> <Th> Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar </Th> <Td> Marathi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (11th) </Td> <Th> Akilan </Th> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 (12th) </Td> <Th> Ashapoorna Devi </Th> <Td> Bengali </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 (13th) </Td> <Th> K. Shivaram Karanth </Th> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 (14th) </Td> <Th> Sachchidananda Vatsyayan </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 (15th) </Td> <Th> Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya </Th> <Td> Assamese </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 (16th) </Td> <Th> S.K. Pottekkatt </Th> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 (17th) </Td> <Th> Amrita Pritam </Th> <Td> Punjabi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 (18th) </Td> <Th> Mahadevi Varma </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (19th) </Td> <Th> Masti Venkatesha Iyengar </Th> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 (20th) </Td> <Th> Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai </Th> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 (21st) </Td> <Th> Pannalal Patel </Th> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 (22nd) </Td> <Th> Sachidananda Routray </Th> <Td> Odia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (23rd) </Td> <Th> Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar' Kusumagraj' </Th> <Td> Marathi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (24th) </Td> <Th> C. Narayana Reddy </Th> <Td> Telugu </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (25th) </Td> <Th> Qurratulain Hyder </Th> <Td> Urdu </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (26th) </Td> <Th> Vinayaka Krishna Gokak </Th> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 (27th) </Td> <Th> Subhash Mukhopadhyay </Th> <Td> Bengali </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (28th) </Td> <Th> Naresh Mehta </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (29th) </Td> <Th> Sitakant Mahapatra </Th> <Td> Odia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (30th) </Td> <Th> U.R. Ananthamurthy </Th> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 (31st) </Td> <Th> M.T. Vasudevan Nair </Th> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (32nd) </Td> <Th> Mahasweta Devi </Th> <Td> Bengali </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (33rd) </Td> <Th> Ali Sardar Jafri </Th> <Td> Urdu </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 (34th) </Td> <Th> Girish Karnad </Th> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 (35th) † </Td> <Th> Nirmal Verma </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 (35th) † </Td> <Th> Gurdial Singh </Th> <Td> Punjabi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 (36th) </Td> <Th> Mamoni Raisom Goswami </Th> <Td> Assamese </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (37th) </Td> <Th> Rajendra Shah </Th> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 (38th) </Td> <Th> Jayakanthan </Th> <Td> Tamil </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 (39th) </Td> <Th> Vinda Karandikar </Th> <Td> Marathi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (40th) </Td> <Th> Rehman Rahi </Th> <Td> Kashmiri </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 (41st) </Td> <Th> Kunwar Narayan </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 (42nd) † </Td> <Th> Ravindra Kelekar </Th> <Td> Konkani </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 (42nd) † </Td> <Th> Satya Vrat Shastri </Th> <Td> Sanskrit </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 (43rd) </Td> <Th> O.N.V. Kurup </Th> <Td> Malayalam </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 (44th) </Td> <Th> Akhlaq Mohammed Khan' Shahryar' </Th> <Td> Urdu </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 (45th) † </Td> <Th> Amarkant </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 (45th) † </Td> <Th> Sri Lal Sukla </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (46th) </Td> <Th> Chandrashekhara Kambara </Th> <Td> Kannada </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 (47th) </Td> <Th> Pratibha Ray </Th> <Td> Odia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 (48th) </Td> <Th> Ravuri Bharadhwaja </Th> <Td> Telugu </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 (49th) </Td> <Th> Kedarnath Singh </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 (50th) </Td> <Th> Bhalchandra Nemade </Th> <Td> Marathi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 (51st) </Td> <Th> Raghuveer Chaudhari </Th> <Td> Gujarati </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 (52nd) </Td> <Th> Shankha Ghosh </Th> <Td> Bengali </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 (53rd) </Td> <Th> Krishna Sobti </Th> <Td> Hindi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Recipient (s) </Th> <Th> Language (s) </Th> <Th> Refs. / Notes </Th> </Tr>

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