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