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Jnanpith Award Winners
List of all Bhartiya Jnanpith Award Winners and their contrributions
| Year | Name | Contribution | Language |
| 2010 | Chandrashekhara Kambara | for his contributions to Kannada literature | Kannada |
| 2009 | Amar Kant | Hindi | |
| 2009 | Shrilal Shukla | Hindi | |
| 2008 | Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shahryar' | Urdu | |
| 2007 | Dr. O. N. V. Kurup | for his contributions to Malayalam literature | Malayalam |
| 2006 | Satya Vrat Shastri | Sanskrit | |
| 2006 | Ravindra Kelekar | Konkani | |
| 2005 | Kunwar Narayan | Hindi | |
| 2004 | Rahman Rahi | Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz | Kashmiri |
| 2003 | Vinda Karandikar | Ashtadarshana (poetry) | Marathi |
| 2002 | D. Jayakanthan | Tamil | |
| 2001 | Rajendra Keshavlal Shah | Gujarati | |
| 2000 | Indira Goswami | Assamese | |
| 1999 | Gurdial Singh | Punjabi | |
| 1999 | Nirmal Verma | Hindi | |
| 1998 | Girish Karnad | for his contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to kannada theater (yayati) | Kannada |
| 1997 | Ali Sardar Jafri | Urdu | |
| 1996 | Mahasweta Devi | Hajar Churashir Ma | Bengali |
| 1995 | Dr. M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Randamoozham (Second Chance) | Malayalam |
| 1994 | U. R. Ananthamurthy | for his contributions to Kannada literature | Kannada |
| 1993 | Sitakant Mahapatra | for contribution to the enrichment of Indian literature | Oriya |
| 1992 | Naresh Mehta | Hindi | |
| 1991 | Subhas Mukhopadhyay | Padati | Bengali |
| 1990 | V. K. Gokak (Vinayaka Krishna Gokak) | Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi | Kannada |
| 1989 | Qurratulain Hyder | Akhire Shab Ke Humsafar | Urdu |
| 1988 | Dr. C. Narayana Reddy | Vishwambhara | Telugu |
| 1987 | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar(Kusumagraj) | Natsamrat | Marathi |
| 1986 | Sachidananda Rout Roy | Oriya | |
| 1985 | Pannalal Patel | Maanavi Ni Bhavaai (માનવીની ભવાઇ) | Gujarati |
| 1984 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | Kayar {Coir} | Malayalam |
| 1983 | Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar | Chikkaveera Rajendra (Life and struggle of Kodava King Chikkaveera Rajendra) | Kannada |
| 1982 | Mahadevi Varma | Yama | Hindi |
| 1981 | Amrita Pritam | Kagaj te Canvas | Punjabi |
| 1980 | S. K. Pottekkatt | Oru Desathinte Katha (Story of a land) | Malayalam |
| 1979 | Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya | Mrityunjay (Immortal) | Assamese |
| 1978 | Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Ajneya' | Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar (How many times in many boats?) | Hindi |
| 1977 | K. Shivaram Karanth | Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (Mookajjis dreams) | Kannada |
| 1976 | Ashapurna Devi | Pratham Pratisruti | Bengali |
| 1975 | P. V. Akilan | Chitttrappavai | Tamil |
| 1974 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar | Yayati | Marathi |
| 1973 | Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre | Nakutanti (Naku Thanthi) (Four Strings) | Kannada |
| 1973 | Gopinath Mohanty | Paraja | Oriya |
| 1972 | Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' | Urvashi | Hindi |
| 1971 | Bishnu Dey | Smriti Satta Bhavishyat | Bengali |
| 1970 | Viswanatha Satyanarayana | Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu (A resourceful tree:Ramayana) | Telugu |
| 1969 | Firaq Gorakhpuri | Gul-e-Naghma | Urdu |
| 1968 | Sumitranandan Pant | Chidambara | Hindi |
| 1967 | Umashankar Joshi | Nishitha | Gujarati |
| 1967 | Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa(Kuvempu) | Sri Ramayana Darshanam | Kannada |
| 1966 | Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya | Ganadevta | Bengali |
| 1965 | G. Sankara Kurup | Odakkuzhal (Flute) | Malayalam |
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