<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
<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
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