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eligible for consideration for the next two years. Each committee consists of three literary critics and scholars of their respective languages. All the nominations are scrutinised by the committee and their recommendations are submitted to the
Jnanpith Award Selection Board.
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based on complete or partial translations of the selected writings of the proposed writers into Hindi or
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who had shown interest in the scheme's implementation. The idea was also discussed at the 1962 annual sessions of the
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of knowledge and wisdom. The first recipient of the award was the
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is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the
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3874:"President's address at the conferment of 39th Jnanpith Award for 2003"
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4478:"Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award"
4445:"Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award"
3942:(Press release). Bharatiya Jnanpith. 22 November 2008. Archived from
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3788:(Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 24 February 2002.
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60 lakh or US$ 72,000 in 2023) at a ceremony held at
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4236:"Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award"
3905:(Press release). Bharatiya Jnanpith. 9 March 2007. Archived from
3708:(Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 27 March 1999.
3141:"Nation honours Dr Rajendra Prasad on his 53rd death anniversary"
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4086:(Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 22 May 2013.
3900:"40th Jnanpith Award to Eminent Kashmiri Poet Shri Rahman Rahi"
3682:(Press release). Press Information Bureau, India. 5 June 1998.
2926:"Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary chosen for Jnanpith Award"
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3612:"UR Ananthamurthy, renowned Kannada writer, dies in Bangalore"
3447:"Telugu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja honoured with Jnanpith award"
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Soumitra Das; Sreyoshi Dey; Showli
Chakraborty (5 May 2013).
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List of award recipients, showing the year, and language(s)
523:(bottom) are the most recent recipients of the award (2023).
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who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems,
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Sweet, Gentle, Radiant: Selected Poems of G. Sankara Kurup
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3995:"Doyen of Urdu poetry Shahryar presented Jnanpith Award"
3754:"Nirmal Verma, Gurdial Singh jointly get Jnanpith Award"
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31 lakh or US$ 37,000 in 2023) from 1981.
4296:"Author Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54h Jnanpith award"
4266:"Hindi writer Krishna Sobti chosen for Jnanpith Award"
4209:. Bharatiya Jnanpith. 29 December 2015. Archived from
4028:"Amar Kant, Shrilal Shukla, Kambar win Jnanpith Award"
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4561:(in Hindi). Rajkamal Prakashan. p. 353.
4540:(in Hindi) (17 ed.). Bhartiya Jnanpith.
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3020:. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 187.
2949:Bhattacharji, Jaya Rose (31 January 2015).
2516:The Malayalam language committee headed by
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474:Indicates a joint award for the given year
185:and English, with no posthumous conferral.
98:17 lakh or US$ 20,000 in 2023)
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3110:Self as Image in Asian Theory and Practice
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3733:. Vol. 16, no. 3. Bangalore.
3328:Vasudev, Chetana Divya (10 June 2015).
3099:from the original on 30 September 2017.
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3544:. Kolkota. 9 July 2003. Archived from
2988:. Government of Odisha. Archived from
2855:"Proposal for the 52nd Jnanpith Award"
319:jointly awarded for the year of 2023.
4758:
4457:from the original on 17 February 2024
4306:from the original on 14 December 2018
4246:from the original on 23 December 2016
4142:"Kedarnath Singh chosen for Jnanpith"
3127:from the original on 3 February 2018.
2936:from the original on 16 December 2016
2900:"Jnanpith Award @ Bharatiya Jnanpith"
2842:
643:Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa 'Kuvempu'
487:was the first recipient of the award.
460:
382:acted as president of the committee.
4642:
4607:] (in Hindi). Bhartiya Sahitya.
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4512:. Penguin Books India. p. 392.
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3850:. New Delhi/Chennai. 20 March 2005.
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3173:Krishnakumar, Bhaskaramenon (2001).
3068:from the original on 22 August 2016.
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2902:. Bharatiya Jnanpith. Archived from
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2884:
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1248:Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar 'Kusumagraj'
4622:Khandekar, Vishnu Sakharam (1978).
4395:from the original on 3 October 2019
3610:Rao, Sunitha. R. (22 August 2014).
3359:Pillai, Sreedhar (4 January 2014).
3193:from the original on 7 August 2016.
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370:and the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad.
368:All India Gujarati Sahitya Parishad
24:
4693:Vatsyayan, Sachchidananda (2000).
4534:Bandyopadhyay, Tarasankar (2009).
4527:
3579:Srivastava, K. K. (1 March 2015).
3403:"Sachidananda Routray passes away"
3051:Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature
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4064:from the original on 10 June 2016
4005:from the original on 20 June 2014
3975:from the original on 11 June 2016
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3660:from the original on 11 June 2016
3518:from the original on 24 June 2016
3488:from the original on 11 June 2016
3371:from the original on 24 June 2016
3278:from the original on 11 June 2016
3085:. Sarup & Sons. p. 163.
3034:from the original on 7 July 2017.
2879:
5228:Recipients of the Jnanpith Award
4152:from the original on 7 July 2014
4001:. New Delhi. 19 September 2011.
3844:"Jnanpith award for Jayakanthan"
3812:"Third Gujarati to win Jnanpith"
3792:from the original on 10 May 2017
3712:from the original on 10 May 2017
3686:from the original on 10 May 2017
3591:from the original on 1 July 2016
3054:. Sahitya Akademi. p. 298.
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4597:Dinkar, Ramdhari Singh (2014).
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4668:Karanth, K. Shivarama (2014).
4625:Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust
4476:The Hindu (17 February 2024).
3727:"The multi-faceted playwright"
3476:Naim, C. M. (21 August 2007).
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4555:Pant, Sumitranandan (1991).
470:
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4893:Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
4696:Kitni Navon Mein Kitni Baar
4148:. New Delhi. 21 June 2014.
3453:. Hyderabad. Archived from
3336:. Gavipuram. Archived from
3113:. SUNY Press. p. 163.
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1161:Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1014:Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
448:Rules and selection process
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5213:Awards established in 1961
4576:Gorakhpuri, Firaq (2008).
4362:. 4 January 2022. p.
3299:"Poet's visual expression"
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3079:Surendran, K. V. (1999).
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4887:Sachchidananda Vatsyayan
4835:Viswanatha Satyanarayana
4807:Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
4643:Devi, Ashapurna (2004).
4506:Sabharwal, Gopa (2007).
3725:Menon, Parvathi (1999).
2495:The trilogy consists of
2386:
1132:Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
985:Sachchidananda Vatsyayan
730:Viswanatha Satyanarayana
591:Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
419:Viswanatha Satyanarayana
5113:Chandrashekhara Kambara
4714:Pritam, Amrita (1989).
4360:www.freepressjournal.in
3048:Datta, Amaresh (1987).
2636:Smriti Satta Bhavishyat
2622:Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu
1984:Chandrashekhara Kambara
788:Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
333:Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
62:Literary award in India
5223:Indian literary awards
4970:Vinayaka Krishna Gokak
3581:"The Spirit of Poetry"
3478:"Aini Apa (1927–2007)"
3361:"Crowning achievement"
3334:The New Indian Express
2581:Sri Ramayana Darshanam
2526:Kerala Sahitya Akademi
1335:Vinayaka Krishna Gokak
488:
357:Jagdish Chandra Mathur
345:Harivansh Rai Bachchan
5034:Mamoni Raisom Goswami
4847:Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
4671:Mookajjiya Kanasugalu
4605:Urvashi: Poetic Novel
2951:"The prize is right?"
2732:Mookajjiya Kanasugalu
2518:N. V. Krishna Warrier
1648:Mamoni Raisom Goswami
483:
349:Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
289:(two each), English,
27:Indian literary award
5097:Akhlaq Mohammed Khan
5000:M. T. Vasudevan Nair
4946:Sachidananda Routray
4453:. 17 February 2024.
4419:FreePress Journal.in
4302:. 14 December 2018.
4242:. 23 December 2016.
3514:. 30 November 1991.
3457:on 24 September 2016
3205:"Jnanpith Laureates"
3147:. 28 February 2016.
2773:Oru Desathinte Katha
1480:M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1364:Subhash Mukhopadhyay
1219:Sachidananda Routray
5143:Raghuveer Chaudhari
4994:U. R. Ananthamurthy
4976:Subhas Mukhopadhyay
4484:on 17 February 2024
4421:. 7 December 2021.
4272:. 3 November 2017.
4240:Daily News Analysis
3949:on 15 February 2010
3824:on 29 February 2004
2798:Awarded for "YAMA".
2497:Prothom Protishruti
2129:Raghuveer Chaudhari
1451:U. R. Ananthamurthy
956:K. Shivaram Karanth
531:
467:
407:Harekrushna Mahatab
300:Prothom Protishruti
5137:Bhalchandra Nemade
5125:Ravuri Bharadhwaja
5085:Satya Vrat Shastri
4988:Sitakant Mahapatra
4823:Sumitranandan Pant
4676:Dreams of Mookajji
4646:Pratham Pratisruti
4600:उर्वशी: खण्ड काव्य
4450:The Indian Express
4300:The Times of India
4216:on 23 January 2016
4038:on 3 November 2012
3848:The Times of India
3766:on 3 February 2018
3616:The Times of India
3415:on 3 February 2018
2717:Pratham Pratisruti
2100:Bhalchandra Nemade
2042:Ravuri Bharadhwaja
1845:Satya Vrat Shastri
1422:Sitakant Mahapatra
672:Sumitranandan Pant
529:
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461:List of recipients
361:President of India
329:Bharatiya Jnanpith
179:Bharatiya Jnanpith
127: •
122: •
119:Most recent winner
71:Bharatiya Jnanpith
42:Instituted in 1961
5198:
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4964:Qurratulain Hyder
4958:C. Narayana Reddy
4731:978-81-267-0492-7
4706:978-81-263-0073-0
4685:978-81-7285-062-3
4660:978-81-250-2650-1
4651:The First Promise
4635:978-81-222-0428-5
4614:978-1-61301-343-4
4589:978-81-8031-285-4
4568:978-81-267-0491-0
4547:978-81-263-1675-5
4519:978-0-14-310274-8
3186:978-81-260-1341-8
3120:978-0-7914-2725-5
3092:978-81-7625-072-6
3061:978-81-260-1803-1
3027:978-0-313-28778-7
2995:on 10 August 2014
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1277:C. Narayana Reddy
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411:Kazi Nazrul Islam
375:Dharamvir Bharati
311:and Urdu writer,
305:The First Promise
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5063:Vinda Karandikar
5012:Ali Sardar Jafri
4899:S. K. Pottekkatt
4881:Shivaram Karanth
4857:Gopinath Mohanty
4829:Firaq Gorakhpuri
4817:Umashankar Joshi
4801:G. Sankara Kurup
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5173:Nilmani Phookan
5131:Kedarnath Singh
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