Persons who got the award

S. No.	Year	Name and Language
1	1965	Mahakavi Shankar Kurup (Odakkuzhal)
2	1966	Tara Shankar Bandopadyaya (Ganadevata)
3	1967	Uma Shankar Joshi & Dr.K.V.Puttappa (Nishith & Ramayana Darsanam)
4	1968	Sumithranandan Pant (Chidambara)
5	1969	Firaq Ghorakhpuri (Gul - e - Nagma)
6	1970	Dr.V.Satyanarayana (Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu)
7	1971	Bishnu Dey (Smithi Satha Bhavisyathi)
8	1972	Ramadhari Singh Dinakar (Urvasi)
9	1973	Gopinath Mohanty (Madi Matal)
10	1974	V.S.Khandekar (Yayathi)
11	1975	P.V.Akilandam (Chitrappavai)
12	1976	Ashapurna Devi (Prathama Pratti Shruti)
13	1977	Dr.K.Shivarama Karanth (Mukhajia Kanakasugala)

14	1978	S.H.Vatsyayan (Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar)
15	1979	B.K.Bhattacharya (Mrityunjaya)
16	1980	S.K.Pottakkat (Oru Desattinte Katha)
17	1981	Amritan Pritam (Kagaz Te Kanwas)
18	1982	Mahadevi Verma (Yama)
19	1983	Dr.Masti Venkatesh Iyengar (Chikaveera Rajendra)
20	1984	Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (Kayar)
21	1985	Pannalal Patel (Manvini Bhavai)
22	1986	Satchidanand Routray (Kavita)
23	1987	V.V.Shirwadkar (Marathi)
24	1988	C.Narayana Reddy (Telugu Poetry)
25	1989	M.S.Qurratul - ain - Haider (Aag Ki Daria)
26	1990	Prof.Vinayak Krishna Gokak (Kannada)
27	1991	Subash Mukhopadyay (Bengali)
28	1992	Naresh Mehta (Hindi)
29	1993	Dr.Sitakant Mohapatra (Oriya)
30	1994	Prof.U.R.Anantha Murthy (Kannada)
31	1995	Mr. M.T. Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam)
32	1996	Mrs. Mahasveta Devi (Bengali)
33	1997	Ali Sardar Zabri (Urdu)
34	1998	Girish Karnad (Kannada)
35	1999	Nirmal Varma (Hindi), Guru Dayal Singh (Punjabi)
36	2000	Dr.Indira Goswami (Assamese)
37	2001	Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (Gujarathi)
38	2002	Jayakanthan (Tamil)