Trivia
1965 | Mahakavi Shankar Kurup (Odakkuzhal) |
1966 | Tara Shankar Bandopadyaya (Ganadevata) |
1967 | Uma Shankar Joshi & Dr.K.V.Puttappa (Nishith & Ramayana Darsanam) |
1968 | Sumithranandan Pant (Chidambara) |
1969 | Firaq Ghorakhpuri (Gul-e-Nagma) |
1970 | Dr.V.Satyanarayana (Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu) |
1971 | Bishnu Dey (Smithi Satha Bhavisyathi) |
1972 | Ramadhari Singh Dinakar (Urvasi) |
1973 | Gopinath Mohanty (Madi Matal) |
1974 | V.S.Khandekar (Yayathi) |
1975 | P.V.Akilandam (Chitrappavai) |
1976 | Ashapurna Devi (Prathama Pratti Shruti) |
1977 | Dr.K.Shivarama Karanth (Mukhajia Kanakasugala) |
1978 | S.H.Vatsyayan (Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar) |
1979 | B.K.Bhattacharya (Mrityunjaya) |
1980 | S.K.Pottakkat (Oru Desattinte Katha) |
1981 | Amritan Pritam (Kagaz Te Kanwas) |
1982 | Mahadevi Verma (Yama) |
1983 | Dr.Masti Venkatesh Iyengar (Chikaveera Rajendra) |
1984 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (Kayar) |
1985 | Pannalal Patel (Manvini Bhavai) |
1986 | Satchidanand Routray (Kavita) |
1987 | V.V.Shirwadkar (Marathi) |
1988 | C.Narayana Reddy (Telugu Poetry) |
1989 | M.S.Qurratul-ain-Haider (Aag Ki Daria) |
1990 | Prof.Vinayak Krishna Gokak (Kannada) |
1991 | Subash Mukhopadyay (Bengali) |
1992 | Naresh Mehta (Hindi) |
1993 | Dr.Sitakant Mohapatra (Oriya) |
1994 | Prof.U.R.Anantha Murthy (Kannada) |
1995 | Mr.M.T.Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam) |
1996 | Mrs.Mahasveta Devi (Bengali) |
1997 | Ali Sardar Zabri (Urdu) |
1998 | Girish Karnad (Kannada) |
1999 | Nirmal Varma (Hindi), Guru Dayal Singh (Punjabi) |
2000 | Dr.Indira Goswami (Assamese) |
2001 | Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (Gujarathi) |
2002 | Jayakanthan (Tamil) |