Eminent Malayalam litterateur ONV Kurup and noted Urdu poet Akhlaq Khan
Shahryar have been chosen for the Jnanpith Award for the year 2007 and 2008
respectively for their contribution to literature.
The recipients for the country's highest literary honour were announced here
today after a meeting of Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by noted Oriya writer
and Jnanpith award winner Sitakant Mahapatra.
Born in 1931 in Kerala's Kollam district, Kurup is a leading voice among the
contemporary Malayalam poets who has reinvented the narrative transition of
Malayalam poetry through his long poems like 'Ujjayini' and 'Swayamvaram'.
According to a statement by Bharatiya Jnanpith, the trust which presents the
award, Kurup began his career as a "progressive writer and matured into a
humanist though he never gave up his commitment to socialist ideology".
Kurup has 20 collections of poetry to his credit. He is also winner of several
awards and honours including Kerala Sahitya Academy award, Sahitya Academy
award, Vayalar award and Padmashri.
Born in 1936 in a Muslim Rajput family in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district,
Shahryar shaped himself as an "intellectual poet", whose poetry
strongly expresses an "ideological non-commitment".
His roots, according to the statement, "lie in the poet's desire for
self-realisation and his attempt to understand modern problems".
"Shahryar is not concerned in his poetry with messages or conclusions.
Rather, he expresses the spiritual suffering and psychological anguish of what
he regards as the wounded modern man," the statement said.
Shahryar, who played a major role in shaping today's Urdu poetry, has received
numerous awards including Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy award, Sahitya Akademy
award, Delhi Urdu Academy award and Firaq Sammaan.
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Year | Language | Winner | For |
2008 | Urdu | Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shahryar' | |
2007 | Malayalam | O.N.V. Kurup | |
2006 | Sanskrit | Satya Vrat Shastri | |
2006 | Konkani | Ravindra Kelekar | |
2005 | Hindi | Kunwar Narayan | |
2004 | Kashmiri | Rahman Rahi | Subhuk Soda, Kalami Rahi and Siyah Rode Jaren Manz |
2003 | Marathi | Vinda Karandikar | Ashtadarshana (poetry) |
2002 | Tamil | Dandapani Jayakanthan | |
2001 |
Gujarati |
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2000 |
Assamese |
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1999 |
Punjabi |
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1999 |
Hindi |
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1998 |
Kannada |
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1997 |
Urdu |
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1996 |
Bengali |
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1995 |
Malayalam |
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1994 |
Kannada |
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1993 |
Oriya |
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1992 |
Hindi |
Naresh Mehta |
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1991 |
Bengali |
Subhash Mukhopadhyay |
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1990 |
Kannada |
V.K Gokak |
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1989 |
Urdu |
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1988 |
Telugu |
Dr C. Narayanan Reddy |
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1987 |
Marathi |
Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar Kusumagraj |
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1986 |
Oriya |
Sachidanand Rout Roy |
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1985 |
Gujarati |
Pannalal Patel |
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1984 |
Malayalam |
Takazhi Sivashankar Pillai |
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1983 |
Kannada |
Masti Venkatesh Ayengar |
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1982 |
Hindi |
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1981 |
Punjabi |
Amrita Pritam |
Kagaj te Canvas |
1980 |
Malayalam |
S.K Pottekkatt |
Oru Desattinte Katha |
1979 |
Assamese |
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya |
Mrityunjay |
1978 |
Hindi |
S.H.V Ajneya |
Kitni Navon Men Kitni Bar |
1977 |
Kannada |
K Shivaram Karanth |
Mukkajjiya Kanasugalu |
1976 |
Bengali |
Asha Purna Devi |
Pratham Pratisruti |
1975 |
Tamil |
P.V Akilandam |
Chitttrappavai |
1974 |
Marathi |
Vishnu Sakaram Khandekar |
Yayati |
1973 |
Oriya |
Gopinath Mohanty |
Mattimatal |
1973 |
Kannada |
Dattatreya Ramachandran Bendre |
Nakutanti |
1972 |
Hindi |
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar |
Urvashi |
1971 |
Bengali |
Bishnu Dey |
Smriti Satta Bhavishyat |
1970 |
Telugu |
Vishwanath Satyanarayan |
Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu |
1969 |
Urdu |
Firaq Gorakpuri |
Gul-e-Naghma |
1968 |
Hindi |
Sumitra Nandan Pant |
Chidambara |
1967 |
Gujarati |
Uma Shankar Joshi |
Nishitha |
1967 |
Kannada |
Dr K.V Puttappa |
Sri Ramayana Darshanam |
1966 |
Bengali |
Tarashankar Bandopadhyaya |
Ganadevta |
1965 |
Malayalam |
G. Shankara Kurup |
Odakkuzhal |