| SNo |
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) |
