Gyanpeeda award is the highest achievement award one can get in the field of literature in India. Bharathiya Gyanpeedam Trust is giving these awards to achievers. This trust was formed on 1944. It was not formed with an intention to give awards. Awards for achievers started from the year 1965. Though there are over 300 languages in India, Gyanpeeda considers only those recognized by Government. Please find below the details of achievers till 2007.
1965-G.Sankara Kurup : The first Gyanpeeda award was given to Shri.G.Sankara Kurup for his collection of poems Odakuzhal. The main literature by G.Sankara kurup were Odakuzhal, Sooryakanthi, Viswa darsanam, Anthardaham etc.
1966-Tharashankar Banerjee : He is one of the famous Bengali writer. He got award for his work Ganadevatha . The main novels written by Tharashankar Banerjee were Kalindi, Ganadevatha, Mahanagari, Arogya nikethan etc.
1967-Dr.K V Puttappa, Uma Shankar Joshi : Third Gyanpeeda award was shared between Kannada writer K V Puttappa and Gujarathi writer Uma Shankar Joshi. K V Puttappa got the award for his poem Sree Ramayana Darshanam. Joshi got the award for his collection of poem Nisheeth. Joshi’s Pen Name is Vasuki.
1968-Sumithranada Panth : His child hood name was Gusai Datt. This famous hindi writer got award for his poetic collection Chidambaram.
1969-Firak Gorekhpuri : He is the first person to achieve this in Urdu. He got award for his poetic collection Gul E Nama . His other works were nagamaye saj, Gasilisthiyam, Bagme Jindagi, Rangesayari etc.
1970- Dr.Viswanath Sathyanarayana : This Telugu writer got the achievement for his novel Ramayana Kalpavrikshamu .
1971- Bishnu Dey : He is the second Bengali writer to achieve this award. Got award for his writing Smruti Sathi Bhavishat.
1972-Dr.Ramdari Singh Dinkar : This hindi writer got this achievement for his work Urvashi. He has also received Padabhooshan, Kendra Sahitya Academy awards.
1973-Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, Gopinath Mohanthi- This time award was share between Kannada poet Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre for his Nakuthanthi and Oriyan writer Gopinath Mohanthi for his work Matimatal .
1974-Vishnu Sakkaram Khandekar : This Marathi novelist got achievement for his novel Yayathi .
1975-P V Akhilan : This Tamil writer got his award for the novel Chithira Paavai.
1976-Ashapoorna Devi : This Bengali Novelist got the achievement for her novel Prathama Prathisruthi. She is the first female writer to achieve Gyanpeeda award.
1977-Dr.K Shivaramakaranth : The third Gyanpeeda for Kannada language went to this writer for his work Mukhgiya Kanasugulu.
1978-S H Valsyayan : This hindi writer known by the name Anjay got award for his poetic collection Kitni Nahem Mein Kitni Baar .
1979-Beerendrakumar Bhattacharya : This assamese writer got award for his novel Mryuthyunjaya .
1980-S K Pottekad : this Malayali Writer got award for his novel Oru Desathinde Katha .He has excelled in writing stories, novels, poem, plays etc.
1981-Amritha Preetham : This Punjabi writer got award for the work Kagasthe Canvas.
From 1982 onwards award is given by looking into the overall contribution by the writers
1982-Mahadevi Varma :. In 1982 she got Gyanpeeda award for her contribution to hindi literature.
1983-Dr.Masthi Venkateswara Ayyangar : He is the oldest writer to achieve this award for his Kannada novel chikiveerarajendra .
1984-Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai: This famous writer in Malayalam got award for his novel Kayar . The other famous works by him are Chemmeen, Randidangazhi, Enipadikal, Thottiyude Makan etc.
1985-Pannalal Patel : He is the second Gujarathi writer to achieve this award. Even without doing a basic education he has contributed many valuable works to Gujarathi literature.
1986-Dr.Sachithananda Raut Roy : he is a famous poet and story writer in oriya. His major poetic collections were pandulili, abhiyan, Swagatha, Asiaraswapna. Also he his famous novel were chithrashabha, mathirataj,chaaya etc.
1987-V V Shirvadkar : This Marathi known by pen name Kusumagraj has written poetic collections vishakha, kinara etc and plays yayathi and devayani, natsamrat, vidooshak, doosara peshwa etc.
1988-Dr. C Narayana Reddi : This telugu poet is known by the name Nisare. He became popular through his poetic collections Matulu Manapusu and vishwanbhara.
1989-Khurathul ein hyder :This Urdu novelist has written works saphil egamedil. Seethahiran, fasalegul, ayisha achal aayi, housing society, agale janm mone biriyana ki jiyo dil ruba,akhire sabke safar etc.
1990-V K Gokhak : He is famous kannada writer. His major works are thrivikramar, akashagange, navyakavithegalu, samarasave jeevana, jananayak,yugantharam etc.
1991-Subhash Mukhopadyaya : This Bengali writer has given major contributions in areas of poem, stories,novel etc.
1992-Naresh Metha : he is hindi writer. He wrote 13 poetic collections, 7 novels, 4 plays, 3 story collections etc.
1993-Seethakanth mahapatra : he is famous poet in oriya. His first poetic collection is deepthi o dhyuthi. Other famous works are ashtapathi, sabdara aakash, samudra,chithranadi .
1994-U R Ananthamoorthy : The major works of this famous kannada writer are samskara,bharatipura, avastha,prasne,mauni,ennathumagiyadakathe,suryana,kuthura etc.
1995-M T Vasudevan Nair : one of the leading writers in Malayalam.he has contributed in the areas of short stories,novel etc. His major works are nalukettu, kalam,asuravithu, randamoozham etc. He has also contributed to malayam cinema through his scripts.
1996-Maheswetha Devi : Jhansi Rani is the first novel of this famous Bengali writer. Andhan mania, hazar purasima, aaranyer adhikar, agnigadha, salgirar dake etc are other makor works.
1997-Alisardar jaffri : he is famous urdu play writer. Parvez, duniya ko salam, khoon ki lakeer, amna ka sithara are his major poems. His play yah kiska khoon hai is also famous.
1998-Girish Karnad : He has contributed a lot in writing, play,cinema,acting etc. His novels yayathi, Tuglak etc are famous.
1999-Nirmal Varma, Gurdayal Singh : Nirmal varma is the emperor of modern hindi literature. Mayadarpan, London ki ek raat, andhere meim, deep ka ek tukda, jindagi yaham aur vaham are his major stories. Parinde is also famous.
Gurdayal singh is famous Punjabi writer. Mati da deeva, ayheye, adchana nirat, ani khore dadan etc are his famous novels.
2000-Indira Goswamy : The first lady writer to receive Gyanpeeda award in Assam.Ahiron, Neel Kanthi Braja,unekov hruda, ek nadirnam are her major works.
2001-Rajendra Keshavlal Sha : Famous gujarathi poet. Has written more than 20 poetic collections. He has also translated works of Tagore and Geetha Govindam to Gujarathi.
2002-Jayakanthan : He is famous Tamil writer, film worker etc.
2003-Vinda Karandikar : Famous Marathi writer. Swetha ganga, drupath, jathak are his major poems. He has also wrote in English.
2004-Abdur Rahiman Rahi : The first Kashmiri writer to get Gyanpeeda Award. His famous work is siya rudh jiyaren maan.
2005-Kanvar Naren : Famous hindi poet. His first poetic collection Chakravyuh was a hit. Parivesh, hum tum, Aathmajayi, Apne samne, koyi doosara nahi hein, In dino,vajashrava ke bahane are his other major works.
2006-Ravindra kalekar : Famous writer in Konkani. Himalayanth, Navi sala, satyagrah, mangal prabath mahatma are his major works.
2007-Satyavrat Shastri : He is famous writer and poet in Sanskrit. Ramakeerthi mahakavyam, Sreebodisathwa charitham,Discovery of Sanskrit treasures are his major works.