Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith award Awards for Tamil Literature

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Sahitya Akademi Awards

The Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, is an organization dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India.
Founded on 12 March 1954
Presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs. 100,000 in each of the 24 languages.

YEAR	WORKS	AUTHOR
1955	Essay Collection ( Tamil Inbam)	R.P.Sethupllai
1956	Alai osai	Kalki
1958	Chakravarthi Thirumagan	Rajaji
1961	Agal vilakku	Mu.Varatharasanar
1963	Vengaiyin Mainthan	Akilan
1966	Vallalar Kanda Orumaippadu	Ma.Po.Sivagnanam
1969	Pisiranthaiyaar	Bharathidasan
1971	Samudhaya Veedhi	Na.Parthasarathy
1972	Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal	Jayakandhan
1973	Varukku Neer	Rajam Krishnan
1977	Kuruthipunal	Indira parthasarathy
1978	Puthukavithaiyin Thotramum Valarchiyum	Vallikannan
1980	Saeraman Kathali	Kannadasan
1984	Oru Kaaviriyai Pola	Lakshmi Thiripurasundari
1988	Vaazhum Valluvam	V.C.Kulanthaisamy
1990	Vaeril Pazhutha Pazha	S. Samuthiram
1991	Gopallapurathu Makkal	Ki.Rajanarayan
1992	kutrala kuravanji	Ko.vi. Manisekaran
1993	Kaadhugal	M.V.Venkata Ram
1994	Puthiya Dharisanam	Ponnilan
1995	Vaanam Vasappadum	Prabanjan
1996	Appavin Sinegithar	Ashokamithran
1997	Saaivu Narkali	Thoppil Mohammed miran
1998	Visaranai commission	S.kandasamy
2001	Sudhanthira thaagam	C.S. chellappa
2003	Kalikattu Ithigasam	Vairamuthu
2005	Kalmaram	G.Thilakavathi
2007	Ilaiyuthir Kaalam	Neela padmanabham
2008	Minsara poo	Melanmai Ponnusamy
2010	Soodiya Poo Soodarka	Nanjil Naadan
2011	Kaaval Kottam	S. Venkatesan
2012	Thool	T. Selvaraj
2013	Korkai	Jo.di.Kurush
2014	Anjadi	Poomani
2015	Ilakkiyasuvadugal	Aa. Madhavan
2016	Oru Siru Isai	Vannadasan
2017	Kaandhal Naatkal	Inkulab
2018	Sanjaram	S. Ramakrishnan
2019	Sool	Cho.Dharman

Gyanpeeth award for Tamil:

Jnanpith Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their “outstanding contribution towards literature”.
Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and English, with no posthumous conferral.

YEAR	WORKS	AUTHOR
1975	Chithira paavai	Akilan
2002	Contribution to Tamil Literature	Jayakanthan

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Sahitya Akademi Awards

The Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, is an organization dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India.

Founded on 12 March 1954

Presents the annual Sahitya Akademi Award of Rs. 100,000 in each of the 24 languages.

YEAR

WORKS

AUTHOR

1955

Essay Collection ( Tamil Inbam)

R.P.Sethupllai

1956

Alai osai

Kalki

1958

Chakravarthi Thirumagan

Rajaji

1961

Agal vilakku

Mu.Varatharasanar

1963

Vengaiyin Mainthan

Akilan

1966

Vallalar Kanda Orumaippadu

Ma.Po.Sivagnanam

1969

Pisiranthaiyaar

Bharathidasan

1971

Samudhaya Veedhi

Na.Parthasarathy

1972

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal

Jayakandhan

1973

Varukku Neer

Rajam Krishnan

1977

Kuruthipunal

Indira parthasarathy

1978

Puthukavithaiyin Thotramum Valarchiyum

Vallikannan

1980

Saeraman Kathali

Kannadasan

1984

Oru Kaaviriyai Pola

Lakshmi Thiripurasundari

1988

Vaazhum Valluvam

V.C.Kulanthaisamy

1990

Vaeril Pazhutha Pazha

S. Samuthiram

1991

Gopallapurathu Makkal

Ki.Rajanarayan

1992

kutrala kuravanji

Ko.vi. Manisekaran

1993

Kaadhugal

M.V.Venkata Ram

1994

Puthiya Dharisanam

Ponnilan

1995

Vaanam Vasappadum

Prabanjan

1996

Appavin Sinegithar

Ashokamithran

1997

Saaivu Narkali

Thoppil Mohammed miran

1998

Visaranai commission

S.kandasamy

2001