Jnanpith Award

Literature

Mahasweta Devi

Bengali writer and activist for tribal communities

1926 – 2016

Film & TV

Gulzar

Poet, lyricist and film director

Born 1933

Literature

Amrita Pritam

Punjabi poet and novelist

1919 – 2005

Literature

Amitav Ghosh

Novelist, first English-language writer to win the Jnanpith

Born 1956