Year- Name- Language
2015- Raghuveer Chaudhari- Gujarati
2014- Bhalchandra Nemade- Marathi
2013- Kedarnath Singh- Hindi
2012- Ravuri Bharadhwaja- Telugu
2011- Pratibha Ray- Oriya
2010- Chandrashekhara Kambara- Kannada
2009- Lal Shukla- Hindi
2009- Amar Kant- Hindi
2007- O. N. V. Kurup- Malayalam
2006- Satya Vrat Shastri- Sanskrit
2005- Kunwar Narayan- Hindi
2004- Rehman Rahi- Kashmiri
2003- Vinda Karandikar- Marathi
2002- D. Jayakanthan- Tamil
2001- Rajendra Shah- Gujarati
2014- Bhalchandra Nemade- Marathi
2013- Kedarnath Singh- Hindi
2012- Ravuri Bharadhwaja- Telugu
2011- Pratibha Ray- Oriya
2010- Chandrashekhara Kambara- Kannada
2009- Lal Shukla- Hindi
2009- Amar Kant- Hindi
2007- O. N. V. Kurup- Malayalam
2006- Satya Vrat Shastri- Sanskrit
2005- Kunwar Narayan- Hindi
2004- Rehman Rahi- Kashmiri
2003- Vinda Karandikar- Marathi
2002- D. Jayakanthan- Tamil
2001- Rajendra Shah- Gujarati