The Moortidevi Award is an India literary award annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary and research organisation, to an author.
The award is given only to Indian writers writing in Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India, and in English, with no posthumous conferral or self nomination.
Moortidevi Award – Award for contributions to literature
| Awarded for | Literary award in India |
|---|---|
| Sponsored by | Bharatiya Jnanpith |
| Reward(s) | ₹4 lakh (US$5,600) |
| First awarded | 1983 (Instituted in 1961) |
| Last awarded | 2017 |
| Most recent winner | Joy Goswami |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 30 |
| First winner | C. K. Nagaraja Rao |
| Last winner | Vishwanath Tiwari |
List of award recipients, showing the year, and language
| Year | Recipient | Work | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 (1st) | C. K. Nagaraja Rao | Pattamahadevi Shantala Devi | Kannada |
| 1984 (2nd) | Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha | — | Hindi |
| 1986 (3rd) | Kanhaiyalal Sethia | — | Rajasthani |
| 1987 (4th) | Manubhai Pancholi | Zer To Pidha Chhe Jani Jani | Gujarati |
| 1988 (5th) | Vishnu Prabhakar | — | Hindi |
| 1989 (6th) | Vidya Niwas Mishra | — | Hindi |
| 1990 (7th) | Munishree Nagraj | — | Hindi |
| 1991 (8th) | Pratibha Ray | Yagnaseni | Odia |
| 1992 (9th) | Kuber Nath Rai | — | Hindi |
| 1993 (10th) | Shyamacharan Dubey | — | Hindi |
| 1994 (11th) | Shivaji Sawant | Mrityunjay | Marathi |
| 1995 (12th) | Nirmal Verma | Bharat aur Europe: Pratishruti ke Shetra | Hindi |
| 2000 (13th) | Govind Chandra Pande | Sahitiya Saundarya aur Sanskriti | Hindi |
| 2001 (14th) | Rammurti Tripathi | Shriguru Mahima | Hindi |
| 2002 (15th) | Yashdev Shalya | — | Hindi |
| 2003 (16th) | Kalyan Mal Lodha | — | Hindi |
| 2004 (17th) | Narayan Desai | Maroon Jeewan Aaj Mari Vaani | Gujarati |
| 2005 (18th) | Rammurti Sharma | Bharatiya Darshan Ki Chintadhara | Hindi |
| 2006 (19th) | Krishna Bihari Mishra | Kalpataru ke Utsav Leela | Hindi |
| 2007 (20th) | Veerappa Moily | Shri Ramayana Mahanveshanam | Kannada |
| 2008 (21st) | Raghuvansh Raghuvansh | Paschimi Bhautik Samskriti Ka Utthan Aur Patan | Hindi |
| 2009 (22nd) | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri | Various poems | Malayalam |
| 2010 (23rd) | Gopi Chand Narang | Urdu Ghazal aur Hindustani Zehn-o Tahzeeb | Urdu |
| 2011 (24th) | Gulab Kothari | Ahmev Radha, Ahmev Krishnah | Hindi |
| 2012 (25th) | Haraprasad Das | Vamsha | Odia |
| 2013 (26th) | C. Radhakrishnan | Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram | Malayalam |
| 2014 (27th) | Vishwanath Tripathi | Vyomkesh Darvesh | Hindi |
| 2015 (28th) | Kolakaluri Enoch | Ananta Jeevanam | Telugu |
| 2016 (29th) | M. P. Veerendra Kumar | Hymavathabhoovil | Malayalam |
| 2017 (31th) | Joy Goswami | Du Dondo Phowara Matro | Bengali |
| 2019 (33th) | Vishwanath Tiwari | Asti Aur Bhavti | Hindi |