Central Sahitya Academy Awardees

Winner	Work	Year
Dr. K.V. Puttappa	Ramayana Darshanam	1955
R.S. Mugali	Kannada Sahitya Charitre	1956
D.R. Bendre	Aralu Maralu	1958
Dr. K. Shivaram Karanth	Yakshagana Bayalata	1959
V.K. Gokak	Dyava Pruthvi	1960
A.R. Krishna Shastry	Bankimachandra	1961
Devudu Narasimha Shastry	Mahakshatriya	1962
B. Puttaswamaiah	Kranthi Kalyana	1964
S.V. Ranganna	Ranga Binnapa	1965
P.T. Narasimhachar	Hamsa Damayanthi	1966
D.V. Gundappa	Jeevana Dharmayoga	1967
Masti Venkatesh Iyengar	Sanna Kathegalu	1968
H. Thipperudra Swamy	Karnataka Samskruthi Sameekshe	1969
S.B. Joshi	Karnataka Samskruthiya Poorva Peethike	1970
Sri Ranga	Kalidasa	1971
S.S. Bhusanurmath	Soonya Sampadaneya Paramarshe	1972
V. Seetha Ramaiah	Aralu Baralu	1973
M. Gopalakrishna Adiga	Vardhamana	1974
S.L. Bhyrappa	Dhatu	1975
M. Shivaram	Manamantha	1976
K.S. Narasimha Swamy	Theredha Bagilu	1977
B.G.L. Swamy	Hasuru Honnu	1978
A.N. Murthy Rao	Chitragalu-Patragalu	1979
Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar	Americadalli Goruru	1980
Chennaveera Kanavi	Jeeva Dhwani	1981
Chaduranga	Vyshaka	1982
Yashavantha Chittala	Katteyadalu Hudugi	1983
G.S. Shivarudrappa	Kavyartha Chintana	1984
T.R. Subba Rao	Durgasthamana	1985
Vyasaraya Ballal	Bandaya	1986
K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswi	Chidambara Rahasya	1987
Shankara Mokashi Punekar	Avadheshwari	1988
Ha. Ma. Nayak	Samprathi	1989
Devanur Mahadeva	Kusuma Bale	1990
Chandrashekara Kambara	Siri Sampige	1991
S.R. Akkundi	Bakulada Hoovugalu	1992
P. Lankesh	Kallu Karaguva Samaya	1993
Girish Karnad	Taledanda	1994
Keerthinatha Kurthakoti	Uriyanalige	1995
G.S. Amur	Bhuvanada Bhagya	1996
M. Chidananda Murthy	Hosathu Hosathu	1997
B.C. Ramachandra Sharma	Saptapadi	1998
Dr. D.R. Nagaraj	Sahitya Kathana	1999
Shantinath Desai	Om Namo	2000
L.S. Sheshagiri Rao	English Sahitya Charitre	2001
Sujana	Yugasandhya	2002
K.V. Subbanna	Kavirajamarga & Kannada Jagattu	2003
Geethanagabhushan	Baduku	2004
Raghavendra Patil	Teru	2005
Dr. M.M. Kalburgi	Marga-4	2006
Kum. Veerabhadrappa	Aramane	2007
Srinivas B. Vaidya	Halla Banthu Halla	2008
Smt. Vaidehi	Krauncha Pakshigalu	2009
Dr. Rahmat Tarikere	Kattiyanchina Dari	2010
Gopalakrishna Pai	Swapna Saraswatha	2011
H.S. Shivaprakash	Mabbina Haage Kanivehasi	2012
C.N. Ramachandran	Akhyana-Vyakhyana	2013
G.H. Nayak	Uttarardha	2014
K.V. Tirumalesh	Akshaya Kavya	2015
Bolwar Mohammed Kunhi	Swathantryada Ota	2016
T.P. Ashok	Kathana Bharati	2017
K.G. Nagarajappa	Anushreni-Yajamanike	2018
Dr. Vijaya	Kudi Esaru	2019
M. Veerappa Moily	Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam	2020
D.S. Nagabhushana	Gandhi Kanthana	2021
Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy	Bahutvada Bharatha Mattu Bauddha Tatvikate	2022