List of Kabir Awards Winners from 1968 to 2023

General knowledge about Kabir Samman:

What is National Kabir Samman and why is it given?

The Department of Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh has instituted 'All India Awards' and state level awards to honor excellence and excellence in literature and creative arts, to develop national standards in literature and arts. To honor excellence and creation at the national level, the Madhya Pradesh government has instituted the National Kabir Samman for Indian poetry.

This award has been instituted in the name of the great saint poet Kabir, because he composed many works centuries ago and gave new boldness to the society. He is still one of the most popular poets of India.

Quick Info About Kabir Samman:

Category of award	Literature
Establishment year	1986
Prize money	Three lakh rupees
First winner	Gopal Krishna adamant
last winner	Mr. Manoj Srivastava (2020)

Prize money given in Kabir Samman:

The person honored under Kabir Samman was earlier given a cash amount of one lakh fifty thousand rupees and a plaque of honor by the Culture Department of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, but now he is given three lakh rupees in cash and honor. plaque is provided.

Selection Process:

The criteria of creativity, excellence and long practice have been fixed for the National Kabir Samman. There is a definite process of selection. There is a participation of experts at all levels and care is taken that on the one hand, extensive opinion polls about literary achievements are available for reference. On the other hand, the poet to be respected is selected by experts with integrity and discretion with complete objectivity, objectivity and fearlessness on the basis of such criteria, which are dependent on life-vision, art discipline and aesthetic sense.

Year	Recipient name
1986	Shri Gopal Krishna Adig
1987	Shri Subhash Mukhopadhyay
1988	Dr. Harbhajan Singh
1989	Shri Shamsher Bahadur Singh
1990	Shri Vinda Karandikar
1991	Shri Harindra Dave
1992	Shri Ramakant Rath
1995	Shri Navkant Baruah
1996	Shri K. Ayyappa Panicker
1997	Shri Shankho Ghosh
1998	Shri Sitanshu Yashasvandra
1999	Shri Narayan Surve
2000	Shri Sitakanta Mohapatra
2001	Shri Kunwar Narayan
2002	Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar
2003	Shri A. Rehman Rahi
2004	Shri Govind Chandra Pandey
2005	Shri Ashok Vajpayee
2006	Shri Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri
2007	Dr. Padma Sachdev
2008	Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar, Mumbai
2009	undecided
2010	-
2011	-
2012	Alokranjan Dasgupta is a Bengali poet, author of over 20 books of poetry. He has translated Bengali and Santhal poetry and plays into English and German, and has also translated literature from German and French into Bengali.
2013	Reva Prasad Dwivedi - Professor Emeritus of BHU and Sanskrit poet Prof. Reva Prasad Dwivedi was honored with the National Kabir Samman on Friday by the Department of Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh.
2014	Pratibha Satpathy is an eminent poetess of Odia literature. He has been recognized as one of the foremost poets of the country and has been awarded the National Kabir Samman and the Sahitya Akademi Award
2015	Attur Ravi Varma - Attur Ravi Varma was a well-known poet and translator of Malayalam language. His major works are as follows: Kavita, Attur Ravi Varmayede Kavitakal, J.J. Chilla Kurippukal, Oru Pulimarathinte Katha, Naale Mattoru Nala Mataram, Randam Yamangalude Katha and Puthunanuru etc.
2016	K. Siva Reddy - Siva Reddy is a popular Telugu language mimicry artist, comedian and actor. He has acted in more than 100 movies in Tollywood.
2017	Naresh Saxena - Naresh Saxena is a popular Hindi language mimicry artist, poetry, drama, script writing, film direction Is. He received his first honour, the National Film Award in the year 1992, after which Hindi Sahitya Sammelan's honour, Shamsher Samman Prapat.
2018	Gorti Vekanna - The award for 2018 was conferred on Telugu poet Gorti Vekanna, a well-known poet and translator.
2019	Vinay Rajaram
2020	Shri Manoj Srivastava- Manoj Srivastava has written about 36 books on various subjects in Hindi language. His major works include Context and Value in Education, Pashupati, Swar Ankit, Karan Poems, Maa, Hiranyagarbha, Sati Prasang.