The 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 23 January 2019.^[1][2] The award is given each year, since 1958, by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit.

Category	Recipient	Work	Image
Poetry	Veerankutty	Mindaprani
Novel	V. J. James	Nireeshwaran
Story	Aymanam John	Ithara Characharangalude Charitrapusthakam
Drama	S. V. Venugopan Nair	Swadeshabhimani
Literary Criticism	Kalpatta Narayanan	Kavithayude Jeevacharithram
Biography and Autobiography	Jayachandran Mokeri	Thakkijja, Ente Jayil Jeevitham
Travelogue	C. V. Balakrishnan	Ethetho Saranikalil
Humour	Chowallur Krishnankutty	Ezhuthanukaranam Anuranangalum
Children's Literature	V. R. Sudheesh	Kurukkan Mashinte School
Scholarly Literature	N. J. K. Nair	Nadivijnaneeyam
Translation	Rama Menon	Parvathangalum Mattolikollunnu
Overall Contributions	Pazhavila Rameshan M. P. Parameswaran Kunjappa Pattanur K. G. Paulose K. Ajitha C. L. Jose

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