Ezhuthachan Puraskaram

Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
Award for individual contributions to Malayalam literature
Awarded forLiterary award in India
Sponsored byKerala Sahitya Akademi
Reward(s)₹ 5,00,000 and a citation
First awarded1993
Last awarded2024
Highlights
Total awarded31
First winnerSooranad Kunjan Pillai
Last winnerN. S. Madhavan

The Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary honour given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Government of Kerala. The award is named after Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, the father of the Malayalam language and consists of a cash prize of ₹ 5,00,000 and a citation. The prize money was enhanced by ₹ 50,000 in 2011.[1] The award was instituted in 1993 and Sooranad Kunjan Pillai was its first recipient.[2]

List of winners

The following are the winners of the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.[3]

Year Awardee Image
1993 Sooranad Kunjan Pillai[2]
1994 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1995 Balamaniamma
1996 K. M. George
1997 Ponkunnam Varkey
1998 M. P. Appan
1999 K. P. Narayana Pisharody[4]
2000 Pala Narayanan Nair[5]
2001 O. V. Vijayan[6]
2002 Kamala Surayya[7]
2003 T. Padmanabhan[8]
2004 Sukumar Azhikkode[9]
2005 S. Guptan Nair[10]
2006 V. V. Ayyappan (Kovilan)[11]
2007 O. N. V. Kurup[12]
2008 Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri[13]
2009 Sugathakumari[14]
2010 M. Leelavathi[15]
2011 M. T. Vasudevan Nair[16]
2012 Attoor Ravi Varma[17]
2013 M. K. Sanu[18]
2014 Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri[19]
2015 Puthussery Ramachandran[20]
2016 C. Radhakrishnan[21]
2017 K. Satchidanandan[22]
2018 M. Mukundan[23]
2019 Anand[24]
2020 Zacharia[25]
2021 P. Valsala[26]
2022 Sethu[27]
2023 S. K. Vasanthan[28]
2024 N. S. Madhavan[29]

References

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