Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions

The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for their overall contributions to Malayalam literature. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. [1][2][3]

Awardees

Year Winner
1993 M. R. Bhattathiripad
K. P. Narayana Pisharody
A. P. Udhayabhanu
P. C. Devassia
1996 Pala Narayanan Nair
Mary John Koothattukulam
M. N. Sathyaardhi
Kadathanat Madhavi Amma
1997 M. H. Sastrigal
V. Anandakuttan Nair
Nagavally R. S. Kurup
1998 K. Ravi Varma
M. S. Menon
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad
K. T. Muhammed
Vettoor Raman Nair
G. Vivekanandan
1999 N. P. Mohammed
Puthussery Ramachandran
V. V. K. Valath
Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair
Thirunalloor Karunakaran
Pavanan
2000 M. Krishnan Nair
2001 Kunjunni Mash
M. Achuthan
Aymanam Krisha Kaimal
2002 M. K. Sanu
Narendra Prasad
S. K. Marar
I. K. K. Menon
2003 Kakkanadan
M. Sukumaran
M. N. Paloor
2004 Unnikrishnan Puthoor
Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
Panmana Ramachandran Nair
2005 Chemmanam Chacko
E. Vasu
K. S. Narayana Pillai
2006 Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
K. Panoor
2009 Ettumanoor Somadasan
Erumeli Parameswaran Pillai
G. Balakrishnan Nair
P. V. K. Panayal
2010 Omchery N. N. Pillai
S. Ramesan Nair
K. Gopalakrishnan
Malayath Appunni
Sarah Thomas
Joseph Mattam
2011[4] Chathanath Achuthanunni
P. T. Chacko
K. B. Sreedevi
Joseph Vyttila
2012[5] K. P. Sankaran
Karur Sasi
G. Priyadarshan
K. M. Govi
2013[6] P. R. Nathan
S. K. Vasanthan
D. Sreeman Namboothiri
M. D. Rathnamma
2014[7] Sreedharan Champad
Velayudhan Panikkassery
George Irumbayam
Methil Radhakrishnan
Desamangalam Ramakrishnan
Chandrakala S. Kammath
2015[8] O. V. Usha
Mundoor Sethumadhavan
V. Sukumaran
T. B. Venugopala Panicker
Prayar Prabhakaran
K. Sugathan
2016[9] Iyyamcode Sreedharan
C. R. Omanakuttan
Lalitha Lenin
Jose Punnamparambil
P. K. Parakkadavu
Pooyappally Thankappan
2017[10] Pazhavila Rameshan
M. P. Parameswaran
Kunjappa Pattanur
K. G. Paulose
K. Ajitha
C. L. Jose
2018[11] Scaria Zacharia
O. M. Anujan
S. Rajasekharan
Manamboor Rajan Babu
Nalini Bekal
2019[12] Dalit Bandhu N. K. Jose
Palakkeezh Narayanan
P. Appukuttan
Rosemary
U. Kalanathan
C. P. Aboobacker
2020[13] K. K. Kochu
Mampuzha Kumaran
K. R. Mallika
Sidharthan Paruthikad
Chavara K. S. Pillai
M. A. Rahman
2021[14] K. Jayakumar
Kadathanattu Narayanan
Janamma Kunjunni
Kaviyoor Rajagopalan
Gita Krishnankutty
K. A. Jayaseelan
2022[15] John Samuel
K. P. Sudheera
Rathi Saksena
P. K. Sukumaran
Sreekrishnapuram Krishnan Kutty
Pallippuram Murali
2023[16] K. V. Kumaran
Prema Jayakumar
P. K. Gopi
Bakkalam Damodaran
Rajan Thiruvoth

References

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