Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

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Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Born	(1912-04-17)17 April 1912 Thakazhy, Alappuzha, Kingdom of Travancore, British India (present-day Alappuzha, Kerala, India)
Died	10 April 1999(1999-04-10) (aged 86) Thakazhy, Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Pen name	Thakazhi
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Indian
Genre	Novel, short story
Subject	Social aspects
Literary movement	Realism
Notable awards	1994 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 1985 Padma Bhushan 1984 Jnanapith Award 1984 Vayalar Award 1957 Sahitya Akademi Award 1965 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
Spouse	Kamalakshy Amma
Parents	Poypallikalathil Sankara Kurup Aripurathuveettil Parvathy Amma
Relatives	Guru Kunchu Kurup (Paternal Uncle), Raj Nair (Grandson), Velikkakath Parameshwara Kaimal (Paternal Grandfather)

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (17 April 1912 – 10 April 1999), popularly known as Thakazhi after his place of birth, was an Indian novelist and short story writer of Malayalam literature. He wrote over 30 novels and novellas and over 600 short stories focusing on the lives of the oppressed classes. Known for his works such as Kayar (Coir, 1978) and Chemmeen (Prawns, 1956), Pillai was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award. He was also a recipient of the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, awarded in 1984 for the novel Kayar.

Biography

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai was born on 17 April 1912 in Thakazhy, a small village in Kuttanad in present-day Alappuzha district of Kerala to Poypallikalathil Sankara Kurup, who was the brother of Guru Kunchu Kurup, a doyen of Kathakali and Aripurathuveettil Parvathy Amma. After early tutoring by his father and Chakkampurathu Kittu Asan, a local teacher, Pillai had his primary education at a local school in Thakazhi and passed 7th standard examination from the English School in Ambalappuzha. Subsequently, he did his high school education, first at a high school in Vaikom and later at the NSS High school in Karuvatta, where he had the opportunity to study under Kainikkara Kumara Pillai, who was the headmaster of the school during that period. After passing 10th standard, he moved to Thiruvananthapuram and passed the pleader examination from the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He started his career as a reporter at Kerala Kesari daily but moved to legal career by practising under a lawyer named P. Parameshwaran Pillai at the munsif court of Ambalappuzha. It was during this time, he was attracted by the communist movement and he participated in the functioning of the Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham (Writers' Cooperative Society). He presided Kerala Sahitya Akademi and was also associated with Sahitya Akademi as a member of its general council.

Pillai married Thekkemuri Chembakasseril Chirakkal Kamalakshy Ammai, affectionately called by him as Katha, in 1934 and the couple had one son and four daughters. He died on 10 April 1999, at the age of 86 (A week before his 87th birthday), survived by his wife, who died on 1 June 2011, and their five children.

Literary career

Pillai, whose works would later earn him the moniker, Kerala Maupassant, started writing at an early age and his associations with Kainikkara Kumara Pillai during his school days and with Kesari Balakrishna Pillai during his Thiruvananthapuram days are known to have helped the aspiring writer in his career, it was the latter who introduced him to European literature. His first short story was Daridran (The Poor) which was published in 1929. In 1934 came out Thakazhi's first published volume, Puthumalar (New Blossoms) which was a collection of short stories. This was soon followed by his first novel Thyagathinu Prathiphalam (Fruits of Sacrifice) which primarily dealt with the social injustices prevalent during that time. This was the first of his 39 novels; he also published 21 anthologies composed of over 600 short stories, two plays and four memoirs.

Pillai's literary works are known to portray the society in Kerala in the mid-20th century. Thottiyude Makan (Scavenger's Son), a story about a scavenger who strives unsuccessfully to keep his son from continuing the family profession was published in 1947 and is known to be the first realistic novel in Malayalam literature. His political novel, Randidangazhi (Two Measures, 1948), projected the evils of the feudal system that prevailed in Kerala then, especially in Kuttanad. The film adaptation, directed and produced by P. Subramaniam from a screenplay by Thakazhi himself, received a certificate of merit at the National Film Awards in 1958.

In 1956, Pillai published his love epic Chemmeen (Prawns), which was a departure from his earlier line of realism and the novel received critical acclaim, becoming the first post-colonial Indian novel to be translated into English; the English translation was accepted into the Indian Series of UNESCO Collection of Representative Works. It told a tragic love story against the backdrop of a fishing village in Alappuzha. The novel and its film adaptation, also titled Chemmeen (1965), earned him national and international fame. Chemmeen was translated into 19 world languages and adapted into film in 15 countries. The film adaptation, directed by Ramu Kariat, won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1965. His next notable work was Enippadikal (Rungs of the Ladder), published in 1964, which traces the careerism of an ambitious bureaucrat whose lust for power and position becomes his own undoing. The novel was adapted into a movie in 1973 by Thoppil Bhasi. Anubhavangal Paalichakal, another novel he published in 1966, was also made into a feature film by K. S. Sethumadhavan, in 1971, with Sathyan, Prem Nazir and Sheela in the lead roles. The story "Vellapokkathil", written in the mid-1960s, is considered one of his best stories. It was adapted into a short film of the same name by Jayaraj in 2007.

Pillai wrote Kayar (Coir) in 1978, a long novel extending to over 1000 pages, covering the history of several generations in Kuttanad for over 200 years and is considered by many as his masterpiece, n spite of the popularity of Chemmeen. The novel deals with hundreds of characters over four generations, bringing back to life an axial period (1885–1971) during which feudalism, matriliny, and bonded labour gave way to conjugal life and to universal access to land ownership, and later, to decolonisation.

Pillai wrote his only play in 1946 titled Thottilla, which was a social drama; it was performed on many stages by Kerala People's Arts Club. He published four autobiographical books and two other works. Four of his short stories were the base of a film, Naalu Pennungal, made by Adoor Gopalakrishnan in 2007, which he termed as his homage to the writer.

Awards and honours

Pillai received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1957 for the love epic, Chemmeen. Kerala Sahitya Akademi selected Enippadikal for their annual award for novels in 1965. His Novel, Kayar was selected for the Vayalar Award in 1984, and he received the highest Indian literary award, Njanapeedam in 1984 and a year later, the Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan. In 1986 he was conferred with an honorary doctorate (D.Litt) by University of Kerala. Sahitya Akademi elected him as a distinguished fellow in 1989; he had already been a distinguished fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi by then. In 1994, the Government of Kerala awarded him Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, their highest literary honour. In 1996 he was awarded an honorary doctorate (D.Litt) by Mahatma Gandhi University. India Post issued a commemorative postage stamp depicting his image in 2003, under the Jnanapith Award Winners series. Sahitya Akademi commissioned a documentary film on the life of Pillai to be made and M. T. Vasudevan Nair made Thakazhi, a documentary film of 57 minutes length, which was released a year before Pillai's death in 1998. The Government of Kerala acquired Sankaramanagala, the ancestral home of Pillai, in 2000 and a museum, Thakazhi Memorial Museum was set up in 2001, honoring the writer's memory.

Bibliography

Novels

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1934). Thyagathinu Prathiphalam. Poorna Publications. ISBN 8171805302. ASIN 8171805302.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1956). Chemmeen. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313212139. OCLC 4194651.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1963). Avante Smaranakal: Novel. Sahitya Pravarthaka.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1948). Randidangazhi. DC Books. ISBN 817130673X.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1996). Thottiyude Makan (1st ed.). Kottayam: DC Books. ISBN 8171306373. OCLC 37694031.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1950). Thendivargam. Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788130000244.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (2006). Enippadikal. DC Books. ISBN 978-81-7130-722-7.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1967). Anubhavangal Palichakal. Current Books. ASIN B007E4VG0I.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1978). Kayar. DC Books. ISBN 978-81-7130-071-6.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (1975). Punnapra Vayalaarinu Sesham. DCB.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1977). Azhiyakkurukku.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (2007). Baloonukal. Poorna Publications. ISBN 9798171805234.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (1991). Nellum thengayum. Thrissur: Current Books. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (1990). Oru Erinjadangal. Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (1996). Paramaarthangal. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788171805280. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (2004). Irupathonnaam noottaandu. Thrissur: Kerala Sahitya Academy. ISBN 9788176900690.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (1996). Pathithapankajam. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788171805259. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (2007). Nellum thengayum. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788130007038. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (2007). Kure manushyarute katha. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788130006185. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sivasankarapilla, Thakazhi (3 February 2019). Thakazhiyude novalukal. Kottayam: DC Books. ISBN 9788126431786.
Thakazhi (1968). Pappiammayum makkalum. Current books, Thrissur: Current Books. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Thakazhi (1969). Ouseppinde Makkal. Current books, Thrissur: Current Books. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Thakazhi (1969). Anjupennungal. Current books, Thrissur: Current Books.
Sivasankarapilla Thakazhi (1967). Chukku. Kottayam: N.B.S. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sivasankarapillai, Thakazhi (1972). Kodipoya mukhangal. Sahithya pravarthakasahakaranasangam: Sahithya pravarthakasahakaranasangam. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (1977). Thakazhiyude Adhyakala Novelukal. Sahithya Pravarthaka Co: Sahithya Pravarthaka Co.
Thakazhi (1974). Akathalam. Sahithya Pra. Co. s: Sahithya Pra. Co. s.
Thakazhi sivasankarapillai (1967). Vilpanakkari. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (1996). Jeevitham Sundaramaanu, Pakshe. Kozhikode, Poorna.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (1948). Thalayodu. Kottayam, NBS.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi; Author (2004). Aakaasam. Kottayam, D C Books. ISBN 9788126407972. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Sivasankarapilla Thakazhi (1965). Dharmaneethiyo Alla Jeevitham. THRISSUR: THE MANGALODAYAM.
Sivasankarapilla Thakazhi (1984). Perillaakatha. KOTTAYAM: S P C S.
Sivasankara Pillai Thakazhi. Pennu. Kozhikode.
Sivasankara Pillai Thakazhi (1971). Pennaayi Pirannaal. Kottayam: Author.
Sivasankara Pillai Thakazhi. Nurayum Pathayum. Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788130000152.
Sivasankara Pillai Thakazhi. Oru Premathinte Bakki. Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788130003740.
Shivashankarapilla, Thakazhi. (1983). Oru Manushyante Mukham. DC Books.
Shivashankarapilla, Thakazhi (1966). Maamsathinte Vili. Champakkulam: B K M BOOK DEPOT.
Susheelan
Thakazhiyude Lakhunovelukal

Short story anthologies

Venugopalan, P., ed. (2015). Thakazhi Sampoorna Kathakal: 3 Vols. Thrissur: Green Books. ISBN 9788184234442.
Sivasankara Pilla, Takazhi (2014). Theranjedutha kathakal. Kottayam: Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahagarana Sangham. ISBN 9789384075538.
Sivasankara Pilla, Thakazhi (2016). Kathakal. Kottayam: D C books. ISBN 9788126464425.
Sivasankarapillai Thakazhi (1995). Thakazhiyude kadhakal. D.C. Books, Kottayam: D.C. Books, Kottayam.
Thakazhi (1969). Changathikal. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (1992). Oru Kuttanaadan Katha.
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (1993). Jeevithathinte Oredu. Kottayam, DCB.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (2007). Vellappokkathilum mattu pradhaana kathakalum (Ed.5 ed.). Kottayam, D C Books. ISBN 9788126405589.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (2004). Irupathonnaam noottaandu: samaaharikkaatha 16 kathakal. Thrissur, Kerala Sahithya Akademi Ke. ISBN 9788176900690.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi; Author (2009). Nithyakanyaka: kathakal. Kottayam, Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society Ltd. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Sivasankara Pilai, Thakazhi (1980). Kure kathaapaathrangal (in Malayalam). Kottayam, D C books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Sivasankara Pillai Thakazhi (1969). Ekanthapathikan. KADAPPAKKADA: N B S.
Sivasankara Pillai Thakazhi (1958). Njan Piranna Nadu. Thrissur: Current Books.
Thakazhi (1969). Anjupennungal. Current books, Thrissur: Current Books.
Inquilab (1952)
Khoshayathra
Pativratha (Chaste Wife, 1946)
Pratheekshakal
Puthumalar
Adiyozhukkukal
Prathijna
Njarakkangal
Makalude Makal
Kanakku Theerkkal
Aadhyathe Prasavam
Alinganam
Charithrasathyangal

Autobiographies

Thakazhi sivasankarapillai (1967). Ente Balyakala kadha. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
Shivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (2007). Athmakatha. Thrissur: Green Books.
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (1985). Ormayude Theerangalil.
Ente Vakeel Jeevitham

Plays

Thakazhi sivasankarapillai (1946). Thottilla. KPAC.

Other works

Sivasankarapilla Thakazhi (1966). American Thirasseela. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi (2000). Ente Ullile Kadal. Kottayam, D C Books. ISBN 9788126401178.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Translations into other languages

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai; Anita Nair (translator) (2016). Chemmeen. Seagull Books. ISBN 978-0-85742-391-7. {{cite book}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai; Narayana Menon (translator) (1975). Chemmeen: a Novel: Transl. by Narayana Menon; Introduction by Santha Rama Rau : - 5. Impression. Jaico. {{cite book}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai; R. E. Asher (translator) (1990). Scavenger's Son. Orient Paperback. {{cite book}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (2002). கயிறு (Coir). Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-1078-3.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1987). செம்மீன் (Chemmeen). Sahitya Akademi.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1983). Machhuare (in Hindi). Sahitya Akademi.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1 January 1994). SHUNGTAM (KONKANI IN KANNADA SCRIPT). Raknno Prakashan, Mangalore. ISBN 978-0-10-000784-0.
Sivasankara Pillai, Thakazhi. The unchaste. Delhi: Hind Pocket Books.
Pillai, Thakazhi Sivasankara (1974). The iron rod. New Delhi: sterling publishers.
Sivasankara Pillai, Takazhi (1976). Rungs of the ladder. Translated by C. Paul Verghese. Arnold-Heinemann (India). Retrieved 4 February 2019.
Sivasankarapilla, Takazhi (1984). The Children of Ouseph. Translated by Mary Mathai, Samuel Mathai. New Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1996). In the Flood; The Blind Man Gratified; Death of Gandhiji. Haritham, 7, 1996.

Films

Critical studies on Thakazhi

Annamma Jacob; Samuel, C. D; Guide (1990). Thakazhiyude novelukalile saamoohika prathibhalanam (PhD ed.). Kottayam, Mahatma Gandhi University.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Sushama L; Benjamin D. (1992). "Thakazhiyude Cerukathaa saahityam Oru Padanam". University (PhD ed.). Trivandrum, Kerala University. hdl:10603/177076.
Mathew, Manarcadu (2000). Thakazhiyum Basheerum koodikkaazhchakalil. Kottayam, Current Books. ISBN 9788124008195.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Ayyappa Panicker, K.; Chandrika; Tr (1992). Thakazhi Sivasankara Pilla.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Krishnan Patyam, O. (1994). Raajam Krishnanum Thakazhiyum(tharathamya saahithya padhanam). Kottayam, NBS.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Sarma, V. S; Ed (1991). Thakazhiyum malayala novelum. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Sarvakalaasaala Malayala Vibhaagam.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Karim, M. M. (1985). Premchandum Thakazhiyum.
S. Karunya. Worlds of Amitav Ghosh and Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai- Ecological Archetypes in the Select Novels. Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal.
Francis Zimmermann (2007). Thakazhi's KAYAR: Stories, Narrative and History in a Malayalam modern epic.
Nidhi Malik. The fall of customs in the Chemmeen. International Journal of Applied Research.

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Postage stamp issued – Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
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v t e Jnanpith Award recipients
1965–1985	G. Sankara Kurup (1965) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1966) Kuvempu and Umashankar Joshi (1967) Sumitranandan Pant (1968) Firaq Gorakhpuri (1969) Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1970) Bishnu Dey (1971) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1972) D. R. Bendre and Gopinath Mohanty (1973) Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar (1974) Akilan (1975) Ashapurna Devi (1976) Shivaram Karanth (1977) Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1978) Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1979) S. K. Pottekkatt (1980) Amrita Pritam (1981) Mahadevi Varma (1982) Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (1983) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1984) Pannalal Patel (1985)
1986–2000	Sachidananda Routray (1986) Kusumagraj (1987) C. Narayana Reddy (1988) Qurratulain Hyder (1989) Vinayaka Krishna Gokak (1990) Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1991) Naresh Mehta (1992) Sitakant Mahapatra (1993) U. R. Ananthamurthy (1994) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1995) Mahasweta Devi (1996) Ali Sardar Jafri (1997) Girish Karnad (1998) Gurdial Singh and Nirmal Verma (1999) Mamoni Raisom Goswami (2000)
2001–present	Rajendra Shah (2001) Jayakanthan (2002) Vinda Karandikar (2003) Rehman Rahi (2004) Kunwar Narayan (2005) Ravindra Kelekar and Satya Vrat Shastri (2006) O. N. V. Kurup (2007) Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (2008) Amarkant and Shrilal Shukla (2009) Chandrashekhara Kambara (2010) Pratibha Ray (2011) Ravuri Bharadhwaja (2012) Kedarnath Singh (2013) Bhalchandra Nemade (2014) Raghuveer Chaudhari (2015) Shankha Ghosh (2016) Krishna Sobti (2017) Amitav Ghosh (2018) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2019) Nilmani Phookan (2021) Damodar Mauzo (2022) Rambhadracharya and Gulzar (2023)

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1980	Sunil Gavaskar
1981	Vainu Bappu Prafulla Desai A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Gopinath Mohanty Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya Amritlal Nagar Mrinal Sen Avabai Bomanji Wadia
1982	Jasbir Singh Bajaj S. Balachander Gottipati Brahmayya Rani Gaidinliu Khadim Hussain Khan Stella Kramrisch Jal Minocher Mehta Grace Morley Syed Zahoor Qasim Kamal Ranadive P. N. Pattabhirama Sastri Jhabarmal Sharma Ajit Ram Verma
1983	Richard Attenborough Doraiswamy Iyengar V. G. Jog K. Sankaran Nair Prem Nazir Swraj Paul, Baron Paul Dr. Rajkumar K. G. Ramanathan Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala Subodh Chandra Sengupta Adi M. Sethna Arun Kumar Sharma Benudhar Sharma Bhalindra Singh Umrao Singh
1984	Horace Alexander Michael Ferreira Sivaji Ganesan Jnan Prakash Ghosh Kotha Satchidananda Murthy Hosur Narasimhaiah Sripada Pinakapani Ishwari Prasad B. C. Sanyal Marie Seton Archana Sharma Obaid Siddiqi Natwar Singh Ganda Singh Vijay Tendulkar Baldev Upadhyaya
1985	Durga Das Basu Shiba P. Chatterjee Eknath Vasant Chitnis Virender Lal Chopra Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon Santidev Ghosh Bhimsen Joshi Tribhuvandas Luhar Sadat Abul Masud Kalanidhi Narayanan Bernard Peters Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Gopala Ramanujam S. Ramaseshan Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry Amarjit Singh Gurbachan Singh Talib Bhalchandra Udgaonkar Srinivasan Varadarajan
1986	Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Ela Bhatt Manohar Lal Chibber Nasir Aminuddin Dagar V. Krishnamurthy Jean Riboud Sidney Dillon Ripley Rajeev Sethi Martand Singh C. Venkataraman Sundaram Badri Nath Tandon Gulshan Lal Tandon R. K. Trivedi
1987	Balamani Amma Kishori Amonkar Nikhil Banerjee Roddam Narasimha R. D. Pradhan Annada Shankar Ray Julio Ribeiro Man Mohan Sharma Laxmi Prasad Sihare Farokh Udwadia Mohammad Yunus
1988	19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche Ram Prakash Bambah Kartar Singh Duggal Ashok Sekhar Ganguly Abid Hussain Shreyans Prasad Jain Kelucharan Mohapatra Bal Ram Nanda Akkineni Nageswara Rao Pratury Trirumala Rao Renuka Ray B. V. Sreekantan Satya Pal Wahi
1989	Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway Banoo Jehangir Coyaji Girija Devi K. K. Hebbar Girilal Jain Anna Rajam Malhotra M. V. Mathur Ashesh Prosad Mitra Russi Mody Suresh Shankar Nadkarni Narinder Singh Randhawa Yoshio Sakurauchi Lakshman Singh Prakash Narain Tandon
# Posthumous conferral 1954–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029

v t e Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam
1955–1975	R. Narayana Panickar (1955) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1957) K. P. Kesava Menon (1958) Uroob (1960) G. Sankara Kurup (1963) P. Kesavadev (1964) Balamani Amma (1965) Kuttikrishna Marar (1966) P. Kunhiraman Nair (1967) Edasseri Govindan Nair (1969) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1970) Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1971) S. K. Pottekkatt (1972) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (1973) Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1974) O. N. V. Kurup (1975)
1976–2000	Cherukad (1976) Lalithambika Antharjanam (1977) Sugathakumari (1978) N. V. Krishna Warrier (1979) Punathil Kunjabdulla (1980) Vilasini (1981) V. K. N. (1982) S. Guptan Nair (1983) Ayyappa Paniker (1984) Sukumar Azhikode (1985) M. Leelavathy (1986) N. Krishna Pillai (1987) C. Radhakrishnan (1988) Olappamanna (1989) O. V. Vijayan (1990) M. P. Sankunni Nair (1991) M. Mukundan (1992) N. P. Mohammed (1993) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (1994) Thikkodiyan (1995) T. Padmanabhan (1996) Anand (1997) Kovilan (1998) C. V. Sreeraman (1999) R. Ramachandran (2000)
2001–present	Attoor Ravi Varma (2001) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2002) Sara Joseph (2003) Zacharia (2004) Kakkanadan (2005) M. Sukumaran (2006) Sethu (2007) K. P. Appan (2008) U. A. Khader (2009) M. P. Veerendra Kumar (2010) M. K. Sanu (2011) K. Satchidanandan (2012) M. N. Paloor (2013) Subhash Chandran (2014) K. R. Meera (2015) Prabha Varma (2016) K. P. Ramanunni (2017) S. Ramesan Nair (2018) V. Madhusoodanan Nair (2019) Omchery N. N. Pillai (2020) George Onakkoor (2021) M. Thomas Mathew (2022) E. V. Ramakrishnan (2023)

v t e Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
1968–1980	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1968) D. R. Bendre, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Sumitranandan Pant, C. Rajagopalachari (1969) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1970) Kaka Kalelkar, Gopinath Kaviraj, Gurbaksh Singh, Kalindi Charan Panigrahi (1971) Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Mangharam Udharam Malkani, Nilmoni Phukan, Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi, Sukumar Sen, V. R. Trivedi (1973) T. P. Meenakshisundaram (1975) Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande, Jainendra Kumar, Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa 'Kuvempu', V. Raghavan, Mahadevi Varma (1979)
1981–2000	Umashankar Joshi, K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, K. Shivaram Karanth (1985) Mulk Raj Anand, Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi, Amritlal Nagar, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Annada Shankar Ray (1989) Nagarjun, Balamani Amma, Ashapurna Devi, Qurratulain Hyder, Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte, Kanhu Charan Mohanty, P. T. Narasimhachar, R. K. Narayan, Harbhajan Singh (1994) Jayakanthan, Vinda Karandikar, Vidya Niwas Mishra, Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Raja Rao, Sachidananda Routray, Krishna Sobti (1996) Syed Abdul Malik, K. S. Narasimhaswamy, Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Rajendra Shah, Ram Vilas Sharma, N. Khelchandra Singh (1999) Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, Rehman Rahi (2000)
2001–present	Ram Nath Shastri (2001) Kaifi Azmi, Govind Chandra Pande, Nilamani Phookan, Bhisham Sahni (2002) Kovilan, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Vijaydan Detha, Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Amrita Pritam, Shankha Ghosh, Nirmal Verma (2004) Manoj Das, Vishnu Prabhakar (2006) Anita Desai, Kartar Singh Duggal, Ravindra Kelekar (2007) Gopi Chand Narang, Ramakanta Rath (2009) Chandranath Mishra Amar, Kunwar Narayan, Bholabhai Patel, Kedarnath Singh, Khushwant Singh (2010) Raghuveer Chaudhari, Arjan Hasid, Sitakant Mahapatra, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Asit Rai, Satya Vrat Shastri (2013) Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa, C. Narayana Reddy (2014) Nirendranath Chakravarty, Gurdial Singh (2016)
Honorary Fellows	Léopold Sédar Senghor (1974) Edward C. Dimock, Jr., Daniel H. H. Ingalls Sr., Kamil Zvelebil, Ji Xianlin (1996) Vassilis Vitsaxis, Eugene Chelyshev (2002) Ronald E. Asher (2007) Abhimanyu Unnuth (2013)
Premchand Fellowship	Intizar Hussain (2005), Kishwar Naheed (2016)
Ananda Coomaraswamy Fellowship	Senake Bandaranayake, Chie Nakane, Azad N. Shamatov (1996)

v t e Recipients of Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1993) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1994) Balamani Amma (1995) K. M. George (1996) Ponkunnam Varkey (1997) M. P. Appan (1998) K. P. Narayana Pisharody (1999) Pala Narayanan Nair (2000) O. V. Vijayan (2001) Kamala Surayya (2002) T. Padmanabhan (2003) Sukumar Azhikode (2004) S. Guptan Nair (2005) Kovilan (2006) O. N. V. Kurup (2007) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2008) Sugathakumari (2009) M. Leelavathy (2010) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2011) Attoor Ravi Varma (2012) M. K. Sanu (2013) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (2014) Puthussery Ramachandran (2015) C. Radhakrishnan (2016) Satchidanandan (2017) M. Mukundan (2018) Anand (2019) Zacharia (2020) P. Vatsala (2021) Sethu (2022) S. K. Vasanthan (2023)

Recipients of Ezhuthachan Puraskaram

v t e Malayalam literature
Organisations	Kerala Sahitya Akademi Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society
Literary awards	Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram Cherukad Award Edasseri Award Ezhuthachan Puraskaram Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Mathrubhumi Literary Award Muttathu Varkey Award O. N. V. Literary Award O. V. Vijayan Literary Award Odakkuzhal Award Padmarajan Award P. Kesavadev Literary Award Ulloor Award Vallathol Award Vayalar Award
Fiction writers	Ajijesh Pachat Akbar Kakkattil Anand Anita Nair Anoop Sasikumar Appu Nedungadi Ashitha Ashtamoorthi K. V. Aymanam John Babu Bharadwaj B. M. Suhara B. Sandhya C. Radhakrishnan C. V. Balakrishnan C. V. Raman Pillai C. V. Sreeraman Chandramathi Cherukad E. Harikumar E. Vasu G. R. Indugopan George Onakkoor Gracy I. K. K. Menon Jayasree Kalathil John Abraham Jose Panachippuram Joy J. Kaimaparamban K. J. Baby Arch Deacon Koshy K. L. Mohana Varma K. N. Ezhuthachan K. P. Nirmal Kumar K. P. Ramanunni K. R. Meera K. Rekha K. Surendran K. P. Joseph Kalarickal K. Thayat Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai Kakkanadan Kamala Surayya Kanam EJ Karunakaran Karur Neelakanta Pillai Khadija Mumtaz Kottayam Pushpanath Kovilan K. V. Anoop Lajo Jose Lalithambika Antharjanam M. Govindan M. Mukundan M. Sukumaran M. T. Vasudevan Nair Madampu Kunjukuttan Madhupal Malayath Appunni Malayattoor Ramakrishnan Mallika Yunis Muttathu Varkey N. Mohanan N. N. Pisharody N. P. Chellappan Nair N. P. Mohammed N. S. Madhavan Nandanar Narayan O. V. Vijayan Omchery N. N. Pillai Oyyarathu Chandu Menon P. Ayyaneth P. Surendran P. F. Mathews P. K. Balakrishnan P. Kesavadev P. R. Nathan P. R. Shyamala P. Surendran P. Valsala Padmarajan Pamman Parappurath Pattathuvila Karunakaran Paul Chirakkarode Paul Zacharia Perumbadavam Sreedharan Ponjikkara Rafi Ponkunnam Varkey Punathil Kunjabdulla Raghunath Paleri S. Hareesh S. K. Pottekkatt Santhosh Echikkanam Sarah Joseph Sarah Thomas Savithri Rajeevan Socrates K. Valath Sudhakar Mangalodayam Sethu Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu Sohanlal Sreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty Subhash Chandran T. P. Rajeevan T. Padmanabhan T. V. Kochubava T. V. Varkey Tatapuram Sukumaran Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Thikkodiyan Thomas Joseph U. A. Khader U. K. Kumaran Unnikrishnan Puthur Unnikrishnan Thiruvazhiyode Uroob V. K. N. V. P. Sivakumar Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vallachira Madhavan Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar Vilasini Vinoy Thomas
Poets	A. Ayyappan A. C. Sreehari A. R. Raja Raja Varma Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Arnos Pathiri Attoor Ravi Varma Balachandran Chullikkadu Balamani Amma Bodheswaran Chandiroor Divakaran Changampuzha Krishna Pillai Cherukad Cherusseri Namboothiri D. Vinayachandran Edappalli Raghavan Pillai Edasseri Govindan Nair G. Shankara Kurup Irayimman Thampi K. Ayyappa Paniker K. C. Kesava Pillai K. V. Ramakrishnan Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Kadathanat Madhavi Amma Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan Kamala Surayya Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai Kavitha Balakrishnan Kumaran Asan Kunchan Nambiar Kureepuzha Sreekumar Lalitha Lenin M. Govindan M. P. Appan M. S. Banesh Manoj Kuroor Mary John Thottam Mohanakrishnan Kaladi Moyinkutty Vaidyar N. N. Kakkad N. V. Krishna Warrier Nalapat Narayana Menon Nellikkal Muraleedharan Niranam poets O. N. V. Kurup Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad P. Kunhiraman Nair P. P. Ramachandran Pala Narayanan Nair Poonthanam Namboothiri Pulikkottil Hyder Punaloor Balan Puthussery Ramachandran S. Joseph Satchidanandan Satyan Madakkara Savithri Rajeevan Sugathakumari Thirunalloor Karunakaran Tholan Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer Unnayi Variyar V. Madhusoodanan Nair V. C. Balakrishna Panicker V. M. Girija Vadakkumkur Rajarajavarmaraja Vallathol Narayana Menon Vayalar Ramavarma Veerankutty Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup Vijayalakshmi Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri V Madhusoodanan Nair Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon Sreedevi Kakkad
Playwrights	C. J. Thomas C. L. Jose C. N. Sreekantan Nair Cherukad G. Sankara Pillai K. T. Muhammed M. Govindan Nalapat Narayana Menon S. L. Puram Sadanandan Thoppil Bhasi T. N. Gopinathan Nair V. T. Bhattathiripad
Children's literature	Malayath Appunni P. Narendranath Sumangala Shebaly Sippy Pallippuram Kiliroor Radhakrishnan
Essayists/Critics	Annie Thayyil C. N. Ahmad Moulavi C. S. Venkiteswaran Joseph Mundassery K. M. Daniel K. P. Appan K. P. Sankaran K. Damodaran K. M. George Kesari Balakrishna Pillai Kozhikodan Kuttikrishna Marar Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai M. K. Sanu M. Krishnan Nair (author) M. Leelavathy M. N. Karassery M. N. Vijayan M. P. Paul M. R. Chandrasekharan Narendra Prasad O. V. Vijayan P. Surendran S. Guptan Nair S. Rajasekharan Sabeena Rafi Sanjayan Sukumar Azhikode V. C. Sreejan V. T. Bhattathiripad Vijayakrishnan V. V. K. Valath
Scholars and Grammarians	A. R. Raja Raja Varma Arnos Paathiri George Mathan Hermann Gundert Jyeṣṭhadeva Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran Kottarathil Sankunni Krishna Chaithanya R. Narayana Panickar Vadakkumkur Rajarajavarmaraja
Translators	Leela Devi M. K. Kumaran M. N. Sathyaardhi N. K. Damodaran Nileena Abraham
Genre	Champukkal Drama Kilippattu Manipravalam Novel Vadakkan Pattukal Venmani School Vanchippattu
Novels	Aalahayude Penmakkal Aalohari Anandam Aadujeevitham Aarachaar Akkapporinte Irupathu Nasrani Varshangal Anal Haq Anargha Nimisham Anuragathinte Dinangal Agnisakshi Ara Nazhika Neram Arabi Ponnu Arohanam Asuravithu Avakasikal Ayussinte Pusthakam Balyakalasakhi Barsa Chemmeen Cheviyorkkuka! Anthimakahalam Daivathinte Vikrithikal Delhi Gadhakal Enmakaje Ente Katha Ente Thankam Francis Itty Cora Gurusagaram Indulekha Kaalam Kayar Kesavante Vilapangal Khasakkinte Itihasam Kocharethi Kundalatha Manju (novel) Manushyanu Oru Aamukham Maranathinte Nizhalil Marthandavarma Mathilukal Maya Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil Mucheettukalikkarante Makal Mullappoo Niramulla Pakalukal Muthassi Naadan Premam Naalukettu Nakshathrangale Kaaval Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu Odayil Ninnu Ormayude Arakal Oru Desathinte Katha Oru Sankeerthanam Pole Oru Theruvinte Katha Othappu Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha Pathummayude Aadu Peruvazhiyambalam Ponni Pravasam Premalekhanam Randamoozham Randidangazhi Rathinirvedam Sarada Shabdangal Smarakasilakal Sufi Paranja Katha Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum Thottiyude Makan Ummachu Vasanavikriti Vasanthathile Poomarangal Verukal Viddikalude Swargam Visappu Yakshi Yanthram
Treatises	Aithihyamala Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum Kerala Panineeyam Nātyakalpadrumam Sarvavijnanakosam State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications Viswasahityavijnanakosam Yuktibhāṣā
Poems	Atmopadesa Śatakam Daiva Daśakaṁ Jnanappana Omanathinkal Kidavo Makarakoythu Puthen Pana Ramanan (play in verse) Rani (poem) Sree Bhoothanaathopakhyaanam Unnuneeli Sandesam Kuchelavritham Vanchippattu Krishnagatha
Assorted articles	Arabi Malayalam Arabi Malayalam script Chakara Malayalam grammar Malayalam poetry Mathrubhumi Yearbook Jewish copper plate Judeo-Malayalam Malayalam script Malayalam triumvirate poets Malayanma Mannan language Mappila dialect Mozhi (transliteration) Mullu Kurumba language Pandy Malayalam Romanisation of Malayalam
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v t e Padma Award winners of Kerala
Padma Vibhushan	Adoor Gopalakrishnan E. C. George Sudarshan E. Sreedharan G. Madhavan Nair John Matthai K. N. Raj K. R. Ramanathan K. Shankar Pillai Kottayan Katankot Venugopal M. S. Valiathan N. R. Pillai O. N. V. Kurup V. K. Krishna Menon V. R. Krishna Iyer Verghese Kurien K. J. Yesudas
Padma Bhushan (Male)	A. C. N. Nambiar Ammannur Madhava Chakyar A. Ramachandran A. Sreedhara Menon C. P. Krishnan Nair Chembai E. C. George Sudarshan Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss G. Madhavan Nair G. Sankara Kurup Gabriel Chiramel George Joseph (scientist) Guru Kunchu Kurup Jacob Chandy K. G. Subramanyan K. J. Yesudas K. M. George K. M. Mathew K. P. Kesava Menon K. P. P. Nambiar K. P. S. Menon (senior) K. R. Ramanathan K. Radhakrishnan K. Sankaran Nair K. Shankar Pillai K. Sukumaran K. T. Thomas (Justice) Kandathil Mammen Cherian Kavalam Narayana Panicker Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Kunhiraman Palat Candeth Kuzhur Narayana Marar M. S. Valiathan M. T. Vasudevan Nair M. V. Pylee Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai Mohanlal O. V. Vijayan P. K. Warrier Palghat Mani Iyer Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Pothan Joseph Prem Nazir Raghavan Thirumulpad Ramankutty Nair Satish Nambiar # T. J. S. George T. K. Oommen T. N. Krishnan * T. V. Gopalakrishnan T. V. R. Shenoy Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Thayil John Cherian Thomas Kailath # Trichur V. Ramachandran V. K. Narayana Menon Vainu Bappu # Vallathol Narayana Menon Verghese Kurien
Padma Bhushan (Female)	Balamani Amma Lakshmi N. Menon P. Leela Tara Cherian #
Padma Shri (Male)	A. Marthanda Pillai A. Sivathanu Pillai Adoor Gopalakrishnan Ammannur Madhava Chakyar Antony Padiyara Ayyappa Paniker Azad Moopen B. Paul Thaliath B. Ravi Pillai Balachandra Menon C. G. Krishnadas Nair Cheril Krishna Menon E. Sreedharan Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis G. Aravindan G. Shankar G. Vijayaraghavan Gopinath Pillai J. Hareendran Nair Jayaram Jose Chacko Periappuram K. J. Yesudas K. M. George K. M. Mammen Mappillai K. P. Haridas K. P. Udayabhanu K. Raghavan K. Ravindran Nair K. Shankar Pillai Kalamandalam Gopi Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri Kandathil Mammen Cherian Kandathil Mammen Philip Kavungal Chathunni Panicker Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair Kunhiraman Palat Candeth Kunnenkeril K. Jacob Kurian John Melamparambil Kuzhivelil Mathew Laurie Baker ! Madhavan Chandradathan M. A. Yousuf Ali M. G. Ramachandran # M. Krishnan Nair (doctor) M. Night Shyamalan # M. R. Kurup M. S. Valiathan M. Vijayan Madhu (actor) Mammen Mathew Mammootty Mani Madhava Chakyar Mathew Kalarickal Mattannoor Sankarankutty Mitraniketan Viswanathan Mohanlal N. Balakrishnan Nair N. Kesava Panikkar N. R. Madhava Menon Narayana Panicker Kochupillai Neyyattinkara Vasudevan O. N. V. Kurup P. Gopinathan P. K. Narayanan Nambiar P. K. Rajagopalan P. K. Warrier P. Parameswaran Paul Pothen Perakath Verghese Benjamin Peruvanam Kuttan Marar Philip Augustine Prem Nazir Priyadarshan Pucadyil Ittoop John Puthenpurayil Mathew Joseph R. Marthanda Varma R. K. Krishna Kumar Rajagopalan Krishnan Resul Pookutty Shaji N. Karun Sooranad Kunjan Pillai Stanley John Sunny Varkey T. K. Alex T. N. Krishnan * Thayil John Cherian Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thilakan Thomas Kunnunkal Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair Vellayani Arjunan Verghese Kurien Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
Padma Shri (Female)	Achamma Mathai Anju Bobby George Dipika Pallikal # K. M. Beenamol K. S. Chithra Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Kalamandalam Satyabhama Leela Omchery Lucy Oommen M. D. Valsamma M. Leelavathy M. Subhadra Nair Mary Poonen Lukose Mary Verghese P. T. Usha Pepita Seth ! Rachel Thomas (skydiver) Shiny Abraham Shobana Sudha Varghese Sugathakumari Sukumari Thangam Philip Usha Uthup Lakshmikutty Vidya Balan *
(*)By birth - (#)By ethnicity - (!)By domicile

v t e Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
K. P. Kesava Menon (1970) G. Sankara Kurup (1970) Puthezhath Raman Menon (1971) Joseph Mundasseri (1973) Mathew M. Kuzhiveli (1973) V. T. Bhattathiripad (1976) Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1976) N. Krishna Pillai (1979) N. Balamani Amma (1979) V. Unnikrishnan Nair (1981) P. Kesavadev (1981) Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon (1981) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1981) Lalithambika Antharjanam (1981) R. E. Asher (1983) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1985) N. V. Krishna Warrier (1985) Kainikkara Kumara Pillai (1986) T. M. Chummar (1986) K. M. George (1989) Ponkunnam Varkey (1989) M. P. Appan (1989) C. N. Ahmad Moulavi (1989) Sukumar Azhikode (1991) M. P. Sankunni Nair (1994) K. Surendran (1995) S. Gupthan Nair (1996) V. K. N. (1997) Kovilan (1997) P. Bhaskaran (1998) O. N. V. Kurup (1999) M. Leelavathy (1999) Thikkodiyan (2000) O. V. Vijayan (2001) Kamala Surayya (2002) Ayyappa Paniker (2003) Sugathakumari (2004) K. Satchidanandan (2010) C. Radhakrishnan (2010) Yusuf Ali Kecheri (2013) N. S. Madhavan (2013) M. Thomas Mathew (2014) Kavalam Narayana Panicker (2014) Sara Joseph (2015) U. A. Khader (2015) Attoor Ravi Varma (2017) K. N. Panikkar (2017) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2018) M. Mukundan (2018) P. Valsala (2019) N. V. P. Unithiri (2019) Sethu (2020) Perumbadavam Sreedharan (2020) Vaisakhan (2021) K. P. Sankaran (2021)

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship

K. P. Kesava Menon (1970)

G. Sankara Kurup (1970)

Puthezhath Raman Menon (1971)

Joseph Mundasseri (1973)

Mathew M. Kuzhiveli (1973)

V. T. Bhattathiripad (1976)

Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1976)

N. Krishna Pillai (1979)

N. Balamani Amma (1979)

V. Unnikrishnan Nair (1981)

P. Kesavadev (1981)

Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon (1981)

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1981)

Lalithambika Antharjanam (1981)

R. E. Asher (1983)

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1985)

N. V. Krishna Warrier (1985)

Kainikkara Kumara Pillai (1986)

T. M. Chummar (1986)

K. M. George (1989)

Ponkunnam Varkey (1989)

M. P. Appan (1989)

C. N. Ahmad Moulavi (1989)

Sukumar Azhikode (1991)

M. P. Sankunni Nair (1994)

K. Surendran (1995)

S. Gupthan Nair (1996)

V. K. N. (1997)

Kovilan (1997)

P. Bhaskaran (1998)

O. N. V. Kurup (1999)

M. Leelavathy (1999)

Thikkodiyan (2000)

O. V. Vijayan (2001)

Kamala Surayya (2002)

Ayyappa Paniker (2003)

Sugathakumari (2004)

K. Satchidanandan (2010)

C. Radhakrishnan (2010)

Yusuf Ali Kecheri (2013)

N. S. Madhavan (2013)

M. Thomas Mathew (2014)

Kavalam Narayana Panicker (2014)

Sara Joseph (2015)

U. A. Khader (2015)

Attoor Ravi Varma (2017)

K. N. Panikkar (2017)

K. G. Sankara Pillai (2018)

M. Mukundan (2018)

P. Valsala (2019)

N. V. P. Unithiri (2019)

Sethu (2020)

Perumbadavam Sreedharan (2020)

Vaisakhan (2021)

K. P. Sankaran (2021)

v t e Vayalar Award
1970s	Lalithambika Antharjanam - Agnisakshi (1977) P. K. Balakrishnan - Ini Njan Urangatte (1978) Malayattoor Ramakrishnan - Yanthram (1979)
1980s	Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai - Kayar (1980) Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon - Makarakoythu (1981) O. N. V. Kurup - Uppu (1982) Vilasini (M. K. Menon) - Avakasikal (1983) Sugathakumari - Ambalamani (1984) M. T. Vasudevan Nair - Randamoozham (1985) N. N. Kakkadu - Saphalameeyathra (1986) N. Krishna Pillai - Prathipathram Bhashanabhedam (1987) Thirunalloor Karunakaran - Thirunalloor Karunakarante Kavithakal (1988) Sukumar Azhikode - Thathwamasi (1989)
1990s	C. Radhakrishnan - Munpe Parakkunna Pakshikal (1990) O. V. Vijayan - Gurusagaram (1991) M. K. Sanu - Changambuzha: Nakshathrangalude Snehabhajanam (1992) Anand - Marubhoomikal Undakunnathu (1993) K. Surendran - Guru (1994) Thikkodiyan - Arangu Kanatha Nadan (1995) Perumbadavam Sreedharan - Oru Sankeerthanam Pole (1996) Madhavikutty (Kamala Surayya) - Neermathalam Pootha Kalam (1997) S. Guptan Nair - Srishtiyum Srishtavum (1998) Kovilan - Thattakam (1999)
2000s	T. Padmanabhan - Puzha Kadannu Marangalude Idayilekku (2000) M. V. Devan - Devaspandanam (2001) K. Ayyappapanicker - Ayyappapanickerude Krithikal (2002) M. Mukundan - Kesavante Vilapangal (2003) Sarah Joseph - Alahayude Penmakkal (2004) K. Satchidanandan - Sakshyangal (2005) Sethu - Adayalangal (2006) M. Leelavathy - Appuvinte Anweshanam (2007) M. P. Veerendra Kumar - Haimavathabhuvil (2008) M. Thomas Mathew - Marar: Lavanyanubhavathinte Yuktishilpam (2009)
2010s	Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri - Charulatha (2010) K. P. Ramanunni - Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (2011) Akkitham - Anthimahakalam (2012) Prabha Varma - Shyama Madhavam (2013) K. R. Meera - Aarachaar (2014) Subhash Chandran - Manushyanu Oru Aamukham (2015) U. K. Kumaran - Thakshankunnu Swaroopam (2016) T. D. Ramakrishnan - Sugandhi Enna Andal Devanayaki (2017) K. V. Mohan Kumar - Ushnarashi (2018) V. J. James - Nireeshwaran (2019)
2020s	Ezhacherry Ramachandran - Oru Virginian Veyilkaalam (2020) Benyamin - Manthalirile 20 Communist Varshangal (2021) S. Hareesh - Meesa (2022) Sreekumaran Thampi - Jeevitham Oru Pendulum (2023)

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