Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
The Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary honour that is 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. The award was instituted in 1993 and Sooranad Kunjan Pillai was its first recipient.
List of winners
The following are the winners of the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.| Year | Awardee | Image |
| 1993 | Sooranad Kunjan Pillai | |
| 1994 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | |
| 1995 | Balamaniamma | |
| 1996 | Dr. K.M.George | |
| 1997 | Ponkunnam Varkey | |
| 1998 | M. P. Appan | |
| 1999 | K. P. Narayana Pisharody | |
| 2000 | Pala Narayanan Nair | |
| 2001 | O. V. Vijayan | |
| 2002 | Kamala Surayya | |
| 2003 | T. Padmanabhan | |
| 2004 | Sukumar Azhikkode | |
| 2005 | S. Gupthan Nair | |
| 2006 | V. V. Ayyappan | |
| 2007 | O. N. V. Kurup | |
| 2008 | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri | |
| 2009 | Sugathakumari | |
| 2010 | M. Leelavathi | |
| 2011 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | |
| 2012 | Attoor Ravi Varma | |
| 2013 | M. K. Sanu | |
| 2014 | Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri | |
| 2015 | Puthussery Ramachandran | |
| 2016 | C. Radhakrishnan | |
| 2017 | K. Satchidanandan | |
| 2018 | M. Mukundan | |
| 2019 | Anand |