List of Malayalam literary awards


This is a list of literary awards given for Malayalam–language.
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Jnanapeetam Award (Jnanpith)

, India's most prestigious literary honour, was won by the following Malayalam authors.
YearRecipientWork
1965G. Sankara KurupOdakkuzhal
1980S. K. PottekkattOru Desathinte Katha
1984Thakazhi Sivasankara PillaiKayar
1995M. T. Vasudevan NairOverall Contribution
2007O. N. V. KurupOverall Contribution
2019Akkitham Achuthan NamboothiriOverall contribution

Other major awards and their winners are listed below.

Ayyappan Puraskaram

The Ayanam — A. Ayyappan Poetry Award was instituted by Ayanam Smaskarika Vedi in the memory of celebrated Malayalam poet A. Ayyappan.
YearRecipientWorkRef.
2011VijayalakshmiVijayalakshmiyude Kavithakal
2012P. N. GopikrishnanIdikkaloori Panampattadi
2013Kalpatta NarayananOru Mudanthante Suvishesham
2014K. R. TonyPlamenammayi
2015NANA
2016VeerankuttyVeerankuttyude Kavithakal
2017Kureepuzha SreekumarUppa
2018K. V. BabyK. V. Babyude Kavithakal
2019P. RamanRathri Pantrandarakku Oru Tharattu

Azhikode Puraskaram

Azhikode Puraskaram is instituted by Sukumar Azhikode Trust in memory of critic and orator Sukumar Azhikode. The award consists of a cash component of 1 lakh, a memento and citation.
YearRecipientRef.
2013T. J. S. George

Balamani Amma Award

Basheer Award

Basheer Award was instituted by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Smaraka Trust and consists of an amount of 25,000, certificate of merit and a plaque designed by C. N. Karunakaran.
YearRecipientWork
2008N. PrabhakaranThiranhedutha Kathakal
2009Rafeeq AhammedAalmara
2010Sarah JosephOoru Kaaval
2011B. RajeevanVakkukalum Vasthukkalum
2012N. S. MadhavanEnte Priyapetta Kathakal
2013Attoor Ravi VarmaAttoor Kavithakal
2014Subhash ChandranManushyanu Oru Aamukham
2015Kalpatta NarayananKavithayude Jeevacharithram
2016AshithaAshithayude Kathakal
2017SebastianPrethi Shareeram
2018V. J. JamesNireeshwaran
2019T. PadmanabhanMaraya

Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Award

2015O. N. V. Kurup
2016Ashok Vajpeyi
2017V. Madhusoodanan Nair
2018Chandrashekhara Kambara
2019Sugathakumari
2020K. G. Sankara Pillai

Kamala Surayya Award

Kendra Sahithya Academy Award for Children's Literature

Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award

The award, instituted in the memory of Lalithambika Antharjanam, is given in two categories: one for Lifetime Contribution to Malayalam Literature and the other for Best Young Woman Writer.
The literary prize is instituted in the name of Nooranad Haneef. It consists of a cash prize of 25,001 and citation and is given for writers under the age of 45.
YearRecipientWorkRef.
2011V. M. DevadasPannivetta
2012E. Santhosh Kumar
2013K. R. MeeraAarachaar
2014BenyaminManjaveyil Maranangal
2015Susmesh ChandrothPaper Lodge
2016ShemiNadavaziyile Nerukal
2017Sangeetha SreenivasanAcid

ONV Literary Award

YearRecipientRef.
2017Sugathakumari
2018M.T.Vasudevan Nair
2019Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

P. Kunhiraman Nair Award

Thanima Puraskaram

Thoppil Bhasi Award