Asan Memorial Poetry Prize or Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram is a

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award instituted in 1985 by

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-based Asan Memorial Association in memory of

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Kumaran Asan Mahakavi Kumaran Asan (Malayalam: എൻ. കുമാരൻ ആശാൻ) (12 April 1873 – 16 January 1924) was a poet of Malayalam literature, Indian social reformer and a philosopher. He is known to have initiated a revolution in Malayalam ...

. It is given annually to honour outstanding poets in Malayalam language. The award comprises a purse of Rs 50000, sculpture and certificate. The award was also conferred to

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writers in the initial years.

Recipients

* 1985: C. Mani * 1986: N. N. Kakkad * 1987: Sundara Ramaswamy * 1988:

Yusufali Kechery Yusufali Kechery (Yūsaphali Kēccēri; യൂസഫലി കേച്ചേരി 16 May 1934 – 21 March 2015) was a poet, film lyricist, film producer and director from Kerala, India. He wrote during the modern era of Malayalam poetry and ...

* 1989: Soundara Kailasam * 1990:

Sugathakumari Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, South India. Her parents were the poet and freedom fighter Bodheswaran and V. K. K ...

* 1992:

P. Bhaskaran Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran alias as P. Bhaskaran (21 April 1924 – 25 February 2007), was a Malayalam poet, lyricist of Malayalam film songs, and filmmaker. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam fea ...

* 1993:

O. N. V. Kurup Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (known as O. N. V. Kurup; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He receive ...

* 1994:

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (18 March 1926 – 15 October 2020), popularly known as Akkitham, was an Indian poet and essayist who wrote in Malayalam. He was known for a simple and lucid style of writing, exploring themes of profound love and ...

* 1995:

Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan M. R. Ramakrishna Panikkar (22 March 1935 – 31 March 2008), popularly known as Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan or Kadammanitta, was an Indian poet. He was born in Kadammanitta province of Pathanamthitta district, Kerala. His childhood experiences, ...

* 1996:

Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (2 June 1939 – 25 February 2021) was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. Known primarily for his poems, Namboothiri also contributed to other genres such as essays, translations and children's lite ...

* 1997:

Attoor Ravi Varma Attoor Ravi Varma (27 December 1930 – 26 July 2019)

* 1998:

Olappamanna Olappamanna Mana Subramanian Namboothirippad (January 10, 1923 – April 10, 2000), better identified by his family name, Olappamanna , was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. A former chairman of Kerala Kalamandalam and an author of 20 bo ...

* 1999:

Ayyappa Paniker Dr. K. Ayyappa Paniker, sometimes spelt "Ayyappa Panicker" (12 September 1930 – 23 August 2006), was a Malayalam poet, literary critic, and an academic and a scholar in modern and post-modern literary theories as well as ancient Indian aesthe ...

* 2000: K. Satchidanandan * 2001:

Pala Narayanan Nair Pala Narayanan Nair (11 December 1911 – 11 June 2008) was an Indian poet and lyricist, best known for his work, ''Keralam Valarunnu'', written in 1953, comprising eight volumes, which earned him the title of ''Mahakavi''. He wrote more than 5 ...

* 2002: M. P. Appan * 2003: V. Madhusoodhanan Nair * 2004: K. G. Sankara Pillai * 2005:

Kilimanoor Ramakanthan Kilimanoor Ramakantan (2 August 1938 – 30 November 2009) was a renowned Malayalam poet, writer, translator and lyricist from Kerala, India. Dante's ''Divine Comedy'' was translated into Malayalam by Ramakanthan. This is the first translation of ' ...

* 2006:

D. Vinayachandran D. Vinayachandran (13 May 1946 – 11 February 2013) was an Indian Malayalam poet. He is one of the proponents of modern style of prose in Malayalam poetry. He was born in West Kallada, Kollam district and has worked as a Malayalam professor in ...

* 2007:

Madhavan Ayyappath Madhavan Ayyappath ( ml, മാധവൻ അയ്യപ്പത്ത്; 24 April 1934 – 25 December 2021) was an Indian poet and translator from the south state of Kerala. He was a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Biography ...

* 2008:

Puthussery Ramachandran Puthussery Ramachandran Pillai (23 September 1928 – 14 March 2020) was an Indian poet of the Malayalam language. He was a scholar of Dravidian linguistics and a professor of Malayalam for more than three decades. On 14 March 2020, he died o ...

* 2009:

M. N. Paloor Paloor Madhavan Namboothiri (22 June 1932 - 9 October 2018), commonly known as M. N. Paloor, was a Malayalam-language poet from Kerala, India. He was one of the early modernist poets in Malayalam but his writings were steeped in the poetic tradit ...

* 2010: A. Ayyappan * 2011:

S. Ramesan Nair S. Ramesan Nair (3 May 1948 – 18 June 2021) was an Indian lyricist and poet who worked predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. Over his career he wrote songs for over 170 films and over 3,000 devotional songs outside of the films. He d ...

* 2012:

Sreekumaran Thampi Sreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel ...

* 2013:

N. K. Desam N. Kuttikrishna Pillai, better known as N. K. Desam ( ml, എൻ. കെ. ദേശം; born 31 October 1936), is a Malayalam-language poet and literary critic from the south Indian state of Kerala. His poetry collection ''Mudra'' won the Keral ...

* 2014:

Prabha Varma Prabha Varma (born 2 August 1959) is a poet, lyricist, journalist and television presenter. Biography PRABHA VARMA Poet, littérateur, lyricist and editor who works with traditional as well as electronic media, cultural activist – Prabha ...

* 2015:

Chemmanam Chacko Chemmanam Chacko (Malayalam:ചെമ്മനം ചാക്കോ) (March 7, 1926 – August 14, 2018) was an Indian satirical poet from Kerala, India. He died on 15 August 2018 at the age of 92 at his residence in Padamugal. Early life ...

* 2016:

Ezhachery Ramachandran Ezhacherry Ramachandran (born 1944) is a Malayalam poet, lyricist and journalist. He has penned lyrics for several Malayalam movies and albums. In 2020, he won the Vayalar Award. Personal life Ramachandran was born at Ezhacherry near Pala, Ke ...

* 2018:

Desamangalam Ramakrishnan Desamangalam Ramakrishnan is a Malayalam–language poet, translator, critic and teacher. He was born in 1948 in Desamangalam in Thalapilly taluk, Trichur district. He obtained his M.A. degree in Malayalam from Pattambi Sanskrit College. Su ...

* 2019: S. Rameshan * 2020:

References

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Asan Memorial Association
{{Malayalam Literature , state=collapsed Indian literary awards Malayalam literary awards Awards established in 1985 1985 establishments in West Bengal

Recipients

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