Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1958, by the
Kerala Sahitya Akademi
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam literature is an autonomous body established to promote the Malayalam language and Malayalam literature, literature. It is situated in City of Thrissur, Kerala in India.
History
The academy ...
(Kerala Literary Academy), to
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
writers for their outstanding books of literary merit. The awards are given in various categories.
"Literary Awards"
. Government of Kerala
Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...
. Retrieved 9 June 2013. The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is an honour of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), given to writers of Malayalam literature
Malayalam, the lingua franca of the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Laksha ...
is also awarded to induct Malayalam writers as distinguished members of the Akademi.
Awards
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing poetry of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya A ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a novel of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a story of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya A ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a drama of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya A ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing literary criticism. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sah ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a biography or autobiography of literary merit. It is one of th ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a travelogue of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Keral ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a book of humour of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to writers for translating a work from a foreign language to Malayalam. It is one of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi A ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature (also known as Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for Children’s Literature) is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writin ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing scholarly literature (science literature) of literary merit. It is one ...
* 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 ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship is an honour of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), given to writers of Malayalam literature
Malayalam, the lingua franca of the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Laksha ...
* Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works was an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing miscellaneous works of literary merit. It was one of the categories ...
Awards by year
* 2021 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards (Announced in 2022)
* 2020 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards (Announced in 2021)
* 2019 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards (Announced in 2021)
* 2018 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards (Announced in 2019)
* 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards (Announced in 2019)
* 2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards (Announced in 2018)
* 2015 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
* 2014 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
* 2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
* 2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
* 2011 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
* 2010 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards
See also
* List of Malayalam literary awards
This is a list of literary awards given for Malayalam–language.
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Jnanapeetam Award (Jnanpith)
Jnanpith Award, India's most prestigious literary honour, was won by the following Malayalam authors.
Other major awards and their winners a ...
* List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam
Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1955, by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters), to Indian writers for their outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 24 major Indian languages. The list of Mal ...
References
External links
{{Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Awards established in 1958
Malayalam literary awards
1958 establishments in Kerala