Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry

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The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to a Malayalam writer for writing poetry of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. [1][2][3]

Awardees

YearBookAuthorImage
1959KaliyachanP. Kunhiraman Nair
1960MalanaattilK. K. Raja
1961VishwadarshanamG. Sankara Kurup
1962SargasangeethamVayalar Ramavarma
1963MuthassiBalamani Amma
1964KayppavallariVyloppilli Sreedhara Menon
1965Avil PothiV. K. Govindan Nair
1966ManikyaveenaVennikkulam Gopala Kurup
1967KathakavithakalOlappamanna
1968Paathira PookkalSugathakumari
1969Oru Pidi NellikkaEdasseri Govindan Nair
1970Gandhiyum GodseyumN. V. Krishna Warrier
1971BalidarshanamAkkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
1972Agni SalabhangalO. N. V. Kurup
1973Udyana SoonamM. P. Appan
1974Kottayile PattuPunaloor Balan
1975Ayyappa Panikerude KrithikalAyyappa Paniker
1976Vilakku KoluthooPala Narayanan Nair
1977RajapathaChemmanam Chacko
1978SiprabhathamKadavanad Kuttikrishnan
1979BhumigeethangalVishnunarayanan Namboothiri
1980Decemberile ManjuthullikalNalankal Krishna Pillai
1981Ottakkambiyulla ThamburuP. Bhaskaran
1982Kadammanittayude KavithakalKadammanitta Ramakrishnan
1983KalikalamM. N. Paloor
1984Aayiram Naavulla MounamYusufali Kechery
1985SaptaswaramG. Kumara Pillai
1986Saphalamee YathraN. N. Kakkad
1987Kunjunni KavithakalKunjunni Mash
1988KilimozhikalMadhavan Ayyappath
1989IvanekkoodiK. Satchidanandan
1990Pulakkattu Raveendrante KavithakalPulakkattu Raveendran
1991NishagandhiP. Narayana Kurup
1992Narakam Oru Premakavitha EzhuthunnuD. Vinayachandran
1993Naranath BhranthanV. Madhusoodhanan Nair
1994Mriga ShikshakanVijayalakshmi
1995ArkkapoornimaPrabha Varma
1996Attoor Ravi Varmayude KavithakalAttoor Ravi Varma
1997Akshara VidyaK. V. Ramakrishnan
1998K. G. Sankara Pillayude Kavithakal 1969–1996K. G. Sankara Pillai
1999Veyil Thinnunna PakshiA. Ayyappan
2000ChamathaNeelamperoor Madhusoodanan Nair
2001Balachandran Chullikkadinte KavithakalBalachandran Chullikkadu
2002KaanekkaaneP. P. Ramachandran
2003KavithaR. Ramachandran
2004Nellikkal Muraleedharante KavithakalNellikkal Muraleedharan
2005KshanapathramP. P. Sreedharanunni
2006AalmaraRafeeq Ahammed
2007Cherian K. Cheriante Thiranjedutha KavithakalCherian K. Cherian
2008EnniloodeEzhacherry Ramachandran
2009MudraN. K. Desam
2010KavithaMullanezhi
2011[4]KeezhalanKureepuzha Sreekumar
2012[5]Uppante Kooval VarakkunnuS. Joseph
2013[6]O! NishadaK R Tony
2014[7]Idikkaloori PanampattadiP. N. Gopikrishnan
2015[8]Hemanthathile PakshiS. Ramesan
2016[9]Ammaye KulippikkumpolSavithri Rajeevan
2017[10] Mindaprani Veerankutty
2018[11] Budha Pournami V. M. Girija
2019[12] Rathri Pantrandarakku Oru Tharattu P. Raman
Kothiyan M. R. Renukumar
2020[13] Taj Mahal O. P. Suresh
2021[14] Mehaboob Express Anwar Ali
2022[15] Kadalasuvidya N. G. Unnikrishnan
2023[16] Theranjedutha Kavithakal Kalpatta Narayanan
2024[17] Muringa Vazha Kariveppu Anitha Thampi

References

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  3. "Literary Awards" Archived 18 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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  13. "Akademi fellowship for Sethu, Perumbadavam". The Hindu. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  14. "State Sahitya Akademi fellowships for Vaisakhan, K.P. Sankaran". The Hindu. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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  17. "K.V. Ramakrishnan, Ezhacheri Ramachandran selected for Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships". The Hindu. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.