Ezhuthachan Puraskaram

The Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary honour 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.[1] The award was instituted in 1993 and Sooranad Kunjan Pillai was its first recipient.[2]

Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
Award for individual contributions to Malayalam literature
Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Reward(s)	₹5,00,000 and a citation
First awarded	1993
Last awarded	2019
Highlights
Total awarded	27
First winner	Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
Last winner	Paul Zacharia

List of winners

The following are the winners of the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.[3]

Year	Awardee	Image
1993	Sooranad Kunjan Pillai[2]
1994	Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1995	Balamaniamma
1996	Dr. K.M.George
1997	Ponkunnam Varkey
1998	M. P. Appan
1999	K. P. Narayana Pisharody[4]
2000	Pala Narayanan Nair[5]
2001	O. V. Vijayan[6]
2002	Kamala Surayya[7]
2003	T. Padmanabhan[8]
2004	Sukumar Azhikkode[9]
2005	S. Gupthan Nair[10]
2006	V. V. Ayyappan (Kovilan)[11]
2007	O. N. V. Kurup[12]
2008	Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri[13]
2009	Sugathakumari[14]
2010	M. Leelavathi[15]
2011	M. T. Vasudevan Nair[16]
2012	Attoor Ravi Varma[17]
2013	M. K. Sanu[18]
2014	Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri[19]
2015	Puthussery Ramachandran[20]
2016	C. Radhakrishnan[21]
2017	K. Satchidanandan[22]
2018	M. Mukundan[23]
2019	Anand[24]
2020	Zacharia[25]

References

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4. "'His scholarship was phenomenal'". The Hindu. 23 March 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
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6. "O.V. Vijayan given 'Ezhuthachan Puraskaran'". The Hindu. 28 December 2001. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
7. "Kamala Suraiyya selected for 'Ezhuthachan Puraskaram'". The Times of India. 2 November 2002. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
8. "Ezhuthachan award for T. Padmanabhan". The Hindu. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
9. "Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Sukumar Azhikode". The Hindu. 2 November 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
10. "Guptan Nair dead". The Hindu. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
11. "Ezhuthachan Puraskaram presented to writer Kovilan". The Hindu. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
12. "ONV receives Ezhuthachan Puraskaram". The Hindu. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
13. "Ezhuthachan Puraskaram presented". The Hindu. 25 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
14. "Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Sugathakumari". The Hindu. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
15. "Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for critic M. Leelavathy". The Hindu. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
16. "M.T. Vasudevan Nair chosen for Ezhuthachan Award". The Hindu. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
17. "Ezhuthachan award for Attur Ravi Varma". The Hindu. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
18. "M K Sanu selected for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram". Press Trust of India. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
19. "Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri gets award". The Hindu. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
20. "Ezhuthachan Award for Puthussery Ramachandran". Mathrubhumi. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
21. "Ezhuthachan award for C. Radhakrishnan". The Hindu. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
22. "Kerala's top literary award for K. Satchidanandan". The Hindu. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
23. "Noted Malayalam writer M Mukundan wins Ezhuthachan award". The New Indian Express. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
24. "Writer Anand selected for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram". The Hindu. 1 November 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 November 2019."Writer Anand selected for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram". The Hindu. 1 November 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
25. S. R. Praveen (1 November 2020). "Writer Paul Zacharia chosen for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 November 2016.