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 Akademi Award. [1][2]

Awardees

Year	Book	Author	Image
1958	Azhimukhathekku	N. Krishna Pillai
1959	Mudiyanaya Puthran	Thoppil Bhasi
1960	Puthiya Akasam Puthiya Bhumi	Thoppil Bhasi
1961	Iblisukalude Naattil	N. P. Chellappan Nair
1962	Kanchana Sita	C. N. Sreekantan Nair
1963	Kakkapponnu	S. L. Puram Sadanandan
1964	Rail Palangal	G. Sankara Pillai
1965	Kafir	K. T. Muhammed
1966	Prethalokam	N. N. Pillai
1967	Swathi Thirunal	Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai
1968	Pulivaal	P. K. Veeraraghavan Nair
1969	U. D. Clarke	P. Gangadharan Nair
1970	Mathruka Manushyan	Kainikkara Kumara Pillai
1971	Ahalya	P. R. Chandran
1972	Pralayam	Omchery N. N. Pillai
1973	Kuppikkalukal	P. V. Kuriakose
1974	Chaverppada	Aziz
1975	Nadaka Chakram	Kavalam Narayana Panicker
1976	Samasya	K. S. Namboothiri
1977	Vishwaroopam	Surasu
1978	Jwalanam	C. L. Jose
1979	Sakshi	T. N. Gopinathan Nair
1980	Jathugriham	Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair
1981	Perumthachan	T. M. Abraham
1982	Gopuranadayil	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1983	Agni	Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
1984	Nikumbhila	Kadavoor G. Chandran Pillai
1985	Souparnika	Narendra Prasad
1986	Dakshinayanam	T. P. Sukumaran
1987	Moonnu Vayassanmar	C. P. Rajasekharan
1988	Pulijanmam	N. Prabhakaran
1989	Paavam Usman	P. Balachandran
1990	Swathi Thirunal	Pirappankode Murali
1991	Abhimatham	Vasu Pradeep
1992	Mandelakku Snehapoorvam Winny	P. M. Antony
1993	Mounam Nimitham	N. N. Ganesh
1994	Narabhojikal	Paravur George
1995	Samathalam	Mullanezhi
1996	Madhya Dharanazhi	Joy Mathew
1997	Rajasabha	Ibrahim Vengara
1998	Gandhi	K. Satchidanandan
1999	Vanibham	N. Sasidharan
2000	Che Guevara	Karivelloor Murali
2001	Padaprashnangalkkidayil Avalum Ayaalum	Satheesh K. Satheesh
2002	Amaravati Sub-treasury	Sreemoolanagaram Mohan
2003	Vannanthye Kaanaam	Thuppettan
2004	Viralppadu	Sri Janardhanan
2005	Ororo Kaalathilum	Sreeja K. V.
2006	Sadrisha Vakyangal	C. Gopan
2007	Dravida Nritham	Francis T. Mavelikkara
2008	Pathinettu Natakangal	Jayaprakash Kuloor
2009	Swathanthryam Thanne Jeevitham	K. M. Raghavan Nambiar
2010	Maram Peyyunnu	A. Santha Kumar
2011[3]	Cholliyattam	Balasubrahmanian
2012[4]	Mariman Kanni	M. N. Vinayakumar
2013[5]	Jinnu Krishnan	Rafeekh Mangalassery
2014[6]	Ettettu Malayalan	V. K. Prabhakaran
2015[7]	Mathi	Jino Joseph
2016[8]	Lalla	Samkutty Pattomkary
2017[9]	Swadeshabhimani	S. V. Venugopalan Nair

References

1. "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award" Archived 16 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
2. "Literary Awards" Archived 2012-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
3. "Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
4. "Jayachandran Nair and Santhosh Kumar get Sahithya academy award " Archived 2013-07-15 at WebCite. Mathrubhumi. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
5. "Sahitya Akademi award for Meera's 'Aarachar'". The Times of India. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
6. "2014 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
7. "2015 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
8. "2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
9. "കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാർഡുകൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു; വി.ജെ.ജയിംസിന്റെ 'നിരീശ്വരൻ' മികച്ച നോവൽ". ManoramaOnline. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.