Vayalar Award
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The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work in Malayalam. The award was instituted in 1977 by the Vayalar Ramavarma
Memorial Trust in memory of the poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma
(1928-1975). A sum of Rs.25,000/-, a silver plate and certificate constitutes the award. It is presented each year on October 27, the death anniversary of Vayalar.
List of Awardees
Vayalar Ramavarma
Vayalar Ramavarma , often known as Vayalar, was a modern Malayalam poet and lyricist. His famous works include Sargasangeetham, Mulankaadu, Padamudrakal, Aayisha, Oru Judas janikkunnu.-Biography:...
Memorial Trust in memory of the poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma
Vayalar Ramavarma
Vayalar Ramavarma , often known as Vayalar, was a modern Malayalam poet and lyricist. His famous works include Sargasangeetham, Mulankaadu, Padamudrakal, Aayisha, Oru Judas janikkunnu.-Biography:...
(1928-1975). A sum of Rs.25,000/-, a silver plate and certificate constitutes the award. It is presented each year on October 27, the death anniversary of Vayalar.
List of Awardees
- 1977 Lalithambika Antharjanam Agnisakshi
- 1978 P. K. BalakrishnanP. K. BalakrishnanP. K. Balakrishnan was a Malayalam novelist, critic and historian. His multifaceted interests took him through politics, journalism, public speaking and creative writing...
Ini njanurangatte - 1979 Malayattoor RamakrishnanMalayattoor RamakrishnanMalayattoor Ramakrishnan was a prominent Malayali novelist of the 20th century from Kerala state, South India. He is credited with having authored several important works in Malayalam literature, including novels, short stories and biographical sketches...
Yanthram - 1980 Thakazhi Sivasankara PillaiThakazhi Sivasankara PillaiThakazhi Sivasankara Pillai was a novelist and short story writer of Malayalam language, spoken in Kerala state, South India. He is popularly known as Thakazhi, after his place of birth. He focused on the oppressed classes as the subject of his works, which are known for their attention to...
Kayar - 1981 Vyloppilli Sreedhara MenonVyloppilli Sreedhara MenonVyloppilli Sreedhara Menon was a renowned Indian poet of Kerala. He was born on 11 May 1911 in Kaloor in the Ernakulam district. After taking his bachelors degree in science he took B.T...
Makarakoythu - 1982 O. N. V. KurupO. N. V. KurupOttaplakkal Nambiyadikkal Velu Kurup , popularly known as O. N. V. Kurup or simply O. N. V., is a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won Jnanpith Award,the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He is considered one of the finest living lyrical poets in India. O. N....
Uppu - 1983 M.K.Menon (Vilasini) Avakasikal
- 1984 SugathakumariSugathakumariSugathakumari is an Indian poet and activist, who has been at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, South India. She played a big role in the Save Silent Valley protest. She formed Abhayagrama, aka Abhayagramam, a home for destitute women and a day-care centre for the...
Ambalamani - 1985 M. T. Vasudevan NairM. T. Vasudevan NairMadathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair , popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He was born in Kudallur, a small village in the present day Palakkad District, which was under the Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj...
Randamoozham - 1986 N. N. Kakkadu Sabhalameeyathra
- 1987 Prof.N.Krishna PillaiN. Krishna PillaiN. Krishna Pillai was a malayalam Dramatist and critic. Born on 22 September 1916 in Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram district to Kakkattu Matom Kesavar and Parvathy Amma....
Prathipathram Bhashanabhedam - 1988 Thirunalloor KarunakaranThirunalloor KarunakaranThirunalloor Karunakaran was a renowned poet, scholar, teacher and leftist intellectual of Kerala, India.-Early life:...
Thirunalloor Karunakarante Kavithakal - 1989 Sukumar AzhikodeSukumar AzhikodeSukumar Azhikode is a writer, critic and orator, acknowledged for his contributions to Malayalam and insights on Indian philosophy. He is a bachelor and lives in Eravimangalam near Thrissur....
Tathwamasi - 1990 C. RadhakrishnanC. RadhakrishnanC. Radhakrishnan is a renowned writer and film director in Malayalam language from Kerala state, South India. He has been honored by both the National Sahitya Academy of India and the Kerala Sahithya Academy of Kerala . He has been conferred the Vayalar Award , Mahakavi G...
Munpe Parakkunna Pakshikal - 1991 O. V. VijayanO. V. VijayanOotupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam literature. Best known for his first novel Khasakkinte Itihasam , Vijayan has six novels, nine short-story collections, and nine collections of essays, memoirs and reflections.-...
Gurusagaram - 1992 Prof. M. K. Sanu Changambuzha - Nakshathrangalude Snehabhajanam
- 1993 AnandP. SachidanandanP. Sachidanandan , who uses the pseudonym Anand, is an Indian writer.Anand writes primarily in Malayalam. He is one of the noted living intellectuals in India. His works are noted for their philosophical flavor, historical context and their humanism. Veedum Thadavum and Jaivamanushyan won the...
Marubhoomikal Undakunnathu - 1994 K. SurendranK. SurendranK. Surendran was an Indian novelist who wrote in Malayalam. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963 for the novel Maya and Vayalar Award in 1994 for the novel Guru.-Biography:...
Guru - 1995 ThikkodiyanThikkodiyanP. Kunhananandan Nair, better known by his penname Thikodiyan was a well known Malayalam author. He was born in Thikkodi, a small village in Kozhikode district, in the Indian state of Kerala. He was a multi-faceted personality.Thikodiyan has written a number of plays, novels, screenplays, and...
Arangau Kaanatha Natan - 1996 Perumbadavam SreedharanPerumbadavam SreedharanPerumbadavam Sreedharan is a prolific Malayalam author from Kerala state, South India. He is the present Chairman of Kerala Sahithya Academy. He has written several novels and short stories. One of his most famous and critically acclaimed novels is Oru Sankeerthanam Pole for which he won the...
Oru Sankeerthanam Pole - 1997 MadhavikuttiKamala DasKamala Suraiyya was a major Indian English poet and literateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala state, South India...
Neermaathalam Pootha Kaalam - 1998 S. Guptan NairS. Guptan NairS. Guptan Nair was a well known Malayalam writer, literary critic, scholar, orator, essayist, lexicographer, translator and educationist. A multi-faceted personality, his interests included music, acting and sports .He was a critic-visionary who probed the human values and aesthetics of...
Srishtiyum Srashtavum - 1999 KovilanKovilanKandanisseri Vattomparambil Velappan Ayyappan , better known as Kovilan, was a Malayalam language novelist from Kerala state, South India. He was considered to be one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Indian Literature. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 1972 and 1977 and the...
Thattakam - 2000 M. V. DevanM. V. DevanMadathil Vasudevan is a painter, sculptor, writer, art critique and orator. He was born in Panniyannur village in Thalassery in northern Kerala, south India—. After completing high school in 1946, he left for Madras to study painting...
Devaspandanam - 2001 T. Padmanabhan Puzha Kadannu Marangalude Idayilekku
- 2002 K. Ayyappapanicker Ayyappapanickkarude Kavithakal
- 2003 M. MukundanM. MukundanM. Mukundan is one of the pioneers of modernity in Malayalam literature, belonging to Mahe, part of Pondicherry Union Territory in South India. He was born on 10 September 1942 at Mayyazhi , a one-time French territory in India...
Kesavante Vilapam - 2004 Sarah JosephSarah JosephSarah Joseph is CEO and Editor of magazine emel and commentator on British Muslims. She is a writer and a broadcaster and lectures on Islam both within the UK and internationally...
Aalahayude Penmakkal - 2005 K. SachidanandanSatchidanandanK. Satchidanandan is a major Indian poet and critic, writing in Malayalam, and English. Satchidanandan has established himself as an academician, editor, translator and playwright...
Sakshyangal - 2006 Sethu 'Adayalangal'
- 2007 M. LeelavathyM. LeelavathyM. Leelavathy is a Malayalam writer, literary critic, and educationist. She taught at various colleges in Kerala before retiring as Principal from Government Brennen College, Thalassery. During her long literary career, she won several awards including Kendra Sahithya Academy Award and Kerala...
Appuvinte Anweshanam - 2008 M. P. Veerendrakumar Haimavathabhoovil
- 2009 M. Thomas Mathew Marar Lavanyabhavathinte Yukthi Silpam
- 2010 Vishnunarayanan NamboothiriVishnunarayanan NamboothiriVishnu Narayanan Namboodiri is a famous poet and figure in Malayalam literature.-Background:Vishnunarayanan was born in Seeravally Illam in Thiruvalla. He acquired a Master's degree in English...
Charulatha - 2011 K. P. RamanunniK. P. RamanunniK. P. Ramanunni is a Novelist and Short-story writer from Kerala, India. His first novel Sufi Paranja Katha won Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 1995 and his latest novel Jeevithathinte Pusthakam won 2011 Vayalar Award...
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