Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowships (List of Winners 1970-2018)

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowships (List of Winners 1970-2018)

Kerala Sahitya Akademi, also known as Academy for Malayalam literature, is an autonomous body setup by the Government of Kerala to promote and foster the literature in Malayalam. The Akademi was formally inaugrated by the  Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the former king of Travancore, in Thiruvananthapuram on 15 October 1956. It later shifted to its present location at Thrissur in 1957. It is known for three prestigious literary awards: Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowships. Each award carry a cash purse, a citation and a plaque.

Attoor Ravi Varma and K.N. Panicker are the latest recepients of this prestigious fellowship. They have been awarded Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship 2017 for their outstanding contribution to the Malayalam Literature in 2018.

List of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Winners

Year	Winners
1970	K. P Kesava Menon
	G. Sankara Kurup
1971	Puthezhethu Ramanmenon
1973	Prof. Joseph Mundasseri
	Mathew. M. Kuzhiveli
1976	V.T. Bhattathirippad
	Sooranadu Kunjanpillai
1979	N. Krishnapillai
	N. Balamani Amma
1981	V. Unnikrishnan Nair
	P. Kesavdev
	Vyloppilli Sreedharamenon
	Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer
	N. Lalithambika Antherjanam
1983	Dr. R.E Asher
1985	Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
	N.V. Krishna Warrier
1986	Kainikkara Kumarapillai
	Vidwan T. M. Chummar
1989	Dr. K. M. George
	Ponkunnam Varkey
	M.P. Appan
	C.N. Ahmmed Moulavi
1991	Sukumar Azhikode
1994	M.P.Sankunni Nair
1995	K. Surendran
1996	Prof. S. Guptan Nair
1997	V.K.N
	Kovilan
1998	P. Bhaskaran
1999	Prof. O.N.V. Kurup
	Dr. M. Leelavathi
2000	Thikodiyan
2001	O.V. Vijayan
2002	Kamala Suraiyya
2003	Dr. K. Ayyappa Paniker
2004	Sugathakumari
2005	M.T. Vasudevan Nair
2006	Akkitham Achuthan Nampoothiri
	Pala Narayanan Nair
2007	Prof. M.K. Sanu
	K.T Muhammed
2008	P. Govinda Pillai
	Kakkanadan
2009	Puthusseri Ramachandran
	Prof. M. Achuthan
2010	Prof. Vishnunarayanan Nampoothiri
	Punathil Kunjabdulla
	C. Radhakrishnan
	K. Satchidanandan
2011	T. Padmanabhan
	Anand
2012	M.P Veerendra Kumar
	Sakaria
2013	Yusafali Kecheri
	N.S Madhavan
2014	M. Thomas Matthew
	Kavalam Narayana Panicker
2015	Sara Joseph
	U.A. Khader
2017	Attoor Ravi Varma
	K.N. Panicker