Padmaprabha Literary Award (List of Winners 1996-2019)

Padmaprabha Literary Award (List of Winners 1996-2018)

Padmaprabha Literary Award or Padmaprabha Puruskaram in Malayalam or simply Padmaprabha Award is a literary award given for contribution in the field of Malayali literature. The prestigious award was instituted in the memory of socialist and freedom fighter Padmaprabha Gowder by the Padmaprabha Foundation in 1996. The award carries a monetary prize of Rs 75,000, a gem-studded ring and plaque.

As of now, there a total of 22 people have won this prestigious award. Unnikrishnan Puroor was the first person to recieve Padmaprabha Literary Award in 1996. M. Leelavathy became first woman to win the Padmaprabha Literary Award in 1999. In 2018, Kalpatta Narayanan is the latest person to clinch the Padmaprabha Literary Award for 2017.

List of Padmaprabha Literary Award Winners

1996 Unnikrishnan Puthoor
1997 Ponkunnam Varkey
1998 M. Achuthan[3]
1999 M. Leelavathi
2000 N. P. Muhammed
2001 Kakkanadan
2002 Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
2003 K. T. Muhammed
2004 O. N. V. Kurup
2005 P. Valsala
2006 C. Radhakrishnan
2007 U. A. Khader
2008 K. Satchidanandan
2009 N. S. Madhavan
2010 M. K. Sanu
2011 Sarah Joseph
2012 Vijayalakshmi
2013 C. V. Balakrishnan
2014 Benyamin
2015 V. Madhusoodhanan Nair
2016 Prabha Varma
2018 Kalpatta Narayanan
2019 Santosh Echikam