Kerala PSC | List of Ezhuthachan Award Winners

Literary Awards Malayalam Language: Asan Poetry Prize, Edasseri Award, Ezhuthachan Award, Jnanpith Award, Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Mathrubhumi Literary Award, Muttathu Varkey Award, Odakkuzhal Award, O. V. Vijayan Literary Award, Padmaprabha Literary Award, Padmarajan Award, Sukumar Azhikode Memorial Tatvamasi Award, Vallathol Award, and Vayalar Award. In ths post you will get to know more about Ezhuthachan Award from starting till to end.

Ezhuthachan Puraskaram

The highest literary honour bestowed by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Government of Kerala, is the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram. The award, which honours Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, the founder of the Malayalam language, consists of a citation and a monetary prize of Rs. 5,00,000. The Ezhuthachan Puraskaram was Instituted in 1993, Padmashri Sooranad Kunjan Pillai won the maiden award, followed by Thakashi Sivasankara Pillai, Poet Balamani Amma and literary critic P Vatasala in 2021. The list of Ezhuthachan Award Winners are given below:-

List of Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (Award) Winners

Year	Recipient
1993	Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
1994	Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1995	Balamaniamma
1996	K.M. George
1997	Ponkunnam Varkey
1998	M.P. Appan
1999	K.P. Narayana Pisharody
2000	Pala Narayanan Nair
2001	O.V. Vijayan
2002	KamalaSurayya(Madhavikutty)
2003	T. Padmanabhan
2004	Sukumar Azhikode
2005	S. Gupta Nair
2006	Kovilan
2007	O.N.V. Kurup
2008	Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
2009	Sugathakumari
2010	M. Leelavathi
2011	M.T. Vasudevan Nair
2012	Attor Ravi Varma
2013	M.K. Sanu
2014	Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
2015	Puthussery Ramachandran
2016	C. Radhakrishnan
2017	K. Sachidanandan
2018	M.Mukundan
2019	P.Sachidanadhan (Anand)
2020	Paul Zacharia
2021	P. Valsala
2022	Sethu
2023	S. K. Vasanthan

Ezuthachan Award Question Answers

Who is the winner of the first Ezuthachan Award?

Sooranad Kunjan Pillai

In which year did O.N.V. Kurup receive the Ezuthachan Award?

2007

In which year did M. T. Vasudevan Nair receive the Ezuthachan Award?

2011

Who was the first woman to win the Ezuthachan Award? In which year did she receive the award?

Balamani Amma,1995

Who is the winner of the Ezuthachan Award 2021?

P. Valsala

Points to Remembes about Ezhuthachan Award

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	2021
Total awarded	29
First winner	Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
Last winner	S. K. Vasanthan