This post lists the important Literary Awards of 2019 & 2020 for the upcoming Kerala PSC Preliminary exams 2021.
Asking a question from the literary awards is always there in the PSC exams, be sure to memorize them well.
Latest Literary Awards of 2019 & 2020
(Kerala, India & World)
| Awards | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Vayalar Award | P.J. James നിരീശ്വരൻ |
Ezhacheri Ramachandran ഒരു വെർജീനിയൻ വെയിൽകാലം |
| Ezhuthachan Award | Anand | Paul Zacharia |
| Vallathol Award | Paul Zacharia | _ |
| Padmaprabha Literary Award | Santhosh Echikkanam | Sreekumaran Thampi |
| Odakkuzhal Award | N. Prabhakaran മായാമനുഷ്യര് |
_ |
| Asan Memorial Poetry Prize | S. Rameshan | _ |
| Jnanappana award | Sumagala | Prabha Varma ശ്യാമമാധവം |
| Muttathu Varkey Award | Benyamin | _ |
| Kadammanitta Award | Sugatha Kumari | K. G. Sankara Pillai |
| JCB Literary Award | Madhuri Vijay The Far Field |
S. Hareesh Meesa |
| Balamani Amma Award | T. Padmanabhan | _ |
| Thoppil Bhasi Award | Manoj Narayanan | |
| Nooranad Haneef Award | G. R. Indugopan പടിഞ്ഞാറെ കൊല്ലം ചോരക്കാലം |
V. Shinilal സമ്പർക്കക്രാന്തി |
| Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award | V. Madhusoodanan Nair അച്ഛന് പിറന്ന വീട് |
Omchery N.N. Pillai ആകസ്മികം - ഓംചേരിയുടെ ഓർമ്മക്കുറിപ്പുകൾ |
| Bal Sahitya Puraskar | Malayath Appunni | Gracy വാഴ്ത്തപ്പെട്ട പൂച്ച |
| Yuva Sahitya Puraskar | Anuja Akathoottu അമ്മ ഉറങ്ങുന്നില്ല |
Abin Joseph കല്യാശേരി തീസീസ് |
| Mathrubhumi Literary Award | U. A. Khader | K. Satchidanandan |
| O. N. V. Literary Award | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri | M. Leelavathy |
| O. N. V. Yuva Sahitya Award | Anagha J. Kolath | _ |
| O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram | Karunakaran യുവാവായിരുന്ന ഒന്പതു വര്ഷം |
T. Padmanabhan, Subhash Chandran & Amal Raj (Maraya & Ente Moonnamathe Novel), Samudra Sila & Nagu Saguva Hadiyali |
| Padmarajan Award (Short Story) |
Subhash Chandran സമുദ്രശില |
_ |
| Akbar Kakkattil Award | Santhosh Echikkanam ബിരിയാണി |
Sara Joseph ബുധിനി |
| Thakazhi Sahitya Puraskaram | Sreekumaran Thampi | _ |
| Basheer Award | T. Padmanabhan മരയ |
Prof. M.K. Sanu അജയ്യതയുടെ അമര സംഗീതം |
| Sanjayan Award | _ | N.K. Desam |
| Jnanpith Award | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri | _ |
| Vyas Samman | Nasira Sharma Kagaz ki Naav |
Prof. Sharad Pagare Patliputra ki Samragi |
| Saraswati Samman | Vasdev Mohi Chequebook |
Sharankumar Limbale Sanatan |
| Nobel Prize | Peter Handke | Louise Gluck |
| Booker Prize | Margaret Atwood & Bernardine Evaristo The Testaments & Girl, Woman, Other | Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain |
| Booker Prize International | Jokha Alharthi Celestial Bodies | Marieke Lucas Rijneveld The Discomfort of Evening |
📝SideNotes:
- Sumagala is the Pen name of – Leela Nambudiripad.
- Sanjayan Award –
- Instituted by – Thapasya Kala Sahithya Vedi.
- N. K. Desam (12th Award)
- Sanjayan Award 2018 – P. Valsala.
- Sanjayan – Mannikoth Ramunni Nair.
- N. K. Desam – N. Kuttikrishna Pillai.