Important Literary Awards 2025
Key Takeaway
For Kerala PSC aspirants, tracking literary honours is key for theArt & CultureandCurrent Affairssections, as these awards recognize literary excellence and India's diverse linguistic heritage.
Important Literary Awards 2025
For Kerala PSC aspirants, tracking literary honours is key for theArt & CultureandCurrent Affairssections, as these awards recognize literary excellence and India's diverse linguistic heritage.
The 2025 cycle highlights global winners like theNobelandBooker Prize, alongside major national awards like theJnanpith, Saraswati Samman, andVyas Samman.
This list below is the summary of all the major literary award and its winners of 2025 for the various Kerala PSC exams.
Major International Literary Awards(4)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Booker Prize | David Szalay (Novel: Flesh) |
| International Booker Prize(formerly Man Booker International Prize) | Banu Mushtaq & Deepa Bhasthi (Heart Lamp; Translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi) |
| Nobel Prize for Literature | László Krasznahorkai (Hungary) |
| PEN Pinter Prize | Leila Aboulela |
Pulitzer Prize Award Winners 2025
CategoryWinnerBookFictionPercival EverettJamesHistoryEdda L. Fields-BlackCombee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil WarBiographyJason RobertsEvery Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All LifePoetryMarie HoweNew and Selected Poems
Major Indian Literary Award Winners 2025(7)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| thJnanpith Award | Vinod Kumar Shukla.34thSaraswati Samman– Mahamahopadhyay Swami Bhadreshdas (Swaminarayan Siddhanta Sudha).34thVyas Samman–Suryabala (Novel: Kaun Des Ko Vasi: Venu Ki Diary) |
| Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025 | Malayalam–Akhil P. Dharmajan (Ram c/o Anandhi) |
| English | Advait Kottary (Novel: Siddhartha: The Boy Who Became the Buddha) |
| Hindi | Parvati Tirkey (Poetry: Phir Ugna) |
| KendraSahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025 | Malayalam–Sreejith Moothedath (Penguinukalute Vankarayil) |
| English | Nitin Kushalappa MP (Dakshin South Indian Myths & Fables Retold) |
| Hindi | Sushil Shukla (Ek Batey Bara) |
Malayalam Literary Awards 2025(17)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Odakkuzhal Award | K. Aravindakshan (Gopa; ഗോപ) |
| Vayalar Award | E. Santhosh Kumar (Tapomayiyude Achan) |
| Ezhuthachan Award | K. G. Sankara Pillai |
| ONV Literary Award | Prabha Varma |
| Thakazhi Literary Award | K.P. Sudheera |
| Ashitha Memorial Literary Award | M. Mukundan |
| Ayyappan Puraskaram | T. P. Vinod (Sathyamayum Lokame; സത്യമായും ലോകമേ) |
| 17thBasheer Award | P. N. Gopikrishnan (Kavitha Mamsabhojiyanu;കവിത മാംസഭോജിയാണ്) |
| Mathrubhumi Literary Award | Sarah Joseph |
| Deshabhimani Literary Award | M. Leelavathy |
| Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Award | M. Leelavathy |
| Malayattoor Award(by Malayattoor Foundation) | Ambikasuthan Mangad (Allohalan; അല്ലോഹലന്) |
| Nooranad Haneef Award | Farsana (Elma) |
| Puthoor Award | U. K. Kumaran |
| Padmaprabha Literary Award | Alankode Leelakrishnan |
| Vaishnavam Literary Award | Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri |
| Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 | K. Jayakumar (Pingalakeshini; പിങ്ഗളകേശിനി) |
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards Winners 2025
CategoryWinnerAward-Winning WorkNovelG. R. IndugopanAano (ആനോ)PoetryAnitha ThampiMuringa Vazha Kariveppu(മുരിങ്ങ വാഴ കറിവേപ്പ്)Short StoryV. ShinilalGarisappa Aruvi Athava Oru Jalayatra(ഗെര്സപ്പാ അരുവി അഥവാ ഒരു ജലയാത്ര)DramaSasidharan NaduvilPiththalasalabham(പിത്തളശലഭം)Literary CriticismG. DileepRamayanathinte Charithrasanchaarangal(രാമായണത്തിന്റെ ചരിത്ര സഞ്ചാരങ്ങള്)Biography / AutobiographyDr. K. Rajashekharan NairNjaan Enna Bhaavam(ഞാന് എന്ന ഭാവം)TravelogueK. R. AjayanArohanam Himalayam(ആരോഹണം ഹിമാലയം)Children's LiteratureE. N. SheejaAmmamanamulla Kanivukal (അമ്മമണമുള്ള കനിവുകൾ)TranslationChinju PrakashEnte Rajyam Ente Shareeram(എന്റെ രാജ്യം എന്റെ ശരീരം)HumourNiranjanKeralathinte Maidhathmakatha(കേരളത്തിൻ്റെ മൈദാത്മകത)
Knowing these major literary awards of 2025 helps yo serve as important source material for aspirants to answer on literary trends and cultural promotion.
By focusing on the winners and their works, students can strengthen their content, improve answer quality, and effectively prepare for various Kerala PSC examinations.