Malayattoor Award Winners

MalayattoorAward is a Malayalam literary award given to a writer for his/her excellent work in the past year. The award is instituted byMalayattoor Smaraka Samithiin the memory of the famousMalayalamwriterMalayattoor Ramakrishnanin2006.

The award carries a monetary award of ₹25000, a statuette, and a citation.

TheFirst Recipientof this award isPerumbadavam Sreedharanin2006for his workNarayanam,thefirst female recipient of  Malayattoor AwardisSara Josephfor her novelEsther ('എസ്തേർ').

TheLast Recipientof Malayattoor Award in2024isE. Santhosh KumarforThapomayiyude Achan ('തപോമയിയുടെ അച്ഛന്‍')and theMalayattoor Prizefor outstanding writers of the new generation for2024was won bySalin Mangkuzhi's novel'Anandalila'.

Year | Recipient | Works ---------------------------------------- Year: 2006 Recipient: Perumbadavam Sreedharan Works: Narayanam --- Year: 2007 Recipient: K. P. Ramanunni Works: Jeevithathinte Pusthakam --- Year: 2010 Recipient: N. Prabhakaran Works: Janakatha --- Year: 2012 Recipient: Unnikrishnan Thiruvazhiyode Works: Rathi Rathya --- Year: 2013 Recipient: Prabha Varma Works: Shyama Madhavam --- Year: 2015 Recipient: V. Madhusoodanan Nair Works: Achchan Piranna Veedu --- Year: 2016 Recipient: T. D. Ramakrishnan Works: Sugandhi Enna Andal Devanayaki --- Year: 2017 Recipient: Satheesh Babu Payyannur Works: Khamarunnisayude Koottukari --- Year: 2019 Recipient: Zacharia Works: Then --- Year: 2020 Recipient: George Onakkoor Works: Hridaya Raagangal --- Year: 2021 Recipient: Sajil Sreedhar Works: Vasavadatha --- Year: 2022 Recipient: Benyamin Works: Nishabda Sancharangal --- Year: 2023 Recipient: Sara Joseph Works: Esther --- Year: 2024 Recipient: E. Santhosh Kumar Works: Thapomayiyude Achan ---

- The real name of the renowned Malayalam writer Malayattoor Ramakrishnan –K. V. Ramakrishna Iyer.