Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards: Dr M Basheer and N Prabhakaran win fellowship

Renowned writers Dr. M Basheer and N Prabhakaran have been honoured with Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowship that carries a cash prize of Rs 50000. Meanwhile, writers Shreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty, Dr Pallipuram Murali, John Samuel, K P Sudheera, Dr Rathi Saxena, Dr. P K Sukumaran have been awarded for Overall Contributions, which carries a cash prize of Rs 30000.

The list of other awardees who won a cash prize of 25,000 each are:

NG Unnikrishnan (Kadalasuvidya - Poetry)

V Shinilal (Samparkkakranthi - Novel)

P F Mathews (Muzhakkam-Story)

Emil Madhavi (Kumaru-Drama)

S Saradakutty (Ethrayethtra Preranakal - Literary Criticism)

B R P Bhaskar (News Room - Biography and Autobiography)

C Anoop (Dakshinafrikan Yathrapusthakam - Travelogue)

Haritha Savithri (Murivettavarude Pathakal - Travelogue)

Jayanth Kamicheril (Oru Kumarakomkarante Kuruthamketta Likhithangal - Humour)

V Ravikumar (Bodler - Translation)

Dr K Sreekumar (Chakkaramambazham - Children's Literature)

C M Muralidharan (Bhashasuthranam - Scholarly Literature)

K Sethuraman (Malayali Oru Janithakam - Scholarly Literature)

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