Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram

Asan Memorial Poetry Prize or Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram is a literary award instituted in 1985 by Madras-based Asan Memorial Association in memory of Malayalam poet Kumaran Asan.^[1] It is given annually to honour outstanding poets in Malayalam language. The award comprises a purse of Rs 50000, sculpture and certificate. The award was also conferred to Tamil writers in the initial years.

Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram
Award for individual contributions to Malayalam literature
Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	ASAN Memorial Association, Chennai
Reward(s)	₹50,000, citation, memento
First awarded	1985
Last awarded	2022
Highlights
Total awarded	36
First winner	C. Mani
Last winner	Kureepuzha Sreekumar
Website	asaneducation.com/asan_association

Recipients

• 1985: C. Mani
• 1986: N. N. Kakkad
• 1987: Sundara Ramaswamy
• 1988: Yusufali Kechery^[2]
• 1989: Soundara Kailasam
• 1990: Sugathakumari
• 1992: P. Bhaskaran
• 1993: O. N. V. Kurup
• 1994: Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
• 1995: Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
• 1996: Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
• 1997: Attoor Ravi Varma
• 1998: Olappamanna
• 1999: Ayyappa Paniker
• 2000: K. Satchidanandan^[3]
• 2001: Pala Narayanan Nair
• 2002: M. P. Appan
• 2003: V. Madhusoodhanan Nair
• 2004: K. G. Sankara Pillai
• 2005: Kilimanoor Ramakanthan^[4]
• 2006: D. Vinayachandran^[5]
• 2007: Madhavan Ayyappath^[6]
• 2008: Puthussery Ramachandran^[7]
• 2009: M. N. Paloor^[8]
• 2010: A. Ayyappan^[9]
• 2011: S. Ramesan Nair
• 2012: Sreekumaran Thampi^[10]
• 2013: N. K. Desam^[11]
• 2014: Prabha Varma^[12]
• 2015: Chemmanam Chacko^[13]
• 2016: Ezhachery Ramachandran
• 2018: Desamangalam Ramakrishnan^[14]
• 2019: S. Rameshan^[15]
• 2020: Puthussery Ramachandran^[16]
• 2021: K. Jayakumar^[17]
• 2022: Kureepuzha Sreekumar^[18]

See also

• List of Malayalam literary awards

References

1. "ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS" Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Asan Memorial Association. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
2. "Yusufali Kecheri gets Asan poetry prize". The Indian Express. 26 September 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
3. "സച്ചിദാനന്ദന് ആശാന്‍ പുരസ്കാരം" (in Malayalam). Oneindia.in. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
4. "Kilimanoor Remakantan gets Asan prize". The Hindu. 23 October 2005. Archived from the original on 14 January 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
5. "Vinayachandran receives Asan award". The Hindu. 15 October 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
6. "Asan award for Madhavan Ayyappathu". The Hindu. 25 October 2007. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
7. "Award for Puthusseri Ramachandran". The Hindu. 24 September 2008. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
8. "Award for Malayalam poet Paloor". The Hindu. 5 October 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
9. "Asan Poetry Prize for A.Ayyappan". The Hindu. 28 September 2010. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
10. S. Shivpprasadh (22 November 2012). "Prolific describes him best". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
11. "Asan's poetry honour to be awarded to M K Desam". The New Indian Express. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
12. "Prabha Varma wins Asan award". The Hindu. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
13. "Chemmanam Chacko gets Asan Memorial Poetry Prize". Nyoooz.com. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
14. "ആശാന്‍സ്മാരക കവിതാ പുരസ്‌കാരം ദേശമംഗലം രാമകൃഷ്ണന്". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 22 November 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
15. "'യമുന'യിൽ സന്തോഷത്തിന്റെ ഓളങ്ങൾ; ആശാൻ പുരസ്‌കാര നിറവിൽ കവി എസ്‌ രമേശൻ". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). 1 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
16. "ആശാന്‍ പുരസ്കാരം പുതുശ്ശേരി രാമചന്ദ്രന്" (in Malayalam). Webdunia Malayalam. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
17. "K Jayakumar wins Asan Prize for Poetry". Mathrubhumi. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
18. "Kureepuzha Sreekumar wins Asan Memorial Poetry Prize". Mathrubhumi. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

External links

• Asan Memorial Association Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine