Ezhuthachan Puraskaram

The Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary honour given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Government of Kerala. The award is named after Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan, the father of the Malayalam language and consists of a cash prize of ₹ 5,00,000 and a citation. The prize money was enhanced by ₹ 50,000 in 2011.^[1] The award was instituted in 1993 and Sooranad Kunjan Pillai was its first recipient.^[2]

Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
Award for individual contributions to Malayalam literature
Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Reward(s)	₹ 5,00,000 and a citation
First award	1993
Final award	2024
Highlights
Total awarded	31
First winner	Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
Last winner	N. S. Madhavan

List of winners

The following are the winners of the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.^[3]

Year	Awardee	Image
1993	Sooranad Kunjan Pillai[2]
1994	Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
1995	Balamaniamma
1996	K. M. George
1997	Ponkunnam Varkey
1998	M. P. Appan
1999	K. P. Narayana Pisharody[4]
2000	Pala Narayanan Nair[5]
2001	O. V. Vijayan[6]
2002	Kamala Surayya[7]
2003	T. Padmanabhan[8]
2004	Sukumar Azhikkode[9]
2005	S. Guptan Nair[10]
2006	V. V. Ayyappan (Kovilan)[11]
2007	O. N. V. Kurup[12]
2008	Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri[13]
2009	Sugathakumari[14]
2010	M. Leelavathi[15]
2011	M. T. Vasudevan Nair[16]
2012	Attoor Ravi Varma[17]
2013	M. K. Sanu[18]
2014	Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri[19]
2015	Puthussery Ramachandran[20]
2016	C. Radhakrishnan[21]
2017	K. Satchidanandan[22]
2018	M. Mukundan[23]
2019	Anand[24]
2020	Zacharia[25]
2021	P. Valsala[26]
2022	Sethu[27]
2023	S. K. Vasanthan[28]
2024	N. S. Madhavan[29]