2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards

The 2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 21 February 2018.[1][2] The award is given each year, since 1958, by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit.

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Awarded forOutstanding books of literary merit
Date21 February 2018
LocationTrichur
CountryIndia
Presented byKerala Sahitya Akademi
First awarded1958
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Winners

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Category Recipient Work Image
Poetry Savithri Rajeevan Ammaye Kulippikkumpol
Novel T. D. Ramakrishnan Sugandhi Enna Andal Devanayaki  
Story S. Hareesh Adam  
Drama Samkutty Pattomkary Lalla
Literary Criticism S. Sudheesh Asan Kavitha: Sthree Purusha Samavakyangalile Kalaapom
Biography and Autobiography Chanthavila Murali AKG: Oru Sampoorna Jeevacharithram
Travelogue Harikrishnan Nile Vazhikal
Humour Muralee Thummarukudy Chila Nattukaryangal  
Children's Literature K. T. Baburaj Samoohyapaatam
Scholarly Literature V. P. Joseph Valiyaveettil Chavittu Nadaka Vijnanakosam
Translation C. M. Rajan Pranayavum Mooladhanavum
(Translation of Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth
of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel
)
Overall Contributions

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release) (in Malayalam). Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 21 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ Staff Reporter (22 February 2018). "Sahithya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.