| Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding books of literary merit |
| Date | 11 July 2013 |
| Location | Thrissur |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Kerala Sahitya Akademi |
| First award | 1958 |
The 2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 11 July 2013. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The Akademi fellowships and the awards for overall contribution were announced in October 2013. [6]
| Category | Recipient | Work |
|---|---|---|
| Poetry | S. Joseph | Uppante Kooval Varakkunnu |
| Novel | E. Santhosh Kumar | Andhakaranazhi |
| Story | Satheesh Babu Payyannur | Peramaram |
| Drama | M. N. Vinayakumar | Mariman Kanni |
| Literary criticism | N. K. Ravindran | Pennezhuthunna Jeevitham |
| Autobiography/Biography | S. Jayachandran Nair | Ente Pradakshina Vazhikal |
| Travelogue | Santhosh George Kulangara | Baltic Diary |
| Humour | P. P. Hameed | Oru Nano Kinavu |
| Scholarly literature | Naduvattom Gopalakrishnan | Samskaramudrakal |
| Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for Children’s literature | N. P. Hafiz Mohamad | Kuttipattalathinte Kerala Paryadanam |
| Translation | Dr. S. Sreenivasan | Marubhoomi (Translation of Désert by J. M. G. Le Clézio) |
| Overall Contribution | K. P. Sankaran Karur Sasi G. Priyadarshan K. M. Govi |