2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards

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
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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]

Winners

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

Endowments

• I. C. Chacko Award: V. K. Hariharanunnithan (Malayala Chinthakal)
• C. B. Kumar Award: M. Mukundan (Adhunikatha Innevide?)
• K.R. Namboodiri Award: V. S. Warrier (Sree Buddhan: Jeevitham Darsanam Matham)
• Kuttipuzha Award: K. E. N. Kunjahammed (Samooham, Sahityam, Samskaram)
• Kanakasree Award: Prakasan Madikkai (Moonnu Kallukalkkidayil)
• Geetha Hiranyan Award: G.R. Indugopan (Rathriyil Autoyil Oru Manushyan)
• G. N. Pillai Award: N. P. Sajeesh (Drisya Desangalude Bhoopadam)

Fellowships

• M. P. Veerendra Kumar
• Paul Zacharia

References

1. "2012-ലെ കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡുകള്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു" (PDF) (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
2. "Santhosh Kumar, Joseph bag Akademi awards". The Hindu . 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
3. "Jayachandran Nair and Santhosh Kumar get Sahithya academy award". Mathrubhumi . 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
4. "Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for Sathish Babu Payyannur". Kerala Kaumudi . 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
5. "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winners announced". DC Books. 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
6. "എം.പി വീരേന്ദ്രകുമാറിനും സക്കറിയക്കും സാഹിത്യഅക്കാദമി വിശിഷ്ടാംഗത്വം". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2023.