Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography

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The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography is an award presented every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a biography or autobiography of literary merit. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.  [1] [2]

Awardees

YearBookAuthorImage
1992Arangu Kaanaatha Nadan Thikkodiyan
1993ArdhaviramamAmarthyananda
1994Pathikayum Vazhiyorathe ManideepangalumK. Kalyanikutty Amma
1995Viplava Smaranakal: Bhagam Onnu Puthupally Raghavan
1996Charitrathinoppam Nadanna OraalA. V. Anil Kumar
1997Rajyadrohiyaya RajyasnehiT. Venugopal
1998Sucheendram Rekhakal T. N. Gopakumar TN Gopakumar.jpg
1999Kodumkattuyarthiya Kaalam Joseph Edamaruku
2000V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan: Athmakatha V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan
2001A. K. Pillai: Adarsangalude RaktasakshiA. Radhakrishnan
2002AchanNeelan
2003 Bertrand Russell V. Babusenan
2004 Orachante Ormmakkuripukal T. V. Eachara Warrier
2005 Panampilly Govinda Menon: Charitravazhiyile Dipasikha L. V. Harikumar
2006Ente Jivitham G. Janardhana Kurup Adv.janardanakurup.jpg
2007Pavana ParvamParvathi Pavanan
2008Smruthi Parvam P. K. Warrier
2009Ghoshayathra T. J. S. George TJS George.JPG
2010Anubhavangal Anubhaavangal P. K. R. Warrier PkrWarrier.png
2011 [3] Athmakatha K. R. Gowri Amma K.R. Gouri Amma in 2013.JPG
2012 [4] Ente Pradakshina Vazhikal S. Jayachandran Nair
2013 [5] [6] Swarabhedangal Bhagyalakshmi Bhagyalakshmi MDS.jpg
2014 [7] Paralmeen Neenthunna Paadam C. V. Balakrishnan C.V. Balakrishnan.jpg
2015 [8] Green Room Ibrahim Vengara
2016 [9] AKG: Oru Sampoorna JeevacharithramChanthavila Murali
2017 [10] Thakkijja, Ente Jayil JeevithamJayachandran Mokeri
2018 [11] AthmayanamMuni Narayana Prasad
2019 [12] Jalakangal: Oru Charithranweshiyude Vazhikal Kazhchakal M. G. S. Narayanan M.G.S Narayanan.jpg
2020 [13] Mukthakantam V. K. N. K. Raghunathan
2021 [14] Attupokatha Ormakal Prof. T. J. Joseph
Ethiru M. Kunjaman
2022 [15] News Room B. R. P. Bhaskar BRP Bhaskar.jpg
2023 [16] Oranweshanathinte Katha K. Venu K. Venu.png

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  2. ↑ "Literary Awards" Archived 2012-06-18 at the Wayback Machine . Government of Kerala. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
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  8. ↑ "2015 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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