The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to writers for translating a work from a foreign language to Malayalam. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. [1] [2]
Year | Translation | Original book | Translator | Image |
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1992 | Bhoothavishtar | Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky | N. K. Damodaran | |
1993 | Mahaprasthanathinte Margathiloode | Mahaprasthaner Pathe by Prabodh Kumar Sanyal | K. Ravi Varma | |
1994 | French Kavithakal | Multiple works | Mangalattu Raghavan | |
1995 | Thavalamillathavar | Khanabadosh by Ajit Kaur | V. D. Krishnan Nambiar | |
1996 | Shila Pathmam | Shilapadma by Pratibha Ray | P. Madhavan Pillai | |
1997 | Oru Pulimarathinte Katha | Oru Puliya Marathin Kathai by Sundara Ramasami | Attoor Ravi Varma | |
1998 | Vasanthathinte Murivu | The Wound of Spring by Menon Marath | M. Gangadharan | |
1999 | Raja Ravi Varma | Raja Ravi Varma by Ranjit Desai | K. T. Ravi Varma | |
2000 | Manasa Vasudha | Manabjamin by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay | Leela Sarkar | |
2001 | Dharmapadam | Dharmapada | Madhavan Ayyappath | |
2002 | Sastram Charitrathil | Science in History by John Desmond Bernal | M. C. Nambudiripad | |
2003 | Ambedkar Sampoorna Krithikal | Ambedkar Complete Works by B. R. Ambedkar | M. P. Sadasivan | |
2004 | Divine Comedy | Divine Comedy by Dante | Kilimanoor Ramakanthan | |
2005 | Divyam | Divya by U. R. Ananthamurthy | C. Raghavan | |
2006 | Arkkamarashi | Akkarmashi by Sharankumar Limbale | Kaliyath Damodaran | |
2007 | Don Quixote | Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes | Thomas Nadakkal | |
2008 | Charakapaitrukam | Charaka Samhita by Charaka | Muthulakshmi | |
2009 | Padinjaran Kavithakal | Multiple works | K. Satchidanandan | |
2010 | Adinte Virunnu | The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa | Asha Latha | |
2011 [3] | Ka: | Ka by Roberto Calasso | K. B. Prasanna Kumar | |
2012 [4] | Marubhoomi | Désert by J. M. G. Le Clézio | S. Sreenivasan | |
2013 [5] | Ulysses | Ulysses by James Joyce | N. Moosakutty | |
2014 [6] | Chokher Bali | Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore | Sunil Naliyath | |
2015 [7] | Soundarya Lahari | Soundarya Lahari by Adi Shankara | Guru Muni Narayana Prasad | |
2016 [8] | Pranayavum Mooladhanavum | Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel | C. M. Rajan | |
2017 [9] | Parvathangalum Mattolikollunnu | And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini | Rama Menon | |
2018 [10] | Swapnangalude Vyakhyanam | The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud | P. P. K. Pothuval | |
2019 [11] | Gautama Buddhante Parinirvanam | Book Three of Old Path White Clouds by Thích Nhất Hạnh | K. Aravindakshan | |
2020 [12] | Upekshikkappetta Divasangal | Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante | Sangeetha Sreenivasan | |
2021 [13] | Kayen | Cain by José Saramago | Aymanam John | |
2022 [14] | V. Ravikumar | |||
2023 [15] | M. M. Sreedharan |
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