P. Kesavadev Literary Award

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The P. Kesavadev Literary Award is an Indian literary award presented annually by P. Kesavadev Trust to writers in Malayalam literature. The award is named after renowned Malayalam writer P. Kesavadev.

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Recipients

YearRecipientNotesRef.
2005Dr. Indrababu
[1]
2006P. Mohanan
[2]
2007NA
—
2008 Jose Panachippuram For the work Tharangangalil (Essays)
[3]
2009 George Onakkoor For the work Parvathangalile Kattu (novel)
[4]
2010 M. P. Veerendrakumar
[5]
2011 C. Radhakrishnan
[6]
2012 P. Govinda Pillai
[7]
2013 O. N. V. Kurup
[8]
2014 Perumbadavam Sreedharan
[9]
2015 M. K. Sanu
2016 G. N. Panicker
2017 Sugathakumari
2018 Prabha Varma
2019M. V. Pillai
2020 Vijayakrishnan
2021 Thomas Jacob
2022 P. K. Rajasekharan For the book Dostoevsky Bhoothavishtante Chayapadam [17]
2023 Desamangalam Ramakrishnan
2024 Adoor Gopalakrishnan [20]

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