| Ezhuthachan Puraskaram | |
|---|---|
| Award for individual contributions toMalayalam literature | |
| Awarded for | Literary award inIndia |
| Sponsored by | Kerala Sahitya Akademi |
| Rewards | ₹ 5,00,000 and a citation |
| First award | 1993 |
| Final award | 2025 |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 33 |
| First winner | Sooranad Kunjan Pillai |
| Last winner | K. G. Sankara Pillai |
TheEzhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary honour given by theKerala Sahitya Akademi,Government of Kerala. The award is named afterThunchaththu Ezhuthachan, the father of theMalayalam language and consists of a cash prize of₹ 5,00,000 and a citation. The prize money was enhanced by₹ 50,000 in 2011.[1] The award was instituted in 1993 andSooranad Kunjan Pillai was its first recipient.[2]
The following are the winners of the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram.[3]
| Year | Awardee | Image |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sooranad Kunjan Pillai[2] |  |
| 1994 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |  |
| 1995 | Balamaniamma |  |
| 1996 | K. M. George | |
| 1997 | Ponkunnam Varkey | |
| 1998 | M. P. Appan |  |
| 1999 | K. P. Narayana Pisharody[4] | |
| 2000 | Pala Narayanan Nair[5] | |
| 2001 | O. V. Vijayan[6] |  |
| 2002 | Kamala Surayya[7] |  |
| 2003 | T. Padmanabhan[8] |  |
| 2004 | Sukumar Azhikkode[9] |  |
| 2005 | S. Guptan Nair[10] | |
| 2006 | V. V. Ayyappan (Kovilan)[11] |  |
| 2007 | O. N. V. Kurup[12] |  |
| 2008 | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri[13] |  |
| 2009 | Sugathakumari[14] |  |
| 2010 | M. Leelavathi[15] |  |
| 2011 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair[16] |  |
| 2012 | Attoor Ravi Varma[17] |  |
| 2013 | M. K. Sanu[18] |  |
| 2014 | Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri[19] | |
| 2015 | Puthussery Ramachandran[20] |  |
| 2016 | C. Radhakrishnan[21] |  |
| 2017 | K. Satchidanandan[22] |  |
| 2018 | M. Mukundan[23] |  |
| 2019 | Anand[24] |  |
| 2020 | Zacharia[25] |  |
| 2021 | P. Valsala[26] |  |
| 2022 | Sethu[27] |  |
| 2023 | S. K. Vasanthan[28] |  |
| 2024 | N. S. Madhavan[29] |  |
| 2025 | K. G. Sankara Pillai[30] |  |
