Odakkuzhal Award

Odakkuzhal Award
Awarded for	Indian literary award
Location	Kerala
Country	India
Presented by	Indian literary award
First awarded	1968

Odakkuzhal Award is an Indian literary award given by the Indian literary award every year to writers for a particular outstanding work of him/her in Malayalam–language. The award was founded in 1969 by renowned poet G. Sankara Kurup to commemorate the Jnanpith Award he had won.

Awardees

Year	Recipient	Work	Ref.
1969	Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup	Tulsidasa Ramayanam
1970	O. V. Vijayan	Khasakkinte Itihasam
1971	Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon	Vida
1972	N. Krishna Pillai	Thiranjedutha Prabandhangal
1973	Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri	Nimisha Kshetram
1974	K. Surendran	Maranam Durbalam
1975	V. K. Govindan Nair	V. K. Govindan Nairude Krithikal
1976	Nalankal Krishna Pillai	Krishna Tulasi
1977	Lalithambika Antharjanam	Agnisakshi
1978	Kainikkara Kumara Pillai	Naatakeeyam
1979	M. Leelavathy	Varnaraji
1980	P. Bhaskaran	Ottakkambiyulla Thamburu
1981	Vilasini	Avakasikal
1982	Sugathakumari	Ambalamani
1983	Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri	Mukhamevide
1984	G. Kumara Pillai	Sapthaswaram
1985	N. N. Kakkad	Saphalamee Yathra
1986	Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan	Kalimuttam
1987	Yusufali Kechery	Kechery Puzha
1988	Olappamanna	Nizhalana
1989	M. P. Sankunni Nair	Chhathravum Chamaravum
1990	O. N. V. Kurup	Mrigaya
1991	P. Narayana Kurup	Nishagandhi
1992	Thikkodiyan	Arangu Kanatha Nadan
1993	M. T. Vasudevan Nair	Vanaprastham
1994	N. S. Madhavan	Higuita
1996	Anand	Govardhanante Yathrakal
1997	M. P. Veerendra Kumar	Athmavilekkoru Theerthayathra
1998	Asha Menon	Paraga Koshangal
1999	Chandramathi	Rain Deer
2000	Satchidanandan	Thiranjedutha Kavithakal
2001	Ayyappa Paniker	Ayyappa Paniker Kavithakal	[1]
2002	Mundur Krishnankutty	Enne Veruthe Vittalum
2003	Zacharia	Thiranjedutha Kathakal	[2]
2004	P. Surendran	Chinese Market	[3]
2005	Njeralathu Surendran Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair	Naatyacharyante Jeevithamudrakal
2006	C. Radhakrishnan	Theekkadal Kadanju Thirumadhuram
2007	N. K. Desam	Mudra
2008	K. G. Sankara Pillai	K. G. S. Kavithakal
2009	Sreekumaran Thampi	Ammakku Oru Tharattu
2010	Unnikrishnan Puthoor	Anubhavangalude Nerrekhakal
2011	Subhash Chandran	Manushyanu Oru Amukham	[4]
2012	Sethu	Marupiravi	[5]
2013	K. R. Meera	Aarachaar	[6]
2014	Rafeeq Ahammed	Rafeeq Ahammedinte Kruthikal	[7]
2015	S.Joseph	Chandranodoppam

References

1. "Ayyappa Panickar selected for Odakkuzhal award". The Times of India. 14 January 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
2. "Odakkuzhal Award presented to Zachariah". The Hindu. 4 February 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
3. "P. Surendran given Odakkuzhal Award". The Hindu. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
4. "Subhash Chandran gets Odakkuzhal award". Mathrubhumi. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
5. "Odakkuzhal Award presented". The Hindu. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
6. "ആരാച്ചാര്‍ മലയാളത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും നല്ല നോവലുകളിലൊന്ന് : ഡോ. എം ലീലാവതി". DC Books. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2014. zero width joiner character in |title= at position 10 (help)
7. "റഫീഖ് അഹമ്മദിന് ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ്". DC Books. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015. zero width joiner character in |title= at position 26 (help)