Vallathol Award (Puraskaram) – Winners
Last Updated On: 24/09/2020
Vallathol Award (Vallathol Puraskaram) is a literary award given by the Vallathol Sahithya Samithi for contribution to Malayalam literature. Vallathol Award (Puraskaram) was instituted in 1991 for the memory of Vallathol Narayana Menon. The prize of Vallathol Award includes a cash prize of ₹ 1,11,111 and a plaque.
Vallathol Narayana Menon was one of the modern triumvirate poets (Adhunika kavithrayam) of Malayalam poetry.
The following is a list of those who received the Vallathol award.
List of Vallathol Award Winners
- 1991 – Pala Narayanan Nair
- 1992 – Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
- 1993 – Balamani Amma, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
- 1994 – Ponkunnam Varkey
- 1995 – M. P. Appan
- 1996 – Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
- 1997 – Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
- 1998 – K. M. George
- 1999 – S. Guptan Nair
- 2000 – P. Bhaskaran
- 2001 – T. Padmanabhan
- 2002 – M. Leelavathy
- 2003 – Sugathakumari
- 2004 – Ayyappa Paniker
- 2005 – M. T. Vasudevan Nair
- 2006 – O. N. V. Kurup
- 2007 – Sukumar Azhikode
- 2008 – Puthussery Ramachandran
- 2009 – Kavalam Narayana Panicker
- 2010 – Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
- 2011 – C. Radhakrishnan
- 2012 – Yusuf Ali Kechery
- 2013 – Perumbadavam Sreedharan
- 2014 – P. Narayana Kurup
- 2015 – Anand
- 2016 – Sreekumaran Thampi
- 2017 – Prabha Varma
- 2018 – M Mukundan
- 2019 – Paul Zacharia