Puthussery Ramachandran passes away

Renowned poet and Malayalam scholar Puthussery Ramachandran recently passed away at the age of 91. He played an instrumental role in making Malayalam getting recognised as a classical language by the union government in 2013. Ramachandran has won several prestigious awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award, the Ezhuthachchan Puraskaaram in 2015, Kerala Sahitya Akademi award ..

Topics: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award • Malayalam • Malayalam language • Sahitya Akademi

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri won the 55th Jnanpith Award

The prestigious 55th Jnanpith Award has been won by the 92-year-old Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, a noted Indian poet-writer in the Malayalam language. He has won several literary accolades, some of his notable awards include the Padma Shri award in 2017, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1973. To date, he has published 45 books comprising of a ..

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Topics: Akkitham • Bharatiya Jnanpith • Constitution • Eighth Schedule • G. Sankara Kurup • Jnanpith Award • Malayalam • Padma Shri • Sahitya Akademi

Malayalam poet Akkitham wins 55th Jnanpith Award

Eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham has been chosen for 55th Jnanpith Award for the year 2019. The announcement in this regard was made by Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by novelist, scholar and Jnanpith laureate Pratibha Ray. About Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Born in 1926, he was popularly known as Akkitham. He is one of the most revered ..

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Topics: Akkitham • Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri • Jnanpith Award • kerela • Malayalam • Pratibha Ray

Writer Anand selected for 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2019

Noted writer Anand has been selected for the 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for his overall contributions to Malayalam language and Literature. It is the highest literary honour of the Kerala government. The prize is named after Ezhuthachan, the father of Malayalam language. It consists of a purse of Rs 5 lakh and a citation.    

Topics: Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri • Ezhuthachan • Ezhuthachan Puraskaram • Indian Literature • Kerala • Kerala Sahitya Akademi • Malayalam • Malayali people • T. Padmanabhan • Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan • Writers

Amitav Ghosh conferred Jnanpith Award

Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh was conferred with the 54th Jnanpith award for the year 2018. Jnanpith Award Jnanpith Award was instituted in 1961 by the Bhartiya Jnanpith to honour Indian litterateurs who write in English or any one of the 22 Indian languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Malayalam writer ..

Topics: Bhartiya Jnanpith • Eighth Schedule • English • Indian Constitution • Jnanpith Award • Malayalam • New Delhi