Akademi Fellowship, awards announced

By Our Staff Reporter

THRISSUR, FEB. 17. Mr O V Vijayan, writer, has been selected for the prestigious Kerala Sahithya Akademi Fellowship for 2000. The Academy has selected Prof M Krishnan Nair, critic, for its award for his total contribution to Malayalam literature.

While the fellowship carries a purse of Rs 20,000, a gold medal of two sovereigns, shawl and a plaque, the award carries a cash prize of Rs 10,000, citation and a plaque.

The General Council of the Akademi, which met here today with the president, Mr M T Vasudevan Nair, in the chair, approved the list of other award winners of the year.

They are: Mr C V Balakrishnan (Novel--Athmavinu Seriyennu Thonnunna Karyangal), Mr Nilamberoor Madhusoodhanan Nair (Poetry--Chamatha), Mr Karivelloor Murali (Play--Che Guera), Ms Gracy (Short story collection--Randu Swapnadarsikal), Dr C Rajendran (Literary criticism--Padavum Porulum), Dr D Babu Paul (Informatics Literature--Vedasabdaratnakaram), Mr V R Krishnanezhuthachan (Biography/Autobiography--V R Krishnanezhuthachan--Aatmakatha), Prof K Sachidanandan (Travelogue--Pala Lokam, Pala Kalam), Mr Krishna Poojappura (Humourous Literature--Kali Kolam) and Ms Leela Sarkar (Translation--Manasa Vasudha).

The awards carry a cash prize of Rs 10,000 each, a citation, ponnada and a plaque.

The akademi has also announced the various Endowment Awards for the year and the winners are: Mr Kiliroor Radhakrishnan (Sree Padmanabha Swamy Prize for Children's literature), Dr S J Mangalam (I C Chacko Memorial Award for Linguistics, Grammar and Science Studies), Dr P N Das (C B Kumar Award for Essays), Dr Dharmaraj Adatt (K R Namboodiri Award for Writings on Veda), Mr Anvar Ali (Kanakasree Award for Poetry), Dr Raghavan Payyanad (G N Pillai Award for Informatic Literature), Dr M R Raghava Varrier (Kuttippuzha Award for Literary Criticism), and Mr Verghese Panthallokkaran (Mumbai Nataka Vedi Award).

An akademi release said Mr G Sreekandan of Venjaramoodu in Thiruvananthapuram has won this year's Thunjan Memorial Essay Contest and Ms E R Sindhu of the Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur, the C B Kumar Memorial Essay Contest.

The awards will be presented at the annual celebrations of the Akademi in March.

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