Odakkuzhal Award is an Indian literary award given every year to a writer for a particular outstanding work of them in Malayalam–language. The award was founded in 1969 by poet G. Sankara Kurup to commemorate the Jnanpith Award he had won.
Awardees Year Recipient Work 1969 Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup Tulsidasa Ramayanam (Malayalam translation) 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 1995 T. Padmanabhan Kadal 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 2002 Mundur Krishnankutty Enne Veruthe Vittalum 2003 Zacharia Thiranjedutha Kathakal 2004 P. Surendran Chinese Market 2005 Njeralathu SurendranKalamandalam 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 Puthur Anubhavangalude Nerrekhakal 2011 Subhash Chandran Manushyanu Oru Amukham 2012 Sethu Marupiravi 2013 K. R. Meera Aarachaar 2014 Rafeeq Ahamed Rafeeq Ahammedinte Kruthikal 2015 S. Joseph Chandranodoppam 2016 M. A. Rahman Oro Jeevanum Vilappettathaanu 2017 Aymanam John Aymanam Johninte Kathakal 2018 E. V. Ramakrishnan Malayala Novalinte Desakalangal 2019 N. Prabhakaran Mayamanushyar 2021 Sarah JosephBudhini2022Ambikasuthan MangadPranavayu2023P. N. GopikrishnanKavitha Mamsabhojiyanu2024K. AravindakshanGopa2025E.P. RajagopalanUlkatha
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