Asan Memorial Poetry Prize or Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram is a literary award instituted in 1985 by Madras-based Asan Memorial Association in memory of Malayalam poet Kumaran Asan."ASAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION AWARDS" . Asan Memorial Association. Retrieved 13 April 2014. It is given annually to honour outstanding poets in Malayalam language. The award comprises a purse of Rs 50000, sculpture and certificate. The award was also conferred to Tamil writers in the initial years.
Recipients 1985: C. Mani 1986: N. N. Kakkad 1987: Sundara Ramaswamy 1988: Yusufali Kechery 1989: Soundara Kailasam 1990: Sugathakumari 1992: P. Bhaskaran 1993: O. N. V. Kurup 1994: Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri 1995: Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan 1996: Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri 1997: Attoor Ravi Varma 1998: Olappamanna 1999: Ayyappa Paniker 2000: K. Satchidanandan 2001: Pala Narayanan Nair 2002: M. P. Appan 2003: V. Madhusoodhanan Nair 2004: K. G. Sankara Pillai 2005: Kilimanoor Ramakanthan 2006: D. Vinayachandran 2007: Madhavan Ayyappath 2008: Puthussery Ramachandran 2009: M. N. Paloor 2010: A. Ayyappan 2011: S. Ramesan Nair 2012: Sreekumaran Thampi 2013: N. K. Desam 2014: Prabha Varma 2015: Chemmanam Chacko 2016: Ezhachery Ramachandran 2018: Desamangalam Ramakrishnan 2019: S. Rameshan 2020: Puthussery Ramachandran 2021: K. Jayakumar 2022: Kureepuzha Sreekumar 2024: V. M. Girija
See also List of Malayalam literary awards
References
External links Asan Memorial Association