Padmaprabha Literary Award for contributions to the field of Malayalam literature is instituted by the Padmaprabha Foundation. A prestigious literary prize in Malayalam, the award was instituted in memory of freedom fighter and socialist Padmaprabha. It carries a purse of Rs 75,000, a gem-studded ring and plaque. The awards are announced every year.
List of winners
1996 Unnikrishnan Puthoor 1997 Ponkunnam Varkey 1998 M. Achuthan 1999 M. Leelavathi 2000 N. P. Muhammed 2001 Kakkanadan 2002 Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri 2003 K. T. Muhammed 2004 O. N. V. Kurup 2005 P. Valsala 2006 C. Radhakrishnan 2007 U. A. Khader 2008 K. Satchidanandan 2009 N. S. Madhavan 2010 M. K. Sanu 2011 Sarah Joseph 2012 Vijayalakshmi 2013 C. V. Balakrishnan 2014 Benyamin 2015 V. Madhusoodhanan Nair 2016 Prabha Varma 2018 Kalpatta Narayanan 2019 Santhosh Echikkanam 2020 Sreekumaran Thampi 2023 Subhash Chandran 2024 Rafeek Ahamed 2025 Alankode Leelakrishnan 2026 R. Rajasree
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