An award given to Malayalam writers by Asan Memorial Association in Chennai. Winners list from 1989 - 2014.
Year Awardees 1989 N.N. Kakkad 1990 Yusaf Ali Kechery 1991 Sugathakumari 1992 P. Bhaskaran 1993 O.N.V. Kurup 1994 Akitham Achuthan Nampoothiri 1995 Kadamanitta Ramakrishnan 1996 Vishnunarayanan Nampoothiri 1997 Attoor Ravivarma 1998 Olapamanna Subramaniyan Nampoothiripadu 1999 Ayyappa Panicker 2000 Prof. K. Sachidanandan 2001 Pala Narayanan Nair 2002 M.P. Appan 2003 Madusoodanan Nair 2004 Prof. K. G Sankarapillai 2005 Kilimanoor Ramakanthan 2006 D. Vinayachandran 2007 Madhavan Ayyapatthu 2008 Dr. Puthussery Ramachandran 2009 M.N. Paloor 2010 A. Ayyappan 2011 S. Rameshan Nair 2012 Sreekumaran Thampi 2013 N.K. Desam 2014 Prabha Varma
