Year Work(s) Awardees 1988 Kalabhairavan T. Padmanabhan 1989 Kanyavanangal Dr. Punathil Kunjabdulla 1990 Selected Poems Balamani Amma 1991 Marubhoomikal Undakunnathu Anand 1992 Poems of Ayyappa Panicker Ayyappa Panicker 1994 Daivathinte Kannu M.P Muhammed 1995 Arangukanatha Nadan Thikkodiyan 1996 Neermathalam Poothakalam Madhavikutty 1998 Thattakam Kovilan 1999 Thalamurakhal O.V. Vijayan 2000 Sreeramante Kathakal C.V. S From 2004 the award has been given for the overall contribution of a writer in Malayalam literature.
Year Awardees Plantinum Jubliee Awards, 2004 M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Dr. Sukumar Azhikode, O.N.V. Kurup, Vaikkam Chandrashekharan Nair, Kakkanadan 2008 Akhitham Achuthan Nampoothiri 2009 Dr. M. Leelavathy 2010 Vishnunarayanan Nampoothiri 2011 Prof. M. K. Sanu 2012 K. Sachidanandan 2015 Sugathakumari
