Mathrubhumi Literary Award

Mathrubhumi Literary Award (also known as Mathrubhumi Sahitya Puraskaram) is a literary award instituted in 2001 by leading Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi. A sum of ₹3 lakh, a plaque and citation constitute the award. The award is conferred as a recognition of a writer's overall contribution to the Malayalam literature.

Mathrubhumi Literary Award
Award for individual contributions to Malayalam literature
Awarded for	Literary award in India
Sponsored by	Mathrubhumi
Reward(s)	₹300,000, citation, plaque
First award	2001
Final award	2025
Highlights
Total awarded	21
First winner	Thikkodiyan
Last winner	Sara Joseph
Website	media.mathrubhumi.com

Recipients

Year	Recipient	Image	Ref.
2000	Thikkodiyan		[1]
2003	M. V. Devan		[1]
2004	Pala Narayanan Nair		[1]
2005	O. V. Vijayan		[1]
2006	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
2007	M. Mukundan		[2]
2008	Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri		[3]
2009	Kovilan		[4]
2010	Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri		[5]
2011	Sukumar Azhikode		[6]
2012	M. Leelavathy		[7]
2013	Punathil Kunjabdulla		[8]
2014	Sugathakumari		[9]
2015	T. Padmanabhan		[10]
2016	C. Radhakrishnan		[11]
2017	M. K. Sanu		[12]
2018	N. S. Madhavan		[13]
2019	U. A. Khader		[14]
2020	K. Satchidanandan		[15]
2022	Sethu		[16]
2023	Zacharia		[17]

|2024 |Sarah Joseph |^[18]

See also

• List of Malayalam literary awards