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Renowned writer K.G. Sankara Pillai has won the Ezhuthachhan Puraskaram for the twelvemonth 2025.
Minister for Culture Saji Cherian made the announcement present connected Saturday (November 1, 2025).
Instituted by the Kerala government, the Ezhuthachhan prize honours eminent literate figures who person made outstanding contributions to the maturation of Malayalam connection and literature.
The assemblage headed by writer and past year’s victor N.S. Madhavan described Prof. Pillai arsenic an eminently talented writer who enriched Malayalam lit arsenic a whole, and, notably, poetry.
Writer K.R. Meera and K.M. Anil were the different members of the assemblage and Kerala Sahitya Akademi caput C.P. Aboobakker, its subordinate secretary.
Prof. Pillai’s poesy represents the exhilarating gait of modern Malayalam poesy and its chiseled sensibility. Poetic excellence remains the hallmark of his works adjacent erstwhile they respond powerfully to modern issues, the sheet observed.
Journeying done divers pathways of poetic expression, Prof. Pillai who has earlier won the Kerala and Central Sahitya Akademi awards has near his imprint connected lit implicit a 50-year period, the assemblage said.
Prof. Pillai was calved to A.N. Gopala Pillai and G. Bhavani Amma successful Chavara, Kollam district, successful 1948. He is an alumnus of the SN College, Kollam, and the Malayalam section of the University of Kerala. Highly respected arsenic a teacher, helium has taught astatine and aboriginal headed a fig of authorities colleges successful the State. He retired arsenic Principal of the Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam.
His large works include Kochiyile Vrikshangal, Ammamaar, Njaanente Ethirkakshi, Sanchari Marangal, Marichavarude Veedu, Thakazhiyum Manthrika Kuthirayum, Sainikante Premalekhanangal and K.G. Sankara Pillayude Kavithakal.
Prof. Pillai is besides a recipient of the Odakkuzhal Award, Asan Puraskaram, Ulloor Puraskaram, Kamala Surayya Award, and the Pandalam Kerala Varma Award.
