Vallathol Award

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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Vallathol Award
| image =
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| alt =
| caption =
| subheader = Award for individual contributions to [[Malayalam literature]]
| awarded_for = Literary award in [[India]]
| sponsor = Vallathol Sahithya Samithi
| firstawarded = 1991
| lastawarded = 2019
| reward = {{INR}}111,111 and a plaque
| former name =
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder =
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 29
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = [[Pala Narayanan Nair]]
| award3_type = Last winner
| award3_winner = [[Paul Zacharia]]
| website =
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'''Vallathol Award''' is a [[literary award]] given by the Vallathol Sahithya Samithi for contribution to [[Malayalam literature]]. The award was instituted in 1991 in memory of [[Vallathol Narayana Menon]], one of the [[Malayalam triumvirate poets|modern triumvirate poets (Adhunika kavithrayam)]] of Malayalam poetry. The prize includes a cash prize of {{INR}} 1,11,111 and a plaque.

==Awardees==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Recipient
|-
| 1991
| [[Pala Narayanan Nair]]
|-
| 1992
| [[Sooranad Kunjan Pillai]]
|-
| 1993
| [[Balamani Amma]]<br>[[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]]
|-
| 1994
| [[Ponkunnam Varkey]]
|-
| 1995
| [[M. P. Appan]]
|-
| 1996
| [[Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai]]
|-
| 1997
| [[Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri]]
|-
| 1998
| [[K. M. George (writer)|K. M. George]]
|-
| 1999
| [[S. Guptan Nair]]
|-
| 2000
| [[P. Bhaskaran]]
|-
| 2001
| [[T. Padmanabhan]]
|-
| 2002
| [[M. Leelavathy]]
|-
| 2003
| [[Sugathakumari]]
|-
| 2004
| [[Ayyappa Paniker]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/17/stories/2004101712670300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050111095324/http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/17/stories/2004101712670300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2005|title=Vallathol award presented|date=17 October 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/21/stories/2005092113210400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109225333/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/21/stories/2005092113210400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2007|title=Vallathol Award for MT|date=21 September 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2006
| [[O. N. V. Kurup]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/20806/10/17/stories/2006101719050300.htm|title=O.N.V. receives Vallathol Award|date=17 October 2006|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| [[Sukumar Azhikode]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/15/stories/2007101567980400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015151034/http://hindu.com/2007/10/15/stories/2007101567980400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2007|title=Vallathol Award |date=15 October 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| [[Puthussery Ramachandran]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/08/stories/2008100853980500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012000048/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/08/stories/2008100853980500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2008|title=Vallathol Award |date=8 October 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/24/stories/2009092454450400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413151528/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/24/stories/2009092454450400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2014|title=Vallathol Prize for Kavalam|date=24 September 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2010
| [[Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala365.com/news/kerala-today/vallathol-award-2010-goes-to-vishnu-narayan-namboothiri/16691|title=Vallathol Award 2010 goes to Vishnu Narayan Namboothiri|date=6 October 2010|publisher=Kerala365.com|access-date=13 November 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| [[C. Radhakrishnan]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=114896|title=C Radhakrishnan bags Vallathol Award|date=1 October 2011|work=Mathrubhumi|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| [[Yusuf Ali Kechery]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Yusafali Kecheri bags Vallathol Puraskaram|url=http://www.kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=26724|access-date=7 October 2012|newspaper=[[Kerala Kaumudi]]|date=3 October 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| [[Perumbadavam Sreedharan]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Perumbadavam Sreedharan bags Vallathol Puraskaram|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=26724|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]]|date=28 September 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| [[P. Narayana Kurup]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Vallathol award presented|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/vallathol-award-presented/article6513761.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| [[Anand (writer)|Anand]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Vallathol Award for Anand|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/vision-and-intellect/article7644275.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| [[Sreekumaran Thampi]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Vallathol prize|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/vallathol-prize/article9098611.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| [[Prabha Varma]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Vallathol Award for Prabha Varma|url=http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=97155|newspaper=[[Kerala Kaumudi]]|date=25 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| [[M. Mukundan]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/sep/14/m-mukundan-wins-vallathol-award-1871738.html |title=M Mukundan wins Vallathol award |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[Paul Zacharia]]
|}

==References==
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{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1991]]
[[Category:Malayalam literary awards]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in India]]

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