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	'''Odakkuzhal Award''' ~~({{trans\|flute award}})~~ is an Indian literary award given every year to writers for a particular outstanding work of him/her in [[Malayalam\|Malayalam–language]]. The award was founded in 1969 by poet [[G. Sankara Kurup]] to commemorate the [[Jnanpith Award]] he had won.		'''Odakkuzhal Award''' is an Indian literary award given every year to writers for a particular outstanding work of him/her in [[Malayalam\|Malayalam–language]]. The award was founded in 1969 by poet [[G. Sankara Kurup]] to commemorate the [[Jnanpith Award]] he had won.

	==Awardees==		==Awardees==
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	\| [[N. S. Madhavan]]		\| [[N. S. Madhavan]]
	\| ''Higuita''		\| ''Higuita''
			\|
			\|-
			\| 1995
			\| [[T. Padmanabhan]]
			\| ''Kadal''
	\|		\|
	\|-		\|-
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	\| [[Ayyappa Paniker]]		\| [[Ayyappa Paniker]]
	\| ''Ayyappa Paniker Kavithakal''		\| ''Ayyappa Paniker Kavithakal''
	\|<ref>{{cite news\|url=~~http~~://~~articles.~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~2002-01-14~~/thiruvananthapuram/~~27125423_1_award~~-~~cash~~-~~prize~~-~~poet~~\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126054142/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-14/thiruvananthapuram/27125423_1_award-cash-prize-poet\|url-status=~~dead~~\|archive-date=26 January 2013\|title=Ayyappa Panickar selected for Odakkuzhal award\|date=14 January 2002\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref>		\|<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Ayyappa-Panickar-selected-for-Odakkuzhal-award/articleshow/2029783432.cms\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126054142/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-14/thiruvananthapuram/27125423_1_award-cash-prize-poet\|url-status=live\|archive-date=26 January 2013\|title=Ayyappa Panickar selected for Odakkuzhal award\|date=14 January 2002\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2002		\| 2002
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	\|-		\|-
	\| 2018		\| 2018
	\| E. V. Ramakrishnan		\| [[E. V. Ramakrishnan]]
	\| ''Malayala Novalinte Desakalangal''		\| ''Malayala Novalinte Desakalangal''
	\|<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/odakkuzhal-award-for-e-v-ramakrishnan-1.3465246 \|title=ഡോ. ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന് ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് \|date=8 January 2019\|newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]]\|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>		\|<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/odakkuzhal-award-for-e-v-ramakrishnan-1.3465246 \|title=ഡോ. ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന് ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് \|date=8 January 2019\|newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]]\|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>
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	\| ''Mayamanushyar''		\| ''Mayamanushyar''
	\| <ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/feb/03/conspiracy-stopping-g-sankara-kurup-memorial-author-leelavathi-2098120.html \|title=Conspiracy stopping G Sankara Kurup memorial: Author Leelavathi \|date=3 February 2020\|newspaper= [[The New Indian Express]] \|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>		\| <ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/feb/03/conspiracy-stopping-g-sankara-kurup-memorial-author-leelavathi-2098120.html \|title=Conspiracy stopping G Sankara Kurup memorial: Author Leelavathi \|date=3 February 2020\|newspaper= [[The New Indian Express]] \|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2021
			\|[[Sarah Joseph (author)\|Sarah Joseph]]
			\|''Budhini''
			\|<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jan/03/sara-joseph-wins-odakuzhal-award-2402642.html \|title=Sara Joseph wins 'Odakuzhal' award \|date=3 January 2022 \|newspaper=The New Indian Express \|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2022
			\|[[Ambikasuthan Mangad]]
			\|''Pranavayu''
			\|<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/odakkuzhal-award-for-ambikasuthan-mangad/article66334067.ece \|title=Odakkuzhal Award for Ambikasuthan Mangad \|date=3 January 2023\|newspaper= The Hindu \|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2023
			\|[[P. N. Gopikrishnan]]
			\|''Kavitha Mamsabhojiyanu''
			\|<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/news/2024/01/11/odakuzhal-award-pn-gopalakrishanan.html \|title=Noted poet PN Gopikrishnan bags Odakkuzhal award 2023 \|date=11 January 2024\|newspaper= OnManorama.com \|access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2024
			\|K. Aravindakshan
			\|''Gopa''
			\|<ref>{{Cite web \|author=<!--staff writer--> \|date=2025-01-17 \|title=Odakkuzhal Award for K. Aravindakshan’s novel \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/odakkuzhal-award-for-k-aravindakshans-novel/article69108106.ece \|access-date=2025-01-17 \|website=The Hindu \|language=en-IN}}</ref>
			\|-
			\|2025
			\|E.P. Rajagopalan
			\|''Ulkatha''
			\|<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Bureau \|first=The Hindu \|date=2026-01-12 \|title=Odakkuzhal award for literary critic E.P. Rajagopalan \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/odakkuzhal-award-for-literary-critic-ep-rajagopalan/article70501964.ece \|access-date=2026-01-12 \|work=The Hindu \|language=en-IN \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
	\|}		\|}

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	[[Category:Indian literary awards]]		[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
	[[Category:Awards established in 1969]]		[[Category:Awards established in 1969]]

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| country = India
| location = [[Kerala]]
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'''Odakkuzhal Award''' ({{trans|flute award}}) is an Indian literary award given every year to writers for a particular outstanding work of him/her in [[Malayalam|Malayalam–language]]. The award was founded in 1969 by poet [[G. Sankara Kurup]] to commemorate the [[Jnanpith Award]] he had won.

==Awardees==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Recipient
! Work
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1969
| [[Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup]]
| ''Tulsidasa Ramayanam'' (Malayalam translation)
|
|-
| 1970
| [[O. V. Vijayan]]
| ''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]''
|
|-
| 1971
| [[Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon]]
| ''Vida''
|
|-
| 1972
| [[N. Krishna Pillai]]
| ''Thiranjedutha Prabandhangal''
|
|-
| 1973
| [[Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri]]
| ''Nimisha Kshetram''
|
|-
| 1974
| [[K. Surendran]]
| ''Maranam Durbalam''
|
|-
| 1975
| [[V. K. Govindan Nair]]
| ''V. K. Govindan Nairude Krithikal''
|
|-
| 1976
| [[Nalankal Krishna Pillai]]
| ''Krishna Tulasi''
|
|-
| 1977
| [[Lalithambika Antharjanam]]
| ''[[Agnisakshi (novel)|Agnisakshi]]''
|
|-
| 1978
| [[Kainikkara Kumara Pillai]]
| ''Naatakeeyam''
|
|-
| 1979
| [[M. Leelavathy]]
| ''Varnaraji''
|
|-
| 1980
| [[P. Bhaskaran]]
| ''Ottakkambiyulla Thamburu''
|
|-
| 1981
| [[M. K. Menon|Vilasini]]
| ''[[Avakasikal]]''
|
|-
| 1982
| [[Sugathakumari]]
| ''Ambalamani''
|
|-
| 1983
| [[Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri]]
| ''Mukhamevide''
|
|-
| 1984
| [[G. Kumara Pillai]]
| ''Sapthaswaram''
|
|-
| 1985
| [[N. N. Kakkad]]
| ''Saphalamee Yathra''
|
|-
| 1986
| [[Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan]]
| ''Kalimuttam''
|
|-
| 1987
| [[Yusufali Kechery]]
| ''Kechery Puzha''
|
|-
| 1988
| [[Olappamanna]]
| ''Nizhalana''
|
|-
| 1989
| [[M. P. Sankunni Nair]]
| ''Chhathravum Chamaravum''
|
|-
| 1990
| [[O. N. V. Kurup]]
| ''Mrigaya''
|
|-
| 1991
| [[P. Narayana Kurup]]
| ''Nishagandhi''
|
|-
| 1992
| [[Thikkodiyan]]
| ''Arangu Kanatha Nadan''
|
|-
| 1993
| [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]
| ''Vanaprastham''
|
|-
| 1994
| [[N. S. Madhavan]]
| ''Higuita''
|
|-
| 1996
| [[Anand (writer)|Anand]]
| ''Govardhanante Yathrakal''
|
|-
| 1997
| [[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]
| ''Athmavilekkoru Theerthayathra''
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Asha Menon (writer)|Asha Menon]]
| ''Paraga Koshangal''
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Chandramathi]]
| ''Rain Deer''
|
|-
| 2000
| [[K. Satchidanandan|Satchidanandan]]
| ''Thiranjedutha Kavithakal''
|
|-
| 2001
| [[Ayyappa Paniker]]
| ''Ayyappa Paniker Kavithakal''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-14/thiruvananthapuram/27125423_1_award-cash-prize-poet|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126054142/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-14/thiruvananthapuram/27125423_1_award-cash-prize-poet|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|title=Ayyappa Panickar selected for Odakkuzhal award|date=14 January 2002|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| [[Mundur Krishnankutty]]
| ''Enne Veruthe Vittalum''
|
|-
| 2003
| [[Paul Zacharia|Zacharia]]
| ''Thiranjedutha Kathakal''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/03/stories/2004020311190300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040216031907/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/03/stories/2004020311190300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2004|title=Odakkuzhal Award presented to Zachariah |date=4 February 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| [[P. Surendran]]
| ''Chinese Market''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/03/stories/2005020316510300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212092556/http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/03/stories/2005020316510300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 February 2008|title=P. Surendran given Odakkuzhal Award |date=3 February 2005|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| Njeralathu Surendran<br>[[Padmanabhan Nair|Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair]]
| ''Naatyacharyante Jeevithamudrakal''

|
|-
| 2006
| [[C. Radhakrishnan]]
| ''Theekkadal Kadanju Thirumadhuram''

|
|-
| 2007
| [[N. K. Desam]]
| ''Mudra''

|
|-
| 2008
| [[K. G. Sankara Pillai]]
| ''K. G. S. Kavithakal''

|
|-
| 2009
| [[Sreekumaran Thampi]]
| ''Ammakku Oru Tharattu''

|
|-
| 2010
| [[Unnikrishnan Puthur]]
| ''Anubhavangalude Nerrekhakal''

|
|-
| 2011
| [[Subhash Chandran]]
| ''[[Subhash Chandran#Manushyanu Oru Amukham|Manushyanu Oru Amukham]]''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=118845|title=Subhash Chandran gets Odakkuzhal award|date=10 January 2012|newspaper=Mathrubhumi|access-date=11 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111114711/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=118845|archive-date=11 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| [[Sethu (writer)|Sethu]]
| ''Marupiravi''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/odakkuzhal-award-presented/article4374497.ece|title=Odakkuzhal Award presented|date=3 February 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| [[K. R. Meera]]
| ''[[Aarachaar]]''
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcbooks.com/odakkuzhal-award-presented-to-k-r-meera.html|title=ആരാച്ചാര്‍ മലയാളത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും നല്ല നോവലുകളിലൊന്ന് : ഡോ. എം ലീലാവതി|date=3 February 2014|publisher=DC Books|access-date=23 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323151417/http://www.dcbooks.com/odakkuzhal-award-presented-to-k-r-meera.html|archive-date=23 March 2014}}</ref>
|-

| 2014
| [[Rafeeq Ahamed]]
| ''Rafeeq Ahammedinte Kruthikal''
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcbooks.com/rafeeq-ahmed-bags-odakkuzhal-award.html|title=റഫീഖ് അഹമ്മദിന് ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ്|date=30 December 2014|publisher=DC Books|access-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101214709/http://www.dcbooks.com/rafeeq-ahmed-bags-odakkuzhal-award.html|archive-date=1 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-

| 2015
| [[S. Joseph]]
| ''Chandranodoppam''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/odakuzhal-award-presented/article8186380.ece|title=Odakuzhal Award presented|date=3 February 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| M. A. Rahman
| ''Oro Jeevanum Vilappettathaanu''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Briefly/article16996447.ece|title=Award for short story|date=6 January 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| [[Aymanam John]]
| ''Aymanam Johninte Kathakal''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mangalam.com/en-news/detail/180540-kerala-aymanam-john-bags-2017-odakkuzhal-award.html|title=Aymanam John bags 2017 Odakkuzhal award|date=4 January 2018|newspaper=[[Mangalam Publications|Mangalam]]|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
| E. V. Ramakrishnan
| ''Malayala Novalinte Desakalangal''
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/odakkuzhal-award-for-e-v-ramakrishnan-1.3465246 |title=ഡോ. ഇ.വി. രാമകൃഷ്ണന് ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് |date=8 January 2019|newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]]|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| [[N. Prabhakaran]]
| ''Mayamanushyar''
| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/feb/03/conspiracy-stopping-g-sankara-kurup-memorial-author-leelavathi-2098120.html |title=Conspiracy stopping G Sankara Kurup memorial: Author Leelavathi |date=3 February 2020|newspaper= [[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Indian literary awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1969]]
[[Category:Malayalam literary awards]]
[[Category:Kerala awards]]
[[Category:1969 establishments in Kerala]]