2011 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Awarded for	Outstanding books of literary merit
Date	2 August 2012
Location	Thrissur
Country	India
Presented by	Kerala Sahitya Akademi
First awarded	1958

The 2011 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 2 August 2012.

Winners

Category	Recipient	Work
Poetry	Kureepuzha Sreekumar	Keezhalan
Novel	Subhash Chandran	Manushyanu Oru Amukham
Story	U. K. Kumaran	Policukarante Penmakkal
Drama	Balasubrahmanian	Cholliyattam
Literary criticism	B. Rajeevan	Vakkukalum Vasthuthakalum
Autobiography/Biography	K. R. Gowri Amma	Athmakatha
Travelogue	T. N. Gopakumar	Volga Tharangangal
Humour	Lalithambika	Kaliyum Karyavum
Scholarly literature	L. S. Rajagopalan	Eenavum Thalavum
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for Children’s literature	K. Radhakrishnan	Gandhijiyude Atmakatha Kuttikalkku
Translation	K. B. Prasanna Kumar	Ka:

Endowments

• I. C. Chacko Award: N. K. Mary (Malayala Vyakarana Sidhanthangal)
• C. B. Kumar Award: S. Gopalakrishnan (Kathapole Chilathu Sambhavikkumbol)
• K.R. Namboodiri Award: Thuravur Viswambharan (Mahabharatha Paryadanam Bharathadarsanam: Punarvayana)
• Kanakasree Award: Aryambika (Thonniya Poloru Puzha)
• Geetha Hiranyan Award: Dhanya Raj (Pachayude Album)
• G. N. Pillai Award: Anniyil Tharakan (Bharatheeya Darsanam English Kavithayil)