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KR Meera: Winner of Muttathu Varkey Award 2018 |
The award carries a monetary purse of Rs. 50000, a citation, and a plaque.
Quick Facts
First Awardee: OV Vijayan (1992)
Last Awardee: KR Meera (2018)
First Female Awardee: Kamala Surraya (2006)
Year Recipient
1992 O. V. Vijayan
1993 Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
1994 M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1995 Kovilan
1996 Kakkanadan
1997 VK Narayanankutty Nair
1998 M. Mukundan
1999 Punathil Kunjabdulla
2000 Anand
2001 N. P. Mohammed
2002 Ponkunnam Varkey
2003 Sethu
2004 C. Radhakrishnan
2005 Zacharia
2006 Kamala Surayya
2007 T. Padmanabhan
2008 M. Sukumaran
2009 N. S. Madhavan
2010 P. Valsala
2011 Sarah Joseph
2012 N. Prabhakaran
2013 C. V. Balakrishnan
2014 Asokan Charuvil
2015 K. Satchidanandan
2016 K. G. George
2017 T. V. Chandran
2018 K. R. Meera
K. R. Meera won the 2018 Muttathu Varkey Award for her novel Arachaar. The novel has recieved 2013 Odakkuzhal Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel. It has also won prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam 2015.
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