modernity, received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1979 for his poetry anthology, Bhumigeethangal. Fifteen years later, Sahitya Akademi selected his anthology, Ujjayiniyile Rappakalukal for the 1994 Sahitya Akademi Award. In between, he received the Odakkuzhal Award for his work, Mukhamevide?. He received the Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram in 1996, and Kerala Sahitya Akademi honored him again in 2004 with their Award for Overall Contributions. He received the Mathrubhumi Literary Award in 2009 and the year 2010 brought him two awards, *Vayalar Award for Chaarulata and the Vallathol Award. The Government of India honored him in 2014 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, and the same year, The Government of Kerala awarded him their highest literary award of the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram. The other awards received by him include Changampuzha Award, Ulloor Award, Pandalam Keralavarma Poetry Award, Deviprasadam Trust Award (2005), Ettumanoor Somadasan Sahitya Puraskaram and C. V. Kunhiraman Literary Prize. Bibliography Poetry Essays Travelogues Translations Rithu Samhaaram Gandhi Kuttikalude Shakespeare See also Malayalam literature Further reading References External links Malayalam-language writers Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Academic staff of the University College Thiruvananthapuram 1939 births 2021 deaths Malayalam poets Writers from Kerala Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education People from Thiruvalla Indian male essayists 20th-century Indian translators 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian essayists Indian male poets 20th-century Indian male writers