His third novel, Gurusagaram, brought him three awards, Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1990 and Vayalar Award in 1991. When Muttathu Varkey Award was instituted in 1992, he received the inaugural award. The Government of Kerala awarded him the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, their highest literary honour, in 2001, the same year as he was inducted as an honorary fellow by Kerala Sahitya Akademi. The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honor, in 2003. Mathrubhumi Literary Award, the last of the awards he received was in 2004, a year before his death. A memorial, O. V. Vijayan Memorial has been constructed by the Government of Kerala in Thasrak, the setting of his novel, Khasakkinte Ithihasam. O. V. Vijayan Literary Award The O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram (O. V. Vijayan Literary Award) was instituted by the Naveena Samskarika Kala Kendram, Hyderabad, in 2011, in memory of Vijayan who had spent his last days in Secunderabad. The award consists of a cash component of 50,001, a memento by Kanayi Kunhiraman, and a citation. The award is given to the best book of a writer during the year. Sarah Joseph, Zacharia, Vijayalakshmi, B. Rajeevan and Usha Kumari are some of the recipients of the award. Bibliography Novels Short stories Collection of essays Memoirs Cartoons Translations into English Translations into French O.V. Vijayan: L'Aéroport, transl. from Malayalam by Dominique Vitalyos, Revue Europe, nov-dec. 2002, pp. 236–241 O.V. Vijayan: Les Rochers, translated from English by Valérie Blavignac, Revue Europe avril 2001, pp. 132–138. Translations into Hindi Writings on Vijayan See also List of Indian writers References Further reading External links A memoir Vijayan, O.V. Vijayan, O.V. Indian cartoonists Indian editorial cartoonists Malayali people Fabulists Malayalam-language writers Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education Malayalam novelists Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam Recipients of the Ezhuthachan Award Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Government Victoria College, Palakkad alumni Academic staff of Malabar Christian College 20th-century Indian novelists Writers from Kerala People from Palakkad district Presidency College, Chennai alumni Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation