Lenin's book, Minnu, was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for children's literature in 1986. She is also a recipient of the Abudhabi Shakti Award for poetry in 1996 and the Moolur Award for poetry in 2001. References External links Official website of Lalitha Lenin Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala Issue of Muse India: The literary journal featuring Lalitha Lenin also Living people 1946 births Malayalam poets Malayalam-language writers Indian women novelists People from Thrissur district Academic staff of the University of Kerala Scholars from Kerala Indian women poets Indian librarians 20th-century Indian chemists Indian women chemists Scientists from Kerala Writers from Kerala Women librarians Indian women screenwriters 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian writers 21st-century Indian women scientists 21st-century Indian scientists 20th-century Indian women scientists Women writers from Kerala Women scientists from Kerala Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award