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{{Short description|Literary award for Malayam writers}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
The '''Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography''' is an award presented every year by the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a [[biography]] or [[autobiography]] of literary merit. It is one of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award#Awards|twelve categories]] of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]].{{hsp}}<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others.htm#Jeevacharithram |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography |date=2019-04-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref><ref>[http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 "Literary Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062155/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 |date=2012-06-18 }}. [[Government of Kerala]]. Retrieved 28 April 2014.</ref>

==Awardees==
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! Year !! Book !! Author !! Image
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|1980<ref name="Kerala Women">{{cite web |title=സി.കെ. രേവതിയമ്മ |url=https://keralawomen.gov.in/ml/C.K.Revathy_Amma |website=Kerala Women |publisher=[[Government of Kerala]] |language=ml |date=26 March 2021}}</ref> || ''Sahasra Poornima'' || [[C. K. Revathi Amma]] ||
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|1992 || ''Arangu Kaanaatha Nadan'' || [[Thikkodiyan]] ||
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| 1993 || ''Ardhaviramam''|| Amarthyananda ||
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|1994 || ''Pathikayum Vazhiyorathe Manideepangalum'' || K. Kalyanikutty Amma ||
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| 1995 || ''Viplava Smaranakal: Bhagam Onnu'' || [[Puthupally Raghavan]] ||
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|1996 || ''Charitrathinoppam Nadanna Oraal'' || A. V. Anil Kumar ||
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|1997 || ''Rajyadrohiyaya Rajyasnehi'' || T. Venugopal ||
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| 1998 || ''Sucheendram Rekhakal'' || [[T. N. Gopakumar]] || [[File:TN Gopakumar.jpg|80px]]
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| 1999 || ''Kodumkattuyarthiya Kaalam'' || [[Joseph Edamaruku]] ||
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| 2000 || ''V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan: Athmakatha'' || [[V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan]] ||
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|2001 || ''A. K. Pillai: Adarsangalude Raktasakshi'' || A. Radhakrishnan ||
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| 2002 || ''Achan'' || Neelan ||
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| 2003 || ''[[Bertrand Russell]]'' || V. Babusenan ||
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| 2004 || [[Rajan case|''Orachante Ormmakkuripukal'']] || [[T. V. Eachara Warrier]] ||
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| 2005 || ''[[Panampilly Govinda Menon]]: Charitravazhiyile Dipasikha'' || [[L. V. Harikumar]] ||
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|2006 || ''Ente Jivitham'' || [[G. Janardhana Kurup]] || [[File:Adv.janardanakurup.jpg|80px]]
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|2007 || ''Pavana Parvam'' || Parvathi Pavanan ||
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|2008 || ''Smruthi Parvam'' || [[P. K. Warrier]] ||
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| 2009 || ''Ghoshayathra'' || [[T. J. S. George]] || [[File:TJS George.JPG|80px]]
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| 2010 || ''Anubhavangal Anubhaavangal'' || [[P. K. R. Warrier]] || [[File:PkrWarrier.png|80px]]
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| [[2011 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2011]]<ref name=2011award>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sahitya-akademi-awards-announced/article3715418.ece "Sahitya Akademi awards announced"]. ''The Hindu''. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.</ref> || ''Athmakatha'' || [[K. R. Gowri Amma]] || [[File:K.R. Gouri Amma in 2013.JPG|80px]]
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| [[2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2012]]<ref name=2012award>[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=137916 "Jayachandran Nair and Santhosh Kumar get Sahithya academy award "] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715223147/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=137916 |date=2013-07-15 }}. ''Mathrubhumi''. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2014.</ref> || ''Ente Pradakshina Vazhikal'' || [[S. Jayachandran Nair]] ||
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| [[2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2013]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Sahitya-Akademi-award-for-Meeras-Aarachar/articleshow/45583043.cms|title=Sahitya Akademi award for Meera's 'Aarachar'|newspaper=The Times of India|date=20 December 2014|access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |title=2013–ലെ കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡുകള്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |date=December 2014 |access-date=28 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613132951/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || ''Swarabhedangal'' || [[Bhagyalakshmi]] || [[File:Bhagyalakshmi MDS.jpg|80px]]
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| [[2014 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2014]]<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=2014 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202014_new.pdf |location=[[Trichur]] |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |date=29 February 2016 |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> || ''Paralmeen Neenthunna Paadam'' || [[C. V. Balakrishnan]] || [[File:C.V. Balakrishnan.jpg|80px]]
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| [[2015 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2015]]<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=2015 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/08-08-2016/Award2015.pdf |location=[[Trichur]] |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |date=28 March 2017 |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> || ''Green Room'' || [[Ibrahim Vengara]] ||
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| [[2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2016]]<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=2016 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/07-01-2018/Award_2016_new.pdf |location=[[Trichur]] |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |date=21 February 2018 |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> || ''[[A. K. Gopalan|AKG]]: Oru Sampoorna Jeevacharithram'' || Chanthavila Murali ||
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| [[2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2017]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2019/01/23/kerala-sahitya-akademi-award-v-j-james-nireeswaran.html |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi award goes to V J James's 'Nireeswaran' |newspaper=[[Malayala Manorama]] |date=23 January 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref> || ''Thakkijja, Ente Jayil Jeevitham'' || Jayachandran Mokeri ||
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| [[2018 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2018]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/akademi-fellowships-for-mukundan-sankara-pillai/article30369408.ece |title=Akademi fellowships for Mukundan, Sankara Pillai |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=22 December 2019 |accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref> || ''Athmayanam'' || Muni Narayana Prasad ||
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| [[2019 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2019]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/kerala-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-for-p-valsala-nvp-unithiri/article33843100.ece |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships for P. Valsala, N.V.P. Unithiri |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=15 February 2021 |accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref> || ''Jalakangal: Oru Charithranweshiyude Vazhikal Kazhchakal'' || [[M. G. S. Narayanan]] || [[File:M.G.S_Narayanan.jpg|80px]]
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| [[2020 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2020]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/akademi-fellowship-for-sethu-perumbadavam/article35960287.ece |title=Akademi fellowship for Sethu, Perumbadavam |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=17 August 2021 |accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref> || ''Mukthakantam V. K. N.'' || [[K. Raghunathan]]||
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| rowspan=2 | [[2021 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2021]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/state-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-for-vaisakhan-kp-sankaran/article65689827.ece |title=State Sahitya Akademi fellowships for Vaisakhan, K.P. Sankaran |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 July 2022 |accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref> || ''[[Assault on T. J. Joseph|Attupokatha Ormakal]]'' || [[Assault on T. J. Joseph|Prof. T. J. Joseph]] ||
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| ''Ethiru'' || [[M. Kunjaman]] ||
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| [[2022 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2022]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/books/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced-v-shinilal-s-sambarkkakranthi-wins-best-novel-1.8688660 |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards announced, V Shinilal's 'Sambarkkakranthi' best novel |newspaper=Mathrubhumi |date=30 June 2023 |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> || ''News Room'' || [[B. R. P. Bhaskar]] || [[File:BRP Bhaskar.jpg|80px]]
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| [[2023 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2023]]<ref name="2023 Award">{{Cite news |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships announced |language= |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2024/Jul/26/kerala-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-announced |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=26 July 2024 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> || ''Oranweshanathinte Katha'' || [[K. Venu (Kerala)|K. Venu]] || [[File:K._Venu.png|80px]]
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| [[2024 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2024]]<ref name="2024 Award">{{Cite news |title=K.V. Ramakrishnan, Ezhacheri Ramachandran selected for Kerala Sahitya Akademi fellowships |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kv-ramakrishnan-ezhacheri-ramachandran-selected-for-kerala-sahitya-akademi-fellowships/article69740893.ece |access-date=23 November 2025 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=26 June 2025}}</ref> || ''Njan Enna Bhaavam'' || K. Rajasekharan Nair ||
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==References==
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{{Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award}}
{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Awards established in 1992]]
[[Category:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards]]
[[Category:Malayalam literary awards]]
[[Category:Biography awards]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Kerala]]

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