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The '''Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama''' is an award given every year by the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] (Kerala Literary Academy) to [[Malayalam]] writers for writing a [[drama]] of literary merit. It is one of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award#Awards|twelve categories]] of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]].{{hsp}}<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516212809/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm |date=16 May 2018 }} (in Malayalam). [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]. Retrieved 28 April 2014.</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==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year !! Book !! Author !! Image
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| 1958 || ''Azhimukhathekku'' || [[N. Krishna Pillai]] || [[File:NKrishnaPillai.jpg|80px]]
|-
|1959 || ''[[Mudiyanaya Puthran]]'' || [[Thoppil Bhasi]] ||
|-
| 1960 || ''Puthiya Akasam Puthiya Bhumi'' || [[Thoppil Bhasi]] ||
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| 1961 || ''Iblisukalude Naattil'' || [[N. P. Chellappan Nair]] ||
|-
| 1962 || ''[[Kanchana Sita (play)|Kanchana Sita]]'' || [[C. N. Sreekantan Nair]] ||
|-
|1963 || ''Kakkapponnu'' || [[S. L. Puram Sadanandan]] ||
|-
|1964 || ''Rail Palangal'' || [[G. Sankara Pillai]] || [[File:Shankarapillai.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1965 || ''Kafir'' || [[K. T. Muhammed]] || [[File:Bust of KT Mohammed.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1966 || ''Prethalokam'' || [[N. N. Pillai]] || [[File:Nnpillaidrama.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1967 || ''Swathi Thirunal'' || [[Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai]] ||
|-
| 1968 || ''Pulivaal'' || P. K. Veeraraghavan Nair ||
|-
| 1969 || ''U. D. Clarke'' || P. Gangadharan Nair ||
|-
| 1970 || ''Mathruka Manushyan'' || [[Kainikkara Kumara Pillai]] ||
|-
| 1971 || ''Ahalya'' || P. R. Chandran ||
|-
| 1972 || ''Pralayam'' || [[Omchery N. N. Pillai]] ||
|-
| 1973 || ''Kuppikkalukal'' || P. V. Kuriakose ||
|-
| 1974 || ''Chaverppada'' || Aziz ||
|-
| 1975 || ''Nadaka Chakram'' || [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]] || [[File:Kavalam-Narayana-Panicker.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1976 || ''Samasya'' || K. S. Namboothiri ||
|-
| 1977 || ''Vishwaroopam'' || [[Surasu]] ||
|-
| 1978 || ''Jwalanam'' || [[C. L. Jose]] ||
|-
|1979 || ''Sakshi'' || [[T. N. Gopinathan Nair]] ||
|-
|1980 || ''Jathugriham'' || [[Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair]] || [[File:MALAYALAM WRITER Vaikom chandrasekaran nair.JPG|80px]]
|-
|1981 || ''Perumthachan'' || [[T. M. Abraham]] || [[File:TM ABRAHAM.dcbookfest kochi 2012.JPG|80px]]
|-
|1982 || ''Gopuranadayil'' || [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] || [[File:Mt_vasudevan_nayar.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1983 || ''Agni'' || [[Vayala Vasudevan Pillai]] ||
|-
| 1984 || ''Nikumbhila'' || Kadavoor G. Chandran Pillai ||
|-
|1985 || ''Souparnika'' || [[Narendra Prasad]] ||
|-
|1986 || ''Dakshinayanam'' || T. P. Sukumaran ||
|-
| 1987 || ''Moonnu Vayassanmar'' || C. P. Rajasekharan ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Pulijanmam]]'' || [[N. Prabhakaran]] || [[File:N Prabhakaran-image.jpg|80px]]
|-
|1989 || ''Paavam Usman'' || [[P. Balachandran]] || [[File:P. Balachandran.jpg|80px]]
|-
|1990 || ''Swathi Thirunal'' || [[Pirappancode Murali]] || [[File:Pirappancode murali.JPG|80px]]
|-
|1991 || ''Abhimatham'' || Vasu Pradeep ||
|-
| 1992 || Mandelakku Snehapoorvam Winny || P. M. Antony ||
|-
| 1993 || ''Mounam Nimitham'' || N. N. Ganesh ||
|-
|1994 || ''Narabhojikal'' || Paravur George ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Samathalam'' || [[Mullanezhi]] ||
|-
| 1996 || ''Madhya Dharanazhi'' || [[Joy Mathew]] || [[File:Joy_mathew_actor.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1997 || ''Rajasabha'' || [[Ibrahim Vengara]] ||
|-
| 1998 || ''Gandhi'' || [[K. Satchidanandan]] || [[File:Sachidanandan.jpg|80px]]
|-
|1999 || ''Vanibham'' || N. Sasidharan ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Che Guevara'' || [[Karivellur Murali]] || [[File:Karivellur Murali.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2001 || ''Padaprashnangalkkidayil Avalum Ayaalum ''|| Satheesh K. Satheesh ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Amaravati Sub-treasury'' || Sreemoolanagaram Mohan ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Vannanthye Kaanaam'' || [[Thuppettan]] || [[File:തുപ്പേട്ടന്‍.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2004 || ''Viralppadu'' || Sri Janardhanan ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Ororo Kaalathilum'' || Sreeja K. V. ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Sadrisha Vakyangal'' || C. Gopan ||
|-
| 2007 || ''Dravida Nritham'' || [[Francis T. Mavelikkara]] ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Pathinettu Natakangal'' || Jayaprakash Kuloor || [[File:Jayaprakash kuloor.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2009 || ''Swathanthryam Thanne Jeevitham'' || K. M. Raghavan Nambiar ||
|-
| [[2010 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2010]] || ''Maram Peyyunnu'' || [[A. Santha Kumar]] ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Cholliyattam'' || Balasubrahmanian ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Mariman Kanni'' || M. N. Vinayakumar ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Jinnu Krishnan'' || Rafeekh Mangalassery ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Ettettu Malayalan '' || V. K. Prabhakaran || [[File:V.K. Prabhakaran.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[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> || ''Mathi'' || Jino Joseph ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Lalla'' || Samkutty Pattomkary ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Swadeshabhimani'' || [[S. V. Venugopan Nair]] ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Choottum Koottum'' || Rajmohan Neeleswaram ||
|-
|rowspan="2| [[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> || ''Arangile Mathsyagandhikal'' || [[Sajitha Madathil]] || [[File:Sajitha_mathathil.jpg|80px]]
|-
| ''Eli Eli Lama Sabaktani'' || [[Jisha Abhinaya]] ||
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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> || ''Dwayam'' || Sreejith Poyilkkavu ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Namukku Jeevitham Parayam'' || Pradeep Mandur ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Kumaru'' || [[Emil Madhavi]] || [[File:Emil_madhavi.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> || ''E for Oedipus'' || Gireesh P. C. ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Pithalashalabham'' || Sasidharan Naduvil ||
|}

==References==
<references />
{{Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award}}
{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Awards established in 1958]]
[[Category:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards]]
[[Category:Malayalam literary awards]]
[[Category:Dramatist and playwright awards]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Kerala]]

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