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{{Short description|Literary award}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
The '''Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour''' is an award given every year by the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a book of [[humour]] 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/Mal_Awards.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426134403/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm |date=26 April 2013 }} (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 !! Writer !! Image
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| 1992 || ''School Diary'' || [[Akbar Kakkattil]] || [[File:Akbar_Kakkattil,_Malayalam_novelist.png|80px]]
|-
|1993 || ''Jivithahladathinte Niranilavu'' || O. P. Joseph ||
|-
| 1994 || ''Irukaali Mootakal'' || C. P. Nair ||
|-
| 1995 || ''Kinchana Varthamanam'' || [[Chemmanam Chacko]] || [[File:Chemmanam_Chacko.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1996 || ''Vayil Vannathu Kothakku Pattu'' || [[Sukumar (writer)|Sukumar]] || [[File:Sukumaran potty.JPG|80px]]
|-
| 1998 || ''Nanavidham'' || K. Narayanan Nair ||
|-
| 1999 || ''Ambada Njane'' || P. Subbaiah Pillai ||
|-
| 2000 || ''Kalikolam'' || Krishna Pujappura ||
|-
| 2001 || ''Padachonikku Salam'' || [[Kozhikodan]] ||
|-
| 2002 || ''Nothing Official'' || Jiji Thomson ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Snehapoorvam Panachi'' || [[Jose Panachippuram]] ||
|-
| 2004 || ''Collector Kathayezhuthukayanu'' || [[P. C. Sanal Kumar]] ||
|-
| 2005 || ''19, Kanal Road'' || [[Sreebala K Menon|Sreebala K. Menon]] ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Vikatavani'' || Nandakishore ||
|-
| 2008 || ''Kariyachante Lokam'' || [[K. L. Mohana Varma]] || [[File:K.L.Mohana_Varma.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2009 || ''Ronald Reaganum Balan Mashum'' || Marshal ||
|-
|2010 || ''Sri Bhuthanathavilasam Nair Hotel'' ||[[C. R. Omanakuttan]] ||
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2011]]<ref name=2011award>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sahitya-akademi-awards-announced/article3715418.ece | title=Sahitya Akademi awards announced | newspaper=The Hindu | date=2 August 2012 | access-date=7 August 2019 }}</ref> || ''Kaliyum Karyavum'' || Lalithambika ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Oru Nano Kinavu'' || P. P. Hameed ||
|-
| [[2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2013]]<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |location=[[Trichur]] |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |date=19 December 2014 |access-date=12 April 2018 |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> || ''Malayala Peruma'' || Dr. P. Sethumadhavan ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Mazha Peythu Thorumpol'' || T. G. Vijayakumar ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Vedi Vattom'' || Dr. S. D. P. Namboothiri ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Chila Nattukaryangal'' || [[Muralee Thummarukudy]] || [[File:Murali_Thummarukudy.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[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> || ''Ezhuthanukaranam Anuranangalum'' || [[Chowallur Krishnankutty]] ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Who is Afraid of [[V. K. N.]]'' || V. K. K. Ramesh ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Eeswaran Mathram Sakshi'' || [[Sathyan Anthikad]] ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Irinjalakudakku Chuttum'' || [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] || [[File:Innocent_(Actor)_2011.png|80px]]
|-
| [[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> || ''Aa For Annama'' || Ann Palee ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Oru Kumarakamkarante Kuruthamketta Likhithangal'' || Jayant Kamicheril ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Varanadan Kathakal'' || Suneesh Varanad ||
|-
| [[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> || ''Keralathinte Maidhathmakatha'' || Niranjan ||
|}
*Notes: No awards in this category in 1997 and 2007.

==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:Comedy and humor literary awards]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Kerala]]

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