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{{Short description|Annual Indian literary award}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
The '''Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel''' is an award given every year by the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a [[novel]] 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 Novel">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel |date=2019-03-10 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109145935/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</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 9 June 2013.</ref>

==Awardees==
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Year
! Book
! Author
! Image
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Ummachu]]''
| [[Uroob]] (P. C. Kuttikrishnan)
| [[File:Uroob.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Naalukettu (novel)|Naalukettu]]''
| [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]
| [[File:Mt vasudevan nayar.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1960
| ''Oru Vazhiyum Kure Nizhalukalum''
| [[Rajalakshmi]]
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Oru Theruvinte Katha]]''
| [[S. K. Pottekkatt]]
| [[File:S. K. Pottekkatt.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Maya (Surendran novel)|Maya]]''
| [[K. Surendran (writer)|K. Surendran]]
| [[File:KS-12.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1963
| ''Nizhalppadukal''
| [[C. Radhakrishnan]]
| [[File:Radhakrishnan 2.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1964
| ''Athmavinte Novukal''
| [[Nandanar (author)|Nandanar]] (P. C. Gopalan)
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Enippadikal (novel)|Enippadikal]]''
| [[Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai]]
| [[File:Thakazhi 1.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1966
| ''Niramulla Nizhalukal''
| [[Vilasini]] (M. K. Menon)
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Verukal]]''
| [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Ara Nazhika Neram]]''
| [[Parappurath]] (K. E. Mathai)
|
|-
| 1969
| ''Balikkallu''
| [[Unnikrishnan Puthoor]]
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Arohanam (novel)|Arohanam]]''
| [[V. K. N.]]
|
|-
| 1971
| ''Thottangal''
| [[Kovilan]] (V. V. Ayyappan)
| [[File:Kovilan.jpeg|80px]]
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Nakshatrangale Kaaval]]''
| [[P. Padmarajan]]
|
|-
| 1973
| ''Ee Lokam Athiloru Manushyan''
| [[M. Mukundan]]
| [[File:M mukundan.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Ini Njan Urangatte]]''
| [[P. K. Balakrishnan]]
| [[File:P. K. Balakrishnan.gif|80px]]
|-
| 1975
| ''Ashtapadi''
| [[Perumbadavam Sreedharan]]
| [[File:Perumbadavam Sreedharan.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1976
| ''Nizhalurangunna Vazhikal''
| [[P. Valsala]]
| [[File:Pvalsala.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Agnisakshi (novel)|Agnisakshi]]''
| [[Lalithambika Antharjanam]]
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Smarakasilakal]]''
| [[Punathil Kunjabdulla]]
| [[File:Punathil W.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1979
| ''Narmani Pudava''
| [[Sarah Thomas (writer)|Sarah Thomas]]
|
|-
| 1980
| ''Illam''
| [[George Onakkoor]]
| [[File:Dr. George Onakkoor.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1981
| ''Ennappaadam''
| [[N. P. Mohammed]]
|
|-
| 1982
| ''Pandavapuram''
| [[Sethu (writer)|Sethu]] (A. Sethumadhavan)
| [[File:Malayalam writer Sethu.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1983
| ''Mahaprasthanam''
| [[Madampu Kunjukuttan]]
| [[File:Madambu.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1984
| ''Orotha''
| [[Kakkanadan]] (G. V. Kakkanadan)
| [[File:Kakkanadan.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1985
| ''Abhayarthikal''
| [[Anand (writer)|Anand]] (P. Sachidanandan)
| [[File:Anand p sachidanandan-2.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1986
| ''Sruthi Bhangam''
| [[G. Vivekanandan]]
|
|-
| 1987
| ''Nahusha Puranam''
| K. Radhakrishnan
|
|-
| 1988
| ''Ore Deshakkaraya Njangal''
| [[Khalid (writer)|Khalid]]
| [[File:KHALID.png|80px]]
|-
| 1989
| ''Prakriti Niyamam''
| [[C. R. Parameswaran]]
| [[File:C.R._Parameswaran.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Gurusagaram]]''
| [[O. V. Vijayan]]
| [[File:O. V. Vijayan.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1991
| ''Parinamam''
| [[M. P. Narayana Pillai]]
|
|-
| 1992
| ''Driksakshi''
| [[Unnikrishnan Thiruvazhiyode]]
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Ohari''
| [[K. L. Mohana Varma]]
| [[File:K.L.Mohana Varma.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1994
| ''Mavelimannan''
| [[K. J. Baby]]
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Sufi Paranja Katha]]''
| [[K. P. Ramanunni]]
| [[File:Kp ramanunni 001.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 1996
| ''Vridhasadanam''
| [[T. V. Kochubava]]
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Janithakam''
| [[M. Sukumaran]]
|
|-
| 1998
| ''Innalathe Mazha''
| [[N. Mohanan]]
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Kocharethi]]''
| [[Narayan (writer)|Narayan]]
| [[File:Narayan DSW.JPG|80px]]
|-
| 2000
| ''Athmavinu Sariyennu Thonnunna Karyangal''
| [[C. V. Balakrishnan]]
| [[File:C.V._Balakrishnan.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Aalahayude Penmakkal]]''
| [[Sarah Joseph (author)|Sara Joseph]]
| [[File:Sara Joseph - Malayalam Writer and Activist.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2002
| ''Aghorasivam''
| [[U. A. Khader]]
| [[File:U a khader.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2003
| ''Vadakkuninnoru Kudumbavrithantham''
| [[Akbar Kakkattil]]
| [[File:Akbar Kakkattil, Malayalam novelist.png|80px]]
|-
| 2004
| ''Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal''
| [[N. S. Madhavan]]
| [[File:N S madhavan.JPG|80px]]
|-
| 2005
| ''Kannadiyile Mazha''
| [[Jose Panachippuram]]
|
|-
| 2006
| ''Kalapangalkkoru Grihapadam''
| [[Babu Bharadwaj]]
| [[File:Babu Baradhawaj.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2007
| ''Pathira Vankara''
| [[K. Raghunathan]]
|
|-
| 2008
| ''Chavoli''
| [[P. A. Uthaman]]
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Goat Days|Aadujeevitham]]''
| [[Benyamin (writer)|Benyamin]]
| [[File:Benyamin 1.jpg|80px]]
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Barsa (novel)|Barsa]]''
| [[Khadija Mumtaz]]
| [[File:Kadeeja mumthaz.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[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>
| ''[[Manushyanu Oru Aamukham]]''
| [[Subhash Chandran]]
| [[File:Novelist Subhash Chandran from Kerala, India.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[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 11 July 2013.</ref>
| ''Andhakaranazhi''
| [[E. Santhosh Kumar]]
| [[File:E. Santhoshkumar.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[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>
| ''[[Aarachaar]]''
| [[K. R. Meera]]
| [[File:KR_Meera_KLF-2016.JPG|80px]]
|-
| [[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>
| ''KTN Kottoor: Ezhuthum Jeevithavum''
| [[T. P. Rajeevan]]
| [[File:TP Rajeevan.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>
| ''Thakshankunnu Swaroopam''
| [[U. K. Kumaran]]
| [[File:Uk kumaran.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[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>
| ''Sugandhi Enna Andal Devanayaki''
| [[T. D. Ramakrishnan]]
| [[File:T._D._Ramakrishnan_at_Pedayangode_2018_(3).jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2017]]<ref name="കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാർഡുകൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു; വി.ജെ.ജയിംസിന്റെ ‘നിരീശ്വരൻ’ മികച്ച നോവൽ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2019/01/23/kerala-sahitya-akademi-award-nireeswaran-best-novel.html |title=കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാർഡുകൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു; വി.ജെ.ജയിംസിന്റെ 'നിരീശ്വരൻ' മികച്ച നോവൽ |date=2019-01-23 |website=ManoramaOnline |access-date=2019-01-23}}</ref>
| ''Nireeshwaran''
| [[V. J. James]]
| [[File:Vj james.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[2018 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2018]]
| ''Ushnarashi''
| [[K. V. Mohan Kumar]]
| [[File:K.V._Mohankumar1.JPG|80px]]
|-
| [[2019 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2019]]<ref name="kerala sahithya academy award announced">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-15 |title=kerala sahithya academy award announced കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു; എസ്. ഹരീഷിന്റെ 'മീശ' മികച്ച നോവൽ |url=https://www.twentyfournews.com/2021/02/15/kerala-sahithya-academy-award-announced.html |access-date=2021-02-15 |website=www.twentyfournews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
| ''[[Meesa|Meesha]]''
| [[S. Hareesh]]
| [[File:S. Hareesh Writer.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[2020 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2020]]<ref name="Akademi fellowship for Sethu, Perumbadavam">{{Cite news |date=2021-08-17 |title=Akademi fellowship for Sethu, Perumbadavam |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/akademi-fellowship-for-sethu-perumbadavam/article35960287.ece |access-date=2021-08-17 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
| ''Adiyala Pretham''
| [[P. F. Mathews]]
| [[File:Mathews at EeMaYau premiere.jpg|80px]]
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2021 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards|2021]]<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/state-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-for-vaisakhan-kp-sankaran/article65689827.ece "State Sahitya Akademi fellowships for Vaisakhan, K.P. Sankaran"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.</ref>
| ''Kalyaniyennum Dakshayaniyennum Peraya Randu Sthreekalude Katha''
| [[R. Rajasree]]
| [[File:ആർ.രാജശ്രീ.jpg|80px]]
|-
| ''Puttu''
| [[Vinoy Thomas]]
| [[File:Vinoy_Thomas_at_Pedayangode_(2).jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[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>
| ''Sambarkkakranthi''
| [[V. Shinilal]]
|
|-
| [[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>
| ''Zin''
| [[Haritha Savithri]]
| [[File:Haritha Savithry03.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[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>
| ''Aano''
| [[G. R. Indugopan]]
| [[File:Gr indugopan.jpg|80px]]
|}

==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:Fiction awards]]
[[Category:1958 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Novel awards]]

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