THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Eminent Malayalam poet and literary critic K G Sankara Pilla was selected for this year’s prestigious Ezhuthachan award. This is the highest literary honour given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Government of Kerala.

The award was announced by Culture Minister Saji Cherian. The award was selected by a committee comprising NS Madhavan as chairman, KR Meera and Dr KM Anil as members, and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Secretary Prof. CP Aboobacker as member secretary. The award comes with a cash prize of Rs. five lakhs, a citation and a statue.

The Minister extolled Sankara Pillai's poetry as a strong presence for the last 50 years through different avenues of expression, and said that Malayalees can take pride in it. Sankara Pillai expressed contentment, saying that the award w

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