Thursday, March 18, 2010

First Kamala Surayya awards announced

M K Gopinathan Nair and Savithri Rajeev have won the first Kamala Surayya Memorial Awards in the category of story and poems respectively.

Kamala Surayya Trust's Chairman, Dr Sukumar Azhikode told reporters here today that the award under the category of story went for Nair, alias Vysakahan's book Silencer and 'Savitri Rajeev's poems. The awards, consisting of a purse of Rs 51,000, plaque and a testimonial, would be presented on March 31, he said.

Vysakhan had bagged several awards earlier including Kerala Sahitya Academy (1989) and Cherukaad award (1991). Rajeev's poems had been rendered into other languages, he added.

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