K. Sachidanandan has been selected for this year’s Muttathu Varkey Literary Award. This is for the first time that a poet has been selected for the award.
According to the organisers, 2015 was the 75th anniversary of Muttathu Varkey’s debut into Malayalam literature with a poem titled Aathmaanjali . So it was decided to have the 24th edition of the award be given to poetry, they said.
Mr. Sachidanandan has been selected for his poem titled Malayalam , which appeared in his collected work of the same title. A three-member jury comprising M. Leelavathy, K.P. Sankaran, and C. Benjamin selected the work.
The award carrying a purse of Rs.33,333, a citation, and a memento will be presented at Kodungalloor on May 28, the death anniversary of Muttathu Varkey.
