Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation
# Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation

The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to writers for translating a work from a foreign language to Malayalam. It is one of the twelve categories of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.

## Awardees

| Year | Translation | Original book | Translator |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1992 | Bhoothavishtar | Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky | N. K. Damodaran |
| 1993 | Mahaprasthanathinte Margathiloode | Mahaprasthaner Pathe by Prabodh Kumar Sanyal | K. Ravi Varma |
| 1994 | French Kavithakal | Multiple works | Mangalattu Raghavan |
| 1995 | Thavalamillathavar | Khanabadosh by Ajit Kaur | V. D. Krishnan Nambiar |
| 1996 | Shila Pathmam | Shilapadma by Pratibha Ray | P. Madhavan Pillai |
| 1997 | Oru Pulimarathinte Katha | Oru Puliya Marathin Kathai by Sundara Ramasami | Attoor Ravi Varma |
| 1998 | Vasanthathinte Murivu | The Wound of Spring by Menon Marath | M. Gangadharan |
| 1999 | Raja Ravi Varma | Raja Ravi Varma by Ranjit Desai | K. T. Ravi Varma |
| 2000 | Manasa Vasudha | Manabjamin by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay | Leela Sarkar |
| 2001 | Dharmapadam | Dharmapada | Madhavan Ayyappath |
| 2002 | Sastram Charitrathil | Science in History by John Desmond Bernal | M. C. Nambudiripad |
| 2003 | Ambedkar Sampoorna Krithikal | Ambedkar Complete Works by B. R. Ambedkar | M. P. Sadasivan |
| 2004 | Divine Comedy | Divine Comedy by Dante | Kilimanoor Ramakanthan |
| 2005 | Divyam | Divya by U. R. Ananthamurthy | C. Raghavan |
| 2006 | Arkkamarashi | Akkarmashi by Sharankumar Limbale | Kaliyath Damodaran |
| 2007 | Don Quixote | Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes | Thomas Nadakkal |
| 2008 | Charakapaitrukam | Charaka Samhita by Charaka | Muthulakshmi |
| 2009 | Padinjaran Kavithakal | Multiple works | K. Satchidanandan |
| 2010 | Adinte Virunnu | The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa | Asha Latha |
| 2011 | Ka: | Ka by Roberto Calasso | K. B. Prasanna Kumar |
| 2012 | Marubhoomi | Désert by J. M. G. Le Clézio | S. Sreenivasan |
| 2013 | Ulysses | Ulysses by James Joyce | N. Moosakutty |
| 2014 | Chokher Bali | Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore | Sunil Naliyath |
| 2015 | Soundarya Lahari | Soundarya Lahari by Adi Shankara | Guru Muni Narayana Prasad |
| 2016 | Pranayavum Mooladhanavum | Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel | C. M. Rajan |
| 2017 | Parvathangalum Mattolikollunnu | And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini | Rama Menon |
| 2018 | Swapnangalude Vyakhyanam | The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud | P. P. K. Pothuval |
| 2019 | Gautama Buddhante Parinirvanam | Book Three of Old Path White Clouds by Thích Nhất Hạnh | K. Aravindakshan |
| 2020 | Upekshikkappetta Divasangal | Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante | Sangeetha Sreenivasan |
| 2021 | Kayen | Cain by José Saramago | Aymanam John |
