Renowned poet K.G. Sankara Pillai has won the Ezhuthachhan Puraskaram for the year 2025.
Minister for Culture Saji Cherian made the announcement here on Saturday (November 1, 2025).
Instituted by the Kerala government, the Ezhuthachhan prize honours eminent literary figures who have made outstanding contributions to the growth of Malayalam language and literature.
The jury headed by writer and last year’s winner N.S. Madhavan described Prof. Pillai as an eminently gifted poet who enriched Malayalam literature as a whole, and, notably, poetry.
Writer K.R. Meera and K.M. Anil were the other members of the jury and Kerala Sahitya Akademi secretary C.P. Aboobakker, its member secretary.
