Vayalar Award 2012 - Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri

Poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri has bagged this year’s Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Award. He bagged the award for his collection of poems Anthimahakalam. 

The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work in Malayalam. The award was instituted in 1977 by the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust in memory of the poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma (1928-1975). A sum of Rs.25,000/-, a silver plate and certificate constitutes the award. It is presented each year on October 27, the death anniversary of Vayalar