The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a plaque and a certificate.
The award is for lifetime achievement in language and literature and includes Rs 50,000 and a citation.
Instituted in 2017 during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Deshabhimani, this award honours literary works that have been published as first editions within the preceding two years.
Since 1990, the Trust gives awards in various disciplines such as Sanskrit, Vedanta, Music, Malayalam literature, and Kathakali.
The award carries a prize of Rs 1 lakh and is distributed during the Kerala Literature Festival.
Jnanpith Award, India's most prestigious literary honour, was won by the following Malayalam authors.
The award was given by the Lalithambika Antharjanam Memorial Trust which was established in 1989 in Ramapuram, Kottayam.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs 11,111, a statuette designed by J. R. Prasad and a certificate.
Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation for outstanding prose or poetry works in any of the Indian languages.
The award was instituted in 2009 by Calicut-based Thanima Kala Sahithya Vedi, a literary organisation founded in 1991.
Seminal works in a specific literary genre are considered for the award each year.
[206] The 12th edition of the award, which carries a cash prize of Rs 25,000 and a certificate, was announced in 2024.