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Ezhuthachan prize for T Padmanabhan
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 01: Eminent short story writer T Padmanabhan has been chosen for the prestigious `Ezhuthachan Puraskaram` of the Kerala government for the year.
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 01: Eminent short story
writer T Padmanabhan has been chosen for the prestigious
'Ezhuthachan Puraskaram' of the Kerala government for the
year.
The award was announced by State Culture Minister G
Karthikeyan on the state-formation day today, also observed as
'Malayalam Day.'
Instituted in memory of revered father-figure of Malayalam
literature Thunchath Ezhuthachan, the honour carries Rs one
lakh, citation and memento.
" Padmanabhan's work is noted for its originality and
it reveals a strikingly different world of experience before
the reader," the selection committee headed by writer and
academic Prof V R Probodhachandran Nair noted.
Bureau Report