`Kariachante Lokam` wins KSA award

K L Mohanavarma has been selected for Kerala Sahitya Academy`s award.

Thrissur, April 18: Noted writer and Editor of ‘Veekshanam’ Daily, K L Mohanavarma has been selected for the Kerala Sahitya Academy`s award for his work `Kariachante Lokam` under the humourous literature category. Announcing the award at a press conference here today Academy President, M Kukundan, said that the awards in various categories had been selected from the works of writers since 2005, 2006 and 2007.

The best novel award went to late PA Uthaman for `Chaavoli`, while Ezhanchery Ramachandran bagged the award under the poetry section for his work `Enniloode`, Jayaprakash Kuloor won for his `Eighteen dramas`. Santhosh Achhikkanam bagged the award for his work `Komaala` under the category of short story and V Rajakrishnan won the award for Literary Criticism for his book `Maruthira Kaathuninnappol` and the award under the category of `Informatic Literature` went to Dr P K Poker for his work `Swathwarashtreeyam`. Bureau Report