Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit. The awards are given in various categories including Poetry, Novel, Story, Drama, Literary criticism, Biography – autobiography, Travelogue, Humour, Translation, Children’s literature etc. The list of writers who have won the award for Overall Contributions to Malayalam literature is given below.
| Year | Recipients | |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | M. R. Bhattathiripad | |
| 1993 | K. P. Narayana Pisharody | |
| 1993 | A. P. Udhayabhanu | |
| 1993 | P. C. Devassia | |
| 1996 | Pala Narayanan Nair | |
| 1996 | Mary John Koothattukulam | |
| 1996 | M. N. Sathyaardhi | |
| 1996 | Kadathanat Madhavi Amma | |
| 1997 | M. H. Sastrigal | |
| 1997 | V. Anandakuttan Nair | |
| 1997 | Nagavally R. S. Kurup | |
| 1998 | K. Ravi Varma | |
| 1998 | M. S. Menon | |
| 1998 | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri | |
| 1998 | Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad | |
| 1998 | K. T. Muhammed | |
| 1998 | Vettoor Raman Nair | |
| 1998 | G. Vivekanandan | |
| 1999 | N. P. Mohammed | |
| 1999 | Puthussery Ramachandran | |
| 1999 | V. V. K. Valath | |
| 1999 | Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair | |
| 1999 | Thirunalloor Karunakaran | |
| 1999 | Pavanan | |
| 2000 | M. Krishnan Nair | |
| 2001 | Kunjunni Mash | |
| 2001 | M. Achuthan | |
| 2001 | Aymanam Krisha Kaimal | |
| 2002 | M. K. Sanu | |
| 2002 | Narendra Prasad | |
| 2002 | S. K. Marar | |
| 2002 | I. K. K. Menon | |
| 2003 | Kakkanadan | |
| 2003 | M. Sukumaran | |
| 2003 | M. N. Paloor | |
| 2004 | Unnikrishnan Puthoor | |
| 2004 | Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri | |
| 2004 | Panmana Ramachandran Nair | |
| 2005 | Chemmanam Chacko | |
| 2005 | E. Vasu | |
| 2005 | K. S. Narayana Pillai | |
| 2006 | Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan | |
| 2006 | K. Panoor | |
| 2009 | Ettumanoor Somadasan | |
| 2009 | Erumeli Parameswaran Pillai | |
| 2009 | G. Balakrishnan Nair | |
| 2009 | P. V. K. Panayal | |
| 2010 | Omchery N. N. Pillai | |
| 2010 | S. Ramesan Nair | |
| 2010 | K. Gopalakrishnan | |
| 2010 | Malayath Appunni | |
| 2010 | Sarah Thomas | |
| 2010 | Joseph Mattam | |
| 2011 | Chathanathu Achuthanunni | |
| 2011 | P. T. Chacko | |
| 2011 | K. B. Sridevi | |
| 2011 | Joseph Vyttila | |
| 2013 | P. R. Nathan | |
| 2013 | S. K. Vasanthan | |
| 2013 | D. Sreeman Namboothiri | |
| 2013 | M. D. Rathnamma | |
| 2014 | Sreedharan Chambad | |
| 2014 | Velayudhan Panikkassery | |
| 2014 | George Irumbayam | |
| 2014 | Methil Radhakrishnan | |
| 2014 | Desamangalam Ramakrishnan | |
| 2014 | Chadrakala S. Kamath | |
| 2015 | O. V. Usha | |
| 2015 | Mundoor Sethumadhavan | |
| 2015 | V. Sukumaran | |
| 2015 | T. B. Venugopala Panicker | |
| 2015 | Prayar Prabhakaran | |
| 2015 | K. Sugathan | |
| 2016 | Iyankode Sreedharan | |
| 2016 | C. R. Omanakuttan | |
| 2016 | Lalitha Lenin | |
| 2016 | Jose Punnamparambil | |
| 2016 | P. K. Parakkadavu | |
| 2016 | Pooyappally Thankappan | |
| 2017 | Pazhavila Rameshan | |
| 2017 | M. P. Parameswaran | |
| 2017 | Kunjappa Pattanur | |
| 2017 | K. G. Paulose | |
| 2017 | K. Ajitha | |
| 2017 | C. L. Jose | |
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