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 Translation is given below.
| Year | Recipients | Translation | Original Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | N. K. Damodaran | Bhoothavishtar | Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| 1993 | K. Ravi Varma | Mahaprasthanathinte Margathiloode | Mahaprasthaner Pathe by Prabodh Kumar Sanyal |
| 1994 | Mangalattu Raghavan | French Kavithakal | — |
| 1995 | V. D. Krishnan Nambiar | Thavalamillathavar | Khanabadosh by Ajit Kaur |
| 1996 | P. Madhavan Pillai | Shila Pathmam | Shilapadma by Pratibha Ray |
| 1997 | Attoor Ravi Varma | Oru Pulimarathinte Katha | Oru Puliya Marathin Kathai by Sundara Ramasami |
| 1998 | M. Gangadharan | Vasanthathinte Murivu | The Wound of Spring by Menon Marath |
| 1999 | K. T. Ravi Varma | Raja Ravi Varma | Raja Ravi Varma by Ranjit Desai |
| 2000 | Leela Sarkar | Manasa Vasudha | Manabjamin by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay |
| 2001 | Madhavan Ayyappath | Dharmapadam | Dharmapada |
| 2002 | M. C. Nambudiripad | Sastram Charitrathil | Science in History by John Desmond Bernal |
| 2003 | M. P. Sadasivan | Ambedkar Sampoorna Krithikal | Ambedkar Complete Works by B. R. Ambedkar |
| 2004 | Kilimanoor Ramakanthan | Divine Comedy | Divine Comedy by Dante |
| 2005 | C. Raghavan | Divyam | Divya by U. R. Ananthamurthy |
| 2006 | Kaliyath Damodaran | Arkkamarashi | Akkarmashi by Sharankumar Limbale |
| 2007 | Thomas Nadakkal | Don Quixote | Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes |
| 2008 | Muthulakshmi | Charakapaitrukam | Charaka Samhita by Charaka |
| 2009 | K. Satchidanandan | Padinjaran Kavithakal | — |
| 2010 | Asha Latha | Adinte Virunnu | The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa |
| 2011 | K. B. Prasanna Kumar | Ka: | |
| 2012 | S. Sreenivasan | Marubhoomi | Désert by J. M. G. Le Clézio |
| 2013 | N. Moosakutty | Ulysses | Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 2014 | Sunil Naliyath | Chokher Bali | Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore |
| 2015 | Guru Muni Narayana Prasad | Soundarya Lahari | Soundarya Lahari by Adi Shankara |
| 2016 | C. M. Rajan | Pranayavum Mooladhanavum | Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution by Mary Gabriel |
| 2017 | Rama Menon | Parvathangalum Mattolikollunnu | |
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