{{Short description|Literary award}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox award | name = Vallathol Award | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | subheader = Award for individual contributions to Malayalam literature | awarded_for = Literary award in India | sponsor = Vallathol Sahithya Samithi | firstawarded = 1991 | lastawarded = 2019 | reward = {{INR}}111,111 and a plaque | former name = | holder_label = Most recent winner | holder = | award1_type = Total awarded | award1_winner = 29 | award2_type = First winner | award2_winner = Pala Narayanan Nair | award3_type = Last winner | award3_winner = Paul Zacharia | website = | previous = | next = }} '''Vallathol Award''' is a literary award given by the Vallathol Sahithya Samithi for contribution to Malayalam literature. The award was instituted in 1991 in memory of Vallathol Narayana Menon, one of the modern triumvirate poets (Adhunika kavithrayam) of Malayalam poetry. The prize includes a cash prize of {{INR}} 1,11,111 and a plaque.
==Awardees== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Recipient !! Ref. |- | 1991 | Pala Narayanan Nair | rowspan=8 | {{center|<ref name="Mathrubhumi1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/awards.php?award=38 |title= വള്ളത്തോള് പുരസ്ക്കാരം |work=Mathrubhumi |date= | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120801171514/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/awards.php?award=38 |archive-date=1 August 2012 |access-date=5 January 2023 }}</ref>}} |- | 1992 | Sooranad Kunjan Pillai |- | 1993 | Balamani Amma<br/>Vaikom Muhammad Basheer |- | 1994 | Ponkunnam Varkey |- | 1995 | M. P. Appan |- | 1996 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |- | 1997 | Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri |- | 1998 | K. M. George |- | 1999 | S. Guptan Nair | {{center|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/signposts/story/19990920-s-guptan-nair-selected-for-prestigious-vallathol-samman-for-824195-1999-09-19 |title=S. Guptan Nair selected for prestigious 'Vallathol Samman' for 1999 |language= |trans-title= |newspaper=India Today |date=20 September 1999 |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>}} |- | 2000 | P. Bhaskaran | rowspan=4 | {{center|<ref name="Mathrubhumi1"/>}} |- | 2001 | T. Padmanabhan |- | 2002 | M. Leelavathy |- | 2003 | Sugathakumari |- | 2004 | Ayyappa Paniker | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/17/stories/2004101712670300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050111095324/http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/17/stories/2004101712670300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2005|title=Vallathol award presented|date=17 October 2004|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>}} |- | 2005 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/21/stories/2005092113210400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109225333/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/21/stories/2005092113210400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2007|title=Vallathol Award for MT|date=21 September 2005|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>}} |- | 2006 | O. N. V. Kurup | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/20806/10/17/stories/2006101719050300.htm|title=O.N.V. receives Vallathol Award|date=17 October 2006|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>}} |- | 2007 | Sukumar Azhikode | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/15/stories/2007101567980400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015151034/http://hindu.com/2007/10/15/stories/2007101567980400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2007|title=Vallathol Award |date=15 October 2007|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>}} |- | 2008 | Puthussery Ramachandran | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/08/stories/2008100853980500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012000048/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/08/stories/2008100853980500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2008|title=Vallathol Award |date=8 October 2008|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>}} |- | 2009 | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/24/stories/2009092454450400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413151528/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/24/stories/2009092454450400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2014|title=Vallathol Prize for Kavalam|date=24 September 2009|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>}} |- | 2010 | Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri | {{center|<ref name="Mathrubhumi1"/>}} |- | 2011 | C. Radhakrishnan | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=114896|title=C Radhakrishnan bags Vallathol Award|date=1 October 2011|work=Mathrubhumi|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>}} |- | 2012 | Yusuf Ali Kechery | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|title=Yusafali Kecheri bags Vallathol Puraskaram|url=http://www.kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=26724|access-date=7 October 2012|newspaper=Kerala Kaumudi|date=3 October 2012|archive-date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219080713/http://www.kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=26724|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} |- | 2013 | Perumbadavam Sreedharan | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|title=Perumbadavam Sreedharan bags Vallathol Puraskaram|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=26724|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=Mathrubhumi|date=28 September 2013}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}} |- | 2014 | P. Narayana Kurup | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|title=Vallathol award presented|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/vallathol-award-presented/article6513761.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 October 2014}}</ref>}} |- | 2015 | Anand | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|title=Vallathol Award for Anand|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/vision-and-intellect/article7644275.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 September 2015}}</ref>}} |- | 2016 | Sreekumaran Thampi | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|title=Vallathol prize|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/vallathol-prize/article9098611.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 September 2016}}</ref>}} |- | 2017 | Prabha Varma | {{center|<ref>{{cite news|title=Vallathol Award for Prabha Varma|url=http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=97155|newspaper=Kerala Kaumudi|date=25 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001030823/http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=97155|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} |- | 2018 | M. Mukundan | {{center|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/sep/14/m-mukundan-wins-vallathol-award-1871738.html |title=M Mukundan wins Vallathol award |newspaper=The New Indian Express |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>}} |- |2019 |Zacharia | {{center|<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/aug/29/vallathol-award-for-malayalam-writer-paul-zacharia-2025776.html |title=Vallathol award for Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=29 August 2019 |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>}} |}
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{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}} Category:Indian literary awards Category:Awards established in 1991 Category:Malayalam literary awards Category:1991 establishments in India