K Sachidanandan bags Muttathu Varkey Puraskaram

KOTTAYAM: Noted poet K Sachidanandan has bagged this year’s Muttathu Varkey Sahithya Puraskaram.

The award is given to him for his poem ‘Malayalam’ published in 1996. As part of the platinum jubilee year of Athmanjali, the first poetry of Muttathu Varkey, the award is given to poetry for the first time. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 33,333 and a citation.

The award would be presented to him on the death anniversary of Muttathu Varkey on May 28

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