Subhash Chandran’s Samudrashila gets Akbar Kakkattil Award

• Writer Subhash Chandran’s novel Samudrashila has been chosen for the Akbar Kakkattil Award instituted by a trust in the memory of the short story writer and novelist from Kozhikode.
• The novel was selected by a three-member jury from among the literary works published in the last five years.
• The award consisting of a purse of Rs 50,000 and a sculpture will be presented to Mr. Subhash Chandran by writer M. Mukundan.
• This novel also won the M. Sukumaran Memorial Literary Award for the year 2021.
• Akbar Kakkattil was an Indian short-story writer and novelist from Kerala state and has received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award twice.

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