Subhash Chandran’s Samudrashila gets Akbar Kakkattil Award

Category : Awards Published on: February 18 2023

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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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