THIRUVANATHAPURAM: This year’s P K Parameshwaran Nair memorial award for the best autobiographical work will be awarded to Krishnamurthy for his work ‘Thogasughamruthamgathaalamu’. The award includes `20,000 and citation. S Gupthan Nair Memorial Award for literary criticism, instituted by the P K Trust, will be awarded to M Leelavathi for ‘Balamaniammayude Kavithalogangal’. The award carries a purse of `10,000 and citation.
The awards will be presented at a function to be held at 5.30 p.m. on November 25 at Kerala Hindi Prachara Sabha Hall, Vazhuthakadu. Kerala University Vice-Chancellor A Jayakrishnan will distribute the awards. He will also release the 21st book of the Trust ‘Paristhiti Padanangal’. Panmana Ramachandran Nair will preside over the function.
As many as 45 papers on ‘Kerala Cultural Studies’ will be presented during the three-day convention beginning on November 23, organised as part of the 20th anniversary of the Trust