Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram

Asan Memorial Poetry Prize or Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram is a literary award instituted in 1985 by Madras-based Asan Memorial Association in memory of Malayalam poet Kumaran Asan. It is given annually to honour outstanding poets in Malayalam language. The award comprises a purse of Rs 50000, sculpture and certificate. The award was also conferred to Tamil writers in the initial years.

• 1985: C. Mani

• 1986: N. N. Kakkad

• 1987: Sundara Ramaswamy

• 1988: Yusufali Kechery

• 1989: Soundara Kailasam

• 1990: Sugathakumari

• 1992: P. Bhaskaran

• 1993: O. N. V. Kurup

• 1994: Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

• 1995: Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan

• 1996: Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri

• 1997: Attoor Ravi Varma

• 1998: Olappamanna

• 1999: Ayyappa Paniker

• 2000: K. Satchidanandan

• 2001: Pala Narayanan Nair

• 2002: M. P. Appan

• 2003: V. Madhusoodhanan Nair

• 2004: K. G. Sankara Pillai

• 2005: Kilimanoor Ramakanthan

• 2006: D. Vinayachandran

• 2007: Madhavan Ayyappath

• 2008: Puthussery Ramachandran

• 2009: M. N. Paloor

• 2010: A. Ayyappan

• 2011: S. Ramesan Nair

• 2012: Sreekumaran Thampi

• 2013: N. K. Desam

• 2014: Prabha Varma

• 2015: Chemmanam Chacko

• 2016: Ezhachery Ramachandran

• 2018: Desamangalam Ramakrishnan

• 2019: S. Rameshan

• 2020: Puthussery Ramachandran

• 2021: K. Jayakumar

• 2022: Kureepuzha Sreekumar

• 2024: V. M. Girija

• List of Malayalam literary awards

• Asan Memorial Association Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine