ONV award for T Padmanabhan, Young Poet award for Arun Kumar and Amrita Dinesh

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Short-story writer T Padmanabhan has won this year's ONV Literary Award.The award comprises a statue, a citation, and a purse of three-lakh rupees. The award is given for outstanding contributions to the field of literature. The jury comprising of Dr. MM Basheer, Dr. George Onakkoor and Prabha Varma, unanimously decided on the winner.

Arun Kumar Annoor (Kalinalan) won the ONV Young Poet Award 2021 and Amrita Dinesh (Amrita Geetha) won the 2022 Award. Their poetry collections from 152 works were selected for the award. The awards will be presented at a function to be held in Thiruvananthapuram on May 27, ONV Kurup's birthday.