NEW DELHI: Noted poet and lyricist S Rameshan Nair has won the Kendra Sahitya Academy award this year. He has conferred the award for his book titled ‘Guru Pournami’. ‘Guru Pournami’ is a collection of poems based on the life and vision of Sree Narayana Guru. The juryfrom Malayalam included C Radhakrishnan, M Mukundan and Dr. M M Basheer.

An extensive range of works representing diversity in contemporary Indian literature, comprising seven collections of poetry, six novels, six short story collections, three works of literary criticism and two collections of essays were announced on Wednesday as the winners of the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award 2018 in 24 languages.