NEW DELHI: Poet and lyricist S. Ramesan Nair and writer Anees Salim will be the recipients of 2018 Kendra Sahitya Academy Award.

Ramesan Nair’s ‘Gurupournami’-the poem based on Sree Narayana Guru’s life and vision won him the prize.

Anees Salim won the prize for his English novel-‘The Blind Ladies Descendence’, a story of a Muslim family based in Varkala-his native land.

C. Radhakrishnan, M. Mukundan and Dr. M.M. Basheer formed the Malayalam category jury. English jury consisted of Bikaram K. Das, Dr. Jhansi James, Kiran Nagarkkar.

The awards will be presented on January 29 at the Festive of Letters event.