| Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding books of literary merit |
| Presenter: | Kerala Sahitya Akademi |
| Year: | 1958 |
| Date: | 11 July 2013 |
| Location: | Thrissur |
| Country: | India |
| Previous: | 2011 |
| Main: | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |
| Next: | 2013 |
The 2012 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 11 July 2013.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The Akademi fellowships and the awards for overall contribution were announced in October 2013.[6]
| Category | Recipient | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poetry | S. Joseph | Uppante Kooval Varakkunnu | |
| Novel | E. Santhosh Kumar | Andhakaranazhi | |
| Story | Satheesh Babu Payyannur | Peramaram | |
| Drama | M. N. Vinayakumar | Mariman Kanni | |
| Literary criticism | N. K. Ravindran | Pennezhuthunna Jeevitham | |
| Autobiography/Biography | S. Jayachandran Nair | Ente Pradakshina Vazhikal | |
| Travelogue | Santhosh George Kulangara | Baltic Diary | |
| Humour | P. P. Hameed | Oru Nano Kinavu | |
| Scholarly literature | Naduvattom Gopalakrishnan | Samskaramudrakal | |
| Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for Children’s literature | N. P. Hafiz Mohamad | Kuttipattalathinte Kerala Paryadanam | |
| Translation | Dr. S. Sreenivasan | Marubhoomi (Translation of Désert by J. M. G. Le Clézio) | |
| Overall Contribution | K. P. Sankaran Karur Sasi G. Priyadarshan K. M. Govi |