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The Kerala
Sahitya
Akademi or Academy
for
Malayalam
literature is
an
autonomous
body
established
to
promote
the Malayalam language
and literature.
It
is
situated
in
City
of Thrissur, Kerala in India.The
academy
was
inaugurated
on
15
October
1956,
by Chithira
Thirunal
Balarama
Varma,
the
former
king
of Travancore,
in Thiruvananthapuram.
It
was
shifted
to
its
present
location
at
City
of Thrissur in
September,
1957.
Though
the Kerala Government
provides
the
funding
and
support
for
the
academy,
the
administration
of
the
academy
is
autonomous
according
to
its
constitution.
The
academy
recognises
superior
literary
works
through
its
annual
literary
awards
for Poetry, Novel, Story,
Drama,
Literary
criticism,
Biography
–
autobiography,
Travelogue,
Humour,
Translation,
Children's
literature
etc..
As
of
2016Â the
academy
is
headed
by Malayalam short
story
writer
Vaisakhan,
who
is
serving
as
its
president, Khadija
Mumtaz as
its
vice
president,
and
K
P
Mohanan
as
its
secretary.
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