Author Award: Ayyappan Award

Kalpetta Narayanan was born in Kalpetta, Wayanad district, to Sankaran Nair and Narayani Amma in January 1952. He was a teacher at Brennan College, Thalassery and Arts & Science College, Kozhikode. Now living in Kollam, near Koyilandi. Poet, novelist, essayist, literary and socio-cultural critic. Major works: Samayaprabhu, Oru Mudanthante Suvisham, Karuta Pal, Ithramatham, Evidamividam, Ethilayum Madhurikunna Kadukalil, Kayar Murukkukkayanu, Ente Basheer, Oru Cinema Prekshakante Athmakatha, Soundaryam Veluppumai Orudambadiyilum Oppuvechittilla, Kavithayude Jeevacharithram. He has received the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for Poetry and Literary Criticism in 2017, as well as the Padma Prabha Puraskaram, Basheer Award, V. T. Kumaran Award, Ayyappan Award, and Dr T. Bhaskaran Award, among others.