Author Award: Thoppil Ravi Award
GRACY
Gracie published her first collection of stories, Padiyandalpoya Parvathy, in 1991. Many of her stories have been translated into English, as well as into Kannada and Tamil. She has now published two collections of stories in Tamil, namely Ipot Panikalam and Nachathirankkal Veelum Nerath. The Dakshina Bharata Hindi Prachar Sabha has published a collection of twenty stories titled Gracie Ki Kahani. The collection of stories, Padiyandalpoya Parvathy, has been translated into the Kannada language. She has received the Lalithambika Antharjanam Award for Women Writers in 1995, the Thoppil Ravi Award in 1997, the Katha Award for Best Malayalam Story (Delhi) in 1998, the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2000, the Gurudakshina Puraskar in 2019, and the Kendra Sahitya Akademi’s Children’s Literature Award in 2020. Her works include Udalvazhikal Gracy, Gracyude Kathakal, etc.
MANOJ KUROOR
Manoj Kuroor is an acclaimed author and lyricist. He is the recipient of several prestigious accolades like the SBT Poetry Award, the Kerala Sahitya Academy Kanakashree Award and the Thoppil Ravi Award, among others. Manalppava is his most recent work. Uthamapurushan Katha Parayumbol, Nilam Poothu Malarnna Naal, Murinaavu and Sudoku are some of his other notable publications.