Thoppil Ravi Award Archives

SANGEETHA SREENIVASAN

Sangeetha Sreenivasan is an accomplished novelist, translator, and literary figure who writes in both Malayalam and English. Sreenivasan’s literary journey extends beyond her own writing, as she has also earned recognition for her translations of notable international works. Some of her most significant translations include Acid, Budhini, and Stain. Other works include Aparakanthi, Vellimeenchaattam, Shalabham Pookal Aeroplane.

Her novels have earned critical acclaim and several prestigious awards, with her works published by prominent publishers such as Penguin Random House India, and DC Books, Kerala. She won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Translation Award in 2021 for her translation of The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante. Her remarkable work has also earned her other accolades, including the Malayattoor Prize, Thoppil Ravi Award, Nooranad Hanifa Novel Award, Vanitha Kalasahithi Award, Akshara Sthri Sahitya Puraskaram, and She the People Women Writer’s Prize for her translation of Budhini, a novel by Sarah Joseph.

RAJEEV SIVASANKAR

Rajeev Sivashankar was born in Konni Mangaram Karuvallil house in Pathanamthitta district. His spouse is P.S. Rajasree. Works include Kalpramanam, Putrasuktham, Karl Marx, Kailasam Veedu, Divyam, Jalam (novels), Maraanvaridhi (novelette), and Goodham (story). His work Pranasancharam won the Thoppil Ravi Award and the Daivamarathile Ila won Manoraj Memorial Story Award. He is currently an assistant editor at the Kottayam unit of Malayala Manorama. He is an award winner in the Mathrubhumi short story competition.

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.