Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

Noted Malayalam-English poet, novelist and script-writer T P Rajeevan died at a private hospital here late Wednesday.

Malayalam writer Sara Joseph, who early this month returned her Sahitya Akademi honour to protest its silence at attacks on writers, said she will not reconsider her decision even as the Akademi for the first time today condemned the killings and urged the writers to take back the awards.

Joining an increasing number of writers and poets who have returned honours and given up positions in recent weeks, author Sara Joseph said today that she is returning the Sahitya Akademi Award that she got in 2003.

Noted Malayalam-English poet, novelist and script-writer T P Rajeevan died at a private hospital here late Wednesday.

Malayalam writer Sara Joseph, who early this month returned her Sahitya Akademi honour to protest its silence at attacks on writers, said she will not reconsider her decision even as the Akademi for the first time today condemned the killings and urged the writers to take back the awards.

Joining an increasing number of writers and poets who have returned honours and given up positions in recent weeks, author Sara Joseph said today that she is returning the Sahitya Akademi Award that she got in 2003.