Former Kerala Chief Secretary Bags Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award
By : DC Web Desk
Update: 2024-12-18 12:15 GMT
Pathanamthitta: Former Kerala Chief Secretary and renowned writer K Jayakumar has been chosen for Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award of 2024 for his poem ‘Pingalakeshini’.
The award includes Rs 1 lakh, a citation and a moment. ‘Pingalakeshini’ was selected from a shortlist of nine Malayalam works.
K Jayakumar is a 1978 batch IAS officer. He served as Kerala’s Chief Secretary from April 2012 to October 2012.
He made significant contributions to literature as well as for arts, writing lyrics for Malayalam films and also authoring books in Malayalam and English.