Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram

Asan Memorial Poetry Prize or Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram is a literary award instituted in 1985 by Madras-based Asan Memorial Association in memory of Malayalam poet Kumaran Asan. It is given annually to honour outstanding poets in Malayalam language. The award comprises a purse of Rs 50000, sculpture and certificate. The award was also conferred to Tamil writers in the initial years.

Recipients

 * 1985: C. Mani
 * 1986: N. N. Kakkad
 * 1987: Sundara Ramaswamy
 * 1988: Yusufali Kechery
 * 1989:	Soundara Kailasam
 * 1990:	Sugathakumari
 * 1992:	P. Bhaskaran
 * 1993:	O. N. V. Kurup
 * 1994:	Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
 * 1995:	Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
 * 1996:	Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
 * 1997:	Attoor Ravi Varma
 * 1998:	Olappamanna
 * 1999:	Ayyappa Paniker
 * 2000:	K. Satchidanandan
 * 2001:	Pala Narayanan Nair
 * 2002:	M. P. Appan
 * 2003:	V. Madhusoodhanan Nair
 * 2004:	K. G. Sankara Pillai
 * 2005:	Kilimanoor Ramakanthan
 * 2006:	D. Vinayachandran
 * 2007:	Madhavan Ayyappath
 * 2008:	Puthussery Ramachandran
 * 2009:	M. N. Paloor
 * 2010:	A. Ayyappan
 * 2011:	S. Ramesan Nair
 * 2012: Sreekumaran Thampi
 * 2013: N. K. Desam
 * 2014: Prabha Varma
 * 2015: Chemmanam Chacko
 * 2016: Ezhachery Ramachandran
 * 2018: Desamangalam Ramakrishnan
 * 2019: S. Rameshan
 * 2020: Puthussery Ramachandran
 * 2021: K. Jayakumar
 * 2022: Kureepuzha Sreekumar