Awards

• Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry. 1975.


• Kalyani Krishna Menon Prize. 1977.


• S P C S Award. 1978.


• Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Criticism. 1984.


• Central Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry. 1984.


• Rev. Abraham Vadakel Award for Criticism. 1987.


• Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Bhilwara Award for Poetry. 1988.


• Distinguished Teacher Award. 1990.


• Mahakavi Kuttamath Award for Poetry. 1990.


• Mahakavi Ulloor Award for Poetry. 1990.


• Kerala Cultural Centre(Muscat) Literary Award. 1992.


• C B Kumar Endowment Prize. 1992.


• Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishath Award for Poetry. 1993.


• Kabir Samman. 1996-97.


• International Man of the Year (IBC, Cambridge, UK). 1997.


• Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship. 1997.


• Gangadhar Meher National Award for Poetry. 1998.


• Asan Prize(Chennai). 1999.


• Jana Sanskriti Award(Abu Dhabi). 1999.


• Viswadeepam Award. 1999.
  
• Vayalar Award. 2002
  
• Panthalam Kerala Varma Award, 2002
  
• Vallathol Award for 2004
  
• Padmashree 2004
  
• Sanjayan Puraskaram, 2005
  
• Saraswati Samman, 2006
  
• Mahakavi P Kunhiraman Nair Award, 2006