Prof Omchery N N Pillai wins Sahitya Akademy Award

New Delhi: Renowned novelist and playwright Prof. Omchery N N Pillai has received the Kendra Sahitya Akademy Award-2021. The award is for his memoir ‘Akasmikam’. He was earlier awarded with Kerala Sahitya Akademy Award and also honoured for his overall contribution in literature. 

He is a writer who has made great contributions to Malayalam literature and the modern Malayalam theatre movement. He is the author of more than a dozen works, including poetry, prose and drama.