A C Sreehari of the Department of English, Payyanur college, Edat has won the award instituted in memory of the noted short story writer and novelist the late Sri Anupurath Krishnankutty, popularly known as Mundur Krishnankutty. A. C. Sreehari is a poet of Malayalam literature who has won prestigious awards like the N. N. Kakkad Award (1996), V. T. Kumaran Award (1997) and Vailoppilly Award (1999)etc. His poems have been anthologized in Yuvakavithakkoottam (Kottayam: D. C. Books, 1999), Kavithayute Noottaantu (Kottayam: S. P. C. S., 2001) and Palathu (Kottayam: D. C. Books, 2003). His first collection of poems is Vayanavikrithi (Kottayam: D. C. Books, 2006). The Saparya award is for the work Edacheri.
