24 December Tuesday

ONV Award Decision Will Be Reviewed : Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Web Desk(Tvm)Updated: Friday May 28, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram  : Following recommendations from this year’s ONV Literary Award Evaluation Committee , the decision on this year’s award shall be reviewed, said ONV Cultural Academy President Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

The award this year was announced for Tamil poet and lyricist Vairamuthu.  However there are sexual allegations against the poet from several women owing to which the committee asked the  academy  to reconsider its selection.

The award instituted in the memory of the  legendary poet ONV Kurup.


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