<page_title> List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam </page_title> <section_title> Sahitya Akademi Award winners and their works in Malayalam </section_title> <table> <cell> 1957 <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai <col_header> Author </col_header> </cell> <cell> Chemmeen <col_header> Book </col_header> </cell> </table>
Pillai received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1957, for "Chemmeen".