ONV award handed over to M Leelavathy

By Express News Service
KOCHI: Literary critic M Leelavathi was conferred with the fourth ONV literary award at her residence in Kalamassery right here on Sunday.

Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, who’s the president of the ONV Cultural Academy, handed over the award to Leelavathi at a perform that was inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by videoconferencing.

The award carries a handbag of `3 lakh, a statue and a quotation.“Leelavathi teacher is one of the giants in the literary criticism field. There are not many woman literary critics. Some that come up often fade away into obscurity,” he mentioned. 

“However, Leelavathi teacher has been shining bright in this field for seven decades. She isn’t being honoured just because of any special consideration. It is because she put up a good competition and trounced her male contemporaries. She created a space for herself among them on her own, through talent and her ability to delve deep into any topic,” he mentioned. Leelavathi mentioned the award was a solace in her outdated age.