2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards

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| name = Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

| awarded_for = Outstanding books of literary merit

| presenter = Kerala Sahitya Akademi

| year = 1958

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| date = 23 January 2019

| location = Trichur

| country = India

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| previous = 2016

| main = Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

| next = 2018

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The 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award was announced on 23 January 2019.{{cite press release |author= |title=2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/07-01-2018/Award_2016_new.pdf |location=Trichur |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=23 January 2019 |access-date=3 March 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2019/01/23/kerala-sahitya-akademi-award-nireeswaran-best-novel.html |title=കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാർഡുകൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു; വി.ജെ.ജയിംസിന്റെ 'നിരീശ്വരൻ' മികച്ച നോവൽ |date=23 January 2019 |newspaper=Malayala Manorama |access-date=23 January 2019}} The award is given each year, since 1958, by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit.