SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD Edasseri received the National Sahitya Akademi Award for poetry in the year 1970 for "Kavile Pattu" a collection of poems. He has also received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for poetry in 1969 for his collection of poems "Oru Pidi Nellikka". He had earlier received Madras Government Awards for his Play "Koottukrishi" and collection of poems "Puthan Kalavum Arivalum". He was postumuously awarded the Kumaran Asan Prize in the year 1984 for his collection of poems "Anthithiri."