The Tamil scholars and artistes who won M Karunanidhi Golden Award winners received a purse of Rs 1 lakh each
Arunan bagged the award for prose/research, Nellai Jayantha for poetry, Suresh Kumar Indrajith for novel, N Sriram for short stories, Kalai Rani for drama, and Nirmalya for translation.
Semmal K Kanathi’s Karpagam bookstore bagged the BAPASI award for the best publisher.
The best librarian award went to R Kothandaraman and publisher Semmal S Meiyappan won the award for best book seller.