Dr. Sunil P. Ilayidom is an Indian writer and critic in the Malayalam language, who writes on politics, literature, art, and culture. He is a two-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
Ilayidam received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Thayattu Award for literary criticism in 2008.[10][11] He has received two awards from Kerala Sahitya Akademi, the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature in 2006[12] and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism for his book, Ajnjathavumayulla Abhimukham in 2013.[13] In between, he received the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Kesari Award in 2011.[14][15] The Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham awarded him the A. Sudhakaran Cultural Award in 2016.[16] He is also a recipient of Chintha Raveendran Memorial Award (2017),[17][18] M. N. Vijayan Memorial Endowment Award (2016),[19]K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka Puraskaram (2014),[20] Pavanan Puraskaram (2010),[21]State Bank of Travancore Award (2009),[21] V. K. Unnikrishnan Award (2005)[21] and Gurudharshana Award (2001).