Correct Option: D

Sugathakumari is an established writer in Malayalam. She won the prestigious Saraswati Samman in 2012 for Manalezhuthu, being only the third Malayalam writer to do so. Note : The Saraswati Samman is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with the Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan.