Maythil Radhakrishnan aka Rad Maythil (born 24 July 1944), popularly known as Maythil (Malayalam: മേതില്‍ രാധകൃഷ്ണന്‍ ), born in Pudiyankom (Alathur, Palakkad district of Kerala), is an all-rounder in Malayalam literature, who writes poetry and fiction as well as non-fiction. He was chosen for the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions in 2016 which he subsequently refused.
Maythil Radhakrishnan has been awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions twice.
We were only told of the time he turned it down, and have no way of knowing if he was awarded it before or after.