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Malyalam poet M N Paloor passes away
Well-known Malayalam poet Paloor Madhavan Namboothiri (86), popularly known as M N Paloor, has passed away at Kovoor, Kerala on October 9, 2018. Paloor, one of the early poets to have modern views, is the author of some of the finest Malayalam poems of the latter half of the 20th century. His poems traced the ..
Topics: Indian Literature • Kerala Sahitya Akademi • Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award • Literary awards • M. N. Paloor • Malayali people • Paloor • Writers
Malyalam poet Chemmanam Chacko passes away
Chemmanam Chacko (92), the renowned Malayalam poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee, has passed away in Kochi, Kerala on August 14, 2018. Known for his satirical works, Chacko reacted to the contemporary socio-political issues of Kerala through his poems. Chacko had won several awards, including those by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Sanjayan Award, Kunjan Nambiar Kavitha ..
Topics: Chemmanam Chacko • Culture of Kerala • Ezhacherry Ramachandran • Indian Literature • Kerala • Kerala Sahitya Akademi • Malayali people • Prabha Varma • Writers
M Sukumaran, renowned Malayalam author passes away
M Sukumaran (76), the well-known Malayalam writer, has passed away in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on March 16, 2018. The writer, whose works focused on the sufferings of the dispossessed, won the prestigious Kerala Sahitya Akademi award for his book ‘Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal’ in 1976. He later went on to win the award again in 1997 for Janathikam. ..
Topics: Indian Literature • Kerala • Kerala Sahitya Akademi • Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards • M. Sukumaran • Writers
K Satchidanandan selected for Kerala’s top literary award “Ezhuthachan Puraskaram-2017”
K Satchidanandan, noted Malayalam Poet and literary critic, has been selected for the prestigious 2017 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the highest literary award of the Government of Kerala, him for his contributions to Malayalam literature and poetry. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and a citation. Satchidanandan is the former Editor of Indian ..
Topics: Ezhuthachan Puraskaram • Indian Literature • K. Satchidanandan • Kerala • Kerala Literature Festival • Kerala Sahitya Akademi • Malayali people • S. Guptan Nair • Sahitya Akademi • Writers
M T Vasudevan Nair bags Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
Well-known writer and Film Personality M T Vasudevan Nair chosen for the prestigious Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2011 for his invaluable contribution to Malayalam literature. Expressing happiness, Mr Vasudean Nair said the prize money would be presented to Tirur Thunjan Parambu, the Memorial for Thunjath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan, known as the father of Malayalam literature. Mr Nair had ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Balamani Amma • Ezhuthachan Puraskaram • Indian Literature • Indian people • Kerala Sahitya Akademi • M. T. Vasudevan Nair • Malayali people • S. Guptan Nair • Sooranad Kunjan Pillai • Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan • Vallathol Award • Writers