K. R. Tony Explained

K. R. Tony
Birth Date:	1964 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Thrissur, Kerala, India
Awards:	Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2013)

K. R. Tony (born May 23, 1964) is an Indian poet and translator from Kerala.

Works

K R Tony has been contributing poems and poetic studies in leading literary journals and periodicals of Kerala since 1980;^[1] SAMANILA, his first collection of poems established him as one of the prominent voices in contemporary Malayalam poetry; later his poem collections published in order: ANDHAKANDAM, DAIVAPPATHI,^[2] OH! NISHADA, PLAMENAMMAYI^[3] and YAKSHIYUM MATTUM.^[4] His studies on literature titled : POREZHUTH published in 20010. his poems have been translated into various Indian languages and are included in several anthologies of Malayalam as well as Indian poetry of the post-modern phase. His OH! NISHADA, has won Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 2013.

• Samanila
• Andhakandam
• Daivappathi.^[5]
• Oh! Nishada
• Plamenammayi^[6]
• Yakshiyum Mattum^[7]
• Hporezhuth

Awards

• 1999 Vyloppilly Award
• 2000 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Kanakasree Award
• 2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
• 2014 V. T. Kumaran Award^[8]
• 2014 Ayanam A. Ayyappan Award^[9]
• 2016 First Sree Kerala Varma Award

External links

• http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/author/info&author_id=3349
• http://www.maebag.com/Product/23259/PLAMENAMMAYI

Notes and References

1. Web site: KLF 2018 » K R Tony . 25 March 2018 . 25 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180325231935/http://www.keralaliteraturefestival.com/speaker/k-r-tony/ . dead .
2. Web site: Daivappathi : K R Tony : 9788126413959. www.bookdepository.com.
3. News: An extraordinary woman. Aparna. Nair. The Hindu. 8 May 2014. www.thehindu.com.
4. Web site: യക്ഷിയും മറ്റും.
5. Web site: Daivappathi : K R Tony : 9788126413959. www.bookdepository.com.
6. News: An extraordinary woman. Aparna. Nair. The Hindu. 8 May 2014. www.thehindu.com.
7. Web site: യക്ഷിയും മറ്റും.
8. News: V.T. Kumaran award for K.R. Tony. The Hindu. 5 October 2014. www.thehindu.com.
9. Web site: എ അയ്യപ്പന്‌ പുരസ്‌കാരം കെ.ആര്‌.ടോണിക്ക് . Malayalam. dcbooks.com. https://archive.today/20141221063505/http://www.dcbooks.com/a-ayyappan-award-to-k-r-tony.html . 21 December 2014 . dead .