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N. K. Desam
Birth Name:N. Kuttikrishna Pillai
Birth Date:31 October 1936
Birth Place:Desom, Alwaye, Cochin, India
Death Place:Kothakulangara, Angamaly, Kerala, India
Occupation:Poet, literary critic, Translator
Language:Malayalam
Nationality:Indian
Notableworks:Mudra, Gitanjali
Spouse:R. Leelavathi
Awards:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Odakkuzhal Award, Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize

N. Kuttikrishna Pillai (31 October 1936 – 4 February 2024), better known as N. K. Desam, was an Indian Malayalam-language poet and literary critic from the southern state of Kerala. In 2009, his poetry collection Mudra won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. In 2017, his Malayalam transliteration of Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore was selected for the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize.

Biography

N. K. Desam was born on 31 October 1936 in Desom village near Alwaye.[1] He was an officer at the Life Insurance Corporation and retired in 1996. He was married to R. Leelavathi and had three children.[2] He started writing from the early age of twelve and went on to publish more than 10 poetry collections. His first collection Anthimalari' was published in 1973. In 2016, he received the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for the translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Gitanjali’ in Malayalam language.[3]

N. K. Desam died on 4 February 2024, at a hospital in Kodungallur. He was 87.[4] His body was cremated the next day. Hundreds of people gathered at his cremation site along with local Policemen to pay their last tribute.

Works

Yearstyle=width:13em Titlestyle=width:17em Publisherstyle=width:15em Notes
1973 Anthimalari
1975 Kanyahridayam S.P.C.S., Kottayam
1979 Appooppanthadi
1979 Chottayile Seelam S.P.C.S., Kottayam
1981 Pavizhamalli S.P.C.S., Kottayam
1984 Ullekham N.B.S., Kottayam
1999 Anpathonnaksharalee
2001 Elimeesa S.P.C.S., Kottayam
2003 Kavyakeli Green Books, Trichur
2006 Mudra Current Books, Kottayam
2006 Mazhathullikal Kurukshethra Publications, Cochin
2010 Geethanjali Green Books, Trichur Translation of Gitanjali
2016 Vyloppilli Kathakavithakal Green Books, Trichur
2016 Desikam Vallathol Vidyapeedam, Sukapuram
N.B.S., Kottayam 		Complete works

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110416051453/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/29/stories/2011032956870700.htm "In Aluva, winning the hearts of voters"
  2. https://www.deshabhimani.com/post/20220313_16699/n-k-desam "80ന്റെ നിറവില്‍ എന്‍ കെ ദേശം"
  3. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2024-02-05 . Malayalam poet N.K. Desam dies at 87 . 2024-02-05 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  4. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/remembering-poet-nk-desam-a-tribute-to-a-literary-legend/articleshow/107412977.cms Poet NK Desam passes away
  5. Web site: ഇടശ്ശേരി അവാര്‍ഡ് 1982 - 2012 . Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala . 21 March 2023.
  6. Web site: ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് . Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala . 21 March 2023.
  7. http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw2.htm "List of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winners"
  8. https://changampuzhapark.com/changampuzha-puraskaram/ "Changampuzha Puraskaram"
  9. Web site: ചെറുകാട് അവാര്‍ഡ് . Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala . 21 March 2023.
  10. 20 April 2017 . Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2016 . . . 21 March 2023.
  11. News: Poet-critic N K Desam bags Sanjayan Award . 21 March 2023 . . 19 November 2020.

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