K. N. Ezhuthachan
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Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan (21 May 1911 – 28 October 1981) was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. He was one among the principal followers of the idea of social impact on literature. Ezhuthachan supported Marxist literary criticism and interpreted Indian literary works based on Marxist aesthetics. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Keralodayam, a long narrative poem written in Sanskrit. He is the first Malayali to win Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit.[1][2] He died on 28 October 1981 while delivering a lecture at Calicut University.[3]
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Born | Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan (1911-05-21)21 May 1911 |
Died | 28 October 1981(1981-10-28) (aged 70) |
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Occupation(s) | Poet, Teacher, Critic, Essayist, Translator |
Notable work | Keralodayam Mahakavyam |
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Children | Dr. Vaisagh Viswanathan Thattamparambil (grandson) - CTO, impress.ai |
Parent(s) | Kudiyirikkal Krishnan Ezhuthachan, Lakshmi Amma |
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