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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. He was an officer at the Life Insurance Corporation and retired in 1996. He was married to R. Leelavathi and had three children. 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.
N. K. Desam died on 4 February 2024, at a hospital in Kodungallur. He was 87. 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






Awards


1982: Edasseri Award (Ponnani) – Ullekham
1987: Kavanakuthukam Award (Trichur) – Anthyapranamam
1984: Nattarangu (Trivandrum) – Total contribution
1992: Bodhi (Aluva) – Total contribution
2007: Sahodaran Ayyappan Award (Cherai) – Mudra
2007: Odakkuzhal Award (Cochin) – Mudra
2008: Nalappadan Award (Punnayurkkulam) – Mudra
2008: Vennikulam (Thodiyur) – Mudra
2009: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Trichur) – Mudra
2009: Katharagam (Bangalore) – Mudra
2010: Changampuzha Award (Cochin) – Mudra
2011: Cherukad Award (Perithalmanna) – Mudra
2013: Asan Prize (Chennai) – Total contribution
2013: Krishnankutty Memorial Award (Trichur) – Contribution to Aksharaslokam
2013: Mukthakam (Trichur)
2013: Kavikulapathi (Pambakuda)
2017: Paanini Puraskaaram (Mavelikkara)
2013: Kaliyath Damodaran Award (Trichur) – Gitanjali
2017: Mukthakasree (Chengamanad) – Total contribution
2017: Chethala Vaishnavam (Shoranur) – Total contribution
2016: Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (Chandigarh) – Gitanjali (Translation)
2018: Ulloor Award (Trivandrum) – Mudra
2019: Ettumanoor Somadasan Award (Ettumanoor) – Various works
2020: Sanjayan Award




References






External links


Dhanya Harikrishnan (2 August 2009). ദേശത്തിന്‍റെ കാവ്യലോകത്ത്‌ ഇത്തിരി നേരം [Interview with N. K. Desam]. Ezhuth (in Malayalam).

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