| Name(s) |
THIRUNALLOOR
KARUNAKARAN |
| Date of
Birth |
October 08, 1924 |
| Date of
Death |
July 05, 2006 |
|
Identity |
A renowned poet,
scholar, teacher and leftist intellectual of Kerala, India. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He served as a member of
the Kerala Public Service Commission
for 6 years.
- Later he worked as the editor of
Janayugam, a weekly cultural
magazine of the Communist Party of
India.
- In 1973 he visited the Soviet
Union as a member of the delegation
of Indian writers who participated
in the Afro-Asian Writers Conference
held in Kazakhstan.
|
|
Awards & Accolades |
Kerala Sahitya Academy Award
for lifetime contribution (2000). |
|
Commemoration |
A three-day-long cultural festival
called 'Thirunalloor Kavyolsavam' is
held every year from 1 May
(International Workers' Day) on the
banks of the Ashtamudi lake in Quilon in
his his memory. |
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