M. P. Appan
Mahakavi M. P. Appan (29 March 1913 – 10 December 2003) was a poet and littérateur of Malayalam.[1] He was born in 1913 near Jagathi in Trivandrum district.[2] His parents were Madu and Kochappi. His original name was Ponnappan.[3] He began his career as a school teacher after completing BA Honours from the Kerala University College, Trivandrum.[1] He retired as the District Educational Officer.[2] He had his imprint in the literary field for over 70 years. He was the president of Asan Memorial in Thonnakkal and Mahakavi Ulloor Memorial in Jagathi.[2] He was also a member of the Kerala Sahitya Academy from 1957 to 1967.[1]
Appan was one of the few poets of the modern era to be conferred the prefix "Mahakavi" which means "great poet".[3] He published around 50-odd poetry collections. Some of his works include Suvarnodayam (1936), Vellinakshathram (1939), Leela Soudham (1955), Kilikkonchal (1954), Soundaryadhara (1958), Udyanasoonam (1972), Satyadarsanam (1980) and Jeevithasayahnathil (1986).[4] He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Udyanasoonam in 1973. In 1998, he received the Ezhuthachan Award which is Kerala's highest literary honour.
Awards
- Honorary
- 1989: Sahitya Kalanidhi title by Kerala Hindi Prachar Sabha[2]
- 1994: D.Litt by University of Kerala[2]
- Literary awards
- 1973: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (for Udyana Soonam)[2]
- 1987: Asan Prize[2]
- 1994: Guru Chengannur Award[2]
- 1995: Vallathol Award[2]
- 1998: Ezhuthachan Award[5]
- 2003: Ulloor Award[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Mahakavi M. P. Appan dead". Archived from the original on 31 December 2003. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, A-M. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788126008735.
- ^ a b "നിശ്ശബ്ദകാവ്യസപര്യയുടെ മഹാകവി..." Oneindia.in (in Malayalam). 10 December 2003. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ K. M. Govi (ed.). Malayala Grantha Soochi: A Retrospective Bibliography of Malayalam Books. Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
- ^ "Ezhuthachan Award". Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Ulloor award for M.P. Appan". The Hindu. 30 May 2004. Archived from the original on 29 July 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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Recipients of Ezhuthachan Puraskaram
- Sooranad Kunjan Pillai (1993)
- Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1994)
- Balamani Amma (1995)
- K. M. George (1996)
- Ponkunnam Varkey (1997)
- M. P. Appan (1998)
- K. P. Narayana Pisharody (1999)
- Pala Narayanan Nair (2000)
- O. V. Vijayan (2001)
- Kamala Surayya (2002)
- T. Padmanabhan (2003)
- Sukumar Azhikode (2004)
- S. Guptan Nair (2005)
- Kovilan (2006)
- O. N. V. Kurup (2007)
- Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (2008)
- Sugathakumari (2009)
- M. Leelavathy (2010)
- M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2011)
- Attoor Ravi Varma (2012)
- M. K. Sanu (2013)
- Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (2014)
- Puthussery Ramachandran (2015)
- C. Radhakrishnan (2016)
- Satchidanandan (2017)
- M. Mukundan (2018)
- Anand (2019)
- Zacharia (2020)
- P. Vatsala (2021)
- Sethu (2022)
- S. K. Vasanthan (2023)
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