Born on 23rd December, 1906, Edasseri Govindan Nair is the leading light of modern MalayalamPoetry. He has to his credit 19 books spreading over 300 poems in 10 anthologies, 6 books of plays and a collection of essays. (Redirected from 23rd December) December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Malayalam (മലയാളം) is the major language of the state of Kerala, in southern India. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Anthology may also mean a Alien Ant Farm album ANThology, see Anthology (AAF Album) An anthology is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ...
Edasseri is revered so much by the new generation poets so that poems have been written in eulogy. His poetry has also become a subject of serious discussion among the young intellectuals and critics. An intellectual is a person who uses his or her intellect to study, reflect, or speculate on a variety of different ideas. ... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ...
He died on 16th October1974, and a memorial is erected in his name - Edasseri Smaraka Samithi. (Redirected from 16th October) October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... A memorial is an object served as a memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. ...
An award is set up in his name for the best book of the year from among the young writers.
Awards
Government of Madras Award for the play "KOOTTUKRISHI"
Government of Madras Award for the collection of poems "PUTHAN KALAVUM ARIVALUM"
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the collection of poems "ORU PIDI NELLIKKA" - 1969
Sahitya Akademi Award (New Delhi) for the collection of poems "KAVILE PATTU" - 1970
Kumaran Asan Prize (posthumously given) for the collection of poems "ANTHITHIRI" - 1979.
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