Sugathakumari is an Indian poet - activist, born in 1934, who has been at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, South India. She played a big role in the Save Silent Valley protest. She formed Abhayagrama, a home for destitute women (Athani) and a day-care centre for the mentally ill. She was the former chairperson of the Kerala State Women's Commission. The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... South India is a linguistic-cultural region of India that comprises the four states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the two Union Territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, whose inhabitants are collectively referred to as South Indians. ... Save Silent Valley is an Indian Social Movement started in 1973 to save the Silent Valley Reserve Forest in Palakkad District, Kerala, South India from being flooded by a hydroelectric project. ...

Works

• Mutthuchippil (Pearl and Oyster) (1961)
• Pathirappookkal (Midnight Flowers) (1967)
• Paavam Maanavahridayam (Poor Human Heart) (1968)
• Irul Chirakukal (The Wings of Darkness) (1969)
• Raathrimazha (Night Rain) (1977)
• Ambalamani (Temple Bell) (1981)
• Kurinjippookkal (Kurinji Flowers) (1987)
• Thulaavarshappacha (The Monsoon Green) (1990)
• Radhayevite (Where is Radha?) (1995)

Awards

• 1978 Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for Rathrimazha
• 1982 Odakkuzhal Award for Ambalamani
• 1984 Vayalar Award for Ambalamani
• 2001 Lalithambika Antharjanam Award
• 2003 Vallathol Award
• 2004 Kerala Sahithya Akademi Fellowship
• 2004 Balamaniamma Award
• 2006 Padmashri

The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work in Malayalam. ...

Reference

"Leading Lights - Smt. Sugathakumari"