P. Kunhiraman Nair

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P. Kunhiraman Nair was born on 5 January 1906, at Bellikoth near Kanhangad,{{Cite web |url=http://www.kasargod.net/personalities.htm |title=Men of Letters |date=5 March 2019 |website=kasargod.net |access-date=5 March 2019}} in Kasaragod district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Puravankara Kunjambu Nair, a Sanskrit scholar, physician and vedantin and his wife, Panayanthitta Kunjamma Amma.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/Pgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=5 March 2019 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=5 March 2019}} His early schooling was with traditional teachers as well as at the local primary school before studying Sanskrit at the school run by Punnassery Nambi Neelakanda Sharma in Pattambi (the present-day Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi) where he was reported to be a lazy student.

It was during this time, Nair started writing poems. He also fell in love with a local girl by name, Vattoli Kunjilakshmy. Subsequently, he moved to Tanjavur to continue his Sanskrit and Vedanta studies when his family arranged his marriage with Puravankara Janaki Amma, his cousin and bride-designate as per local customs. However, he declined the proposal and instead, married his lover, Kunjilakshmy. After marriage, he founded a magazine, Navajeevan, which was published from Kannur but after the publication became defunct, he worked at Saraswathi Press in Thrissur and Sree Ramakrishnodayam Press in Olavakkode. Later, he joined Koodali High School as a Malayalam teacher ad after a while, moved to Rajas High School Kollengode from where he superannuated from service.{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/travel/kerala/kerala-travel/kollengode-where-time-stands-still-mathrubhumi-1.2214944 |title=Kollengode, where time stands still |last=Muralikrishnan |first=Story: C. Ashraf Photos: B. |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=5 March 2019 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111332/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/travel/kerala/kerala-travel/kollengode-where-time-stands-still-mathrubhumi-1.2214944 |url-status=dead }} He died on 27 May 1978, at the age of 72, while he was staying at C. P. Sathram, a lodging facility in Thiruvananthapuram. He is survived by his son, P. Ravindran Nair{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/280816/mt-vasudevan-nair-unhappy-with-removal-of-foreword-in-p-kunhiraman-nairs-biography.html |title=MT Vasudevan Nair unhappy with removal of foreword in P Kunhiraman Nair's biography |date=28 August 2016 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=5 March 2019}} and daughter, Radha.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/p-kunhiraman-nair-1.3254632 |title=പി യുടെ ഓര്‍മകളില്‍ ജന്മനാട്; ഇന്ന് 112-ാം ജന്മവാര്‍ഷികദിനം |last=കുഞ്ഞിരാമന്‍ |first=എം |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=5 March 2019 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043359/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/p-kunhiraman-nair-1.3254632 |url-status=dead }}

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P., as he was popularly known, was a habitual nomad and was reported to have led a bohemian lifestyle, wandering across Kerala, living in several places, meeting their people and making them part of his life and literature.{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/10/stories/2006061001630200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616071850/http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/10/stories/2006061001630200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2006 |title=Remembering Mahakavi P. |date=10 June 2006 |work=The Hindu |access-date=25 July 2009}} Poetry formed his main genre of work, though he has also written novels, short stories, articles and plays.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=List of Works |date=5 March 2019 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=5 March 2019}} While during the initial stages of his literary career, Nair wrote spiritual poems, Nirapara published in 1944, started a new phase which showed his leaning towards nature and symbolism.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/p-kunhiraman-nairs-flights-of-creativity-still-strikes-a-chord-with-readers/article19169659.ece |title=The eternal seeker |last=Abraham |first=Vinu |date=29 June 2017 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=5 March 2019}} His autobiography, Kaviyude Kaalpaadukal (The Footprints of a Poet), with foreword by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, is one of the celebrated works in prose in Malayalam. Thamarathoni, written during his days in Kollengode, Kaliyachan, Vayalkarayil, Ratholsavam and Pookkalam are a few of his known poems.

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The Raja of Nileshwaram honoured Nair with the title Bhakthakavi and presented him with a veerashrungala (golden bracelet) in 1949 and he received the title of Sahitya Nipunan in 1963 from the Raja of Kochi. Kerala Sahitya Akademi selected Kaliyachan of Kunhiraman Nair for their inaugural Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1959.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=5 March 2019 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=5 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }} He received the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award for his work, Thamarathoni, in 1967.{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala |access-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 }}

In 1981, Eyamkode Sreedharan, with the help of Venugopala Varma, the then Raja of Kollengode who donated a plot of land, initiated the efforts to build a memorial for the poet in Kollengode which was subsequently taken up by the Government of Kerala to establish the Mahakavi P. Memorial Art and Culture Centre. The centre houses music school, a library, Kerala Kalabhavan which is a school for kathakali. The centre also holds performances in folk and classical art forms such as Kathakali, Kanyarkali and Porattukali.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Mahakavi P. Memorial Art & Culture Centre at Kollengode |date=5 March 2019 |website=keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=5 March 2019}}

A government vocational school at Nair's native place, Bellikoth, has been named after him as Mahakavi P. Smaraka Government Vocational Higher Secondary School{{Cite web |url=http://vhse.kerala.gov.in/images/principal_list_prvnl_final.pdf |title=Mahakavi P. Smaraka Government Vocational Higher Secondary School |date=5 March 2019 |website=Government of Kerala |access-date=5 March 2019}} and a town hall in Kanhangad has been named Mahakavi P Memorial Hall.{{Cite web |url=http://kfogkerala.com/pdf/members/Kasrgode_member_list.pdf |title=Mahakavi P Memorial Hall |date=5 March 2019 |website=kfogkerala.com |access-date=5 March 2019}} Kanhangad also has another memorial of the poet, Mahakavi P. Memorial which was designed by M. V. Devan and houses a library and a public reading room. The upper floor of the building has since been converted into a museum and all the books and articles written by the poet, the chair and dresses used by him, as well as a gold chain presented by the Guruvayur Devaswomm on his 60th birthday are in display there.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/memorial-museum-for-mahakavi-p/article2605380.ece |title=Memorial museum for Mahakavi 'P' |author=Staff Reporter |date=7 November 2011 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=5 March 2019}} There are two eponymous organisations, Mahakavi P Foundation, based in Thiruvananthapuram and Mahakavi P. Smaraka Samithi, based in Kanhangad; the former has instituted an annual literary award, Kaliyachan Award and the latter manages two awards for recognising excellence in Malayalam poetry, the Mahakavi P Memorial Award for Poetry and Poetry Award for Young Poets.{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/This-years-Mahakavi-P-memorial-award-for-poetry-will-be-given-to-P-P-Ramachandran-for-his-collection-of-poems-Katte-Kadale-The-award-instituted-by-P-Memorial-Trust-established-in-memory-of-P-Kunhiraman-Nair-carries-a-cash-award-of-Rs-10000-and-a-citation-The-award-for-young-poets-will-be-given-to-Biju-Kanhangad-for-his-collections-poems-Uchamazhayil-The-awards-will-be-presented-at-a-function-in-Kanhangad-on-May-27-/articleshow/20247692.cms |title=This year's Mahakavi P memorial award for poetry will be given to P P Ramachandran |website=The Times of India |access-date=5 March 2019}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners list of P. Kunhiraman Nair Award |date=5 March 2019 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=5 March 2019}}

Ivan Megharoopan, a 2012 Malayalam biopic, written and directed by P. Balachandran with Prakash Bare in the lead role, is based on the life of poet as detailed in his autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal.{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/11/19/stories/2010111950980200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108104002/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/11/19/stories/2010111950980200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 November 2012 |title=Poetic venture |last=P. K. Ajith Kumar |date=19 November 2010 |work=The Hindu |access-date=19 November 2010 |location=Chennai, India}} His 1959 poem Kaliyachan, has been adapted into a feature film produced by the National Film Development Corporation under the same name with Manoj K. Jayan in the lead;{{cite web | title = Kaliyachan: Portrait of an artist|publisher= The New Indian Express| url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Kaliyachan-Portrait-of-an-artist/2013/09/24/article1799943.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927051129/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Kaliyachan-Portrait-of-an-artist/2013/09/24/article1799943.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | author=Parvathy Nambidi|date=24 September 2013|access-date = 23 April 2014 }}{{cite web| title = Poetic frames |newspaper=The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/poetic-frames/article4508419.ece |date=14 March 2013| access-date = 23 April 2014 }} the film received three awards at the 2012 Kerala State Film Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/poetic-frames/article4508419.ece |title=Poetic frames |last=Kumar |first=P. K. Ajith |date=14 March 2013 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=5 March 2019}}

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• {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/P.KunhiramanNairBooks.htm |title=Mekhamala|last=P. Kunhiraman Nair }}
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• {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kaviyute-kalpatukal |title=Kaviyude Kalpadukal |last=P. Kunhiraman Nair |year=2007 |publisher=a |isbn=9788126411658 |access-date=5 March 2019 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044339/https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kaviyute-kalpatukal |url-status=dead }}
• {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=326654&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kunhiraman%2520Nair |title=Enne thirayunna njaan |last=Kunhiraman Nair |first=P. |date=1977 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
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• {{Cite book |title=Selected Poems of Mahakavi P .Kunhiraman Nair: From God's Own Country |last1=P .Kunhiraman Nair |last2=P. K. N. Panicker |publisher=Authorspress |year=2017 |isbn=978-9352074723 |edition=1 |page=142}}

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• {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PKunhiramanNair/Html/PKunhiramanNairpage.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=5 March 2019 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=5 March 2019}}
• {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt_YPEophUxTtHQPWTZ3iVtgWhbAmFg4g |title=P. Kunhiraman Nair Poems - YouTube channel |date=5 March 2019 |website=YouTube |language=en |access-date=5 March 2019}}

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Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

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