Arya Gopi is a Malayalam poet from

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. She has written five books in Malayalam and one in English. She has won numerous awards and honours including Kerala Sahithya Akademi Kanakasree Award, Kerala Government Youth Icon Award, Kerala StateYouth Welfare Board Swami Vivekananda Yuva Pratibha Award, Vyloppilli Award, ONV International Yuva Award, Kakkad Award, VT Kumaran Master Award, etc.

Biography

Born to noted Malayalam poet P K Gopi and Komalam on March 28, Arya Gopi has published five books in two languages – Malakha Matsyam (Stories, 2003)
Jeevante Vaakkukal
(Poems, 2006), Ochezhuthu (2020). A regular face at literary events in

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, she recites poems at various programmes conducted by organisation such as Kendra/Kerala Sahitya Akademy, Mathrubhumi, Manorama, D C Books and Hindu dailies apart from various web and visual media. Poet Arya Gopi

A first rank holder in MA English language and literature from

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, Arya is now an assistant professor in English at Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode. She completed her PhD – Other India – A Socio Literary Analysis of Select Works of Mark Tully.

Selected works

*''Ochezhuthukal'', Perakkabooks, Malappuram, 2020 *
Jeevante Vakkukal
' (poems) D.C. Books, Kottayam, 2006 *''Malakha Matsyam'' (stories) Poorna Publications, Calicut, 2003

Awards and achievements

References

*Malayala Manorama dated March 9, 2017, " Yuvaprathibha puraskaram aaru perk", Malayalam Manorama, 09-03-2017

External links

Poem Recitation at Kochi International Book Festival
(2015 video) * http://onvfoundation.org/Harithamaanasam.html * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/sugathakumari-bags-first-onv-literary-award/articleshow/58484998.cms * http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/onv-literary-award-for-sugathakumari/article18360280.ece {{DEFAULTSORT:Gopi, Arya Women writers from Kerala Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Malayalam-language writers Poets from Kerala 21st-century Indian poets 21st-century Indian women writers