Kuniyedath Balakrishna Kurup (കെ.ബാലകൃഷ്ണ കുറുപ്പ്) (20 January 1927 – 23 February 2000) was a
Malayalam writer he also worked in politics, journalism, and teaching. He wrote books in fields such as history,
psychology, and
astrology. In 1998 he received the 'K. R. Namboothiri endowment award' for his work about
tantra (''Aarshabhoomiyile bhogasidhdhi Thanthravidhya oru padanam)''). He was an editorial board member of ''
Deshabhimani'' newspaper.
[K.Balakrishna kurup, Kerala sahithya academy. http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/KBalakrishnaKurup/Html/KBKurupPage.htm]
Biography
K. Balakrishna Kurup was born to Arikkodi Parambath Narayanan adiyodi and Kuniyedath Cheriyammamma on 20 January 1927 at Kuniyedath, Chevayur amsham desham
Calicut in Kerala. He was an active
communist
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in his school days. After ending his active political work in the 1960s, he obtained
master degree
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English literature
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, economics, and
social science. He learned
astrology due to curiosity that developed towards it when he was in
Bangal.
His areas of interest were history, astrology, psychology,
occultism
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, and philosophy.
[K.Balakrishna kurup, Viswasathinte kanappurangal mathrubhumi publications, Second edition January 2000]
He married T.Y. Devaki and had four children.
He died due to a massive
heart attack at his home in Kozhikode on 23 February 2000, aged 73.
[K.Balakrishna kurup, Kozhikkodinte charithram, Mathrubhumi Books(third edition, January 2013)]
Works
*''Aarshabhoomiyile bhogasidhdhi(Thanthravidhya oru padanam)''
*''Kavyashilpathinte manasastram''
*''Prasangavedhi''
*''Sthreekalude manashastram''
*''
Viswasathinte kanappurangal''
*''
Kozhikkodinte charithram(Mithukalum, Yadharthyangalum)''
*''Valsyayana kamasutram(Aadhunika vyakhyanam)''
References
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1927 births
2000 deaths
Malayalam-language writers
20th-century Indian historians
People from Kozhikode district
Malayalam-language journalists