Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan (10 October 1925 – 19 August 1992) was a Malayalam–language poet and journalist from

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, South India. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 1978 for his poetry work ''Suprabhatham''.

Biography

Kuttikrishnan was born in 1925 in Kadavanad village near

Ponnani Ponnani () is a municipality in Ponnani Taluk, Malappuram District, in the state of Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative center of the Taluk and Block Panchayat of the same name. It is situated at the estuary of Bharatappuzha (Riv ...

in Kerala as the son of Arumukhan and Devaki. After completing his education from Puthuponnani Mappila Elementary School, Ponnani BEM School and A.V. Highschool, he worked in Grain Purchasing Office and Premier Hosiery Works in Kozhikode. Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan worked in ''Pourasakthi'' and ''Janavani'' newspapers before joining the ''Hind'' newspaper (published from Kozhikode) as assistant editor. He later worked in '' Mathrubhumi'' and '' Malayala Manorama''. He, along with V. T. Bhattathiripad, Edasseri Govindan Nair, Uroob and N. Damodaran, was a patron of the famed Ponnani Kendra Kala Samithi, a socio-cultural union based in Ponnani. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 1978 for his poetry work ''Suprabhatham''. He retired as assistant editor from ''Malayala Manorama'' in 1983 and then served as a member of the editorial committee of ''

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'' magazine. He died on 19 August 1992. He was survived by his wife Yasoda."Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan Profile"
Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

Works

* ''Kalimuttam'' * ''Suprabhatham'' * ''Wayanadinte Omana''

References

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