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"name": "Raja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran",
"bio": "\nRaja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran (Malayalam= രാജ രാജ വർമ്മ കോയിത്തമ്പുരാൻ), also known as Raja Raja Varma, was a Malayalam language poet and translator from the Indian state of Kerala who had an equal facility in writing in English and Sanskrit. He was born in Neerazhi Palace, Changanassery. He was part of the royal family of erstwhile Parappanad (Parappangadi and Beypore), Malabar.\nHe was born in Changanacherry at the Neerazhi Palace, which is now known as Neerazhikettu kottaram. He married Princess Ayiliam Thirunal Gauri Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore. From this marriage Raja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran had issue, a daughter and two sons. His daughter was Maharani Gowri Rukmini Bayi, who was born in 1809. His eldest son, the famous Maharajah Swathi Thirunal, was born on 16 April 1813. Swathi Thirunal became a musician and artist and ruled independently from 1829 to 1846. Thampuran next had a son in 1814, Maharajah Uthram Thirunal, who ruled from 1846 to 1860. His wife Gauri Lakshmi Bayi lost her health after giving birth to Uthram Thirunal and died in 1815.\nGauri Lakshmi Bayi built a new palace in Changanassery for her husband and his family members during her reign, which was called Lakshmipuram Palace.",
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"name": "Kodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran",
"bio": "\nKodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran (1864 - 1914) also transliterated as Kotungallur Kunhikkuttan Thampuran, was a Malayalam poet and Sanskrit scholar lived in Kerala, India. His birth-name was Rama Varma. He is famous for his single-handed, word-by-word translation of entire Mahabharata within 874 days. He is commonly known as Kerala Vyasa, meaning Vyasa of Kerala.\nBorn on 18 September 1864 (i.e., Malayalam era 1040 Kanni 4.). His father was Venmani Achhan Nambudiripad and mother was Kunjippilla Thampuratti. In his childhood he was known by his nickname \"Kunjikkuttan\".\nHis family teacher, Valappil Unni Ashaan was his first teacher. Later he studied under Moonnaamkoor Godavarma Thampuran. He learned Tarka Shastra from Vidwan Kunhirama Varman Thampuran and Jyothisha from Valiya Kochunni Thampuran. He started writing poetry in ME 1047. At the age of 16, turned full-time to writing poetry. Started in Sanskrit. Turned to writing poetry in Malayalam under the influence of Venmani Achan and Venmani Mahan. He married Kodungallur Koippalli Pappiyamma at his age of 21. In ME 1062, at his age of 22, his first book \"Kavibharatam\" was published. At his age of 39, when Pappiyamma died, he married Thrissur Kizhakke Srambil Kuttipparu Amma. Later he married Sridevithampuratti of Zamorin family. In 1914 January 22 (i.e. on Makaram 10th of ME 1088), at his age of 49, he died.",
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"name": "Kunhikuttan Thampuran",
"bio": "Kunhikuttan Thampuran (1864–1913) was an Indian poet from Kodungallur, Kingdom of Travancore. He was a member of the royal family. He was the son of Venmani Achan Nampoothiripad and Kunchipilla Thampurati and was born on Malayalam era 1040 Kanni 4. His actual name was Rama Varma. He was popularly known as Kerala Vyasan, meaning Vyasan of Kerala.\n\nThis article related to Kerala is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.\nThis article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.",
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"name": "K. V. Thikkurissi",
"bio": "K. V. Thikkurissi (born V. V. Krishna Varman Nair; 1932 – 5 May 2021) was a Malayalam author who wrote books in different genres including poetry, children's fiction, biography and travelogues.\nBorn in Thikkurissi in Marthandam, he started his literary career in Thiruvananthapuram following the separation of Kanyakumari from Thiruvananthapuram. He won an award from the Kendra Sahitya Akademi for his poem Bhakranangal in 1960. His other noted works include biographies of R. Narayana Panickar and Chattambi Swamikal and children's stories about Vikramaditya. He was a member of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi and Kalamandalam. He also worked as a high school teacher in different schools in Thiruvananthapuram. He died on 5 May 2021 from COVID-19.\n\nThis article about an Indian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.",
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"name": "Moyinkutty Vaidyar",
"bio": "\nMoyinkutty Vaidyar (1852–1892), often referred to as Mahakavi (great poet), is historically considered one of the most renowned poets of the Mappila pattu genre of Malayalam language.\nMoyinkutty was born to Unni Mammad and Kunjamina in 1852 at Ottuparakkuzhi, near Kondotti in Malappuram district. Unni Mammad was famous practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine and a poet too. He lived longer than his son and completed his unfinished work titled Hijra from the 27th Ishal onwards. Moyinkutty continued his family tradition of Ayurvedic medical practice and learnt Sanskrit and Arabic languages. He died at the age of 40 in 1892 leaving behind his wife, two sons and a daughter. No known photograph or painting of the poet exists today and none of his descendants survived after his children.\nAt a very young age of seventeen, he composed the romantic epic Badarul Munir – Husnul Jamal (1872) . It narrates a fictional love story between Prince Badarul Muneer, the son of the King Mahazin of Ajmeer and Husnul Jamal, daughter of his minister Mazmir. Most of the events narrated are pure fantasy, with plots involving the transformation of the hero into a bird and back, and frequent interactions with Jinns.",
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"name": "Unnayi Variyar",
"bio": "\nUnnayi Warrier was a poet, writer, scholar, and dramatist who lived in Kerala, India during the 17th/18th century. He is best known for his chef-d'oeuvre Nalacharitham aattakatha and is known to have made significant contributions to the art of Kathakali, the classical dance-drama form of Kerala.\nThere are only sketchy details available regarding Unnayi Warrier's real name, exact date and place of birth, his family background and literary achievements. There is consensus among scholars that his family name was 'Akathoottu Warriam' and that he was a garland maker (traditional vocation of Warriers (Variar)) by profession at Irinjalakkuda Koodalmanikyam Temple. One tangible record available that throws light on his life and times is that his work Nalacharitham aattakatha - 2nd day was enacted during the festival season of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum) in 1749 AD. This indicates that Nalacharitham was authored by Warrier during the first half of 18th century or earlier. There is speculation that Ramapurathu Warrier was a disciple of Unnayi Variyar and as noted by Aimanam Krishna Kaimal in his celebrated work Attakkatha Sahityam, it is reasonable to assume Unnayi Warrier lived between 1674 and 1754 C.E. Kaimal also infers that Unnayi's real name was 'Raman' which he deduced from the last sloka of another of Unnayi's works - Girijakalyanam attakatha mentions the author's name to be 'Raman'.\nThe most famous work of Unnayi Warrier is Nalacharitham Aattakkatha. The work is divided into four parts/days with each part designed in such a way as to be presented as an independent performance. Nalacharitham elevated the literary standards of Kathakali and is widely recognised to be path breaking and pioneering in its approach to make Kathakali a complete art form. Root story of Nalacharitham Kathakali song is based on the Mahabharata (chapters 52 to 79 of Aaranyaparvam). It is one of the stories told by sage B rihadaswan to Pandava prince Yudhishthira during the despondent times that Pandavas go through during their exile. Story revolves around the most righteous Nishadha king Nala, his wife Damayanti and the troubles they undergo in spite of being pious and virtuous and how in the end they are absolved and restored to their previous glory and joy.By many accounts Nalacharitham is considered to be the complete aatakatha via its perfect storyline, masterly rendering and consistent aesthetics.",
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"name": "Muttathu Varkey",
"bio": "\nMuttathu Varkey (28 April 1913 – 28 May 1989) was an Indian novelist, short story writer, and poet of Malayalam. He was best known for a genre of sentiment-filled romantic fiction known as painkili (janapriya) novel in Malayalam literature.\nVarkey was born in Chethipuzha, a small village near Changanassery in Kottayam district, Kerala. He began his career as a school teacher at Saint Berchmans High School, Changanassery. He then took up the job of an accountant in a timber factory. For a brief period, Varkey taught in a Tutorial College run by M. P. Paul. He then joined Deepika newspaper as an associated editor and remained there for next 26 years until his retirement in 1974.\nMuttathu Varkey emerged as one of the popular writers of Malayalam fiction. He along with Kanam EJ was prominent in popularizing a genre of sentiment-filled pulp fiction known as painkili novel in Malayalam literature. He was a prolific writer and has penned a total of 132 books, including 65 novels. The rest of his works include collections of short stories, plays, and poetry. Many of his novels were adapted into Malayalam films, including the Prem Nazir starrer Padatha Painkili (1957), Inapravukal (1965), Velutha Kathreena (1968), Mayiladum Kunnu (1972) and the Sathyan starrer Karakanakadal (1971).",
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"bio": "\nEzhuthachan Puraskaram 1997 \nLalithambika Sahitya Award 2002\nPonkunnam Varkey (Malayalam: പൊൻകുന്നം വർക്കി; 1 July 1910 – 2 July 2004) was a writer and activist from Kerala, India. Varkey was one of the pioneers of the progressive writers' forum and literary writers' co-operative in Kerala. He was the president of Kerala Sahitya Akademi and Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society.\nVarkey has said that his childhood was not a protected one, but based on the dictum of the survival of the fittest. While studying in school, he was attracted to Indian independence movement and the subject matter of his early writings was related to this theme. After high school studies he passed the Malayalam 'Vidwaan' examination; the then prevalent qualifying test for language teachers and joined a Catholic school, near Ponkunnam. But his relationship with the management was unpleasant and he left the institution when he was appointed teacher at the Vernacular Middle School in Pampady in 1942. Soon he resigned this job and jumped into the freedom struggle and was imprisoned.",
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"name": "Attoor Ravi Varma",
"bio": "\nAttoor Ravi Varma (27 December 1930 – 26 July 2019) was an Indian poet and translator of Malayalam literature. One of the pioneers of modern Malayalam poetry, Ravi Varma is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation, besides many other honours. The Government of Kerala honoured him with their highest literary award, the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, in 2012 and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi inducted him as their distinguished fellow in 2017.\nAttoor Ravi Varma was born on 27 December 1930 in Attoor, a small village in Trichur district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin (now part of the south Indian state of Kerala) to Krishnan Namboothiri and Ammini Amma. He joined Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut for his pre-university course but was expelled from college due to his involvement in left-wing politics. Later, he continued studies at Malabar Christian College before graduating in Malayalam with honours from the University College, Trivandrum. Subsequently, he joined Presidency College, Madras Malayalam department as a faculty where he had the opportunity to be in touch with M. Govindan, the noted writer, which helped him in the studies of Tamil language. He started his career as a teacher in Madras but returned to Kerala to work at Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi before joining the Brennen College, Tellicherry where prominent politicians Pinarayi Vijayan and A. K. Balan were his students. Ravi Varma was married to Sree Devi and the couple resided in Trichur. Ravi Varma died on 26 July 2019. He was 88 and was undergoing treatment for pneumonia in a private hospital in Trichur.\nRavi Varma's poems ignored the metre and used free verse and he was one among the group of poets who pioneered modernism in Malayalam literature. His oeuvre consists of several poems compiled under three anthologies, translation of four novels from Tamil which include two of Sundara Ramaswamy and one of Rajathi Salma, two books of translation of Tamil poetry and an edited work of poems of young writers. It was Ravi Varma who translated the Bhakthi poems on the Malayalam calendar in vattezhuthu script published by Moozhikulam Sala.",
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"name": "Prabha Varma",
"bio": "\nPrabha Varma (born 30th May 1959) is a poet, lyricist, journalist and television presenter. He has published ten collections of poems, three novels in verse, six books on the contemporary socio-political milieu and literature, six collections of essays in criticism, a study on media, a travelogue and a novel in english.\nPrabha Varma was born in 1959 at Kadapra, Thiruvalla as the youngest son of T. K. Narayanan Namboothiri and N. Pankajakshi Thampuratty. Varma has a master's degree and a degree in law. He studied at the Devaswom Board College, Parumala, NSS Hindu College, Changanassery, and Kerala Law Academy Law College, Trivandrum. He was a student activist and was elected to the executive of the Kerala University Union during the academic year of 1979–80.\nVarma's family comprises Manorema (wife), Jyotsna (daughter), Col. K.V Mahendra (son-in-law) and Jahnavi (Grand Daughter).",
"raw_bio": "Prabha Varma (born 30th May 1959) is a poet, lyricist, journalist and television presenter. He has published ten collections of poems, three novels in verse, six books on the contemporary socio-political milieu and literature, six collections of essays in criticism, a study on media, a travelogue and a novel in english. Prabha Varma was born in 1959 at Kadapra, Thiruvalla as the youngest son of T. K. Narayanan Namboothiri and N. Pankajakshi Thampuratty. Varma has a master's degree and a degree in law. He studied at the Devaswom Board College, Parumala, NSS Hindu College, Changanassery, and Kerala Law Academy Law College, Trivandrum. He was a student activist and was elected to the executive of the Kerala University Union during the academic year of 1979–80. Varma's family comprises Manorema (wife), Jyotsna (daughter), Col. K.V Mahendra (son-in-law) and Jahnavi (Grand Daughter).",
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"name": "Vijayalakshmi (poet)",
"bio": "\nVijayalakshmi (born 2 August 1960) is a Malayalam–language poet from the South Indian state of Kerala.\nVijayalakshmi was born on 2 August 1960 in Mulanthuruthy village in Ernakulam district as the daughter of Kuzhikkattil Raman Velayudhan and Kamalakshi. She completed her education from Chottanikkara Government High School, St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam and Maharajas College. She completed her graduation in Biology and obtained her masters in Malayalam literature with a first rank from Kerala University. She is married to Balachandran Chullikkadu, a known Malayalam poet.\nHer poem was first published in 1977 in Kalakaumudi weekly. During her graduation period, she won prizes in the Kerala University Youth Festival in story-writing and poetry.",
"raw_bio": "Vijayalakshmi (born 2 August 1960) is a Malayalam–language poet from the South Indian state of Kerala. Vijayalakshmi was born on 2 August 1960 in Mulanthuruthy village in Ernakulam district as the daughter of Kuzhikkattil Raman Velayudhan and Kamalakshi. She completed her education from Chottanikkara Government High School, St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam and Maharajas College. She completed her graduation in Biology and obtained her masters in Malayalam literature with a first rank from Kerala University. She is married to Balachandran Chullikkadu, a known Malayalam poet. Her poem was first published in 1977 in Kalakaumudi weekly. During her graduation period, she won prizes in the Kerala University Youth Festival in story-writing and poetry.",
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"name": "John Abraham (director)",
"bio": "\nJohn Abraham (11 August 1937 – 31 May 1987) was an Indian filmmaker, short story writer and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. His film Amma Ariyan (1986) was the only South Indian feature film to make the list of \"Top 10 Indian Films\" of all time by British Film Institute. Agraharathil Kazhuthai was listed among the \"100 Greatest Indian Films\" of all time by IBN Live's 2013 poll.\nJohn Abraham was born in Chennamkary, Kuttanadu in 1937. He is from the Vazhakkat branch, Chennamkary of the Pattamukkil Family. He completed his intermediate studies in CMS College Kottayam staying with his grandfather, who nurtured John's talent in his early days. After completing his degree in (history and politics) from Marthoma College, Thiruvalla, he worked as a private college teacher and latter he joined as an office assistant with Life Insurance Corporation of India in Udupi, Karnataka. After that he joined the FTII, Pune and there he met film-makers such as Ritwik Ghatak and Mani Kaul. John graduated out of the FTII with gold medals in screenwriting and film direction. He entered the film industry working as an assistant director to Mani Kaul for the film Uski Roti (1969, Hindi). He has worked for some Hindi projects that was shot in Kerala, but none were released. John's first attempt in direction came in 1967 named Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile. It was the Tamil film Agraharathil Kazhuthai (1977) that gave John recognition.\nJohn entered the film industry working as an assistant director to Mani Kaul for the film Uski Roti (1969, Hindi). He has worked for some Hindi projects that was shot in Kerala, but none were released. John's first attempt in direction came in 1967 named Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile. It was the Tamil film Agraharathil Kazhuthai (1977) that gave John recognition.",
"raw_bio": "John Abraham (11 August 1937 – 31 May 1987) was an Indian filmmaker, short story writer and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. His film Amma Ariyan (1986) was the only South Indian feature film to make the list of \"Top 10 Indian Films\" of all time by British Film Institute. Agraharathil Kazhuthai was listed among the \"100 Greatest Indian Films\" of all time by IBN Live's 2013 poll. John Abraham was born in Chennamkary, Kuttanadu in 1937. He is from the Vazhakkat branch, Chennamkary of the Pattamukkil Family. He completed his intermediate studies in CMS College Kottayam staying with his grandfather, who nurtured John's talent in his early days. After completing his degree in (history and politics) from Marthoma College, Thiruvalla, he worked as a private college teacher and latter he joined as an office assistant with Life Insurance Corporation of India in Udupi, Karnataka. After that he joined the FTII, Pune and there he met film-makers such as Ritwik Ghatak and Mani Kaul. John graduated out of the FTII with gold medals in screenwriting and film direction. He entered the film industry working as an assistant director to Mani Kaul for the film Uski Roti (1969, Hindi). He has worked for some Hindi projects that was shot in Kerala, but none were released. John's first attempt in direction came in 1967 named Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile. It was the Tamil film Agraharathil Kazhuthai (1977) that gave John recognition. John entered the film industry working as an assistant director to Mani Kaul for the film Uski Roti (1969, Hindi). He has worked for some Hindi projects that was shot in Kerala, but none were released. John's first attempt in direction came in 1967 named Vidyarthikale Ithile Ithile. It was the Tamil film Agraharathil Kazhuthai (1977) that gave John recognition.",
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