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"name": "G. Kamalamma",
"bio": "\nG. Kamalamma, (1930–2012) was a school teacher for most of her professional life, and was an author, mostly in the spheres of language and literature, socio-cultural subjects and biography. She wrote over 30 books, all in the Malayalam language, and won citations and awards from both the Sahitya Academy of India and the Sahitya Academy of Kerala.\nKamalamma was born in 1930 in Perumbuzha village near Kundara in Kollam district, Kerala. Her father Sahitya-shiromani M. K. Govindan (1901~1968) was a Sanskrit scholar, professor and writer; the son of Kunjan Channaar of Mundupoyikavila house in Perumbuzha. Kamalamma's mother was Gowrikutty, the daughter of Kavila Perumal Govindan of Perinad, in Kollam.\nAfter graduating, as BA and BT, Kamalamma began her professional career as a Social Education Organizer in the Development Department of the Government of Kerala, where she worked for the first ten years. Following this, she took up job as a teacher, working for twenty four years before retiring from her academic career in 1987.",
"raw_bio": "G. Kamalamma, (1930–2012) was a school teacher for most of her professional life, and was an author, mostly in the spheres of language and literature, socio-cultural subjects and biography. She wrote over 30 books, all in the Malayalam language, and won citations and awards from both the Sahitya Academy of India and the Sahitya Academy of Kerala. Kamalamma was born in 1930 in Perumbuzha village near Kundara in Kollam district, Kerala. Her father Sahitya-shiromani M. K. Govindan (1901~1968) was a Sanskrit scholar, professor and writer; the son of Kunjan Channaar of Mundupoyikavila house in Perumbuzha. Kamalamma's mother was Gowrikutty, the daughter of Kavila Perumal Govindan of Perinad, in Kollam. After graduating, as BA and BT, Kamalamma began her professional career as a Social Education Organizer in the Development Department of the Government of Kerala, where she worked for the first ten years. Following this, she took up job as a teacher, working for twenty four years before retiring from her academic career in 1987.",
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"name": "Chandrakala S. Kammath",
"bio": "Chandrakala S. Kammath (also spelled as Chandrakala S. Kamath) is a Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India. She is the author of several novels. Her novel Rugma has made into a movie. Sreekumaran Thampi has serialized her novels Bhiksha and Sapatni. Writing novels and stories since last 40 years, her last published novel is Sumangala. In 2014, for outstanding contributions in the field of Malayalam literature, she has been awarded Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall contribution.\nChandrakala was born into a wealthy Gowda Saraswat Brahmin family in Alappuzha in 1940. Konkani is her mother tongue. Her father Sreeramachandra Shenoy was an agent in a private bank. When the bank collapsed, her father joined as manager in a timber company in Coimbatore, but soon he lost that job and came home jobless. As the family was gone financially backward, she completed her education with the help of her uncles. After graduation, she got job as a teacher first in a private school and later in a government high school.\nChandrakala married her uncle's son who was working as a National Savings Officer in the Kollam Collectorate. After marriage she gone to Kollam from Alappuzha. They have two children.\nAfter her husband's death, based on her own experiences, Chandrakala wrote an article titled Kungumappottazhinju and sent it to Vanitha magazine. It attracted a lot of readers, and Pisharody, who was the editor of Vanitha at the time, wrote her \"You have good linguistic influence, and the writing is also good. you should continue to write stories, novels and articles. Even though not your mother tongue, your Malayalam is better\". This was her inspiration to write stories and novels. In an occasion honoring her, Poet Chavara K. S. Pillai said that Chandrakala was a brave and rare writer who fought against customs from the hearth of experience.",
"raw_bio": "Chandrakala S. Kammath (also spelled as Chandrakala S. Kamath) is a Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India. She is the author of several novels. Her novel Rugma has made into a movie. Sreekumaran Thampi has serialized her novels Bhiksha and Sapatni. Writing novels and stories since last 40 years, her last published novel is Sumangala. In 2014, for outstanding contributions in the field of Malayalam literature, she has been awarded Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall contribution. Chandrakala was born into a wealthy Gowda Saraswat Brahmin family in Alappuzha in 1940. Konkani is her mother tongue. Her father Sreeramachandra Shenoy was an agent in a private bank. When the bank collapsed, her father joined as manager in a timber company in Coimbatore, but soon he lost that job and came home jobless. As the family was gone financially backward, she completed her education with the help of her uncles. After graduation, she got job as a teacher first in a private school and later in a government high school. Chandrakala married her uncle's son who was working as a National Savings Officer in the Kollam Collectorate. After marriage she gone to Kollam from Alappuzha. They have two children. After her husband's death, based on her own experiences, Chandrakala wrote an article titled Kungumappottazhinju and sent it to Vanitha magazine. It attracted a lot of readers, and Pisharody, who was the editor of Vanitha at the time, wrote her \"You have good linguistic influence, and the writing is also good. you should continue to write stories, novels and articles. Even though not your mother tongue, your Malayalam is better\". This was her inspiration to write stories and novels. In an occasion honoring her, Poet Chavara K. S. Pillai said that Chandrakala was a brave and rare writer who fought against customs from the hearth of experience.",
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"name": "Kanam E. J.",
"bio": "\nElavunkal Joseph Philip (Malayalam: ഇലവുങ്കൽ ജോസഫ് ഫിലിപ്പ്) (13 June 1926 – 13 June 1987), popularly known by his pen name Kanam EJ, was a Malayalam novelist, short story writer, and lyricist. Along with his contemporary, Muttathu Varkey, he was known for a genre of sentiment-filled romantic fiction known as painkili (janapriya) novel in Malayalam literature, written with the common man in mind. Philip started the well known Malayalam weekly Manorajyam and served as its editor.\nPhilip was born on 13 June 1926 as the son of Elavunkal Joseph in Kanam, a small village in Kottayam district of Kerala. He attended MHSS Kangazha and passed Malayalam Higher. After schooling he joined military service. He return to Kottayam after the military service and joined CMS Middle School Kanam, as a teacher. Later he served as Malayalam Pandit in CMS schools of Mundakayam, Kumpalampoika, Punnavely and Kottayam. Philip quit teaching and joined the popular Malayalam Weekly Malayala Manorama as a journalist. In 1967 he resigned from Malayala Manorama and started his own Malayalam Weekly called Manorajyam. He later sold it to George Thomas of Keraladwani.\nKanam emerged as one of the popular writers of Malayalam fiction during the 1960s and 1970s. He mainly wrote social novels based on the Christian community of Kerala. He was a prolific writer and has written about 100 novels. Almost all of his novels were published in serial installments (Neendakatha) in Malayala Manorama Weekly. One of his novels, Bharya, was adapted into a Malayalam film with the same title. The 1962 film was directed by Kunchacko and starring Sathyan and Ragini. Kanam also wrote lyrics to few Malayalam films.",
"raw_bio": "Elavunkal Joseph Philip (Malayalam: ഇലവുങ്കൽ ജോസഫ് ഫിലിപ്പ്) (13 June 1926 – 13 June 1987), popularly known by his pen name Kanam EJ, was a Malayalam novelist, short story writer, and lyricist. Along with his contemporary, Muttathu Varkey, he was known for a genre of sentiment-filled romantic fiction known as painkili (janapriya) novel in Malayalam literature, written with the common man in mind. Philip started the well known Malayalam weekly Manorajyam and served as its editor. Philip was born on 13 June 1926 as the son of Elavunkal Joseph in Kanam, a small village in Kottayam district of Kerala. He attended MHSS Kangazha and passed Malayalam Higher. After schooling he joined military service. He return to Kottayam after the military service and joined CMS Middle School Kanam, as a teacher. Later he served as Malayalam Pandit in CMS schools of Mundakayam, Kumpalampoika, Punnavely and Kottayam. Philip quit teaching and joined the popular Malayalam Weekly Malayala Manorama as a journalist. In 1967 he resigned from Malayala Manorama and started his own Malayalam Weekly called Manorajyam. He later sold it to George Thomas of Keraladwani. Kanam emerged as one of the popular writers of Malayalam fiction during the 1960s and 1970s. He mainly wrote social novels based on the Christian community of Kerala. He was a prolific writer and has written about 100 novels. Almost all of his novels were published in serial installments (Neendakatha) in Malayala Manorama Weekly. One of his novels, Bharya, was adapted into a Malayalam film with the same title. The 1962 film was directed by Kunchacko and starring Sathyan and Ragini. Kanam also wrote lyrics to few Malayalam films.",
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"name": "Narayana Kasturi",
"bio": "\n\nNarayana Kasturi (25 December 1897 – 14 August 1987) (Kannada: ನಾರಾಯಣ ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ; Tamil: நாராயண கஸ்தூரி; Malayalam: നാരായണ കസ്തൂരി; Telugu: నారాయణ కస్తూరి) was an Indian writer, professor and journalist.\nKasturi Ranganatha Sharma was born in Tripunithura in the Indian state of Kerala.",
"raw_bio": "Narayana Kasturi (25 December 1897 – 14 August 1987) (Kannada: ನಾರಾಯಣ ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ; Tamil: நாராயண கஸ்தூரி; Malayalam: നാരായണ കസ്തൂരി; Telugu: నారాయణ కస్తూరి) was an Indian writer, professor and journalist. Kasturi Ranganatha Sharma was born in Tripunithura in the Indian state of Kerala.",
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"name": "Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar",
"bio": "\nParemmakkal Thoma Kathanar (1736–1799) is the author of Varthamanappusthakam (1790), the first ever travelogue in an Indian language. Also known as Roma Yatraa Varthamanapusthakam, it postulates that the foundation of Indian nationalism rests on the basic principle that India should achieve civic self-rule. Long before the debates on nationalism shaking the intellectual circles of Europe, Asia, and Africa, Thoma Kathanar offers a distinctive positionality as a minority Syriac Christian priest and subsequent administrator of the Archdiocese of Cranganore with transnational ties to Portuguese ecclesiology who nevertheless argues in favor of autonomous civic Indian governance.\nHe was also a polyglot, an efficient administrator and priest of the Malankare Kaldaya Suriyani Sabha (known officially as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church since 1923), who tried to bring about unity in the Church and also to maintain its unique heritage.\nParemmakkal Thoma was born as the fourth child of Paremmakkal Itty Chandy and Anna of Kadanad in Kottayam district on 10 September 1736. Initially he studied Sanskrit and Syriac from teachers nearby. Then he joined Alengad Seminary to learn Latin and Portuguese and for priesthood. In 1761, he was ordained as a Kathanar (priest). He served as vicar in different churches up to 1778.",
"raw_bio": "Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar (1736–1799) is the author of Varthamanappusthakam (1790), the first ever travelogue in an Indian language. Also known as Roma Yatraa Varthamanapusthakam, it postulates that the foundation of Indian nationalism rests on the basic principle that India should achieve civic self-rule. Long before the debates on nationalism shaking the intellectual circles of Europe, Asia, and Africa, Thoma Kathanar offers a distinctive positionality as a minority Syriac Christian priest and subsequent administrator of the Archdiocese of Cranganore with transnational ties to Portuguese ecclesiology who nevertheless argues in favor of autonomous civic Indian governance. He was also a polyglot, an efficient administrator and priest of the Malankare Kaldaya Suriyani Sabha (known officially as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church since 1923), who tried to bring about unity in the Church and also to maintain its unique heritage. Paremmakkal Thoma was born as the fourth child of Paremmakkal Itty Chandy and Anna of Kadanad in Kottayam district on 10 September 1736. Initially he studied Sanskrit and Syriac from teachers nearby. Then he joined Alengad Seminary to learn Latin and Portuguese and for priesthood. In 1761, he was ordained as a Kathanar (priest). He served as vicar in different churches up to 1778.",
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"name": "Kozhikodan",
"bio": "\nK. Appukuttan Nair (1925–2007), better known as Kozhikodan, was a film critic and writer from Kerala, India. He began writing on films from the early 1950s. He started writing in Mathrubhumi and Chandrika, and later became a regular columnist of Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly along with Cynic and Nadirsha (T. M. P. Nedungadi). Kozhikodan received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 1988 for Chalathitraswadanam Engane? and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Humour) in 2010 for the poetry collection Padachonikku Salam. He died on 20 January 2007.\n'Kozhikodan Smaraka Samiti' has instituted Kozhikodan Puraskaram, an award given annually to the best book on cinema in Malayalam.\nKozhikodan lists the following ten films as the best ever in Malayalam cinema in one of his books.",
"raw_bio": "K. Appukuttan Nair (1925–2007), better known as Kozhikodan, was a film critic and writer from Kerala, India. He began writing on films from the early 1950s. He started writing in Mathrubhumi and Chandrika, and later became a regular columnist of Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly along with Cynic and Nadirsha (T. M. P. Nedungadi). Kozhikodan received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 1988 for Chalathitraswadanam Engane? and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Humour) in 2010 for the poetry collection Padachonikku Salam. He died on 20 January 2007. 'Kozhikodan Smaraka Samiti' has instituted Kozhikodan Puraskaram, an award given annually to the best book on cinema in Malayalam. Kozhikodan lists the following ten films as the best ever in Malayalam cinema in one of his books.",
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"name": "A. Santha Kumar",
"bio": "\nA. Santha Kumar (1968/9 – 16 June 2021) was an Indian Malayalam language playwright and screenplay writer from Kerala state, South India. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama in 2010 for the work Maram Peyyunnu.\nHe was born as the son of Imbichunni Master and Kalyani. He graduated from the Arts and Science College Kozhikode.\nHe had scripted and directed more than 60 plays and published five books. He composed the screenplay for the film Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam.",
"raw_bio": "A. Santha Kumar (1968/9 – 16 June 2021) was an Indian Malayalam language playwright and screenplay writer from Kerala state, South India. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama in 2010 for the work Maram Peyyunnu. He was born as the son of Imbichunni Master and Kalyani. He graduated from the Arts and Science College Kozhikode. He had scripted and directed more than 60 plays and published five books. He composed the screenplay for the film Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam.",
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"name": "E. Santhosh Kumar",
"bio": "\nE. Santhosh Kumar is a Malayalam writer. He has won numerous awards, including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006.\nGalapagos, which was later published as a collection, was his first published short story. He won his first Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for Chavukali, a collection of short stories. In 2012, he won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the second time, for his novel Andhakaranazhi.\nHis first short stories were published in the late nineties and his first novel in 2002. He is generally identified with the generation of Malayalam writers who came into prominence at the turn of the 21st century. His oeuvre includes two full-length novels, six novelettes and over sixty short stories.",
"raw_bio": "E. Santhosh Kumar is a Malayalam writer. He has won numerous awards, including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006. Galapagos, which was later published as a collection, was his first published short story. He won his first Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for Chavukali, a collection of short stories. In 2012, he won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the second time, for his novel Andhakaranazhi. His first short stories were published in the late nineties and his first novel in 2002. He is generally identified with the generation of Malayalam writers who came into prominence at the turn of the 21st century. His oeuvre includes two full-length novels, six novelettes and over sixty short stories.",
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"name": "P. C. Sanal Kumar",
"bio": "\nP. C. Sanal Kumar (19 June 1949 – 8 November 2014)) was an Indian satirist who wrote in Malayalam. He was a retired IAS officer in Kerala, India. He was also the District Collector of Kasaragod and Pathanamthitta districts, India.\nP. C. Sanal Kumar won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in the year 2004. He won the Kerala Film Critics Association Award in 1989.\nHe died suddenly in November 2014, aged 65.",
"raw_bio": "P. C. Sanal Kumar (19 June 1949 – 8 November 2014)) was an Indian satirist who wrote in Malayalam. He was a retired IAS officer in Kerala, India. He was also the District Collector of Kasaragod and Pathanamthitta districts, India. P. C. Sanal Kumar won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in the year 2004. He won the Kerala Film Critics Association Award in 1989. He died suddenly in November 2014, aged 65.",
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"name": "Rajith Kumar",
"bio": "\nRajith Kumar R. is an Indian lecturer, public speaker and actor from Kerala who worked at the Department of Botany, Sree Sankara College, Kalady. He was one of the contestants of the Bigg Boss(Malayalam season 2).\nIn 2013, he gained attention for his making misogynistic comments during a speech at the Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram. This incident led to a backlash against him as well as the college authorities who had invited him. He has since made multiple comments that were criticized for being sexist, transphobic, unscientific and insensitive to people with disabilities which include claiming that women who wear jeans give birth to transgender children and that rebellious parents would have autistic children.\nBorn in Attingal in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, Rajith Kumar graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Botany from Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram and a Masters of Science (MSc.) in Botany from N. S. S. College, Pandalam (with first rank). He then completed a Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in cytogenetics and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in microbiology (with gold medal). He also has a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree in natural science, a bachelor's degree in library and information science (BLIS), a master's degree (M.S) in psychotherapy, and a diploma in Vedanta. He has also passed the UGC NET examination.",
"raw_bio": "Rajith Kumar R. is an Indian lecturer, public speaker and actor from Kerala who worked at the Department of Botany, Sree Sankara College, Kalady. He was one of the contestants of the Bigg Boss(Malayalam season 2). In 2013, he gained attention for his making misogynistic comments during a speech at the Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram. This incident led to a backlash against him as well as the college authorities who had invited him. He has since made multiple comments that were criticized for being sexist, transphobic, unscientific and insensitive to people with disabilities which include claiming that women who wear jeans give birth to transgender children and that rebellious parents would have autistic children. Born in Attingal in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, Rajith Kumar graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Botany from Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram and a Masters of Science (MSc.) in Botany from N. S. S. College, Pandalam (with first rank). He then completed a Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in cytogenetics and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in microbiology (with gold medal). He also has a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree in natural science, a bachelor's degree in library and information science (BLIS), a master's degree (M.S) in psychotherapy, and a diploma in Vedanta. He has also passed the UGC NET examination.",
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"name": "M. K. Kumaran",
"bio": "M. K. Kumaran (1914–1994) was a writer, journalist and politician of Kerala, India. He was twice elected MP for Chirayinkeezhu, first in 1957, and again in 1962.\nHe was born on May 29, 1914, in Kottarakara, Kerala. He increasingly became involved in political activities during his student days and began working (as a political activist?) with the State Congress, a political party which was formed in 1938 to demand responsible governance in the princely state of Travancore. He was educated at Maharaja's College of Arts and the Law College, Trivandrum, then worked as a lawyer for a short time before going into journalism. Later he joined the Communist Party of India. Having involved in trade union activities in the former Travancore area of Kerala State, he stood in the Lok Sabha elections 1957 and won. He stood again in 1962 and was re-elected. \nHe died in 1994. He had married in 1946 Shrimati C. N. Subhadra. His son M. K. Bhadrakumar, a former diplomat and author, has fulfilled assignments in the Soviet Union, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Germany, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Turkey.",
"raw_bio": "M. K. Kumaran (1914–1994) was a writer, journalist and politician of Kerala, India. He was twice elected MP for Chirayinkeezhu, first in 1957, and again in 1962. He was born on May 29, 1914, in Kottarakara, Kerala. He increasingly became involved in political activities during his student days and began working (as a political activist?) with the State Congress, a political party which was formed in 1938 to demand responsible governance in the princely state of Travancore. He was educated at Maharaja's College of Arts and the Law College, Trivandrum, then worked as a lawyer for a short time before going into journalism. Later he joined the Communist Party of India. Having involved in trade union activities in the former Travancore area of Kerala State, he stood in the Lok Sabha elections 1957 and won. He stood again in 1962 and was re-elected. He died in 1994. He had married in 1946 Shrimati C. N. Subhadra. His son M. K. Bhadrakumar, a former diplomat and author, has fulfilled assignments in the Soviet Union, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Germany, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Turkey.",
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"bio": "\nK. Kunjunni Raja (February 26, 1920 – May 30, 2005) was an Indian writer and scholar in Kerala.\nHe was born in February 1920 in Nadathara in Thrissur district in Kerala. After his schooling at St. Thomas H.S. Thrissur he joined St. Thomas college there for higher studies. He had his further studies at Presidency College, Madras, Madras University and London School of Oriental Studies from where he received an M.A and two PhDs. He joined as lecturer at Govt. College, Chittoor, worked in various government colleges and then in 1951 joined Department of Sanskrit, Chennai University. After retirement worked as honorary director of Adayar library. He has also functioned as a member of Central Film Censor Board and in the advisory council of Kendra Sahitya Academy. He knew more than five languages including Prakrit and German. He has to his credit 30 books and more than 150 articles in Malayalam and English. He died in May 2005 at the age of 85.\n",
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