Attoor Ravi Varma

Attoor Ravi Varma
Attoor Ravi Varma
Born	27 December 1930; Attoor, Trichur, Kingdom of Cochin
Died	26 July 2019 (aged 88); Trichur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut; University College, Trivandrum; Malabar Christian College, Calicut
Genre	Poetry, translation
Notable awards	1996 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry; 1997 Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram; 1997 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation; 2001 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award; 2005 P. Kunhiraman Nair Award; 2012 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram; 2015 Vani Samnvay Distinguished Translator Award; 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship; Kendra Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize; Premji Award; E. K. Divakaran Potti Award; Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma Kavitha Award;

Attoor 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.

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