N. Kuttikrishna Pillai (31 October 1936 – 4 February 2024), better known as N. K. Desam, was an Indian Malayalam-language poet and literary critic from the southern state of Kerala. In 2009, his poetry collection Mudra won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. In 2017, his Malayalam transliteration of Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore was selected for the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize.
Biography N. K. Desam was born on 31 October 1936 in Desom village near Alwaye."In Aluva, winning the hearts of voters". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2013. He was an officer at the Life Insurance Corporation and retired in 1996. He was married to R. Leelavathi and had three children."80ന്റെ നിറവില് എന് കെ ദേശം". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). 30 October 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2023. He started writing from the early age of twelve and went on to publish more than 10 poetry collections. His first collection 'Anthimalari' was published in 1973. In 2016, he received the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for the translation of Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Gitanjali’ in Malayalam language.
N. K. Desam died on 4 February 2024, at a hospital in Kodungallur. He was 87.Poet NK Desam passes away His body was cremated the next day. Hundreds of people gathered at his cremation site along with local Policemen to pay their last tribute.
Works
Year Title Publisher Notes 1973 Anthimalari S.P.C.S., Kottayam 1975 Kanyahridayam S.P.C.S., Kottayam 1979 Appooppanthadi Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Trichur 1979 Chottayile Seelam S.P.C.S., Kottayam 1981 Pavizhamalli S.P.C.S., Kottayam 1984 Ullekham N.B.S., Kottayam 1999 Anpathonnaksharalee S. T. Reddiar & Sons, Cochin 2001 Elimeesa S.P.C.S., Kottayam 2003 Kavyakeli Green Books, Trichur 2006 Mudra Current Books, Kottayam 2006 Mazhathullikal Kurukshethra Publications, Cochin 2010 Geethanjali Green Books, Trichur Translation of Gitanjali 2016 Vyloppilli Kathakavithakal Green Books, Trichur 2016 Desikam Vallathol Vidyapeedam, SukapuramN.B.S., Kottayam Complete works
Awards 1982: Edasseri Award (Ponnani) – Ullekham 1987: Kavanakuthukam Award (Trichur) – Anthyapranamam 1984: Nattarangu (Trivandrum) – Total contribution 1992: Bodhi (Aluva) – Total contribution 2007: Sahodaran Ayyappan Award (Cherai) – Mudra 2007: Odakkuzhal Award (Cochin) – Mudra 2008: Nalappadan Award (Punnayurkkulam) – Mudra 2008: Vennikulam (Thodiyur) – Mudra 2009: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Trichur) – Mudra"List of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winners". Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Retrieved 14 June 2013. 2009: Katharagam (Bangalore) – Mudra 2010: Changampuzha Award (Cochin) – Mudra"Changampuzha Puraskaram". Changampuzha Samskarikakendram. Retrieved 21 March 2023. 2011: Cherukad Award (Perithalmanna) – Mudra 2013: Asan Prize (Chennai) – Total contribution 2013: Krishnankutty Memorial Award (Trichur) – Contribution to Aksharaslokam 2013: Mukthakam (Trichur) 2013: Kavikulapathi (Pambakuda) 2017: Paanini Puraskaaram (Mavelikkara) 2013: Kaliyath Damodaran Award (Trichur) – Gitanjali 2017: Mukthakasree (Chengamanad) – Total contribution 2017: Chethala Vaishnavam (Shoranur) – Total contribution 2016: Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (Chandigarh) – Gitanjali (Translation) 2018: Ulloor Award (Trivandrum) – Mudra 2019: Ettumanoor Somadasan Award (Ettumanoor) – Various works 2020: Sanjayan Award
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