About V. K. Govindan Nair
Lived 1903 – 1977 (aged 74). V. K. Govindan Nair was an Indian poet.
V. K. Govindan Nair (4 February 1903 – 15 October 1977) was a Malayalam poet from Kerala, India. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965 for the collection Avil Pothi.
Biography He was born 1903 in Thrikkadiri near Ottappalam, a part of the present day Palghat district. After completing higher education from Trichur and Tiruchirappalli, he worked in the Madras Government Press as a clerk. He published his first work Avil Pothi at the age of 60, in 1964. A collection of poems based on the puranic story of Sri Krishna and Kuchela, it received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1965. His other poetry collections are V. K. Govindan Nairude Krithikal and Muthukal.
Awards 1965: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Avil Pothi 1975: Odakkuzhal Award for V. K. Govindan Nairude Krithikal
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V. K. Govindan Nair was born on 4 February 1903 in Palakkad.
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V. K. Govindan Nair died on 15 October 1977.
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