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Kerala, India > Bashir Prize for Kadammanitta Rammakrishnan:
Noted Malayalam poet Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan has been chosen for Kerala's prestigious Basheer Prize, instituted by the Doha-based Pravasi arts and cultural organisation.

The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs 35,000 besides a citation and a plaque, was instituted in memory of one of Malayalam's all-time favourite writers, the late Vaikom Muhammed Basheer. [...]


Brief biography at wikipedia.org:
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan (M. R. Ramakrishna Panikkar), who is popularly known as Kadammanitta was born on March 22nd 1935 in Kadammanitta province of the present Pathanamthitta district, Kerala. His childhood experiences, especially the Patayani songs, imparted strong influence in his literary work. With his powerful and mind provoking poems he became one of the gifted rebellious voices in modern Malayalam literature. More than anything, it was his style of reciting his own poems in a powerful manner made him darling of many progressives. [...]


One poem at The Little Magazine.

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