Background
Nair was born to Keezhpallil Sankaran and Nair-Parvathy Amma in Pala on December 11, 1911.
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Pala Narayanan Mahakavi
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Education
He was educated at VM School and Saint Thomas School in Pala.
Career
He wrote his most celebrated work, Keralam Valarunnu, in 1953 in eight volumes when the concept of a unified state was spreading. This masterpiece earned him the title of Mahakavi. He wrote more than 5,000 poems, compiled in about 48 collections.
Jinoop J Nair directed a documentary about the life of Pala Narayanan Nair, Pala: Kavithakalude Palazhy.
Nair started his career as a teacher in Ponjar and later joined the military and participated in World World War World War II A teacher by profession, he published his first poetry collection, Pookkal, in 1935. He joined the Publication Department of Travancore University as a pundit and received his Master of Arts (Malayalam) in 1956.
Nair worked as a Malayalam professor at Alphonsa College, Pala. He was the first secretary of Kerala Sahitya Akademi and the Malayalam professor in National Service Scheme College, Kottiyam, in Kollam district.
Among his poems, "Amritakala" was a masterpiece.
"Keralam Valarunnu" was another outstanding anthologies of poems. Poet and Gandhian, Pala Narayan Nair envisioned a unified Kerala in his 1948 poem "Keralam Valarunnu". He was distressed by the increase in suicide rates in Kerala and was concerned by the rise of sectarianism and extremism in the state.
He saw a lack of direction among the youth and wasteful expenditure by households as reasons for social evils.
He proposed that the use of agricultural land for other purposes would lead to the destruction of the Malayali identity.
Achievements
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He received many awards: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1976. Foreign the poem "Vilakku Koluthoo"), Vallathol Award (1991), FOKANA Kerala Ganam Award (1992), Ulloor Award (1999), Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2000), Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram and Mathrubhumi Literary Award (2002). The Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him with a fellowship in 2006.
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June 11, 2008 (aged 96)
Awards
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Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award; Vallathol Award; Ezhuthachan Puraskaram He received many awards: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1976; for the poem "Vilakku Koluthoo"), Vallathol Award (1991), FOKANA Kerala Ganam Award (1992), Ulloor Award (1999), Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2000), Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram and Mathrubhumi Literary Award (2002). The Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him with a fellowship in 2006. Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.; The Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary honour that is given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Government of Kerala.; Vallathol Award is the a literary award given by the Vallathol Sahithya Samithi for contribution to Malayalam literature.Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award; Vallathol Award; Ezhuthachan Puraskaram He received many awards: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1976; for the poem "Vilakku Koluthoo"), Vallathol Award (1991), FOKANA Kerala Ganam Award (1992), Ulloor Award (1999), Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2000), Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram and Mathrubhumi Literary Award (2002). The Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him with a fellowship in 2006. Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.; The Ezhuthachan Puraskaram is the highest literary honour that is given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Government of Kerala.; Vallathol Award is the a literary award given by the Vallathol Sahithya Samithi for contribution to Malayalam literature.