Today(21-10-2013) Death Anniversary of Sri Ayyappan A. Ayyappan was a Malayalam poet in the modernist period. Born in a wealthy goldsmiths family, in Nemom, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, he became a non-conformist member of reading Malayali families. He had a very tragic childhood. His father, Arumukham, died when he was only one year old, perhaps due to poison. He lost his mother, Muthammal, when he was 15. Ayyappan was supported by his sister Subbalakshmi and his brother-in-law V. Krishnan Ayyappan started writing poetry when he was a student. He became involved in the Communist Party and joined the staff of Janayugam, the party newspaper. Ayyappan is well known for his heart touching poems and his bohemian lifestyle. He can also be considered as the last remaining icon of anarchism in Kerala. He was a close friend of the late filmmaker John Abraham. Ayyappan is also famous as a great lover of sunlight (veyil by malayalam language) and a passionate adherent of Communism. Though a bohemian in the tradition of P. Kunhiraman Nair, Malayalams celebrated poet of yesteryear, Ayyappan was amazingly rigorous in his poetic expression. Often, the street was his home, for homes seldom welcomed the poet in. But few writers in these times can claim to have had so vast a circle of loving and adoring friends, a large majority of them young men and women. He won the Asan Puraskaram (Asan Poetry Prize), one of the highest literary awards in Malayalam literature, for the year 2010. Ayyappan was also a recipient of Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award in 1999. A. Ayyappans Works: Mulamthandinu Rajayakshmaavu Yangjam Ente shavapetti chumakunnavarodu Veyil Thinnunna Pakshi Greeshmame sakhee Karuppu Budhanum Aattinkuttiyum Chitharogaaspatryile Dinangal Malamillaatha Pambu Greeshmavum Kanneerum Tettiyodunna SeconduSoochi Kalkkariyude Niramullavar (Collection of Poems) Sumangali
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:04:15 +0000
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