Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian writer
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Place of Birth: Kallooppara, Kerala, India
About Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup
- Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1902–1980) was an Indian poet, playwright, translator, lexicographer and story writer of Malayalam.
- He was the author of a number of poetry anthologies, besides other works, and he translated Abhijnana Shakuntalam, Tulsi Ramayana, Tirukku?a?, the poems of Subramania Bharati and two cantos of The Light of Asia of Edwin Arnold into Malayalam.
- He also contributed in the preparation of a dictionary, Kairali Kosham.
- A recipient of the Odakkuzhal Award and Thirukural Award, Kurup received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 1966.
- Sahitya Akademi honoured him with their annual award in 1974.
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