1. Manoj Kuroor was born on 31 May 1971 and is an Indian poet, novelist and lyricist who writes in Malayalam.
14 Facts About Manoj Kuroor
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Manoj Kuroor was born at Kottayam, to chenda exponent Kuroor Cheriya Vasudevan Namboothiri and Sreedevi Andarjanam.
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Manoj Kuroor is the grandson of Kathakali artist Kuroor Vasudevan Namboothiri.
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Manoj Kuroor studied at Baselius College, Kottayam, St Berchmans College, Changanassery and then at School of Letters, Kottayam.
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Manoj Kuroor was awarded doctorate by the same institution for his research on folk rhythms in modern Malayalam poetry.
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Manoj Kuroor is currently Associate Professor in the Malayalam department at NSS Hindu College, Changanassery.
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Manoj Kuroor is married to N Sandhyadevi and they have a daughter and a son.
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Manoj Kuroor composed two Kathakali librettos Panchali Dhananjayam and Bhagavad Geetha during his college days.
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Manoj Kuroor won the Kunchu Pillai Memorial Award for Young Poets in 1997 for his poem Thrithala Kesavan which was based on the Thayambaka expert Thrithaka Kesava Poduval.
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Manoj Kuroor's first published poetry collection Uthamapurushan Katha Parayumpol contains 30 poems.
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Sreehari in their study point out that Manoj Kuroor follows a rare technique of storytelling in poetry.
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Manoj Kuroor has published more than 50 articles on various topics such as western classical music, classical art forms, popular music, folklore art forms, cinema, literature, and cyber culture.
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Manoj Kuroor writes poems and literary criticism in contemporary publications.
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Manoj Kuroor has written songs for several movies, including a three-scene aattakatha for the film Vanaprastham.