Nellickal Muraleedharan was a writer and poet in Malayalam.
13 Facts About Nellikkal Muraleedharan
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan received the Kerala Sahitya Academi award in the `poetry' section for his collection, Nellickal Muraleedharante Kavithakal in 2004.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan was selected for the Edassery Memorial award in 1985 for his book Purappad.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan was born in a village called Nellickal in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala State on 2 December 1948.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan did his schooling from various schools in Pathanamthitta.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan had written many poems about river Pamba since he spent his childhood days playing on the shores of Pampa.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan had expressed his attachment to his parents through his poems.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan later joined Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University, Kalady as a Professor in Malayalam and continued his service there till he retired on 30 April 2009 as the Head of the Department of Malayalam department.
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Nellickal Nellikkal Muraleedharan was noticed for his modern poems and was recognised in the world of Malayalam Poetry from the early '80s.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan received his first award 'Edassery Award' in 1985 for the book, "Purappad" which was a collection of his various poems.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan wrote some Plays, 'Poocha Sanyasi' being the most noted one among them.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan's selected poems Veedu was published with a music CD containing 8 of his most noted Poems.
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Nellikkal Muraleedharan was one of the most noted modern day poets in Malayalam.