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N. Kakkad</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ANNKakkad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/ANNKakkad.jpg/200px-ANNKakkad.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/ANNKakkad.jpg/300px-ANNKakkad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/ANNKakkad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="389" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1927-07-14</span>)</span>July 14, 1927<br /><a href="/wiki/Avitanallur" title="Avitanallur">Avitanallur</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, India)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">January 6, 1987<span style="display:none">(1987-01-06)</span> (aged 59)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Teacher, poet, essayist, translator</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i>Saphalmee Yathra</i></li><li><i>Pathalathinde Muzhakkam</i></li><li><i>Changatham</i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1985 <a href="/wiki/Odakkuzhal_Award" title="Odakkuzhal Award">Odakkuzhal Award</a></li><li>1985 <a href="/wiki/Cherukad_Award" title="Cherukad Award">Cherukad Award</a></li><li>1986 <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Poetry" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry</a></li><li>1986 <a href="/wiki/Vayalar_Award" title="Vayalar Award">Vayalar Award</a></li><li>1989 <a href="/wiki/Asan_Smaraka_Kavitha_Puraskaram" title="Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram">Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Sreedevi_Kakkad" title="Sreedevi Kakkad">Sreedevi Kakkad</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Narayanan Nambuthiri Kakkad</b> (14 July 1927 – 6 January 1987), commonly known as <b>N. N. Kakkad</b>, was an Indian poet of the <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayalam language">Malayalam language</a>. Known for works such as <i>Saphalmee Yathra</i>, <i>Pathalathinde Muzhakkam</i> and <i>Changatham</i>, he was a <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> scholar and was known to have been proficient in painting and music. He was a recipient of several awards including <a href="/wiki/Odakkuzhal_Award" title="Odakkuzhal Award">Odakkuzhal Award</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asan_Smaraka_Kavitha_Puraskaram" title="Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram">Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Poetry" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vayalar_Award" title="Vayalar Award">Vayalar Award</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._N._Kakkad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kakkad was born on 14 July 1927 at <a href="/wiki/Avitanallur" title="Avitanallur">Avitanallur</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode_district" title="Kozhikode district">Kozhikode district</a>, in the south Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, in an orthodox <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> family to Kakkad Valiya Narayanan Namboothiri and Devaki Antharjanam.<sup id="cite_ref-സഫലമീ_കാവ്യയാത്ര_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-സഫലമീ_കാവ്യയാത്ര-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His early education was in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> in the traditional way and he also studied painting, classical music and flute. It was only at the age of 16, he could start his formal education which at the 6th standard and in 1943, he joined the Zamorin's High School, Kozhikode in 7th standard. Two years later, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Vivekodayam_Boys_Higher_Secondary_School" title="Vivekodayam Boys Higher Secondary School">Vivekodayam High School</a> from where he completed schooling and joined <a href="/wiki/Sree_Kerala_Varma_College" title="Sree Kerala Varma College">Sree Kerala Varma College</a> in 1948, where he had the opportunity to study under <a href="/wiki/N._V._Krishna_Warrier" title="N. V. Krishna Warrier">N. V. Krishna Warrier</a>, the noted poet and scholar, who nurtured his literary skills.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After earning the graduate degree of BOL, he started his career as a teacher at <a href="/wiki/Naduvannur" title="Naduvannur">Naduvannur</a> High School but his tenure there was short-lived as he resigned following a dispute with the school management to move to a tutorial college in Kozhikode. Later, he switched to broadcasting by joining the Kozhikode station of the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Radio" title="All India Radio">All India Radio</a><sup id="cite_ref-N._N._Kakkad_-_Veethi_profile_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-N._N._Kakkad_-_Veethi_profile-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a script writer and spent the rest of his career there to superannuate in 1985 as a producer.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kakkad was married to Sreedevi, the marriage taking place on April 25, 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on January 6, 1987, at the age of 59, succumbing to cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-'ആര്ദ്രമീ_ധനുമാസരാവില്...'_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-'ആര്ദ്രമീ_ധനുമാസരാവില്...'-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._N._Kakkad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He started writing poetry during his school days.<sup id="cite_ref-Monograph_on_a_poet_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monograph_on_a_poet-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first book, <i>Salabha Geetham</i>, appeared in 1957, followed by ten other books of poetry and three essay compilations.<sup id="cite_ref-List_of_works_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List_of_works-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is considered by many critics as a pioneer of <a href="/wiki/Avant-garde" title="Avant-garde">avant-garde</a> poetry in Malayalam<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Book_Review_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Book_Review-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as one of the founders of modernist movement in <a href="/wiki/Malayalam_literature" title="Malayalam literature">Malayalam literature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-A_Journey_Of_Fulfilment_:_N.N._Kakkad_(1927-87)_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A_Journey_Of_Fulfilment_:_N.N._Kakkad_(1927-87)-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tarakan1990_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tarakan1990-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Kanwan</i> and <i>Nineteen Sixty Three</i>, published in <a href="/wiki/Mathrubhumi_weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathrubhumi weekly">Mathrubhumi weekly</a> in early 1960s revealed <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">Eliotean</a> influence and established him as a modern poet. <i>Saphalamee Yathra</i>, which fetched him a number of awards and considered by many as his magnum opus was published in 1985. Two of his works, <i>Nadan Chinthukal</i> and <i>Pakalaruthikku Munpu</i>, were published after his death.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kakkad was also involved in politics, starting as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> but later, moving to the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Monograph_on_a_poet_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Monograph_on_a_poet-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He unsuccessfully contested the Malabar District Board elections from <a href="/wiki/Balussery" title="Balussery">Balussery</a> under the Communist banner and was an office bearer of the All India Radio Staff Association.<sup id="cite_ref-സഫലമീ_കാവ്യയാത്ര_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-സഫലമീ_കാവ്യയാത്ര-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also sat in the councils of <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi">Kerala Sahitya Akademi</a>, Kerala Sahitya Samithi, Vallathol Vidyapeedam, Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_on_Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_portal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._N._Kakkad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kakkad received the <a href="/wiki/Odakkuzhal_Award" title="Odakkuzhal Award">Odakkuzhal Award</a> in 1985 for his work, <i>Saphalamee Yathra</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-Winners_of_Odakkuzhal_Award_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winners_of_Odakkuzhal_Award-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Cherukad_Award" title="Cherukad Award">Cherukad Award</a> for the poetry anthology, <i>Kavitha</i>, the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-Cherukad_Award_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cherukad_Award-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi">Kerala Sahitya Akademi</a> selected <i>Saphalamee Yathra</i> for their <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Poetry" title="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">annual award for poetry</a> in 1986<sup id="cite_ref-Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Poetry_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Poetry-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he received one more award in 1986, the <a href="/wiki/Vayalar_Award" title="Vayalar Award">Vayalar Award</a>, <i>Saphalamee Yathra</i> again fetching him the honour.<sup id="cite_ref-Winners_of_Vayalar_Award_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winners_of_Vayalar_Award-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received the 1989 <a href="/wiki/Asan_Smaraka_Kavitha_Puraskaram" title="Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram">Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram</a> as a posthumous honor.<sup id="cite_ref-Winners_of_Asan_Prize_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winners_of_Asan_Prize-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._N._Kakkad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poetry">Poetry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._N._Kakkad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKakkad1957" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad, N. N. (1957). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://14.139.185.57/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=32241&query_desc=au%253A%2522Kakkad%252C%2520N%2520N%2522"><i>Salaba Geetham</i></a> (1 ed.). Thrissur: Current Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Salaba+Geetham&rft.place=Thrissur&rft.edition=1&rft.pub=Current+Books&rft.date=1957&rft.aulast=Kakkad&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F14.139.185.57%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D32241%26query_desc%3Dau%25253A%252522Kakkad%25252C%252520N%252520N%252522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._N._Kakkad" class="citation book cs1">N. N. Kakkad. <i>Agniradham</i>. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. p. 224. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8130008295" title="Special:BookSources/978-8130008295"><bdi>978-8130008295</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Agniradham&rft.place=Kozhikode&rft.pages=224&rft.pub=Poorna+Publications&rft.isbn=978-8130008295&rft.au=N.+N.+Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._N._Kakkad1971" class="citation book cs1">N. N. Kakkad (1971). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eD1TJQAACAAJ"><i>Pathalathinte Muzhakkam</i></a>. Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pathalathinte+Muzhakkam&rft.pub=S%C4%81hityapr%CC%B2avartaka+Sahakara%E1%B9%87asa%E1%B9%85gha%E1%B9%83&rft.date=1971&rft.au=N.+N.+Kakkad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeD1TJQAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkad" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad, N. N. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=76062&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad"><i>Vajrakundalam</i></a>. Kottayam: National Book Stall.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Vajrakundalam&rft.place=Kottayam&rft.pub=National+Book+Stall&rft.aulast=Kakkad&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D76062%26query_desc%3Dkw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._N._Kakkad1985" class="citation book cs1">N. N. Kakkad (1985). <i>Saphalamee Yathra</i>. Kochi: Mathrubhumi Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/8182648726" title="Special:BookSources/8182648726"><bdi>8182648726</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Standard_Identification_Number" title="Amazon Standard Identification Number">ASIN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.in/dp/8182648726">8182648726</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Saphalamee+Yathra&rft.place=Kochi&rft.pub=Mathrubhumi+Books&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=8182648726&rft.au=N.+N.+Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkad1980" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad, N. N. (1980). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78303&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad"><i>Kavitha</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kavitha&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Kakkad&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D78303%26query_desc%3Dkw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkad" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad, N. N. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm"><i>Nanni Thiruvoname Nanni</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nanni+Thiruvoname+Nanni&rft.aulast=Kakkad&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FProfiles%2FNNKakkad%2FHtml%2FNNKakkadbooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkad._N._N1970" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad. N. N (1970). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=219263&query_desc=au%253A%2522Kakkad%2520%252CN.N.%2522"><i>Ayirathi thollayirathi Arupathi moonnu</i></a>. Poorna publications: Poorna publications.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ayirathi+thollayirathi+Arupathi+moonnu&rft.place=Poorna+publications&rft.pub=Poorna+publications&rft.date=1970&rft.au=Kakkad.+N.+N&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D219263%26query_desc%3Dau%25253A%252522Kakkad%252520%25252CN.N.%252522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._N.Kakkad1986" class="citation book cs1">N. N.Kakkad (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=45709"><i>Itha Ashramamrugam Kollu, Kollu</i></a>. Payyannur: BR Book Publishers.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Itha+Ashramamrugam+Kollu%2C+Kollu&rft.place=Payyannur&rft.pub=BR+Book+Publishers&rft.date=1986&rft.au=N.+N.Kakkad&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F103.251.43.202%3A8080%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D45709&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkad" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad, N. N. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm"><i>Pakalaruthikku Munpu</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pakalaruthikku+Munpu&rft.aulast=Kakkad&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FProfiles%2FNNKakkad%2FHtml%2FNNKakkadbooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN_N_Kakkad1987" class="citation book cs1">N N Kakkad (1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214568&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad"><i>Nadan chinthukal</i></a>. Malayalam Publication, Kozhikode: Malayalam Publication, Kozhikode.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nadan+chinthukal&rft.place=Malayalam+Publication%2C+Kozhikode&rft.pub=Malayalam+Publication%2C+Kozhikode&rft.date=1987&rft.au=N+N+Kakkad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D214568%26query_desc%3Dkw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkad" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad, N. 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N. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm"><i>Kachavrutham</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kachavrutham&rft.aulast=Kakkad&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FProfiles%2FNNKakkad%2FHtml%2FNNKakkadbooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkad" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad, N. N. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm"><i>Sishyanaya Guru</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sishyanaya+Guru&rft.aulast=Kakkad&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FProfiles%2FNNKakkad%2FHtml%2FNNKakkadbooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._N._Kakkad2002" class="citation book cs1">N. N. Kakkad (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gWlkAAAAMAAJ"><i>Kakkadinte Krithikal</i></a>. Current Books. p. 591.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kakkadinte+Krithikal&rft.pages=591&rft.pub=Current+Books&rft.date=2002&rft.au=N.+N.+Kakkad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DgWlkAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._N._Kakkad2011" class="citation book cs1">N. N. Kakkad (2011). <i>Kakkadinte Kavithakal</i>. Kochi: Mathrubhumi Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8182650862" title="Special:BookSources/978-8182650862"><bdi>978-8182650862</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kakkadinte+Kavithakal&rft.place=Kochi&rft.pub=Mathrubhumi+Books&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-8182650862&rft.au=N.+N.+Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Essays">Essays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._N._Kakkad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Essays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkadu1986" class="citation book cs1">Kakkadu, N. N. (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=26962&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad"><i>Avalokanam</i></a>. Kottayam, SPCS.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Avalokanam&rft.place=Kottayam%2C+SPCS&rft.date=1986&rft.aulast=Kakkadu&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmgucat.mgu.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D26962%26query_desc%3Dkw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._N.Kakkad1984" class="citation book cs1">N. N.Kakkad (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=O3AZAAAAIAAJ"><i>Kavithayum Paramparyavum</i></a>. Vallathol Vidyapeedam. p. 98.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kavithayum+Paramparyavum&rft.pages=98&rft.pub=Vallathol+Vidyapeedam&rft.date=1984&rft.au=N.+N.Kakkad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DO3AZAAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKakkad" class="citation book cs1">Kakkad, N. N. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm"><i>Saparivaram Poojakal</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Saparivaram+Poojakal&rft.aulast=Kakkad&rft.aufirst=N.+N.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralasahityaakademi.org%2Fsp%2FWriters%2FProfiles%2FNNKakkad%2FHtml%2FNNKakkadbooks.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._N._Kakkad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> 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Eṃ Tarakan (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3nhkAAAAMAAJ"><i>A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature</i></a>. K.M. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.keralaculture.org&rft.atitle=Cherukad+Award&rft.date=2019-04-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralaculture.org%2Fcherukad-award%2F581&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Poetry-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Poetry_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm">"Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry"</a>. <i>Kerala Sahitya Akademi</i>. 22 April 2019. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.keralaculture.org&rft.atitle=Winners+of+Asan+Prize&rft.date=2019-04-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keralaculture.org%2Fasan-prize%2F582&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N._N._Kakkad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRamakrishnan,_Desamangalam2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Desamangalam_Ramakrishnan" title="Desamangalam Ramakrishnan">Ramakrishnan, Desamangalam</a> (2003). <i>N.N. Kakkad - Monograph of a Poet</i>. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=N.N.+Kakkad+-+Monograph+of+a+Poet&rft.place=New+Delhi&rft.pub=Sahitya+Akademi&rft.date=2003&rft.au=Ramakrishnan%2C+Desamangalam&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=211556&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad"><i>Kakkadinte kavitha</i></a>. Calicut: Kerala Sahithya Samithi. 1993.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kakkadinte+kavitha&rft.place=Calicut&rft.pub=Kerala+Sahithya+Samithi&rft.date=1993&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D211556%26query_desc%3Dkw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPaul1993" class="citation book cs1">Paul, Manalil (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=208969&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad"><i>Kakkad: Kaviyum Kavithayum</i></a>. Grandakartha, Kottayam: Grandakartha, Kottayam.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kakkad%3A+Kaviyum+Kavithayum&rft.place=Grandakartha%2C+Kottayam&rft.pub=Grandakartha%2C+Kottayam&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Paul&rft.aufirst=Manalil&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D208969%26query_desc%3Dkw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeetha2002" class="citation book cs1">Geetha, N. (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=229828&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad"><i>Kakkadinte kavyakala</i></a>. Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Bhasha Institute.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kakkadinte+kavyakala&rft.place=Thiruvananthapuram&rft.pub=Kerala+Bhasha+Institute&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Geetha&rft.aufirst=N.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.uoc.ac.in%2Fcgi-bin%2Fkoha%2Fopac-detail.pl%3Fbiblionumber%3D229828%26query_desc%3Dkw%25252Cwrdl%25253A%252520Kakkad&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AN.+N.+Kakkad" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRaghava_Varier2015" class="citation book cs1">Raghava Varier, M. R. (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=234336&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad"><i>Kakkadinte kavitha</i></a>. 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Meera</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Aarachaar" title="Aarachaar">Aarachaar</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhash_Chandran" title="Subhash Chandran">Subhash Chandran</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Manushyanu_Oru_Aamukham" title="Manushyanu Oru Aamukham">Manushyanu Oru Aamukham</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._K._Kumaran" title="U. K. Kumaran">U. K. Kumaran</a> - <i>Thakshankunnu Swaroopam</i> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._D._Ramakrishnan" title="T. D. Ramakrishnan">T. D. Ramakrishnan</a> - <i>Sugandhi Enna Andal Devanayaki</i> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Mohan_Kumar" title="K. V. Mohan Kumar">K. V. Mohan Kumar</a> - <i>Ushnarashi</i> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._J._James" title="V. J. James">V. J. 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