KUREEPUZHA SREEKUMAR
Author Award: Vailoppilli Award
KUREEPUZHA SREEKUMAR
Kureepuzha Sreekumar was born on April 10, 1955, in Kureepuzha on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake (Kollam), to P.N. Sastry and K. Kamalamma. Girlfriend: Sushama Kumari. Son: Nesin Sreekumar. While a student at Sree Narayana College, Kollam, he won the first prize for poetry in the Youth Festival. While a student, he was imprisoned for participating in the protest. He worked against the Emergency. He has represented India at the Afro-Asian Young Writers Conference and Malayalam at the National Poet’s Conference. He has presented poetry at various universities in India. His works include Uppa, Kureepuzha Sreekumarinte Kavithakal and Fathima Thooruthu
He has received many awards including the Vailoppilly Award, Abu Dhabi Shakti Award, State Children’s Literature Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, P. Smaraka Award, Mooloor Award, Bhima Children’s Literature Award. He refused the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Award. He is not a believer in caste or religion.
N S Sumesh Krishnan
N S Sumesh Krishnan is an award-winning Malayalam author. He is the recipient of around fifteen literary accolades such as the Kadathanatt Madhavi Amma Memorial Poetry Award, the Vallathol Award, the Punaloor Balan Award, the Vailoppilli Award and the Bharathiya Bhasha Parishat Literary Award, among others. Verukal Padumbol, Ulkkazchayude Ullarakal, Ormayude Ithalukal, Rudraksharam, Chandrakantham and Neelakurinji are a few of his widely acclaimed publications. N S Sumesh Krishnan represented Malayalam Literature at the All India Poet Association held at Agartala in Tripura in 2018. He currently serves as a Malayalam Faculty at the Thrikkariyoor Devaswom Board High School.