HRISHIKESAN PB
Hrishikesan P.B. was born in Melur near Chalakudy to Padutholmana Brahmadathan Namboothiri and Gauri Antharjanam. He worked as a scientific officer in the Atomic Energy Department of NPCIL in Mumbai for a long time and retired. He lives in Melur. His published poetry collections are Paathi Polliyoraksharam, Kannadappuzha, LolachitharamChitrashalabhanale, Mindal, Onnaddu Varamo Nee, Kanataavavanur. He has translated poems from Marathi and other Indian languages into Malayalam. His poetry has received the Changampuzha Award, Abu Dhabi Shakti Award, Moodadi Damodaran Award, Katharangam (Bangalore) Award, Atlas Kairali Award, and V.T. Gopalakrishnan Award (Mumbai). The poems have been translated into English, Hindi and Marathi.