N. K. Desam

N. Kuttikrishna Pillai, better known as N. K. Desam (Malayalam: എൻ. കെ. ദേശം; born 31 October 1936), is a Malayalam-language poet and literary critic from the south Indian state of Kerala. In 2009, his poetry collection Mudra won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. In 2017, his Malayalam transliteration of Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore was selected for the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize.

N. K. Desam എൻ കെ ദേശം
BornN. Kuttikrishna Pillai
(1936-10-31) 31 October 1936
Desom, Alwaye, Kingdom of Cochin
OccupationPoet, literary critic, translator
LanguageMalayalam
NationalityIndian
Notable worksMudra, Gitanjali
Notable awardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Odakkuzhal Award, Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize
SpouseR. Leelavathi

Biography

N. K. Desam was born in 1936 in Desom village near Alwaye.[1] He was an officer at the Life Insurance Corporation and retired in 1996. He is married to R. Leelavathi and has three children.[2]

Works
sampoorna krithikalude samaharam
Complete works
Year Title Publisher Notes
1973AnthimalariS.P.C.S., Kottayam
1975KanyahridayamS.P.C.S., Kottayam
1979AppooppanthadiKerala Sahitya Akademi, Trichur
1979Chottayile SeelamS.P.C.S., Kottayam
1981PavizhamalliS.P.C.S., Kottayam
1984UllekhamN.B.S., Kottayam
1999AnpathonnaksharaleeS. T. Reddiar & Sons, Cochin
2001ElimeesaS.P.C.S., Kottayam
2003KavyakeliGreen Books, Trichur
2006MudraCurrent Books, Kottayam
2006MazhathullikalKurukshethra Publications, Cochin
2010GeethanjaliGreen Books, TrichurTranslation of Gitanjali
2016Vyloppilli KathakavithakalGreen Books, Trichur
2016DesikamVallathol Vidyapeedam, Sukapuram
N.B.S., Kottayam		Complete works

Awards
  • 1982: Edasseri Award (Ponnani) – Ullekham[3]
  • 1987: Kavanakuthukam Award (Trichur) – Anthyapranamam
  • 1984: Nattarangu (Trivandrum) – Total contribution
  • 1992: Bodhi (Aluva) – Total contribution
  • 2007: Sahodaran Ayyappan Award (Cherai) – Mudra
  • 2007: Odakkuzhal Award (Cochin) – Mudra[4]
  • 2008: Nalappadan Award (Punnayurkkulam) – Mudra
  • 2008: Vennikulam (Thodiyur) – Mudra
  • 2009: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Trichur) – Mudra[5]
  • 2009: Katharagam (Bangalore) – Mudra
  • 2010: Changampuzha Award (Cochin) – Mudra[6]
  • 2011: Cherukad Award (Perithalmanna) – Mudra[7]
  • 2013: Asan Prize (Chennai) – Total contribution
  • 2013: Krishnankutty Memorial Award (Trichur) – Contribution to Aksharaslokam
  • 2013: Mukthakam (Trichur)
  • 2013: Kavikulapathi (Pambakuda)
  • 2017: Paanini Puraskaaram (Mavelikkara)
  • 2013: Kaliyath Damodaran Award (Trichur) – Gitanjali
  • 2017: Mukthakasree (Chengamanad) – Total contribution
  • 2017: Chethala Vaishnavam (Shoranur) – Total contribution
  • 2016: Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize (Chandigarh) – Gitanjali (Translation)[8]
  • 2018: Ulloor Award (Trivandrum) – Mudra
  • 2019: Ettumanoor Somadasan Award (Ettumanoor) – Various works
  • 2020: Sanjayan Award[9]

References
  1. "In Aluva, winning the hearts of voters". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  2. "80ന്റെ നിറവില്‍ എന്‍ കെ ദേശം". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). 30 October 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. "ഇടശ്ശേരി അവാര്‍ഡ് 1982 - 2012". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. "ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ്". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  5. "List of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winners". Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. "Changampuzha Puraskaram". Changampuzha Samskarikakendram. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  7. "ചെറുകാട് അവാര്‍ഡ്". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  8. "Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2016" (PDF) (Press release). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  9. "Poet-critic N K Desam bags Sanjayan Award". Mathrubhumi. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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