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{{Short description|Indian Malayalam language poet}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Anagha J. Kolath
| image = Anagha_J_Kolath.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1994|12}}
| birth_place = [[Kottayam district]], [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = Indian
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| occupation = poet
| movement =
| notableworks = ''Mezhukuthirikku Swantham Theeppetti''
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| awards = [[Yuva Puraskar]] 2022
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'''Anagha J. Kolath''' is a [[Malayalam language]] poet from [[Kerala]], India. In 2022, she received Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.

==Biography==
Anagha J. Kolath was born in 1994, at Kolath House in Pala, [[Kottayam district]] of Kerala, the youngest of three daughters of KN Jayachandran, a bank officer, and PG Shyamaladevi, a retired school teacher.<ref name="keralakaumudi">{{Cite web |last=Daily |first=Keralakaumudi |title=അനഘയുടെ അക്ഷരങ്ങൾ |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=1352&u=young-writer-1352 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=Keralakaumudi Daily |language=ml |archive-date=24 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824183241/https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=1352&u=young-writer-1352 |url-status=live }}</ref> She has two sisters Anjana and Archana.<ref name="MM">{{Cite web |title=കവിത; ഞാനറി‍ഞ്ഞ കടൽ കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമിയുടെ യുവ പുരസ്കാര ജേതാവ് അനഘ ജെ.കോലത്ത് |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/district-news/kottayam/2022/08/25/kottayam-anagha-j-kolath.html |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.manoramaonline.com |language=ml}}</ref>

Anagha done her primary education at Pala Sakthivilasam NSS School.<ref name="keralakaumudi"/> After passing Plus Two from NSSHSS, Kitangur, she graduated in English from Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="keralakaumudi"/> After passing post graduation from NSS Hindu College in Changanassery, Anagha studied at the School of Letters to obtain her Masters in Malayalam.<ref name="keralakaumudi"/>

==Literary career==
Anagha wrote her first poem while in the second grade.<ref name="keralakaumudi"/> She is good not only at writing poetry but also at reciting it. From a young age, she participated in the Narayaniyam and Poonthanam reciting competitions held by the Guruvayoor Devaswom.<ref name="keralakaumudi"/> In 2013, she was awarded the Suvarna mudra (Golden Seal) from Guruvayoor temple.<ref name="keralakaumudi"/> She has also won the third position in a poetry recitation competition on a leading Malayalam channel.<ref name="keralakaumudi"/>

==Works==
It was the writer K. Jayakumar who forced Anagha, who was reluctant to compile and publish her poems, to publish the poem and provided the necessary assistance.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-24 |title=കഥാകൃത്ത് സേതുവിനും കവി അനഘ ജെ കോലത്തിനും കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്‌കാരം » Newsthen |url=https://newsthen.com/2022/08/24/86280.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |language=ml |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825105426/https://newsthen.com/2022/08/24/86280.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Anagha's first collection of poems titled ''Njan Arinja Kadal'', including about 30 poems, was published in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |title=A little wordsmith par excellence - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/a-little-wordsmith-par-excellence/articleshow/43220807.cms |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=The Times of India |language=en |last1=Soman |first1=Deepa |archive-date=24 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824183240/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/a-little-wordsmith-par-excellence/articleshow/43220807.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> A poetry recital CD called Kavyamritham has also been released with 51 poems.<ref name="keralakaumudi"/> She was selected for Sahitya Akademi's online ''Kaviyarang'' (poetry discussion platform) in 2020.<ref name=":0" />

Apart from poetry, Anagha is active in writing stories and articles in periodicals and online.<ref name=":0" />

==Awards and honours==
Anagha has won many awards including [[Akashvani (radio broadcaster)|Akashvani]] Yuvavani Award for best poetry, received on the International Day of Mother Tongue-2014, Ankanam Kavitha Award (2014) K M Sukumaran Memorial Award for College students (2014) and Punalur Balan Poetry Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=പുനലൂർ ബാലൻ പുരസ്‌കാരം |url=http://www.librarycouncilkollam.com/%e0%b4%aa%e0%b5%81%e0%b4%a8%e0%b4%b2%e0%b5%82%e0%b5%bc-%e0%b4%ac%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b2%e0%b5%bb-%e0%b4%aa%e0%b5%81%e0%b4%b0%e0%b4%b8%e0%b5%8d%e2%80%8c%e0%b4%95%e0%b4%be%e0%b4%b0%e0%b4%82/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |language=ml |archive-date=22 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122193904/http://www.librarycouncilkollam.com/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BC-%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (2020).<ref>{{Cite news|title=On write path|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/oct/10/on-write-path-1883357.html|access-date=2023-04-18|newspaper=The New Indian Express|first=Merin|last=Mariya|date=10 October 2018|archive-date=24 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824183354/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/oct/10/on-write-path-1883357.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, she received [[Sahitya Akademi]] [[Yuva Puraskar]] for her poetry collection ''Mezhukuthirikku Swantham Theeppetti''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malayalam writers Sethu, Anagha J Kolath bag Sahitya Akademi awards |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/24/sahitya-akademi-award-sethu-anagha-j-kolath.html |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=OnManorama |archive-date=24 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824183240/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/24/sahitya-akademi-award-sethu-anagha-j-kolath.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1994 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Writers from Kottayam district]]
[[Category:People from Pala, Kerala]]
[[Category:Poets from Kerala]]
[[Category:Women writers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayalam poets]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women poets]]

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