https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Lopamudra_R.Lopamudra R. - Revision history2026-10-27T02:13:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lopamudra_R.&diff=513587&oldid=prevNeeharikareddyiasacademy: Put up some details w/ infobox2026-03-15T09:35:29Z<p>Put up some details w/ infobox</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><br />
{{Short description|Indian poet and translator}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}<br />
{{BLP sources|date=April 2024}}<br />
{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Lopa R.<br />
| pseudonym = Lopamudra<br />
| native_name = Lopaa<br />
| image = Lopa-Hpd-New2024.jpg<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1978|04|26|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Haripad]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Writer|Translator}}<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Bishop Moore College|Bishop Moore College, Mavelikkara]]}}<br />
| genre = <br />
| notableworks = ''Parasparam'', ''Vykkol Pava''<br />
| spouse = Manoj Neelakandan<br />
| children = 1<br />
| parents = <br />
| awards = Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Award, 2012<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''Lopa R.''' is an Indian poet and translator writing in [[Malayalam language]] with the pen name '''Lopamudra.'''<br />
<br />
==Early life and education==<br />
Born in Ayaparampu , Cheruthana Panchayat in [[Haripad]], [[Alleppey]] in 1978, she is the daughter of N. Muraleedharan and Renuka. She inherited the literary affinity from her grandfather R. K. Kottarathil, who was a Harikatha artist, scholar and teacher. She lost her father at the age of two.{{cn|date=August 2021}}<br />
<br />
She completed her master's degree in [[English literature|English language and literature]].<br />
<br />
==Career==<br />
After completing her education, Lopa focussed more on her literary works. She has written many poems in Malayalam and translated many from English. <br />
<br />
Her works include ''Parasparam'', ''Vykkolppaava'', which have won literary awards. She began writing poems during her college days and became well known among literary circles at the age of 22 when she got first prize for Vishuppathipp poetry competition conducted by Mathrubhumi weekly in April 2000.<ref name="Malayalam literature lives on">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/121117/malayalam-literature-lives-on.html |title=Malayalam literature lives on |date=2017-11-12 |website=Decca Chronicle|access-date=2021-07-29}}</ref> She has been writing for in Malayalam periodicals since early 2000s and has translated many English poets into Malayalam.<br />
<br />
Currently she serves as a member of the English faculty at [[Alagappa Nagar]] Government Higher Secondary School in [[Thrissur]].<ref name="Manorama Books">{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/manorama-books/2020/06/17/kavithamazha-s-lopa.html |title=Manorama Books |date=2020-07-21 |website=Manorama |access-date=2021-07-29}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Awards and honours==<br />
* Kunchu Pilla Award in 2001<br />
* [[List_of_Malayalam_literary_awards#V._T._Kumaran_Award|V. T. Kumaran Award]] in 2002<br />
* Geetha Hiranyan Memorial Ankanam Award<br />
* Muthukulam Parvathy Amma Award<br />
* Malayattoor Award<br />
* O V Vijayan Award 2017<ref name="O V Vijayan Sahithya Puraskaram">{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatambitionindia.com/2019/07/ov-vijayan-sahitya-puraskaram-winners.html|title=O.V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram Winners List 2011 -2018|date=10 July 2019}}</ref><br />
* [[Edasseri Award]] 2018<br />
* Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Award 2012<br />
<br />
==Notable works==<br />
*2011 - ''Parasparam'' - poetry collection<br />
*2015 - ''Vykkol Pava'' - poetry collection<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[https://www.bestcurrentaffairs.com/sahitya-akademi-yuva-puraskar/ Best Current Affairs]<br />
*[https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/vaikkolpava-book-review.html# ManoramaOnline]<br />
*[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/sch/2016/sch_jan16.pdf Recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademic Award] (PDF)<br />
*[https://www.madhyamam.com/culture/literature/young-poet-lopa-r-remember-akkitham-585640 Recipient of Njanapeedam Award from Malayalam]<br />
<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopamudra}}<br />
[[Category:1978 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Alappuzha]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Women writers from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam poets]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian translators]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women poets]]</div>Neeharikareddyiasacademy