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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --><br />
| name = N. K. Desam<br />
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| pseudonym = <br />
| other_name = <br />
| image = N.K.Desam DSC 0082.JPG<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|10|31}}<br />
| birth_place = Desam, [[Alwaye]]<br />
| birth_name = N. Kuttikrishna Pillai<br />
| occupation = [[Poet]], [[literary critic]], [[translator]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| genre = <br />
| subject = <br />
| notableworks = ''Mudra, Gitanjali(transalation of Tagore poem)**<br />
| movement = <br />
| influences = <br />
| influenced = <br />
| spouse = Leela<br />
| awards = [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Odakkuzhal Award|Odakkuzhal Award]][[Kendra Sahitya Academy award -2016]]**<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''N. Kuttikrishna Pillai''', better known as '''N. K. Desam''' ({{lang-ml|എൻ. കെ. ദേശം}}; born 31 October 1936), is a [[Malayalam|Malayalam-language]] poet and literary critic from the south [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. His poetry collection ''Mudra'' won the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2009.<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw2.htm "List of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winners"]. [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]. Retrieved 14 June 2013.</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born in 1936 in Desom village near [[Alwaye]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110416051453/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/29/stories/2011032956870700.htm "In Aluva, winning the hearts of voters"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. Retrieved 14 June 2013.</ref><br />
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Contact : " Haritham ", West Desom, Aluva, Kerala, PHONE +91 99478 91500<br />
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==Works==<br />
* '''Name year Publisher''' <br />
* 1) Anthimalari 1973 Sahithya pravarthaka co-op society, Kottayam<br />
* 2) Kanyahridayam 1975 Sahithya pravarthaka co-op society, Kottayam<br />
* 3) Appooppanthadi 1979 Kerala Sahithya Academy, Thrissur<br />
* 4) Chottayile Seelam 1979 SPCS, Kottayam <br />
* 5) Pavizhamalli 1981 Sahithya pravarthaka co-op society, Kottayam<br />
* 6) Ullekham 1984 National Book Stall , Kottayam<br />
* 7) Anpathonnaksharalee1999 S.T.Reddiar & Sons, Kochi <br />
* 8) Elimeesa 2001 SPCS, Kottayam <br />
* 9) Kavyakeli 2003 Green Books, Thrissur<br />
* 10) Mudra 2006 Current books, Kottayam <br />
* 11) Mazhathullikal 2006 Kurukshethra Publications, Kochi <br />
* 12) Geetanjali 2010 Green Books, Thrissur <br />
* 13) Vyloppilli Kathakavithakal 2016 Green Books, Thrissur<br />
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==Awards==<br />
# [[Edasseri Award]] Ponnani 1982 Ullekhm<br />
# Kavanakuthukam award Thrissur 1987 Anthyapranamam<br />
# Bodhi Aluva 1992 Total contribution <br />
# Nattarangu Thiruvananthapuram 1984 Total contribution<br />
# Sahodaran Ayyappan Cherayi 2007 Mudra <br />
# Odakkuzhal Kochi 2007 Mudra <br />
# Nalappatt Punnayurkkulam 2008 Mudra <br />
# Vennikulam Thodiyur 2008 Mudra<br />
# [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] Thrissur 2009 Mudra <br />
# Katharagam Bangaluru 2009 Mudra<br />
# Changampuzha Kochi 2010 Mudra <br />
# [[Cherukad Award]] Perithalmanna 2011 Mudra<br />
# [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram|Asan Memorial]] Chennai 2013 Total contribution <br />
# Krishnankutty Memorial Thrissur 2013 Contribution to Aksharaslokam <br />
# Mukthakam Thrissur 2013 -do-<br />
# Kavikulapathi Pambakuda 2013 -do- <br />
# Paanini Puraskaaram Mavelikkara 2017 -do- <br />
# Kaliyath Damodaran Thrissur 2013 Gitanjali <br />
# Mukthakasree Chengamanad 2017 Total contribution <br />
# Chethala Vaishnavam Shornur 2017 Total contribution<br />
# [[Sahitya Akademi|Kendra Sahitya Akademi]] Chandigarh 2017 Gitanjali (Translation)<br />
# [[Ulloor Award]] Thiruvananthapuram 2018 Mudra<br />
# Ettumanoor Somadasan Award Ettumanoor 2019 Various Works<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite magazine |script-title=ml:ദേശത്തിന്റെ കാവ്യലോകത്ത് ഇത്തിരി നേരം [Interview with N. K. Desam] |language=ml |author=Dhanya Harikrishnan |magazine=Ezhuth |url=http://ezhuthmagazine.blogspot.in/2009/08/blog-post_9338.html}}<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Malayali people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Aluva]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam poets]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam literary critics]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Indian literary critics]]<br />
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