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{{short description|Indian poet}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = N. N. Kakkad
| image = ANNKakkad.jpg
| alt =
| imagesize = 200px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|14}}
| birth_place = [[Avitanallur]], [[British India]] ([[Kerala]], India)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|1|6|1927|7|14}}
| death_place =
| occupation = Teacher, poet, essayist, translator
| movement =
| genre =
| notableworks = {{ubl|''Saphalmee Yathra''|''Pathalathinde Muzhakkam''|''Changatham''}}
| influences =
| influenced =
| spouse= [[Sreedevi Kakkad]]
| relatives = {{ubl|Narayanan Namboothiri (father)| Devaki Antharjanam (mother)}}
| awards = {{ubl|1985 [[Odakkuzhal Award]]|1985 [[Cherukad Award]]|1986 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]]|1986 [[Vayalar Award]]|1989 [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]]}}
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'''Narayanan Nambuthiri Kakkad''' ({{lang-ml|നാരായണൻ നമ്പൂതിരി കക്കാട്}}; 14 July 1927 – 6 January 1987), commonly known as '''N. N. Kakkad''', was an [[India]]n poet of the [[Malayalam language]]. Known for works such as ''Saphalmee Yathra'', ''Pathalathinde Muzhakkam'' and ''Changatham'', he was a [[Sanskrit]] scholar and was known to have been proficient in painting and music. He was a recipient of several awards including [[Odakkuzhal Award]], [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] and [[Vayalar Award]].

==Biography==
Kakkad was born on July 14, 1927 at [[Avitanallur]] of [[Kozhikode district]], in the south Indian state of [[Kerala]], in an orthodox [[Brahmin]] family to Kakkad Valiya Narayanan Namboothiri and Devaki Antharjanam.<ref name="സഫലമീ കാവ്യയാത്ര">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/n-n-kakkad-malayalam-news-1.1202099 |title=സഫലമീ കാവ്യയാത്ര |last=ശിവാനന്ദ് |first=അഖില്‍ |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> His early education was in [[Sanskrit]] in the traditional way and he also studied painting, classical music and flute. It was only at the age of 16, he could start his formal education which at the 6th standard and in 1943, he joined the Zamorin's High School, Kozhikode in 7th standard. Two years later, he moved to [[Vivekodayam Boys Higher Secondary School|Vivekodayam High School]] from where he completed schooling and joined [[Sree Kerala Varma College]] in 1948, where he had the opportunity to study under [[N. V. Krishna Warrier]], the noted poet and scholar, who nurtured his literary skills.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/Kakkadgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-04-22 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> After earning the graduate degree of BOL, he started his career as a teacher at [[Naduvannur]] High School but his tenure there was short-lived as he resigned following a dispute with the school management to move to a tutorial college in Kozhikode. Later, he switched to broadcasting by joining the Kozhikode station of the [[All India Radio]]<ref name="N. N. Kakkad - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/n._n._kakkad-profile-2261-25.htm |title=N. N. Kakkad - Veethi profile |date=2019-04-22 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> as a script writer and spent the rest of his career there to superannuate in 1985 as a producer.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />

Kakkad was married to Sreedevi, the marriage taking place on April 25, 1955.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> He died on January 6, 1987, at the age of 59, succumbing to cancer.<ref name="'ആര്‍ദ്രമീ ധനുമാസരാവില്‍...'">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/ardramee-dhanumasa-ravukalonnil-n-n-kakkad-1.2508495 |title=ആര്‍ദ്രമീ ധനുമാസരാവില്‍... |last=എന്‍ |first=ഡോ അദിതി |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref>

== Career ==
He started writing poetry during his school days.<ref name="Monograph on a poet">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/br/2003/07/08/stories/2003070800040301.htm |title=Monograph on a poet |last=Bhaskar |first=B.R.P. |date=8 July 2003 |work=The Hindu |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> His first book, ''Salabha Geetham'', appeared in 1957, followed by ten other books of poetry and three essay compilations.<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-04-22 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> He is considered by many critics as a pioneer of [[avant-garde]] poetry in Malayalam<ref>'' Malayala Kavithasahithya Charithram''; [[M. Leelavathy]], [[Kerala Sahithya Akademy]], [[Trichur]]</ref><ref name="The Book Review">{{cite book|title=The Book Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ngsAAAAYAAJ|year=2002|publisher=C. Chari for Perspective Publications}}</ref> and as the one of the founders of modernist movement in [[Malayalam literature]].<ref name="A Journey Of Fulfilment : N.N. Kakkad (1927-87)">{{Cite journal |title=A Journey Of Fulfilment : N.N. Kakkad (1927-87) |journal = Indian Literature|volume = 41|issue = 1 (183)|last=Vishwanathan |first=R. |date=1998 |pages=136–138 |jstor = 23341307}}</ref><ref name="Tarakan1990">{{cite book|author=Ke. Eṃ Tarakan|title=A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3nhkAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=K.M. Tharakan}}</ref> ''Kanwan'' and ''Nineteen Sixty Three'', published in [[Mathrubhumi weekly]] in early 1960s revealed [[T. S. Eliot|Eliotean]] influence and established him as a modern poet. ''Saphalamee Yathra'', which fetched him a number of awards and considered by many as his magnum opus was published in 1985. Two of his works, ''Nadan Chinthukal'' and ''Pakalaruthikku Munpu'', were published after his death.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />

Kakkad was also involved in politics, starting as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] but later, moving to the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="Monograph on a poet" /> He unsuccessfully contested the Malabar District Board elections from [[Balussery]] under the Communist banner and was an office bearer of the All India Radio Staff Association.<ref name="സഫലമീ കാവ്യയാത്ര" /> He also sat in the councils of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]], Kerala Sahitya Samithi, Vallathol Vidyapeedam, Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />

== Awards and honours ==
Kakkad received the [[Odakkuzhal Award]] in 1985 for his work, ''Saphalamee Yathra'';<ref name="Winners of Odakkuzhal Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/odakkuzhal-award/576 |title=Winners of Odakkuzhal Award |date=2019-04-22 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> and the [[Cherukad Award]] for the poetry anthology, ''Kavitha'', the same year.<ref name="Cherukad Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/cherukad-award/581 |title=Cherukad Award |date=2019-04-22 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] selected ''Saphalamee Yathra'' for their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry|annual award for poetry]] in 1986<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-04-22 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he received one more award in 1986, the [[Vayalar Award]], ''Saphalamee Yathra'' again fetching him the honour.<ref name="Winners of Vayalar Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/vayalar-award/575 |title=Winners of Vayalar Award |date=2019-04-22 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> He received the 1989 [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]] as a posthumous honor.<ref name="Winners of Asan Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/asan-prize/582 |title=Winners of Asan Prize |date=2019-04-22 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref>

==Works==
=== Poetry ===
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* {{Cite book |url=http://14.139.185.57/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=32241&query_desc=au%253A%2522Kakkad%252C%2520N%2520N%2522 |title=Salaba Geetham |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. |date=1957 |publisher=Current Books |edition=1 |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |title=Agniradham |last=N. N. Kakkad |publisher=Poorna Publications |isbn=978-8130008295 |location=Kozhikode|page=224}}
* {{cite book|author=N. N. Kakkad|title=Pathalathinte Muzhakkam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eD1TJQAACAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avartaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=76062&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad |title=Vajrakundalam |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |title=Saphalamee Yathra |last=N. N. Kakkad |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=1985 |isbn=8182648726 |location=Kochi|id= {{ASIN|8182648726|country=in}} }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78303&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad |title=Kavitha |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. |date=1980}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm |title=Nanni Thiruvoname Nanni |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=219263&query_desc=au%253A%2522Kakkad%2520%252CN.N.%2522 |title=Ayirathi thollayirathi Arupathi moonnu |last=Kakkad. N. N |date=1970 |publisher=Poorna publications |location=Poorna publications}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=45709 |title=Itha Ashramamrugam Kollu, Kollu |last=N. N.Kakkad |publisher=BR Book Publishers |year=1986 |location=Payyannur}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm |title=Pakalaruthikku Munpu |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214568&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad |title=Nadan chinthukal |last=N N Kakkad |date=1987 |publisher=Malayalam Publication, Kozhikode |location=Malayalam Publication, Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm |title=Kachacharitham (Kalam[pattu) |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm |title=Kachavrutham |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. }}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm |title=Sishyanaya Guru |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. }}
* {{cite book|author=N. N. Kakkad|title=Kakkadinte Krithikal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWlkAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Current Books|page=591}}
* {{Cite book |title=Kakkadinte Kavithakal |last=N. N. Kakkad |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2011 |isbn=978-8182650862 |location=Kochi}}
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=== Essays ===
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* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=26962&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad |title=Avalokanam |last=Kakkadu |first=N. N. |date=1986 |location=Kottayam, SPCS}}
* {{cite book|author=N. N.Kakkad|title=Kavithayum Paramparyavum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3AZAAAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Vallathol Vidyapeedam|page=98}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadbooks.htm |title=Saparivaram Poojakal |last=Kakkad |first=N. N. }}
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== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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{{Portal|India|Literature}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |title=N.N. Kakkad - Monograph of a Poet |author=Ramakrishnan, Desamangalam |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=2003 |location=New Delhi |language=en|author-link=Desamangalam Ramakrishnan }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=211556&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad |title=Kakkadinte kavitha |date=1993 |publisher=Kerala Sahithya Samithi |location=Calicut}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=208969&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad |title=Kakkad: Kaviyum Kavithayum |last=Paul |first=Manalil |date=1993 |publisher=Grandakartha, Kottayam |location=Grandakartha, Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=229828&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad |title=Kakkadinte kavyakala |last=Geetha |first=N. |date=2002 |publisher=Kerala Bhasha Institute |location=Thiruvanathapuram}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=234336&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Kakkad |title=Kakkadinte kavitha |last=Raghava Varier |first=M. R. |date=2015 |publisher=Vallathol Vidhyapeedam |isbn=9789383570218 |location=Sukapuram}}

==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkad.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-04-15 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-15}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/NNKakkad/Html/NNKakkadScript.htm |title=Handwriting |date=2019-04-15 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-15}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pARKo3zomIA |title=N N Kakkad Memories |last=asianetnews |date=2015-01-05 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-04-22}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6xVI5f94r0 |title=Safalamee yathra ( N. N. Kakkad ) |last=Shiby Bijilal |date=2016-09-23 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-04-22}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2rqrgl |title=Ardramee Dhanumasa Ravukalil- NN Kakkad. |website=Dailymotion |language=en |access-date=2019-04-22}}
* {{cite book|author=E. V. Ramakrishnan|title=Making it new: modernism in Malayalam, Marathi, and Hindi poetry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfRmAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Studies|isbn=9788185952260}}

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