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	'''Punalur Balan''' (1927–1987) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ writer and a poet in [[Malayalam]]. He was born on 3 January 1927 in [[Punalur]], [[Kollam district]], [[Kerala]]. From his student days he was associated with the [[Communist]] movement and shot to fame during the '[[Pink Decade]]' in [[Malayalam]] poetry.		'''Punalur Balan''' (1927–1987) was an Indian writer and a poet in [[Malayalam]]. He was born on 3 January 1927 in [[Punalur]], [[Kollam district]], [[Kerala]]. From his student days he was associated with the [[Communist]] movement and shot to fame during the '[[Pink Decade]]' in [[Malayalam]] poetry.

	Balan wrote lyrics and songs profusely for the cultural forums of the Communist Party and when the [[Kerala People's Arts Club]] (KPAC) staged its first play ''Ente Makananu Sari'' Balan penned the lyrics. After taking his B.A and B.Ed. he became a school teacher. He took his M.A in Malayalam and turned a journalist. Later he joined the State Institute of Languages as a Research Officer. [[Kerala Sahitya Academy]] award was given to his collection ''Kottayile Pattu'' in 1975.		Balan wrote lyrics and songs profusely for the cultural forums of the Communist Party and when the [[Kerala People's Arts Club]] (KPAC) staged its first play ''Ente Makananu Sari'' Balan penned the lyrics. After taking his B.A and B.Ed. he became a school teacher. He took his M.A in Malayalam and turned a journalist. Later he joined the State Institute of Languages as a Research Officer. [[Kerala Sahitya Academy]] award was given to his collection ''Kottayile Pattu'' in 1975.
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	*''Malayala Kavitha Sahithya Charithram'', [[M. Leelavathy]], [[Kerala Sahithya Akademy]], Thrissur.		*''Malayala Kavitha Sahithya Charithram'', [[M. Leelavathy]], [[Kerala Sahithya Akademy]], Thrissur.

	* {{cite news \| url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2014/mar/20/Punalur-Balan-Remembered-588400.html \| title=Punalur Balan Remembered \| date=20 March 2014 \| newspaper=The New Indian Express \| access-date=20 December 2018 }}</ref>		* {{cite news \| url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2014/mar/20/Punalur-Balan-Remembered-588400.html \| title=Punalur Balan Remembered \| date=20 March 2014 \| newspaper=The New Indian Express \| access-date=20 December 2018 }}</ref>

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'''Punalur Balan''' (1927–1987) was an [[India]]n writer and a poet in [[Malayalam]]. He was born on 3 January 1927 in [[Punalur]], [[Kollam district]], [[Kerala]]. From his student days he was associated with the [[Communist]] movement and shot to fame during the '[[Pink Decade]]' in [[Malayalam]] poetry.

Balan wrote lyrics and songs profusely for the cultural forums of the Communist Party and when the [[Kerala People's Arts Club]] (KPAC) staged its first play ''Ente Makananu Sari'' Balan penned the lyrics. After taking his B.A and B.Ed. he became a school teacher. He took his M.A in Malayalam and turned a journalist. Later he joined the State Institute of Languages as a Research Officer. [[Kerala Sahitya Academy]] award was given to his collection ''Kottayile Pattu'' in 1975.

His poems are marked by a unique force which stems from the use of condensed language aimed at expressing the subtle human experiences of the modern man viewed through the [[Marxist]] angle tinged with piercing social satire.

He died on 19 March 1987.

==Selected works==
*''Thudikkunna Thaalukal''
*''Raaman Raaghavan''
*''Kottayile Paattu''
*''Mruthasanjeevani''
*''Aram''
*''Iruttil Pothinja Thirinaalam''

==References==
*''Punalur Balan Porushathinte Shakthigaadha'', Vilakkudi Rajendran; Current Books, [[Thrissur]].
*''Malayala Kavitha Sahithya Charithram'', [[M. Leelavathy]], [[Kerala Sahithya Akademy]], Thrissur.

* {{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2014/mar/20/Punalur-Balan-Remembered-588400.html | title=Punalur Balan Remembered | date=20 March 2014 | newspaper=The New Indian Express | access-date=20 December 2018 }}</ref>

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090426104247/http://kerala.gov.in/knowkerala/klm.htm www.kerala.gov.in]

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[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:1987 deaths]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]
[[Category:Malayalam poets]]
[[Category:Indian Marxist poets]]
[[Category:Indian Communist poets]]
[[Category:Sree Narayana College, Kollam alumni]]
[[Category:People from Kollam district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]