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'''Vellaatt Chembalancheri Balakrishna Panicker''' (1 March 1889 – 20 October 1912) was a journalist and poet who wrote several poems, slokas, plays, articles and translations, such as his [[elegy]] or [[lament]] ''Oru Vilapam'' and a description of nature ''Viswaroopam'' for which he is remembered.he was the author of manki Geetha

== Biography ==

V.C. Balakrishna Panicker was born on 1 March 1889 at Oorakam-Keezhmuri near [[Malappuram]]. He stem from a poor family but went to [[Mankavu|Mankavu Palace]] in [[Kozhikode]], where he stayed for 4 years amongst other poets and authors.<ref>Calicut Heritage Forum; [http://blog.calicutheritage.com/2013/10/vc-calicuts-own-keats.html V.C. - Calicut's own Keats.] 20 October 2013. Downloaded on 20 March 2016.</ref><ref name="KMA">Kerala Media Academy: [http://archive.keralamediaacademy.org/content/balakrishna-panikkar-v-c Balakrishna Panikkar V. C.]</ref>

He wrote a well known editorial on 26 October 1910 against the externment of [[Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai]].<ref name="KMA"/>

V.C. died of [[tuberculosis]] at the early age of 23 on 20 October 1912.

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>Red Director: Adding local short description: "Indian journalist and poet", overriding Wikidata description "journalist and poet" (Shortdesc helper)