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'''V. K. Govindan Nair''' (4 February 1903 – 15 October 1977) was a [[Malayalam]] [[poet]] from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1965 for the collection ''Avil Pothi''.<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw2.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] (in Malayalam). [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.</ref><ref>[http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 "Literary Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062155/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 |date=18 June 2012 }}. [[Government of Kerala]]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was born 1903 in Thrikkadiri near [[Ottappalam]], a part of the present day [[Palghat district]]. After completing higher education from [[Trichur]] and [[Tiruchirappalli]], he worked in the Madras Government Press as a clerk. He published his first work ''Avil Pothi'' at the age of 60, in 1964. A collection of poems based on the [[Puranas|puranic]] story of [[Sri Krishna]] and [[Kuchela]], it received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1965. His other poetry collections are ''V. K. Govindan Nairude Krithikal'' and ''Muthukal''.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1965: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Avil Pothi''<br />
* 1975: [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Odakkuzhal Award|Odakkuzhal Award]] for ''V. K. Govindan Nairude Krithikal''<br />
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