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'''V. K. Narayana Menon''' ([[Thrissur]] Vadakke Kurupath Narayana [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]]) (1911–1997) was a scholar of [[classical Indian dance]] and [[Indian classical music]]. He was one of the prominent art critics of [[India]] and a [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]].<br />
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Menon was born in [[Thrissur]] city of [[Kerala]], in the famous Vadakke Kurupath family. He started his career as [[BBC]] Music program producer. Later he became the Director General of the same. He had held important positions in art institutions and broadcasting centres of India. He was Deputy Director of [[All India Radio]]. He was the secretary of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], [[New Delhi]]- supreme centre for art, music and dance of [[Government of India]]. He was the President of [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)|National Centre for the Performing Arts]]- [[Bombay]] etc. During these tenures he promoted various arts and artists immensely.<br />
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He was noted for his writings about Classical Indian dance and music. He has written many articles and books on the subject. He was considered one of the finest Indian art critic. ''Kerala: A profile'', ''Balasaraswati'' (About the life of great [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer [[Balasaraswati]]), ''The Communication Revolution'', ''The Language of Music'', ''Development of [[William Butler Yeats]]'' are some of his works. He used to write columns regularly in esteemed magazines like ''[[Illustrated Weekly of India]]'' and newspapers.<br />
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Indian government honoured him by the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1969<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India]] | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> and the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] in 1980.<ref>http://sangeetnatak.org/sna/fellowslist.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727235210/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/fellowslist.htm |date=27 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
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He was married to the daughter of [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s brother.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Mani Madhava Chakyar]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://publicationsdivision.nic.in/Eng-Pub/Art/EA48.HTM more about ''The Language of Music'']<br />
*[http://kpoursine.web.wesleyan.edu/balasara.htm Balasaraswati], Inter-National Culture Center, 16 Hailey Road, New Delhi 1, INDIA<br />
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