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{{Infobox person
| name              = O. N. V. Kurup
| image              = Onv.JPG
| image_size        =
| birth_name        = Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|5|27}}
| birth_place        = [[Chavara]], [[Thiruvithamkoor]]
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2016|2|13|1931|5|27|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala, India
| education          = [[Master of Arts|Master's]]
| alma_mater        = *Government Higher Secondary School, [[Chavara]]
* [[University of Kerala|University of Travancore]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| occupation        = Poet, lyricist, professor
| notable_works      = ''Agni Shalabhangal, Aksharam, Uppu, Bhoomikkoru Charamageetham, Ujjayini, Swayamvaram''
| title              = * Professor
*[[Honorary Doctorate|Doctor]] (2007)
| spouse            = Sarojini
| children          = Rajeevan, Mayadevi
| parents            = O. N. Krishna Kurup<br>K. Lakshmikutty Amma
| awards            = *[[Jnanpith Award]]
*[[Padma Shri]]
*[[Padma Vibhushan]]
}}


[[File:Onv.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Kurup in May 2010]]
'''Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup''' (known as '''O. N. V. Kurup'''; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a [[Malayalam]] poet and lyricist from [[Kerala]], India, who won the [[Jnanpith Award]], the highest literary award in India for the year 2007.  He received the awards [[Padma Shri]] in 1998 and [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2011, the fourth and second highest civilian honours from the [[Government of India]]. In 2007 he was awarded an [[D.Litt|Honorary Doctorate]] by [[University of Kerala]], [[Trivandrum]]. O. N. V. was known for his leftist leaning. He was a leader of [[All India Students Federation]]  (AISF).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s11/partycomp20.htm |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930093720/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s11/partycomp20.htm |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> He died on 13 February 2016 at KIMS hospital in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] due to age-related illnesses, aged 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/breaking-malayalam-lyricist-onv-kurup-no-more-666867|title=Malayalam lyricist ONV Kurup no more; celebs offer condolences|date=13 February 2016|work=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref>
'''Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup''' (27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016),<ref name="mathrubhumi-article">{{cite news|title=നിറവിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യം|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104191634/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/static/others/special/story.php?id=128266|accessdate=5 നവംബർ 2010|date=25 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2010|language=Malayalam}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/breaking-malayalam-lyricist-onv-kurup-no-more-666867|title=Malayalam lyricist ONV Kurup no more; celebs offer condolences|first=Anu|last=James|date=13 February 2016|website=International Business Times, India Edition}}</ref> popularly known as '''O. N. V. Kurup''' or simply ''' O. N. V.''', was a [[India]]n poet and lyricist. He won [[Jnanpith Award]], the highest literary award in India in 2007. He was born in [[Chavara]], [[Kollam]].


Kurup wrote lyrics for music used in [[Malayalam cinema]]. He has written a lot of lyrics for dramas and television serials also. He received the awards [[Padma Shri]] in 1998 and [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2011, the fourth and second highest civilian honours from the [[Government of India]]. In 2007 he was given an [[D.Litt|Honorary Doctorate]] by [[University of Kerala]], [[Trivandrum]]. O. N. V. was known for his [[Left wing|leftist]] political views.<ref>{{cite news|publisher = The Hindu|title = O.N.V. Kurup honoured |url = http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/21/stories/2006092101590200.htm|date =
==Biography==
21 September 2006|accessdate = 19 March 2009}}</ref> He was the [[Left Democratic Front]] (LDF) candidate in the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] constituency for the [[Lok Sabha]] elections in 1989.<ref>[http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s11/partycomp20.htm Partywise comparison of Lok Sabha Elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930093720/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s11/partycomp20.htm |date=2007-09-30 }} Election Commission of India</ref>
O.N.V Kurup was born to O. N. Krishna Kurup and K. Lakshmikutty Amma, on 27 May 1931 at [[Chavara]], [[Kollam district|Kollam]] (Quilon) in Kerala.<ref name="mathrubhumi-article">{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/static/others/special/story.php?id=128266 |title=ഒ.എന്.വി.കുറുപ്പ്‌ &#124; നിറവിന്റെ സൗന്ദര്യം |access-date=2016-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104191634/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/static/others/special/story.php?id=128266 |archive-date=4 November 2010 }}</ref><ref name="KTDC">{{cite web|url=http://www.keralatourism.org/leadinglights/o-n-v-kurup-73.php|title=O.N.V.Kurup|publisher=[[Kerala Tourism Development Corporation]]|access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref> He lost his father when he was eight. His childhood days were spent in Chavara, where he attended the government school. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics from SN College, [[Kollam]], he moved to [[Thiruvananthapuram|Thiruvananthapuram city]] (Trivandrum) where he joined Travancore University (now [[Kerala University]]) and pursued [[Master of Arts]] in [[Malayalam literature]].


Kurup died of [[respiratory failure]] on 13 February 2016 in [[Trivandrum]], [[Kerala]]. He was aged 84.
O.N.V. was a lecturer at [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharajas College]] – [[Ernakulam]], [[University College, Trivandrum|University College]] – Trivandrum, Arts and Science College – [[Kozhikode]], and [[Brennen College]] – [[Thalassery]]. He joined Government Women's College – [[Trivandrum]] as the Head of Malayalam Department. He was also a visiting professor at [[Calicut University]]. He retired from service in 1986.<ref name="KTDC" />
 
He received the [[Jnanpith Award]], India's highest literary award, for the year 2007.<ref name="hindu_sep10">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/25/stories/2010092556201600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928083742/http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/25/stories/2010092556201600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 September 2010|title=Malayalam, Urdu writers claim Jnanpith awards|date=25 September 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref> He was the fifth Jnanpith laureate from [[Kerala]] and the second [[Malayalam]] poet to win the prestigious award.<ref name="ie_sep10">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Jnanpith-goes-to-Malayalam-poet-lyricist-Kurup/687611|title=Jnanpith goes to Malayalam poet-lyricist Kurup|date=25 September 2010|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref> According to a statement by Bharatiya Jnanpith, the trust which presents the award, Kurup began his career as a "progressive writer and matured into a humanist though he never gave up his commitment to socialist ideology".<ref name="toi_sep10">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-25/india/28270456_1_jnanpith-selection-board-muslim-rajput-family-akhlaq-khan-shahryar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926001028/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-25/india/28270456_1_jnanpith-selection-board-muslim-rajput-family-akhlaq-khan-shahryar|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2012|title=Jnanpith for Malayalam poet Kurup, Urdu scholar Shahryar|date=25 September 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref>
 
He was settled at [[Vazhuthacaud]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], with his wife Sarojini, who was also his student in his early days. His son Rajeev works with the [[Indian Railways|Indian Railways Authority]], and daughter Mayadevi is a noted [[gynaecologist]] in Aster Medicity, Cochin. [[Malayalam]] playback singer Aparna Rajeev is his granddaughter.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}
 
==Poetry==
O. N. V.'s first published poem was 'Munnottu' (Forward) which appeared in a local weekly in 1946.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug03/at7.asp |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408012601/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug03/at7.asp |archive-date=8 April 2005 }}</ref> His first poetry collection, ''Porutunna Soundaryam'', came out in 1949. He published a book named ''Daahikunna Paanapaathram'' (The Thirsty Chalice) which was a collection of his early poems during 1946–1956.<ref>[https://archive.today/20121209135655/http://www.malayalamresourcecentre.org/Mrc/literature/authors/authors.html ]</ref>
 
===Poetic works===
[[File:Onvk1.JPG|thumb|right|ONV Kurup reciting one of his poems during an event at [[Thiruvananthapuram]]]]
{|cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid; font-weight: bold;
|-
|<center>List of Poetry by Kurup</center>
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="background:#fff; border-collapse:collapse; border:1px #dee8f1 solid; font-weight:normal;
! style="background:#b0bfd5; color:white;"|#
! style="background:#b0bfd5; color:white;"|Name
! style="background:#b0bfd5; color:white;"|Translation in English
! style="background:#b0bfd5; color:white;"|Year of publishing
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  1
| style="text-align:left;"| Daahikunna Paanapaathram || style="text-align:left;"| The Thirsty [[Chalice (cup)|Chalice]] || style="text-align:left;"| 1956
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  2
| style="text-align:left;"| Marubhumi || style="text-align:left;"| The Desert || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  3
| style="text-align:left;"| Neelakkannukal || style="text-align:left;"| Blue Eyes || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  4
| style="text-align:left;"| Mayilpeeli || style="text-align:left;"| Peacock Feather || style="text-align:left;"| 1964
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  5
| style="text-align:left;"| Oru Thulli Velicham || style="text-align:left;"| A Drop of Light || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  6
| style="text-align:left;"| Agni Shalabhangal || style="text-align:left;"| Fire Moths || style="text-align:left;"| 1971
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  7
| style="text-align:left;"| Aksharam || style="text-align:left;"| Letter || style="text-align:left;"| 1974
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  8
| style="text-align:left;"| Karutha Pakshiyude Paattu || style="text-align:left;"| Song of a Black Bird || style="text-align:left;"| 1977
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  9
| style="text-align:left;"| Uppu || style="text-align:left;"| The Salt || style="text-align:left;"| 1980
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  10
| style="text-align:left;"| Bhumikku Oru Charama Geetham || style="text-align:left;"| A Dirge for the Earth || style="text-align:left;"| 1984
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  11
| style="text-align:left;"| Shaarngka Pakshikal || style="text-align:left;"|  || style="text-align:left;"| 1987
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  12
| style="text-align:left;"| Mrigaya || style="text-align:left;"| Hunting || style="text-align:left;"| 1990
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  13
| style="text-align:left;"| Thonnyaksharangal || style="text-align:left;"| Nonsense Alphabets || style="text-align:left;"| 1989
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  14
| style="text-align:left;"| Aparahnam || style="text-align:left;"| Afternoon || style="text-align:left;"| 1991
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  15
| style="text-align:left;"| Ujjayini || style="text-align:left;"| [[Ujjain]] || style="text-align:left;"| 1994
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  16
| style="text-align:left;"| Veruthe || style="text-align:left;"| Gratis (For Nothing) || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  17
| style="text-align:left;"| Swayamvaram || style="text-align:left;"| [[Swayamvara]] || style="text-align:left;"| 1995
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  18
| style="text-align:left;"| Bhairavante Thudi || style="text-align:left;"| Drum of Bhairavan || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  19
| style="text-align:left;"| Oyenviyude Ganangal *|| style="text-align:left;"| Songs of O.N.V. || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  20
| style="text-align:left;"| Valappottukal **|| style="text-align:left;"| Pieces of Bangle || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  21
| style="text-align:left;"| Sooryageetham **|| style="text-align:left;"| The Song of Sun || style="text-align:left;"|
|}
|}
<small>'''*'''Collection of 1500 songs.  '''**'''Poems for children</small>
 
===Prose list===
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|-
|<center>List of Prose by O. N. V.</center>
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="background:#fff; border-collapse:collapse; border:1px #dee8f1 solid; font-weight:normal; font-family:verdana;"
! style="background:#b0bfd5; color:white;"|#
! style="background:#b0bfd5; color:white;"|Name
! style="background:#b0bfd5; color:white;"|Translation in English
! style="background:#b0bfd5; color:white;"|Year of publishing
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  1
| style="text-align:left;"| Kavitayile Samantara Rekhakal || style="text-align:left;"| Parallel Lines in Poetry || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  2
| style="text-align:left;"| Kavitayile Pratisandhikal || style="text-align:left;"| Crisis in Poetry || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  3
| style="text-align:left;"| Ezhuthachan – Oru Padanam || style="text-align:left;"| [[Ezhuthachan]] – A Study || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  4
| style="text-align:left;"| Patheyam || style="text-align:left;"| Food carried || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  5
| style="text-align:left;"| Kalpanikam || style="text-align:left;"| Imaginative || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  6
| style="text-align:left;"| Pushkin – Swatantrya Bodhatinte Durantagatha || style="text-align:left;"| || style="text-align:left;"|
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|  7
| style="text-align:left;"| Pokkuveyil Mannil Ezhuthiyathu || style="text-align:left;"| Autobiographical Writings || style="text-align:left;"|
|}
|}
 
==Lyricist==
In addition to the valuable contributions he had given to the Malayalam literature, he was one of the leading lyricists in [[Malayalam film]]/drama/album industry. He was the part of many dramas by [[Kerala People's Arts Club]] (KPAC) which has a major remark in the revolutionary movements of Kerala. ''Kalam Marunnu'' (1956) was his first film which was also the first film by the famous Malayalam composer [[G. Devarajan]]. Since then he has been active in film until his death and was honoured with one [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|national award]] and fourteen state awards (the most by a Malayalee). He has penned about 1000 songs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/php/createSongIndex.php?txt=ONV%20Kurup&stype=writers|title=MSI Malayalam Song Search – Writers = ONV Kurup|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info|access-date=26 September 2010}}</ref> in about 232 films and numerous songs for plays and albums. His partnerships with [[Salil Chowdhury]] and [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] were so popular in Malayalam film industry. He has made many hit songs with popular music directors, including [[G. Devarajan]], [[Raveendran]], [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]], [[Baburaj|M. S. Baburaj]],  [[M. K. Arjunan]], [[K. Raghavan]], [[Ilaiyaraaja]], [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]], [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]], [[Ravi (music director)|Bombay Ravi]], [[Mohan Sithara]], [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]], [[S. P. Venkatesh]], [[Ouseppachan]], [[Vidyadharan]] and [[M. Jayachandran]].
 
==Awards==
 
===Civilian honours===
* 2011 – [[Padma Vibhushan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/govt-announces-padma-awards-81520|title=Govt announces Padma Awards|date=25 January 2011|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>
* 2007 – [[D.Litt|Honorary Doctorate]] (honoris causa) by [[University of Kerala]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralauniversity.edu/universityherald/herald_june2007.pdf|title=D.Litt for ONV|website=Keralauniversity.edu|access-date=2016-02-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926212202/http://www.keralauniversity.edu/universityherald/herald_june2007.pdf|archive-date=26 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 1998 – [[Padma Shri]]<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=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
 
===Literary awards===
O. N. V. has won numerous awards for his literary works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |access-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralatourism.org/index.php?zone=4&menu=19&issue=162&cat=7&news=73 |title=Welcome to Kerala Tourism - Official Website of Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala |website=Kerala Tourism |access-date=2016-02-17}}</ref>
* 2015 – [[Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Award]]<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/kadammanitta-award-to-be-presented-to-onv-on-april-2/article7047357.ece "Kadammanitta award to be presented to ONV on April 2"]. ''The Hindu''. March 30, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2020.</ref>
* 2015 – [[Medal of Pushkin]] (Медаль Пушкина)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/honour-for-wordsmith/article7853620.ece |title=Honour for Wordsmith |date=6 November 2015|work=The Hindu|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref>
* 2013 – [[P. Kesavadev Literary Award]]<ref>[https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2013/jul/07/Kesavadev-Award-for-O-N-V-Kurup-494387.html "Kesavadev Award for O N V Kurup"]. ''The New Indian Express''. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2021.</ref>
* 2011 – [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Kamala Surayya Award|Kamala Surayya Award]] for ''Dinantham''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=120781|title=ONV and Mukundan gets Kamala Surayya award|date=2 March 2012|work=Mathrubhumi|access-date=10 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084930/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=120781|archive-date=19 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 2011 – [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Thoppil Bhasi Award|Thoppil Bhasi Award]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-10/kochi/30382664_1_onv-theatre-kerala|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103095614/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-10/kochi/30382664_1_onv-theatre-kerala|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=O N V Kurup wins Thoppil Bhasi Award|date=10 November 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=10 June 2013}}</ref>
* 2010 – [[COSINE]] Award
* 2009 – Ramashramam Trust Award
* 2007 – [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|Ezhuthachan Award]]<ref>{{cite news|title=ONV receives Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/06/stories/2008020650060200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209112447/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/06/stories/2008020650060200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2008|access-date=2 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 June 2013}}</ref>
* 2007 – [[Jnanpith Award]] for his overall contributions to Malayalam literature (Announced on 24 September 2010)<ref>{{cite news|title=O.N.V. Kurup gets Jnanpith Award|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/12/stories/2011021261552000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213173857/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/12/stories/2011021261552000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2011|access-date=10 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 February 2011}}</ref>
* 2006 – [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Vallathol Award|Vallathol Award]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/17/stories/2006101719050300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105142904/http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/17/stories/2006101719050300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2006|title=O.N.V. receives Vallathol Award|date=17 October 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=10 June 2013}}</ref>
* 2003 – Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam Sahitya Award
* 2002 – [[Malayalam Literary Awards#P. Kunhiraman Nair Award|P. Kunhiraman Nair Award]] for ''Ee Purathana Kinnaram''
* 1993 – [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Aasan Prize|Aasan Prize]]
* 1990 – [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Odakkuzhal Award|Odakkuzhal Award]] for ''Mrigaya''
* 1982 – [[Vayalar Award]] for ''Uppu''                                                                                                                              *1979-Pandalam Keralavarma Janmasathabdi Smaraka Award (Poetry)
* 1981 – Soviet Land Nehru Award for ''Uppu''<
* 1975 - [[Sahitya Academy Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]] ([[Malayalam]]) for ''Aksharam''
* 1971 - [[Kerala Sahitya Academy Award|Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (Poetry) for ''Agni Salabhangal''
 
===Film awards===
; National Film Awards
* 1989 - [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyricist]] – ''[[Vaishali (film)|Vaishali]]''
 
; Kerala State Film Awards
[[File:Onvk2.JPG|thumb|200px|O. N. V. Kurup with singer [[Yesudas]]]]
ONV won the [[Kerala State Film Award]] for the Best Lyricist fourteen times:
* 2016 – [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyricist]] (Film – ''Kambhoji'')
* 2008 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''Gulmohar'')
* 1990 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''Radha Madhavam'')
* 1989 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''Oru Sayahnathinte Swapnathil, Purappadu'')
* 1988 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''[[Vaishali (film)|Vaishali]]'')
* 1987 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''Manivathoorile Ayiram Sivarathrikal'')
* 1986 – Best Lyricist (Film – [[Nakhakshathangal]])
* 1984 – Best Lyricist (Film – [[Aksharangal]]'', Ethiripoove Chuvannapoove'')
* 1983 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''Adaminte Variyellu'')
* 1980 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''Yagam, Ammayum Makkalum'')
* 1979 – Best Lyricist (Film – [[Ulkkadal]])
* 1977 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''[[Madanolsavam]]'')
* 1976 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''Survey Kallu'')
* 1973 – Best Lyricist (Film – ''Swapnam'')
 
; Filmfare Awards
* 2009 – [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Malayalam|Best Lyricist Award]] – ''[[Pazhassi Raja (2009 film)|Pazhassi Raja]]''
* 2011 – Best Lyricist Award – ''Paattil Ee Pattil'' – ([[Pranayam]])<ref>{{cite web
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; Asianet Film Awards
* 2001 –  [[Asianet Film Awards#Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist Award]] -''Meghamalhar''
* 2002 –  Best Lyricist Award -''Ente Hridayatinte Udama''
 
==Positions held==
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Kurup served and headed various office of state and central government organisations. Notably:
* Executive Member,  Executive  Board  of  the  Sahitya  Akademi,  New  Delhi  from  1982–86.
* Chairman, [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] – the State Akademi of Classical performing Arts (1996).
* Fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Academy in 1999.
 
He also has been the part of various delegation at international events. Some of the notable among them being:
* Visited USSR as member of an Indian Writers Delegation to participate in the 150th birth anniversary of [[Leo Tolstoy]].
* Represented India in the [[Struga Poetry Evenings]], Yugoslavia (1987)
* Attended [[Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs|CISAC]] Asian Conference in Singapore (1990).
* Visited USA to participate in FOKANA Conference (1993).
* Visited USA to inaugurate literary seminar in Kerala Centre, New York (1995).
* Presented poems on [[Beethoven]] and [[Mozart]] in the Department of German, [[University of Bonn]].
* Indian delegate to the [[Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs|CISAC]] World Conference held in Berlin (1998).
 
==Death==
ONV Kurup died on 13 February 2016, due to age-related ailments at KIMS Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. He was 84. He was cremated with full state honours at Thycaud Santhikavadam crematorium, which was named by him. At the time of his cremation, 84 singers representing the 84 years of his life, led by [[K. J. Yesudas]], paid homage to him by singing his poems and songs. He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
 
==See also==
* [[O. N. V. Literary Award]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://onvkuruppu.blogspot.in/2016/02/kavithakal.html O.N.V Kurip Verse List-Tribute]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060629025523/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/12/09/stories/2005120900380200.htm O. N. V. – Master of verse]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071021074135/http://hindu.com/2006/09/18/stories/2006091819390300.htm Swaralaya to honour O. N. V.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm Official Website of Information and Public Relation Department of Kerala]
 
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