Prabha Varma (file photo)Kottayam: Poet Prabha Varma has won the Kendra Sahithya Akademi Award for the year 2016. He has bagged the award for his work titled 'Shyamamadhavam.'
A multi-faceted litterateur, Prabha Varma has published nine collections of poems, four books on the contemporary socio-political milieu and literature, four collections of essays in criticism, a study on the media, and a travelogue.
'Shyamamadhavam' is a novel in verse. It revolves around Lord Krishna and the lives of those who come across him. It is the touching portrayal of the travails of a solitary soul and the rare courage with which Krishna deals with life.
Born as the youngest son of T.K. Narayanan Namboothiri and N. Pankajakshi Thampuratty in Thiruvalla, he was a student activist associated before he embarked into the world of literature.
The first anthology of poems he published was titled, 'Sourparnika,' (1990).
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Vayalar Award, Asan Prize, Vyloppilli Award, Changampuzha Award, Mahakavi P Puraskaram, Kadathanad Udayavarma Puraskaram, Mullanezhi Award, among others.
