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New chairpersons for Kerala's cultural academies have been appointed, including Kalpatta Narayanan for Sahitya Akademi and Prem Kumar for Film Development Corporation. Singer G Venugopal has been appointed chairman of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.
Poet K Satchidanandan resigned as Kerala Sahitya Akademi president, citing the natural course of stepping down after a government change. He had served four years.
Swaraj said he became aware of the Akademi’s announcement only late in the day, as he was attending the CPM State Committee meeting.
The C B Kumar Award for essay writing was given to M Swaraj for Pookkalude Pusthakam
V K K Ramesh, the only Kerala Sahitya Akademi employee to ever receive an award from the academy itself, has retired after a 25-year career. He won the Akademi award in 2018 for his debut book, "Who is Afraid of VKN," which was recognized for its comedic excellence. Ramesh served as an LD clerk at
A few weeks ago, Satchidanandan declared that he is ending his public life owing to health issues.
Prof Omchery N N Pillai, who passed away on Friday, always kept Kerala close to his heart even though he lived in Delhi for the last 73 years. Omchery’s body of work includes nine full-length dramas, over 80 one-act plays and a few novels. During his long life of 100 years, Omchery attempted daring
Haritha Savithri's 'Zin' was chosen for the best Novel prize.
He said his protest was not even aimed at the Akademi but against the neglect and discrimination meted out to poets and writers by the government and society.
Satchidanandan added that small matters are being turned into big controversies on social media.
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