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K. G. Sankara Pillai

b. 1948, writes in Malayalam, poet

K. G. Sankara Pillai is an Indian poet. He came into prominence in the 1970s with the publication of the poem “Bengal” and is now one of the most popular among the modernist poets of Kerala. A recipient of the state and central Sahitya Akademi Awards in 1998 and 2002 respectively, his writings in Malayalam have been translated into many Indian languages, as well as Chinese, French, German, English and Sinhala.

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Books on record

Awards

2002Sahitya Akademi Award for K. G. Sankar Pillaiyude Kavitaagal

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Malayalam