M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1933–2024author, screenplay writer and film director (1933–2024)
Sanskrit scholar and writer (1906–2006)
P. C. Devassia
1906–2006, born Kottayam, writes in Malayalam, Sanskrit, writer, poet
Plakkiyil Chacko Devassia, often known as Mahakavi P. C. Devassia, was a Sanskrit and Malayalam literary scholar, literary translator, and poet from Kerala, India. In 1980, Devassia, a lifelong Christian from the Syro-Malabar Church, one of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit. The prize was awarded for Devassia’s poem Kristubhagavatam, a Mahakavyam, or very high prestige form of Indian epic poetry composed in Classical Sanskrit, but with its traditions transformed into a work of Christian poetry about the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. He has also received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for his overall contributions to Malayalam literature.
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Awards
| 1980 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Kristubhagavatam |
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Also writing in Malayalam
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