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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chemmanam_Chacko > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chemmanam_Chacko.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmanam_Chacko > Source revision: 1345306037 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Indian satirical poet}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox writer | name = Chemmanam Chacko | image = Chemmanam Chacko DS.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = Chemmanam | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1926|3|7}} | birth_place = [Mulakulam](/source/Mulakulam), [Travancore](/source/Travancore) | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|8|14|1926|3|7|df=y}} | death_place = [Kochi](/source/Kochi), [Kerala](/source/Kerala), [India](/source/India) | occupation = [Poet](/source/Poet), [social worker](/source/social_worker) | nationality = [India](/source/India)n | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Chemmanam Chacko''' (7 March 1926 – 14 August 2018) was an Indian satirical poet from [Kerala](/source/Kerala), [India](/source/India). He died on 15 August 2018 at the age of 92 at his residence in Padamugal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/chemmanam-chacko-dead/article24694006.ece|title=Chemmanam Chacko dead|last=Bureau|first=Kochi|date=2018-08-14|work=The Hindu|access-date=14 August 2018|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}} == Early life == Chacko was born on 7 March 1926, in the village of [Mulakulam](/source/Mulakulam) in erstwhile [Travancore](/source/Travancore). Chemmanam is his family name. His father was an [Orthodox Christian priest](/source/Priest). He did his early schooling in Saint Joseph's school, [Piravom](/source/Piravom), and went on to receive his BA honours in [Malayalam literature](/source/Malayalam_literature) with first rank from [University College, Trivandrum](/source/University_College%2C_Trivandrum). He worked as a professor at [Mar Ivanios College](/source/Mar_Ivanios_College) and the Department of Malayalam, [University of Kerala](/source/University_of_Kerala). == Poetry == Chacko's first published poem was 'Munnottu' (Forward) which appeared in a local weekly in 1946. The poem 'Kanakaaksharangal' published in 1967 brought him popularity. Chemmanam is famed for efficiently utilising [satire](/source/satire) in his poems as a means of social and political critique.{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/09/stories/2010040953910400.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414122108/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/09/stories/2010040953910400.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=14 April 2010| title=A war of verse | location=Chennai, India | work=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)| date=9 April 2010}} His poetic style has often drawn comparison to the early Malayalam language poet [Kunjan Nambiar](/source/Kunjan_Nambiar). His 1977 poetry collection ''Rajapatha'' won the [Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award). He was conferred with the lifetime achievement award for literature by the [Kerala Sahitya Akademi](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi) in 2006. He received the Mahakavi Pandalam Keralavarma Award for Poetry in 2014 and [Asan Prize](/source/Asan_Prize) in 2015.{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/15/stories/2006031503760200.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907155144/http://www.hindu.com/2006/03/15/stories/2006031503760200.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=7 September 2006| title=Honour for a poet's lifetime work | location=Chennai, India | work=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)| date=15 March 2006}}{{cite news |title=Chemmanam Chacko bags Asan Memorial Award |url=http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=74461 |access-date=17 February 2023 |work=[Kerala Kaumudi](/source/Kerala_Kaumudi) |date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103094448/http://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=74461 |archive-date=3 January 2017}} ===List of poems=== *''Vilamparam'' (Proclamation) (1947) *''Kanakaaksharangal'' (Golden Letters) (1967) *''Nellu'' (Rice) (1968) *''Innu'' (Today) (1969) *''Puthari'' (Fresh Rice) (1970) *''Asthram'' (Arrow) (1971) *''Agneyaasthram'' (Fire-arrow) (1972) *''Dukkhanthinte Chiri'' (Laughter of sorrow) (1973) *''Aavanazhi'' (Quiver) (1974) *''Jaithrayaathra'' (Victory Parade) (1975) *''Rajapaatha'' (Royal Path) (1976) *''Daahajalam'' (Water for Thirst) (1981) *''Bhoomikulukkam'' (Earthquake) (1983) *''Ampum Villum'' (Bow and Arrow) (1986) *''Raajavinu Vasthramilla'' (King is naked) (1989) *''Aalilla Kaserakal'' (Empty Chairs) (1991) *''Chinteru'' (Plane - as in tool for timber work) (1995) *''Narma Sankadam'' (Light Sadness) (1997) *''Onnu Onnu Randaayiram'' (1–1–2000) (2000) *''Ottayaal Pattaalam'' (One-man Army) (2003) *''Ottayaante Choonduviral'' (Pointing finger of a lone Elephant) (2007) *''Akshara Poraattam'' (War of Words) (2009) *''Akshara Poraali'' (Warrior of words) (2010) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Chemmanam Chacko}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJMk8iRYW4g Part 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OU4E5JNak Part 2] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiDeFFhESVI Part 3] of the interview with Chemmanam Chacko by ''[Mathrubhumi](/source/Mathrubhumi)'' * [http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/browse-books.cgi Malayalam authors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811171042/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/browse-books.cgi |date=11 August 2018 }} * [http://indulekha.biz/index.php?route=product/author/product&author_id=943 Collection of poems and essays by Chemmanam Chacko] * [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/ignore-malayalam-at-societys-peril-says-poet/article2655175.ece Speech by Chemmanam] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chacko, Chemmanam}} Category:1926 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Writers from Kottayam Category:Indian male poets Category:Indian satirists Category:Indian satirical poets Category:Indian political artists Category:20th-century Indian poets Category:Malayalam poets Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Category:Poets from Kerala Category:20th-century Indian male writers Category:Academic staff of the University of Kerala --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chemmanam Chacko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmanam_Chacko) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemmanam_Chacko?action=history)). 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