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{{Infobox person | name = Olappamanna | image = Olamanna (Poet).jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Subramanian Namboothirippad | birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|01|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|04|10|1923|01|10|df= yes}} | death_place = | restingplace = | occupation = Poet | notable_works = {{Unbulleted_list|''Nizhalana''|''Kathakavithakal''|''Nangemakutty''|''Theethailam''|''Kilungunna Kaiyyamam''}} | spouse = Sreedevi Antharjanam | children = | parents = {{Unbulleted_list|Neelakantan Nambuthirippad|Devasena Antharjanam}} | relatives = {{Unbulleted_list|O. M. Anujan<br>{{small|(Brother)}}|Sreedevi Bindu Olappamanna<br>{{small|(Granddaughter)}}|Leela Nambudiripad<br>{{small|(Niece)}}|O. M. C. Narayanan Nambudiripad<br>{{small|(Nephew)}}}} | website = | awards = {{Unbulleted_list|1950 Government of Madras Poetry Prize|1967 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry|1989 Kendra Sahitya Academy Award|1988 Odakkuzhal Award|1992 N. V. Puraskaram|1998 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions|1998 Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram|Ulloor Award}} }}
'''Olappamanna Mana Subramanian Namboothirippad''' (10 January 1923 – 10 April 2000), better identified by his family name, '''Olappamanna''', was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. A former chairman of Kerala Kalamandalam and an author of 20 books of poetry, his poems were noted for their explicit social expressions. He received two awards from Kerala Sahitya Academy and another from Kendra Sahitya Academy, besides honours such as Government of Madras Poetry Prize, Odakkuzhal Award, N. V. Puraskaram, Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram and Ulloor Award.
== Biography == thumb|left|Government Victoria College Palakkad, Olappamanna's alma mater Olappamanna was born on 10 January 1923, in Vellinezhi in Palakkad district of the south Indian state of Kerala in Olappamanna Mana, a wealthy family with a feudal past known for its patronage of artists and musicians<ref name="Olappamanna Mana, Vellinezhi, Cherplassery, Palakkad">{{Cite web |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/olappamanna-mna-palakkad/559 |title=Olappamanna Mana, Vellinezhi, Cherplassery, Palakkad |date=2019-04-17 |website=Kerala Tourism |language=en |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref name="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TJhFunWQ8">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74TJhFunWQ8 |title=Olappamanna Mana |last=Video Webindia123 |website=YouTube |date=2015-09-25 |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> to Neelakantan Nambuthirippad and Devasena Antharjanam. After the customary early education of Sanskrit and vedas, he completed schooling in 1944, studying in Ottappalam School, P. M. G. High School, Palakkad and B. E. M. High School, Palakkad, and joined the Government Victoria College, Palakkad for his undergraduate studies in History but did not complete it.<ref name="Profile of Malayalam Lyricist Olappamanna">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=lyricist&artist=Olappamanna |title=Profile of Malayalam Lyricist Olappamanna |date=2019-04-17 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-17 |archive-date=29 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629150030/http://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=lyricist&artist=Olappamanna |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later, he was engaged in timber and rubber businesses and was involved in local politics, presiding over Ezhakkad Panchayat and Kottoppadam Panchayath, during the period from 1950 to 1964.<ref>Sahithyakara Directory; Kerala Sahithya Academy, Thrissur</ref>
Olappamanna, who was married to Sreedevi, died on 10 April 2000, at the age of 77, succumbing to a massive heart attack.<ref>Akhilavijnanakosam; D.C. Books; Kottayam</ref><ref name="Olappamanna - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/olappamanna-profile-1898-25.htm |title=Olappamanna - Veethi profile |date=2019-04-17 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> O. M. Anujan, the noted scholar and poet was his brother<ref name="A life dedicated to classical art">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/a-life-dedicated-to-classical-art/article3757119.ece |title=A life dedicated to classical art |last=Haridas |first=Anand |date=2012-08-12 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> while Leela Nambudiripad, the writer of children's literature, popularly known as ''Sumanagala'', O. M. C. Narayanan Nambuthirippad, the Sanskrit scholar and Olappamanna Damodaran Nambudiripad (Founder and Former Chairperson of Deviprasadam Trust) were his niece and nephews respectively.<ref name="Personalities">{{Cite web |url=http://www.olappamannamana.com/personalities.html |title=Personalities |date=2019-04-17 |website=www.olappamannamana.com |access-date=2019-04-17 |archive-date=30 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430145221/http://www.olappamannamana.com/personalities.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Glimpses of a glorious heritage">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Glimpses-of-a-glorious-heritage/article14576092.ece |title=Glimpses of a glorious heritage |last=Kaladharan |first=V. |date=2016-08-18 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
== Legacy == thumb|left|Kerala Kalamandalam Olappamanna published his first poem in 1942 and his oeuvre comprises 21 books of poetry<ref name="books.puzha.com - Author Details">{{Cite web |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=1262 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130724080016/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=1262 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-24 |title=books.puzha.com - Author Details |date=2013-07-24 |website=archive.is |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> which include award winning titles such as ''Kathakavithakal'' and ''Nizhalana''.<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Olappamanna/Html/OlappamannaBooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-04-17 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> Three of his books, ''Theethailam'', ''Panchali'' and ''Nangemakutty'' are Khanta Kavyams and ''Amba'', is an attakatha. Orkkuka Vallappozhum, the 2009 Malayalam film, has one of Olappamanna's poems, adapted as a song by M. Jayachandran, and sung by himself and Sujatha Mohan.<ref name="Orkkuka Vallappozhum [2009]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?6251 |title=Orkkuka Vallappozhum [2009] |date=2019-04-17 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-17 |archive-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907072557/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?6251 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Olappamanna was associated with Kerala Kalamandalam, holding the position of its vice chairman and later chairing the institution during 1978–84.<ref name="books.puzha.com - Author Details" /> He was also associated with Yogakshema Sabha and Purogamana Sahithya Samkhadana for a brief period<ref name="Olappamanna - Veethi profile" /> and sat in the director board of Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham, a writers' cooperative, from 1965 to 1974 and in the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi from 1979 to 1984.<ref name="Profile of Malayalam Lyricist Olappamanna" />
== Awards and honours == Olappamanna received the Government of Madras Poetry Prize in 1950 for his work, ''Ashareerikal''.<ref name="Profile of Malayalam Lyricist Olappamanna" /> The Kerala Sahitya Akademi selected his poetry anthology, ''Kathakavithakal'', for their annual award for poetry in 1967<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=2019-04-17 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and he received the Odakkuzhal Award in 1988, his book, ''Nizhalana'', fetching him the award.<ref name="Winners of Odakkuzhal Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/odakkuzhal-award/576 |title=Winners of Odakkuzhal Award |date=2019-04-17 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> The book earned yet another award a year later, the 1989 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award.<ref name="Literary Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-05-24 |title=Literary Awards |date=2007-05-24 |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> Six years after receiving the N. V. Puraskaram in 1992,<ref name="Olappamanna - Veethi profile" /> Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him again with the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions in 1998;<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/total.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions |date=2019-04-17 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154814/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/total.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the same year as he received the Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram.<ref name="Winners of Asan Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/asan-prize/582 |title=Winners of Asan Prize |date=2019-04-17 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the Ulloor Award.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web|date=2019-04-17|title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal|url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Olappamanna/Html/Olappamannagraphy.htm|access-date=2019-04-17|website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal}}</ref>
== Bibliography == {{Div col|colwidth=40em}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=210135&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Amba (Aattakkadha) |last=Olappamanna |date=1973 |publisher=Kalamandalam |location=Kalamandalam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=70603&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Aehi Soonari: Kavithakal |last=Olappamanna |publisher=Author}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=70606&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Olichupookunna Njan: Kavithakal |last=Olappamanna |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=70668&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Nangemakkutti: Kavitha |last=Olappamanna}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214927&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Kulambadi |last=Olappamanna |date=1125 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207554&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Varinellu |last=Olappamanna |date=1993 |publisher=D.C. Books, Kottayam |location=D.C. Books, Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205901&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Nizhalana |last=Olappamanna |date=1987 |publisher=Current Books, Kottayam |location=Current Books, Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=112446&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Nithyakalyani: Olappamannayude sampoorna kavithakal |last=Olappamanna |date=2014 |publisher=Mathrubhumi books |isbn=9788182662025 |location=Kozhikode}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=74973&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Suphala: kavithakal |last=Olappamanna |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=73509&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Kadhakavithakal |last=Olappamanna |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Thrissur}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=235458&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Kadhakaliyude rangasree |last=Olappamanna |date=2014 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182660137 |edition= 1st |location=Kozhikode}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=221412&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Dhukhamavuka sukham |last=Olappamanna |date=1980 |publisher=Sahitya Pravastha Co. operative society |location=Sahitya Pravastha Co. operative society}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215443&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Jalakapakshi |last=Olappamanna |date=1988 |publisher=Mathrubhoomi, Kozhikode |location=Mathrubhoomi, Kozhikode }}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214934&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Theethailam |last=Olappamanna |date=1951 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214933&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Olappamanna |title=Kalpana |last=Olappamanna |date=1948 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}} <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anamuttu-Kavithakal-Olappamanna/dp/B0000CQ1HB/ref=sr_1_2?qid=1555512258&refinements=p_27%253AOlappamanna&s=books&sr=1-2 |title=Anamuttu: Kavithakal |last=Olappamanna |date=1973 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society}}</ref> * Veena * Kilungunna Kaiyamam * Asareerikal * Panchali * Elathalam * Rubberwifum Mattu Kavithakalum {{div col end}}
== See also == {{Div col|colwidth=40em}} * List of Malayalam-language authors by category * List of Malayalam-language authors {{div col end}} {{Portal|India|Literature}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Glimpses-of-a-glorious-heritage/article14576092.ece |title=Glimpses of a glorious heritage |last=Kaladharan |first=V. |date=2016-08-18 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-17}}
== External links == * {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Olappamanna/Html/Olappamanna.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-04-15 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-15}} * {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Olappamanna/Html/Olappamannascript.htm |title=Handwriting |date=2019-04-15 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-15}} * {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/video/art-and-culture/olappamanna-mana/2/43 |title=Olappamanna Mana-Rituals and Crafts |date=2019-04-17 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-17}} * {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOi5ugz5Yg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/YYOi5ugz5Yg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Nangemakkutti -Olappamanna |last=Jyothibai Pariyadath |website=YouTube |date=2013-12-19 |access-date=2019-04-17}}{{cbignore}}
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Category:Malayalam poets Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Category:1923 births Category:2000 deaths Category:20th-century Indian poets Category:Indian male poets Category:Writers from Palakkad district Category:Poets from Kerala Category:20th-century Indian male writers