Balamani Amma’s 113th Birthday: Google on Tuesday (July 19, 2022) celebrated the 113th birthday of Balamani Amma, a well-known Indian poet who was referred to as the grandmother of Malayalam literature, with a particular Doodle. Balamani Amma was born on July 19 in 1909 in Nalapat, her ancestral residence in Kerala’s Punnayurkulam. She was a recipient of quite a few awards for her poetry together with Padma Vibhushan – the second-highest civilian award in India and the Saraswati Samman – the nation’s most esteemed literary award. Amma revealed greater than 20 anthologies of poetry, prose, and translations.
Paying tribute to Balamani Amma with a particular Doodle illustrated by Kerala-based artist Devika Ramachandran, Google stated that she by no means acquired any formal coaching or training, however was as a substitute schooled at residence by her uncle Nalappat Narayana Menon, who was additionally a well-liked Malayali poet.
Balamani Amma married VM Nair, managing director of Mathrubhumi
On the age of 19, Balamani Amma married VM Nair, the managing director and managing editor of the well-known Malayalam newspaper Mathrubhumi. In 1930, she revealed her first poem titled Kooppukai. Her first recognition as a gifted poet got here from the previous ruler of the Kingdom of Cochin, Parikshith Thampuran, who awarded her with the Sahithya Nipuna Puraskaram.
Balamani Amma was an avid reader of Indian mythology and her poetry tended to place a spin on the standard understanding of girls characters. Her early poems glorified motherhood in a brand new mild, which is why she was then referred to as the “poetess of motherhood”. Her poems describing her love for youngsters and grandchildren earned her the titles of Amma (Mom) and Muthassi (Grandmother) of Malayalam poetry.
At present’s #GoogleDoodle celebrates the 113th birthday of Balamani Amma, an Indian poet who acquired India’s highest literary award with none formal coaching.
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Her most well-known works embrace Amma (1934), Muthassi (1962), and Mazhuvinte Katha (1966).
She was additionally the mom of Kamala Das, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1984.
Amma handed away on December 29, 2004, in Kochi.