Balamani Amma’s 113th Birthday: Google on Tuesday (July 19, 2022) celebrated the 113th birthday of Balamani Amma, a famous Indian poet who was often known as the grandmother of Malayalam literature, with a particular Doodle. Balamani Amma was born on July 19 in 1909 in Nalapat, her ancestral dwelling 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 printed 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 obtained any formal coaching or schooling, however was as an alternative schooled at dwelling by her uncle Nalappat Narayana Menon, who was additionally a well-liked Malayali poet.
Balamani Amma married VM Nair, managing director of Mathrubhumi
At the age of 19, Balamani Amma married VM Nair, the managing director and managing editor of the famous Malayalam newspaper Mathrubhumi. In 1930, she printed 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 normal understanding of girls characters. Her early poems glorified motherhood in a brand new gentle, which is why she was then often known as the “poetess of motherhood”. Her poems describing her love for kids and grandchildren earned her the titles of Amma (Mother) and Muthassi (Grandmother) of Malayalam poetry.
Today’s #GoogleDoodle celebrates the 113th birthday of Balamani Amma, an Indian poet who obtained India’s highest literary award with none formal coaching.
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Her most famous 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.
