N. V. Krishna Warrier

N. V. Krishna Warrior
Born (1916-05-13)13 May 1916
Njeruvisseri, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Died 12 October 1989(1989-10-12) (aged 73)
Occupation Poet, scholar, critic, essayist
Years active 1936-1989
Parent(s) Achutha Warrier
Madhavi Warasyar
Awards Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

N. V. Krishna Warrior (1916–1989) was an Indian poet,[1] newspaper editor, scholar, academician and political thinker. He was a prolific writer and his works covered the genres of poetry, drama, travelogue, translation, children's literature and science.[2]

Biography

Nerukkavu Variam Krishna Warrior was born on 13 May 1916 at Njeruvisseri, near Arattupuzha in Thrissur district, Kerala to Achutha Warrior and Madhavi Warasyar. He had two brothers, Shankaran Warrier and Achutha Warrier and a sister, Ikkalikutti Warasyar. He was married to Lakshmikutty Warasyar and the couple had 3 daughters, Dr. Usha, Dr. Parvathy and Dr. Vani.[3]

Krishna Warrior had an extensive education during which he obtained the degree MLitt and learnt 18 languages.[2] He was also honoured by Calicut University by awarding him the degree of DLitt.

Warrior's death came on 12 October 1989 at Kozhikode at the age of 73. [4]

M. R. Thampan, the Director of State Institute of Languages, Kerala has written a biography of N. V. Krishna Warrior.[5]

Career and legacy

Warrior started his career as a teacher Sanskrit School in Kaladi and later moved to Sanskrit College, Tripunithura. During the Quit India Movement, he resigned from the job and published a daily called Swathanthra Bharatham (Free India). In 1952, he joined Mathrubhumi as the editor and stayed there till 1968 when he co-founded Kerala Bhasha Institute and became its first director (1968–1972). He also worked as the editor of Kumkumam group of publications and the Hindi magazine, Yuga Prabhath.

Krishna Warrior was the first editor of Akhila Vijnana Kosam, an encyclopaedia in Malayalam. When Travancore Kochi Working Journalist Association and Malabar Working Journalist Association merged to form Kerala Union of Working Journalists, Krishna Warrior was elected as its first president. He also served as the president of Sahitya Pravathaka Sahakarana Sangham (SPCS), Kerala Sahitya Parishad and Kerala Sahitya Sammithi. He was a member of Kerala Sahitya Akademi, National Book Development Council and Official Bhasha Committee.

Krishna Warrior is credited with efforts on modernisation of Malayalam language.[6] Two awards have been instituted in his name, N V Krishna Warrior Literary Award by N V Krishna Warrior Memorial Trust[7] and N.V. Sahitya Vedi Award by the organisation of the same name.[8]

In the centenary of his birth, a digital archive to bring all of N.V's works online was launched by the N.V Krishna Warrior Memorial Trust on October 12th, 2015.

Positions held

Works

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award
Awarded by Sahitya Akademi, Government of India
Category 1916

N. V. Krishna Warrior won the 1979 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Vallatholinte Kavyasilpam (literary criticism).[9] His poetry collection Gandhiyum Godseyum won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 1970.[10]

The N.V. Krishna Warrior Award is given to the best scholastic book of the year.

References

  1. ↑ Narasimhaiah, Closepet D. (1 January 1994). East West Poetics at Work: Papers Presented at the Seminar on Indian and Western Poetics at Work, Dhvanyaloka, Mysore, January 1991. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 40–. ISBN 9788172013851. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 http://www.pressacademy.org/content/krishna-warrier-nv
  3. ↑ http://www.geni.com/people/N-V-Krishna-Warrier/6000000002623028683
  4. ↑ http://www.keralawindow.net/news_Octo.html
  5. ↑ http://www.samachar.com/N-V-Krishna-Warrier-remembered-award-presented-nfokKkfidja.html
  6. ↑ Remembering the late Mr. Krishna Warrier as a person who had contributed immensely to the "modernisation" of the Malayalam language
  7. ↑ http://www.dvaipayana.net/kovilan/nvp.html
  8. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/28/stories/2009042854280400.htm
  9. ↑ http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065:aboutkerala-literary-awards&catid=271:about-kerala&Itemid=2379
  10. ↑ http://malayalasahithyameng.in/awardsandrecognitions/poems-kerala-sahithya-akademy

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