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A tribute to A.Ayyappan

A. Ayyappan (27 October 1949 - 21 October 2010) was a Malayalam poet in the modernist period. Born in a wealthy goldsmith's family, in Nemom, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, he became a non-conformist member of reading Malayali families. He had a very tragic childhood. His father,Arumukham, died, perhaps due to poison when he was only one year old. He lost his mother, Muthammal, when he was 15. Ayyappan was supported by his sister Subbalakshmi and his brother-in-law V. Krishnan.

Ayyappan started writing poetry when he was a student. He became involved in the Communist Party and joined the staff of Janayugam, the party newspaper. Ayyappan is well known for his heart touching poems and his bohemian lifestyle. He can also be considered as the last remaining icon of anarchism in Kerala. He was a close friend of the late filmmaker John Abraham.

"Though a bohemian in the tradition of P. Kunhiraman Nair, Malayalam's celebrated poet of yesteryear, Ayyappan was amazingly rigorous in his poetic expression. Often, the street was his home, for homes seldom welcomed the poet in. But few writers in these times can claim to have had so vast a circle of loving and adoring friends, a large majority of them young men and women."

He won the Asan Puraskaram (Asan Poetry Prize), one of the highest literary awards in Malayalam literature, for the year 2010.

His body was found abandoned in the streets of Thampanoor, Thiruvanathapuram on 21 October 2010 and was identified by police in General Hospital by noon on 22 October 2010. It was reported that the death was due to vehicular accident. He was on his way to Chennai to accept the Asan Puraskaram on Saturday, 23 October 2010.

Important works

• Mulamthandinu Rajayakshmaavu
• Yangjam
• Ente shavapetti chumakunnavarodu
• Veyil Thinnunna Pakshi
• Greeshmame sakhee
• Karuppu
• Budhanum Aattinkuttiyum
• Chitharogaaspatryile Dinangal
• Malamillaatha Pambu
• Greeshmavum Kanneerum
• Tettiyodunna SeconduSoochi
• Kalkkariyude Niramullavar (Collection of Poems)
• Sumangali

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