(Kanic), as a memorial for the poet, the first instance in Kerala history when the government took over a poet's property to convert it into a memorial. It houses an archives, a museum and a publications division. Asan Memorial Association, a Chennai-based organization, has built a memorial at Kayikkara, the birthplace of the poet. They have also instituted an annual award, Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram, for recognising excellence in Malayalam poetry. The award carries a cash prize of 30,000 and Sugathakumari, O. N. V. Kurup, K. Ayyappa Panicker and K. Satchidanandan are some of the recipients of the award. Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School is a CBSE affiliated higher secondary school run by Asan Memorial Association. The India Post issued a commemorative postage stamp depicting Asan's portrait in 1973, in connection with his birth centenary. Works Major works Other works Kumaran Asan also wrote many other poems. Some of these poems are listed in the book Asante Padyakrthikal under the name "Mattu Krthikal" (Other Works): Sadaachaarasathakam Sariyaaya Parishkaranam Bhaashaaposhinisabhayodu Saamaanyadharmangal Subrahmanyapanchakam Mrthyanjayam Pravaasakaalaththu Naattile Ormakal This is another collection of poems that come from various letters Kumaran Asan wrote over the course of several years. None of the poems were longer than thirty-two lines. Koottu Kavitha The other poems are lesser known. Only a few of them have names: Kavikalkkupadesam Mangalam Oru Kathth This is another one of Asan's letter-poems. Randu Aasamsaapadyangal poems or stories which are written by kritikal 1. Leela 2. veenpuv 3. nlene 4. kruna 4. parodnam Prose Translations Works on Asan See also Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University Vallathol Narayana Menon Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer Pandalam Kerala Varma Notes References External links 1873 births 1924 deaths Indian male poets Malayalam-language writers Malayalam poets Poets from Kerala Activists from Kerala Indian Sanskrit scholars Writers from Thiruvananthapuram The Sanskrit College and University alumni University of Calcutta alumni Deaths by drowning in India Deaths due to shipwreck Indian social reformers 20th-century Indian poets 19th-century Indian poets 19th-century Indian male writers Scholars from Thiruvananthapuram 20th-century Indian male writers