autobiography, Kaviyude Kalpadukal. His 1959 poem Kaliyachan, has been adapted into a feature film produced by the National Film Development Corporation under the same name with Manoj K. Jayan in the lead; the film received three awards at the 2012 Kerala State Film Awards. Bibliography Poetry Short stories and novels Plays Prose Memoirs and biography Translations References External links Malayalam poets 1905 births 1978 deaths People from Kasaragod district Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 20th-century Indian poets Malayalam-language writers Poets from Kerala Indian male poets 20th-century Indian male writers Indian male novelists Indian male short story writers Indian male dramatists and playwrights Indian male essayists