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Indian poet

This article is about the poet. For the family, see Olappamanna Mana. For the Sanskrit scholar, see O. M. C. Narayanan Nambudiripad.

Olappamanna Mana Subramanian Namboothirippad (10 January 1923 – 10 April 2000), better identified by his family name, Olappamanna, was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature.

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A former chairman of Kerala Kalamandalam and an author of 20 books of poetry, his poems were noted for their explicit social expressions. He received two awards from Kerala Sahitya Academy and another from Kendra Sahitya Academy, besides honours such as Government of Madras Poetry Prize, Odakkuzhal Award, N. V. Puraskaram, Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram and Ulloor Award.

Biography

Olappamanna was born on 10 January 1923, in Vellinezhi in Palakkad district of the south Indian state of Kerala in Olappamanna Mana, a wealthy family with a feudal past known for its patronage of artists and musicians^[1][2] to Neelakantan Nambu