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Malayalam poet, Jnanpith award-winner Akkitham dies at 94
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Renowned Malayalam poet and Jnanpith award-winner Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, who is said to have heralded modernism in Malayalam poetry, died at a private hospital here on Thursday. He was 94. A widower, the Mahakavi (great poet), as he was known, leaves two sons and four daughters. Hospital sources said he was admitted for age related ailments a couple of days ago and passed away at 8.10 am. Popularly known as Akkitham, his Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam (Epic of the 20th Century) is considered as one of the first truly modernist poems in Malayalam literature. A popular verse - Velicham dukhamanunni, thamasallo sukhapradam, which is roughly translated as "light brings sorrow, my chil

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