Anagha J. Kolath

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Anagha J. Kolath
BornDecember 1994 (age 29)
Kottayam district, Kerala, India
Occupationpoet
NationalityIndian
Notable worksMezhukuthirikku Swantham Theeppetti
Notable awards Yuva Puraskar 2022

Anagha J. Kolath is a Malayalam language poet from Kerala, India. In 2022, she received Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.

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Biography

Anagha J. Kolath was born in 1994, at Kolath House in Pala, Kottayam district of Kerala, the youngest of three daughters of KN Jayachandran, a bank officer, and PG Shyamaladevi, a retired school teacher. [1] She has two sisters Anjana and Archana. [2]

Anagha done her primary education at Pala Sakthivilasam NSS School. [1] After passing Plus Two from NSSHSS, Kitangur, she graduated in English from Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram. [1] After passing post graduation from Changanassery College, Anagha studied at the School of Letters to obtain her Masters in Malayalam. [1]

Literary career

Anagha wrote her first poem while in the second grade. [1] She is good not only at writing poetry but also at reciting it. From a young age, she participated in the Narayaniyam and Poonthanam reciting competitions held by the Guruvayoor Devaswom. [1] In 2013, she was awarded the Suvarna mudra (Golden Seal) from Guruvayoor temple. [1] She has also won the third position in a poetry recitation competition on a leading Malayalam channel. [1]

Works

It was the writer K. Jayakumar who forced Anagha, who was reluctant to compile and publish her poems, to publish the poem and provided the necessary assistance. [3] Anagha's first collection of poems titled Njan Arinja Kadal, including about 30 poems, was published in 2014. [4] A poetry recital CD called Kavyamritham has also been released with 51 poems. [1] She was selected for Sahitya Akademi's online Kaviyarang (poetry discussion platform) in 2020. [3]

Apart from poetry, Anagha is active in writing stories and articles in periodicals and online. [3]

Awards and honours

Anagha has won many awards including Akashvani Yuvavani Award for best poetry, received on the International Day of Mother Tongue-2014, Ankanam Kavitha Award (2014) K M Sukumaran Memorial Award for College students (2014) and Punalur Balan Poetry Award [5] (2020). [6] In 2022, she received Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for her poetry collection Mezhukuthirikku Swantham Theeppetti. [7]

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