V. M. Girija

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V. M. Girija
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Born (1961-07-27) 27 July 1961 (age 62)
Paruthipra, Palakkadu, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Poet, essayist
Spouse C. R. Neelakandan
Childrentwo daughters
Relatives
  • Vasudevan Bhattathirippad (father)
  • Gauri (mother)
Awards

V. M. Girija (born 27 July 1961) is an Indian poet and essayist, writing in Malayalam language. She has published a number of books, which include Prem - Ek Album, the Hindi translation of her poetry anthology in Malayalam, Pranayam Oralbum. Kerala Sahithya Akademi awarded her their 2018 annual award for poetry and she is a recipient of 'Changmpuzha Award for literature' and the 'Basheer Amma Malayalam Puraskaram'.

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Biography

Vatakkeppattu Manakkal Girija was born on July 27, 1961, to Vadakkeppattu Vasudevan Bhattathirippad and Gauri, at Paruthipra, a village near Shornur in Palakkad district in the south Indian state of Kerala. [1] [2] Her college education was at the Sanskrit College, Pattambi from where she earned a master's degree in Malayalam, securing first rank in the examination. She started writing at an early age and her early poems were published in Balapankthi of Mathrubhumi. She started her career in 1983 by joining All India Radio as an announcer and moved to Kochi FM Station when it was started in 1989. [3] [4] She retired from Kochi FM in 2021 after 38 years of service. [5] [6]

Girija has published ten books of which Pranayam Oralbum [7] has been translated into Hindi by A. Aravindakshan, under the title, Prem-Ek Album. [8] The other books are Jeevajalam (Current Books, 2004), [9] Paavayunu (Sign Books, 2007), [10] Pennugal Kanatha Pathira Neragal (Mathrubhumi Books, 2011), [11] Oridathoridathoridathu (Current Books, 2012), [12] Poochayurakkam (KSCIL, 2014), Kadaloraveedu (Logos Books, 2015), [13] Paavayoonu (Illustrated Version-Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, 2015), Irupakshampeduminduvalla Njan, Moonu Deerkha Kavithakal (DC Books, 2017), [14] Buddhapoornima, and The Black Stone, a translation of her poems into English by P. P. Raveendran. [15] She has also edited book, Ellaarudeyum bhoomi, a compilation of poems of Savithri Antharjanam, [16] and has translated the Portuguese novel, Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (English: My Sweet Orange Tree) into Malayalam under the name, Ente Panchara Orange Maram. [17]

Personal life

Girija is married to C. R. Neelakandan, a noted environmental activist. The couple has two daughters, Ardra Neelakandan Girija and Archa Neelakandan Girija and the family lives in Kakkanadu in Kochi. [1]

Awards and honours

Girija received the 2018 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry for her anthology, Budha Purnima. [18] [19] She has also received the 'Changmpuzha Award for literature' and the 'Basheer Amma Malayalam Puraskaram' [20] and one of her books is a prescribed academic text for graduate course in Malayalam at the University of Calicut. [21]

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  8. ↑ Girija, V. M. (1999). Prem: Ek Album (in Hindi). Radhakrishan Prakashan. ASIN   8171194990.
  9. ↑ Girija, V. M. (2003). Jeevajalam. Thrissur, Current Books. ISBN   9788122603033.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ↑ GIRIJA. V. M. (6 November 2018). "PAAVAYOONU - പാവയൂണ്". KERALA STATE LIBRARY COUNCIL. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
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  12. ↑ V.M.Girija (2012). Oridathoridathoridathu (in Malayalam). Current Books Thrissur. ASIN   8122610722.
  13. ↑ "Kadaloraveedu". Rich Indians. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  14. ↑ Girija, V. M. (2017). Moonnu deergha kavithakal. Kottayam: D C books. ISBN   9788126476503.
  15. ↑ V. M. Girija P. P. Raveendran Tr. The Black Stone. Haritham, 12, 2000.
  16. ↑ Savithri Antharjjanam (2001). Ellaarudeyum bhoomi. Thrissur: Current Books.
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  21. ↑ "BA Syllabus (Page 79)" (PDF). University of Calicut. 6 November 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  22. ↑ Girija, V.M. (2017). Buddhapoornima (in Malayalam). Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society Ltd. ASIN   B09MT9Y58T.
  23. ↑ VASCONCELOUS, JOSE MAURO DE (1 January 2023). ENTE PANCHARA ORANGUMARAM (in Malayalam). V C THOMAS EDITIONS. ISBN   978-93-92231-14-8.
  24. ↑ GIRIJA, V. M. (1 January 2024). KAADANAVANNUDUPPUM VEEDUM. V C THOMAS EDITIONS. ISBN   978-93-92231-62-9.
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