Kavalam Narayana Panicker: Indian dramatist, director and poet
Kavalam Narayana Panicker (28 April 1928 – 26 June 2016) was an Indian dramatist, theatre director and poet.
Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
|---|---|
 Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| Born | 1 May 1928 Kavalam, Kerala |
| Died | 26 June 2016 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, playwright, theatre director, lyricist |
He has written over 26 Malayalam plays, many adapted from classical Sanskrit drama and Shakespeare, mainly Madhyamavyayogam (1979), Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiyam (1981, 1996), Shakuntalam (1982), Karnabharam (1984, 2001), Bhasa's Uru Bhangam (1988), Swapnavasavadattam and Dootavakyam (1996).
He was the founder – director of theatre troupe, Sopanam, which led to the foundation of Bhashabharati: Centre for Performing Arts, Training and Research, in Trivandrum.
He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Direction in 1983 by Sangeet Natak Akademi, and its highest award for lifetime achievement, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 2002.
References
This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Kavalam Narayana Panicker, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.