Question: Kovalam Narayan Panicker who recently passed away. He was the writer in which of the following language?
(a) Konkani
(b) Tamil
(c) Malayalam
(d) Telugu
Ans:(c)
Related facts:
- On 26 June 2016 the famous Malayalam poet, playwright Kavalam Narayana Panicker died at the age of 88.
- Besides being a poet and playwright he was also a theatre director and singer.
- He has written more than 25 Malayalam plays, his several plays were adapted from classical Sanskrit drama.
- He was awarded with Padma Bhushan in the year 2007. He won the Sangeet Natak Academy award in 1983 and Sangeet Natak Fellowship in 2002.
- He also bagged Kerala state film award for best lyrics in 1978 and 1982.
Reference:
http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/kavalam-narayana-panicker-no-more-kerala.html
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Kavalam-Narayana-Panickar-no-more/2016/06/27/article3501552.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kavalam-narayana-panicker-passes-away/article8776112.ece