A tribute to Ayyapa Panicker Sir.......On Teachers Day
Dr. K Ayyappa Panicker (September 12, 1930 in Kavalam near Alappuzha – August 23, 2006 in Trivandrum) was a Malayalam poet, critic and a scholar, regarded as the pioneer of modernism in Kerala. In poetry, Dr. Panicker is seen as the harbinger of a new voice; and in the field of literary criticism, he ushered in a paradigm shift towards a radically newer awareness.
Dr. Panicker (his preferred spelling) published his first poem at the age of 16. After graduating from the University of Kerala, he took his doctorate from the Indiana University and did his post-doctorate research at the Yale and Harvard Universities.
Dr. Panicker is a recipient of a number of honours including the Pdmashree, the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award for poetry and criticism, the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for poetry, the Saraswathi Samman, the Distinguished Teacher award, the Mahakavi Ulloor award for poetry, the Kabir Samman, the International man of the year (IBC, Cambridge, UK), the Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship, the Gangadhar Meher National award for poetry, the Asan prize, the Jana Sanskriti award (Abu Dhabi), the Vyalar award and Vallathol award.
Dr. Panicker joined CMS College, Kottayam, as a lecturer of English in 1951 and later became a Professor at the Institute of English and the Head of the department in University of Kerala.
He came to be regarded as an icon of modernist culture and thinking and his influence has been quite profound and far-reaching in the entire cultural and intellectual life of the Malayalee. His influence on modern Malayalam theatre and on new playwrights has been of equal importance. G. Sankara Pillai, Kavalam Narayana Paniker and Narendra Prasad have all come under his sphere of thinking. Similar has been the case with filmmakers like G. Aravindan, John Abraham and actors like Bharath Gopi and Nedumudi Venu. A widely travelled scholar and poet of international renown, he was a unique instance of creative and intellectual genius.
To My Sir … With Love
You taught us poetry, we understood Life,
Your comments, suggestions and quaint smiles
Left patterns and new designs in our minds.
Sir, often, you did overcome, moments of strife..........
Dr. K Ayyappa Panicker (September 12, 1930 in Kavalam near Alappuzha – August 23, 2006 in Trivandrum) was a Malayalam poet, critic and a scholar, regarded as the pioneer of modernism in Kerala. In poetry, Dr. Panicker is seen as the harbinger of a new voice; and in the field of literary criticism, he ushered in a paradigm shift towards a radically newer awareness.
Dr. Panicker (his preferred spelling) published his first poem at the age of 16. After graduating from the University of Kerala, he took his doctorate from the Indiana University and did his post-doctorate research at the Yale and Harvard Universities.
Dr. Panicker is a recipient of a number of honours including the Pdmashree, the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award for poetry and criticism, the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for poetry, the Saraswathi Samman, the Distinguished Teacher award, the Mahakavi Ulloor award for poetry, the Kabir Samman, the International man of the year (IBC, Cambridge, UK), the Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship, the Gangadhar Meher National award for poetry, the Asan prize, the Jana Sanskriti award (Abu Dhabi), the Vyalar award and Vallathol award.
Dr. Panicker joined CMS College, Kottayam, as a lecturer of English in 1951 and later became a Professor at the Institute of English and the Head of the department in University of Kerala.
He came to be regarded as an icon of modernist culture and thinking and his influence has been quite profound and far-reaching in the entire cultural and intellectual life of the Malayalee. His influence on modern Malayalam theatre and on new playwrights has been of equal importance. G. Sankara Pillai, Kavalam Narayana Paniker and Narendra Prasad have all come under his sphere of thinking. Similar has been the case with filmmakers like G. Aravindan, John Abraham and actors like Bharath Gopi and Nedumudi Venu. A widely travelled scholar and poet of international renown, he was a unique instance of creative and intellectual genius.
To My Sir … With Love
You taught us poetry, we understood Life,
Your comments, suggestions and quaint smiles
Left patterns and new designs in our minds.
Sir, often, you did overcome, moments of strife..........
Former head of the Dept of English,
St.Teresa’s College,Ernakulam.
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