Kovilan
Indian writer
Died when: 86 years 328 days (1042 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Kandanisseri Vattamparambil Velappan Ayyappan (9 July 1923 – 2 June 2010) or V.V.Ayyappan, better known by his pen name Kovilan, was an Indian Malayalam language novelist and freedom fighter from Kerala.
He is considered one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Indian literature.In all, he had authored 11 novels, 10 collections of short stories, three essays and a play.
He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972 and 1977 and the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998.He was also a recipient of the Kerala state government's highest literary honour Ezhuthachan Puraskaram in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature.
He had been a Fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi since 1997 and Sahitya Akademi since 2005.
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