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| Born | (1926-03-07)7 March 1926 Mulakulam,Travancore |
| Died | 14 August 2018(2018-08-14) (aged 92) Kochi,Kerala,India |
| Pen name | Chemmanam |
| Occupation | Poet,social worker |
| Nationality | Indian |
Chemmanam Chacko (March 7, 1926 – August 14, 2018) was an Indian satirical poet fromKerala,India. He died on 15 August 2018 at the age of 92 at his residence in Padamugal.[1]
Chacko was born on 7 March 1926, in the village ofMulakulam in erstwhileTravancore. Chemmanam is his family name. His father was anOrthodox Christian priest. He did his early schooling in Saint Joseph's school,Piravom, and went on to receive his BA honours inMalayalam literature with first rank fromUniversity College, Trivandrum. He worked as a professor atMar Ivanios College and the Department of Malayalam,University of Kerala.
Chacko's first published poem was 'Munnottu' (Forward) which appeared in a local weekly in 1946. The poem 'Kanakaaksharangal' published in 1967 brought him popularity. Chemmanam is famed for efficiently utilisingsatire in his poems as a means of social and political critique.[2] His poetic style has often drawn comparison to the early Malayalam language poetKunjan Nambiar. His 1977 poetry collectionRajapatha won theKerala Sahitya Akademi Award. He was conferred with the lifetime achievement award for literature by theKerala Sahitya Akademi in 2006. He received the Mahakavi Pandalam Keralavarma Award for Poetry in 2014 andAsan Prize in 2015.[3][4]
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