caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date genre image article_title name occupation
drawing of p kunhiraman nair 27 may 1978 thiruvananthapuram , kerala , india bellikoth , kanhangad , kerala , india indian 04 october 1905 poetry p.kunhiraman nair.jpg p. kunhiraman nair
 p. kunhiraman nair teacher , poet
p. kunhiraman nair

p. kunhiraman nair -lrb- 4 october 1905 -- 27 may 1978 -rrb- , also known as mahakavi p , was a renowned malayalam poet whose works romanticised the natural beauty of his home state of kerala in southern india and juxtaposed it with the hard realities of his life and times .
born in bellikoth near kanhangad of north malabar , p. , as he is known -lrb- simply by his initial -rrb- , led a bohemian lifestyle , wandering across kerala , living in several places , meeting their people and making them part of his life and literature .
he worked as a school teacher , having taught at koodali near kannur and kollengode in palakkad district .
poetry formed his main genre of work -lrb- it is n't exactly known how many poems he penned during his half-a-century career as many are irretrievably lost -rrb- , though he has also penned stories , articles and a few plays .
his autobiography , ` kaviyude kaalpaadukal ' -lrb- the footmarks of a poet -rrb- , is one of the celebrated works in prose in malayalam .
the central kerala belt of valluvanad , known for its scenic charm and cultural vibrancy , worked as a major source of inspiration for the poet , who lived there for long -- partly as a family man .
his works are also dotted with metaphors from kathakali , the classical dance-drama of his region .
kunhiraman nair was an award winner of both the kerala sahithya akademi and the kendra sahithya academy award .
mahakavi p.kunhiraman nair began to write poems from his very early age of twelve years and continued till his last breath .
his autobiography , kaviyude kalpadulal -lrb- foot prints of a poet -rrb- is quite different from other autobiographies and sweet as his poetries .
he worshipped nature and traveled extensively .
he is a poet who forgot to live amidst his unending journey in quest of nature and poems .
he is loved by many and known as a devotional poet .
devotion , natural beauty of kerala , temples , deities , stories of epics , rituals and customs are resembled in his poetry he studied at sree neelakanta government sanskrit college pattambi and with the proficiency in sanskrit , he initially worked at a printing press in thrissur for a few years .
later , he published a newspaper from kannur , before taking to teaching job and gaining name as ` kavimaash ' -lrb- poet teacher -rrb- among children .
he retired from service in 1961 .
a sudden bout of illness claimed his life on may 27 , 1978 , when the poet was staying in a rest house in thiruvananthapuram .
he was aged 72 at the time of his death .
