Sugathakumari

Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist. She was an important person in the environmentalist and feminist movements in Kerala, South India.

Sugathakumari
BornSugathakumari
(1934-01-22)22 January 1934
Aranmula, Kingdom of Travancore, British India
(present day Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India)
Died23 December 2020(2020-12-23) (aged 86)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Occupation
  • Poet
  • Environmentalist
  • Social activist
LanguageMalayalam
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity College, Thiruvananthapuram
Period1957–2020
Notable worksRaathrimazha, Ambalamani, Manalezhuthu
Notable awards
  • 1968 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry
  • 1978 Sahitya Akademi Award
  • 2006 Padma Shri
Spouse
Dr. K. Velayudhan Nair
(death 2003)
Children1
Parents
  • Bodheswaran
  • V. K. Karthiyayini Amma

She was the founder secretary of the Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi, an organization for the protection of nature and a day-care center for the mentally ill.

She chaired the Kerala State Women's Commission.[1]

Sugathakumari died on 23 December 2020 from bronchopneumonia caused by COVID-19 at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 86.[2][3][4]

References
  1. "Status of women declining: Sugathakumari". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram, India. 3 November 2000. Archived from the original on 29 January 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. "Renowned Malayalam poet-activist Sugathakumari dies of covid-19 complications". Indian Express. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. "Eminent poet-activist Sugathakumari no more". Outlook. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "കവി സുഗതകുമാരി അന്തരിച്ചു; കൊവിഡ് ബാധിതയായിരുന്നു". Asianetnews.com.
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