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Kumaran Asan

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  • N. Kumaran Asan
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Asan, Kumaran
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Date of birth
1873-04-12
Place of birth
India
Date of death
1924-01-16
Place of death
India

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Mahakavi Kumaran Asan (12 April 1871 – 16 January 1924) was a poet of Malayalam literature, Indian social reformer and a philosopher.He is known to have initiated a revolution in Malayalam poetry during the first quarter of the 20th century, transforming it from the metaphysical to the lyrical and his poetry is characterised by its moral and spiritual content, poetic concentration and dramatic contextualisation. He is one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala and a disciple of Sree Narayana Guru. He was awarded the prefix "Mahakavi" in 1922 by the Madras university which means "great poet".

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N. Kumaran Asan was an Indian social reformer, philosopher and poet of Malayalam literature.

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