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PTI, Oct 15, 2020, 10:57 AM IST
Thiruvananthapuram: Renowned Malayalam poet and Jnanpith laureate Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri died at a private hospital here on Thursday, family sources said.
He was 94.
Akkitham, who was admitted to hospital due to age-related ailments, died at 8.10 am, hospital sources said.
Recently, he was conferred with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in the country, at a special function held at his house at Kumaranallur in Palakkad district.
The poet, who was instrumental in heralding modernism in Malayalam poetry, was also a true Gandhian, social reformer, journalist and an example of simplicity.
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