Pavanan

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Puthan Veetil Narayanan Nair, fondly called and popularly known by his pen name Pavanan who was born on 26 October 1926 and died on 22 June 2006, was a well-known rationalist, literary critic and left wing political activist from Kerala, India. He was also a well-accomplished author and journalist, who had won the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award in 1965 and the Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1979. He was the secretary of the Kerala Sahithya Academy (1977–84) and the General Secretary of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists, and a member of Kerala Kalamandalam and Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. Pavanan was the editor of Malayalam Encyclopedia. He had authored more than a dozen books. Pavanan Foundation Award was constituted by Pavanan Foundation to recognize and honour literary works. In 2011 M. K. Sanu, Malayalam critic and writer had received this award.

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1. date of birth: 1926-10-26 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1926-10-26 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of death: 2006-06-22 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. publication date: 0206-06-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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