Arya Gopi
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Arya Gopi is a Malayalam poet from India. She is a bilingual poet and translator who works in both English and Malayalam. She has more than half a dozen published books, including six Malayalam poetry collections. Her first English title, 'Sob of Strings,' was published in 2011, and in 2023, she released her new collection titled 'One Hundred Lines of Discords.' A contributor to major Malayalam journals, she has won more than fifty literary recognitions, both national and international, including the Kerala State Sahitya Academy Kanakasree Award. A regular face at literary events in Kerala, she recites poems at international festivals of letters and conferences conducted by Kendra/Kerala Sahitya Akademi and television channels. Her poems are available in multilingual anthologies. She also publishes and presents on various literary topics and has participated in several international conferences. Her English poems have appeared in Guftugu Magazine, Muse India Journal, Teesta Review, eShe Magazine, Modern Literature International Journal, The Usawa Literary Review, Kavishala Magazine, Samyukta Poetry, Indian Literature, Malayalam Literary Survey, and elsewhere. She is an executive committee member of the Malayalam Mission under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. She is the recipient of the Sharjah International Book Festival Translation Grant. She represented Malayalam poetry in three international festivals of letters (Imhal 2019, Shimla 2022, and New Delhi 2024) hosted by Sahitya Akademi Delhi. Her poems were translated into Hindi, English, Kannada, and Bengali. With a Ph.D. in English literature, Arya is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Research and Post Graduate Department of English at The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College affiliated with the University of Calicut, Kerala. She has won numerous awards and honours including Kerala Sahithya Akademi Kanakasree Award, Kerala Government Youth Icon Award, Kerala StateYouth Welfare Board Swami Vivekananda Yuva Pratibha Award, Vyloppilli Award, ONV International Yuva Award, Kakkad Award, VT Kumaran Master Award, etc. Her poetry collections Avasanathe Manushyan (Green Books) and Pakalanival(DC Books) were shortlisted for the Kendra Sahithya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2015 and 2019 respectively.
Biography[edit]
Arya Gopi is a bilingual poet and translator. She works in both English and Malayalam. Arya is an Assistant Professor, Research Guide, and Head of the Research and Post Graduate Department of English at The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College affiliated with the University of Calicut, Kerala. She has more than half a dozen published books, including six Malayalam poetry collections. Her first English title, 'Sob of Strings,' was published in 2011, and in 2023, she released her new collection titled 'One Hundred Lines of Discords.' A contributor to major Malayalam journals, she has won more than fifty literary recognitions, both national and international, including the Kerala State Sahitya Academy Kanakasree Award. A regular face at literary events in Kerala, she recites poems at international festivals of letters and conferences conducted by Kendra/Kerala Sahitya Akademi and television channels. Her poems are available in multilingual anthologies. She also publishes and presents on various literary topics and has participated in several international conferences. Her English poems have appeared in Guftugu Magazine, Muse India Journal, Teesta Review, eShe Magazine, Modern Literature International Journal, The Usawa Literary Review, Kavishala Magazine, Samyukta Poetry, Indian Literature, Malayalam Literary Survey, and elsewhere. She is an executive committee member of the Malayalam Mission under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. She is the recipient of the Sharjah International Book Festival Translation Grant. She represented Malayalam poetry in three international festivals of letters (Imhal 2019, Shimla 2022, and New Delhi 2024) hosted by Sahitya Akademi Delhi. Her poems were translated into Hindi, English, Kannada, and Bengali. With a Ph.D. in English literature, Arya is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Research and Post Graduate Department of English at The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College affiliated with the University of Calicut, Kerala. She has won numerous awards and honours including Kerala Sahithya Akademi Kanakasree Award, Kerala Government Youth Icon Award, Kerala StateYouth Welfare Board Swami Vivekananda Yuva Pratibha Award, Vyloppilli Award, ONV International Yuva Award, Kakkad Award, VT Kumaran Master Award, etc. Her poetry collections Avasanathe Manushyan (Green Books) and Pakalanival(DC Books) were shortlisted for the Kendra Sahithya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2015 and 2019 respectively.
Born to noted Malayalam poet P K GopiP._K._Gopi and Komalam on March 28, Arya Gopi has published ten books in two languages.A regular face at literary events in Kerala, she recites poems at international festival of letters conducted by organisation such as ministry of cultural affairs-Kendra/Kerala Sahitya Akademy,[1] Mathrubhumi,[2] Manorama,[3] D C Books[4] and Hindu dailies apart from various web and visual media.
A first rank holder in MA English language and literature[citation needed] from University of Calicut, Arya is now an assistant professor in English at Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode. She completed her PhD – Other India – A Socio Literary Analysis of Select Works of Mark Tully.[5]
Selected works[edit]
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1. Uriyadum Kalathe Pennungal (Poems) DC BOOKS,Kottayam 2021,
2. Ochezhuthu(Essays)Perakka Books,Malappuram,2020
3. Pakalanival (Poems) DC Books,Kottayam,2016
4. Sob of Strings (English Poems), Revisededition, Redcherry Books, Kozhikode, 2016
5. Avasanathe Manushyan (Poems) Green Books, Thrissur, 2014
6. Sob of Strings ( English Poems I Edition), Raspberry Books, Kozhikode, 2011
7. Jeevante Vakkukal (poems) D.C.Books, Kottayam, 2006
8. Malakha Matsyam (stories) Poorna Publications, Calicut 2003
9. One Hundred Lines of Discords (Poems) Write Left and Centre, Calicut, 2022
10.Manjinte-Gandham-മഞ്ഞിന്റെ-ഗന്ധം-translation.(novel)Ahamet unit.ARYA GOPI GREEN BOOKS 2021
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=CZWaPSd4OyIC&redir_esc=y
Awards and achievements[edit]
1. Kakkad Award for Poetry, 2004
2. V T Kumaran Master Award for Poetry, 2004
3. Benoy Chathuruthi Smaraka Award for Poetry, 2005
4. Poonthanam Sammanam for poetry-2003, 04, 05, 06
5. Madhyamam-Velicham Award for Poetry, 2004
6. Kanyaka-Mangalam Award for Poetry, 2005
7. London Sree Narayana Guru Mission Award for Poetry-2005
8. Rajani S Anand Memorial Award for Poetry, 2007
9. Kuttamath Award for Poetry, 2006
10. Cherusseri Puraskaram for Poetry, 2008
11. Ankanam Award for Poetry, 2005
12. Malayala Bhasha Padashala Asan Puraskaram for Poetry, 2007
13. Samsrithi-Dhronacharya Award for Poetry, 2007
14. Bank Worker’s Forum Award for Poetry, 2002, 03, 04, 05
15. SFI -National Conference Poetry Award, 2005
16. Anweshi Award for Poetry, 2004, 06
17. ‘Innu’ All Kerala Poetry Competition - First Prize, 2007
18. SBT Poetry Prize, 2006
19. Tourism Dept. Environmental Poetry Competition - First prize, 2006
20. Katamanitta Memorial Award for Poetry, 2008
21. Calicut University Interzone Poetry competition First prize-2007, 2009
22. Keraleeyam Online Award for poetry, 2009
23. Punaloor Balan smaraka Award for poetry, 2010
24. A P Chaathu Memorial Poetry Award, 2013
25. Vyloppily Award, 2014
26. Editor M Sukumaran Memorial Kala Kaumudi Award, 2015
27. Harisree Radhakrishnan Poetry Prize, 2016
28. KeralaStateYouthWelfareBoardSwamiVivekananda YuvaPratibha Award,2016
29. Kerala State Youth Commission Youth Icon Award, 2016
30. Kalakaumudi Mahakavi Pallath Raman Puraskaram, 2016
31. Kozhissheri Balaraman Yuva Award, 2016
32. Ankanam Award ,2016
33. International ONV Foundation Yuva Award, 2016
34. Vayalar Ramavarma Poetry Prize ,2016
35. ONV Cultural Academy National Yuva Prathiba Award ,2016
36. Avanibala Puraskaram ,2017
37. Sahithyasree Award, 2016
38. Asan Prize, 2016
39. Malayala Bhashapadashala Yuva Prathibha Award, 2017
40. M N Kuruppu Memorial Poetry Prize, 2016
41. Malayatoor Yuva Award, 2017
42. Oisca International Youth Icon Award, 2017
43. Thilakan Smaraka Poetry Prize, 2018
44. Kerala Sahithya Academy Kanakasree Award, 2016
45. Perakka Books Melpathur smarakara akshara puraskaram 2019
46. Pala Sahrudaya samithi kavya puraskram 2019
47. E-SHE Magazine award for English poem 2020
48.Thonnakkal Asan national cultural institute young writer award 2021
49. Suhra Padippura Poetry Award, Macbeth Publication, 2023
50. Kodungalloor Kavya Vedi Poetry Award, 2023
- 2004: V. T. Kumaran Award[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Gopi, Arya. "Poem Recitation by Arya Gopi". Kochi International Book Festival - KIBF 2018.
- ^ Gopi, Arya. "Arya Gopi".
- ^ "Arya Gopi | Exclusive Interview | Athmabhashanam | Manorama Online". Manorama Online.
- ^ "KLF – Speaker-2020 – Arya Gopi". Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET". hdl:10603/221569.
- ^ "വി.ടി. കുമാരന് മാസ്റ്റര് പുരസ്ക്കാരം". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- Malayala Manorama dated March 9, 2017, " Yuvaprathibha puraskaram aaru perk", Malayalam Manorama, 09-03-2017
External links[edit]
- Poem Recitation at Kochi International Book Festival (2015 video)
- http://onvfoundation.org/Harithamaanasam.html[permanent dead link]
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/sugathakumari-bags-first-onv-literary-award/articleshow/58484998.cms
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/onv-literary-award-for-sugathakumari/article18360280.ece