Who was Balamani Amma, Family, Education, Biography

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Google on Tuesday remembered Indian poet Balamani Amma with a doodle on her 113th birth anniversary.

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Balamani Amma was born in Thrissur district of Kerala in 1909. Amma is said to have never received any formal education.

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She was educated at home from her uncle Nalappat Narayan Menon. At the age of 19, Amma was married to V.M. Nair done by

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Koppukai, Amma's first poem, was published in 1930. Thampuran honored him with the 'Sahitya Nipun Puraskaram'.

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Amma wrote her poems in Malayalam and her works were recognized throughout South India.

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Some of her most famous poems are Amma (Mother), Muthassi (Grandmother), and Mazuvinte Katha (The Story of the Axe).

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Grandmother was awarded many prizes for literary works and Amma's daughter Kamala Das received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1984

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