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Thirunalloor Karunakaran (8 October 1924 – 5 July 2006) was a renowned poet, scholar, teacher and leftist intellectual of Kerala, India.

Biography

Early life

• Thirunalloor (variously spelt in English as Thirunelloor, Thirunellur and Thirunallur) Karunakaran – ‘Thirunalloor’, his family name, and ‘Karunakaran’, his given name – was born in the village of Perinad in Kollam (Quilon) district in Kerala to P.K.Padmanabhan and N.Lakshmy.
• He started learning Sanskrit in the traditional way before joining primary school and was associated with the working class political movement early in his life.
• He published his first book-the Malayalam translation of a poem by Oliver Goldsmith- while in school.
• During student days he wrote several poems, lyrics and articles in periodicals and made his mark during the Pink Decade in Malayalam poetry.
• By the time of his joining college his close contacts with Communist leaders like R.Sugathan and M.

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