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{{Short description|Indian writer (1926–2020)}}
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| name = Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
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| pseudonym = Akkitham
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|3|18}}
| birth_place = [[Kumaranellur]], [[Ponnani taluk]], [[Malabar District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|15|1926|3|18|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Poet]], [[social worker]]
| nationality = Indian
| language = [[Malayalam]]
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| notableworks = {{ubl|''Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam''| ''Balidarshanam''|''Idinju Polinja Lokam''}}
| relatives = [[Akkitham Narayanan]], brother
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| awards = {{ubl|[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] (1972)|[[Odakkuzhal Award]] (1973)|[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1973)|[[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram|Aasan Prize]] (1994)|{{nobr|[[Malayalam Literary Awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalitambika Sahitya Award]] (1996)}}|[[Vallathol Award]] (1997)|[[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]] (2008)|[[Vayalar Award]] (2012)|[[Padma Shri]] (2017)|[[Jnanpith Award]] (2019)|[[O. N. V. Literary Award]] (2019)}}
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| website = {{URL|www.akkitham.in}}
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'''Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri''' (18 March 1926 – 15 October 2020), popularly known as '''Akkitham''', was an Indian poet and essayist who wrote in [[Malayalam]]. He was known for a simple and lucid style of writing, exploring themes of profound love and compassion in his works.<ref name=":1" /> Some of his prominent works included ''Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam'' (English: Epic of the 20th century), ''Balidarshanam (''English: The vision of Bali)'','' and ''Nimisha Kshetram'' (English: Holy moment)''.''<ref name=":1" />

Akkitham was the recipient of India's highest literary honour, the [[Jnanpith Award]] in 2019,<ref>{{cite news |title=Poet Akkitham bags Jnanpith award |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/poet-akkitham-bags-jnanpith-award-1.4320848 |location=New Delhi |date=29 November 2019 |access-date=29 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223054039/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/poet-akkitham-bags-jnanpith-award-1.4320848 |archive-date=23 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and other awards including [[Padma Shri]], [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|Ezhuthachan Award]], [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]], [[Odakkuzhal Award]], [[Vallathol Award]], [[Vayalar Award]], [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram|Aasan Prize]] and [[O. N. V. Literary Award]]. He died on 15 October 2020, aged 94, in [[Thrissur]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=മഹാകവി അക്കിത്തം അച്യുതന് നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/akkitham-achuthan-namboothiri-passes-away-1.5131993|access-date=15 October 2020|website=Mathrubhumi|language=ml}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri was born on 18 March 1926 at Amettikkara, near [[Kumaranellur]] in [[Palakkad district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Amettu Akkithathu Manayil Vasudevan Namboothiri and Checkur Manaykkal Parvathy Antharjanam.<ref name="പത്മശ്രീ പ്രഭയില് അക്കിത്തം അച്യുതന് നമ്പൂതിരി">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/akkitham-achuthan-nampoothiri-life-sketch-1.1682922 |title=പത്മശ്രീ പ്രഭയില് അക്കിത്തം അച്യുതന് നമ്പൂതിരി |date=8 March 2019 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=ml |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> After schooling in Sanskrit, Astrology and Music, he started his college education but did not complete his graduate degree course.<ref name="Biography of Akkitham">{{Cite web |url=http://www.akkitham.in/biography.html |title=Biography of Akkitham |date=8 March 2019 |website=Akkitham |language=en |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> He is the first prisedent of Thapasya(group of artists and literary fellows)a organization under RSS

== Literary career ==
[[File:Akkitham achuthan.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Akkitham in 2010]]
Akkitham started his career as an editor of ''Unni Namboothiri'' magazine, which he used as a platform for his social activities. He also worked as an assistant editor at ''Mangalodayam'' and ''Yogakshemam'' magazines. In 1956, he joined the [[Kozhikode]] station of the [[All India Radio]] (AIR) where he served until 1975 after which he was transferred to the [[Thrissur]] station of the AIR. He was also associated with ''Anaadi'', a literary initiative for popularising studies of [[Vedas]].<ref name="Biography of Akkitham" />

His literary works began to gain wide attention in the early 1950s and ''Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam'' (English: "Epic of the 20th Century"), a ''khandakavya'' is one of the first truly modernist poems in [[Malayalam literature]], the book also won the Sanjayan Award in 1952.<ref name="Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri">{{Cite web |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/leadinglights/akkitham-achuthan-namboothiri/86 |title=Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri |publisher=keralatourism.org |access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref> He published approximately 45 books comprising poetry anthologies, plays and short stories. ''Balidarsanam'' (English: "The Vision of Bali"), ''Arangettam'', ''Nimisha Kshetram'', ''Idinju Polinja Lokam'', ''Amritaghatika'', and ''Kalikkottilil'' are some of his notable poetry anthologies. ''Upanayanam'' and ''Samavarttanam'', two collections of essays, feature among the writings in prose. ''Sree Mahabhagavatham'', his translation of [[Srimad Bhagavatam]], composed of 14,613 verses, covers over 2,400 pages.<ref name="Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri" /> Some of the themes that Akkitham explored in his works included love and compassion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=15 October 2020|title=Kerala loses Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, a poet of rare integrity whose works reflected unfathomable compassion|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/kerala-loses-akkitham-6737414/|access-date=16 October 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> He is acknowledged to have introduced "meaningful modernism" as a central theme in his poetry.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Naha|first=Abdul Latheef|date=15 October 2020|title=Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/malayalam-poet-akkitham-achuthan-namboothiri-passes-away/article32859564.ece|access-date=16 October 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Akkitham was involved in social reform activities and through his association with ''Yogakshema Sabha'', he strived to bring in reforms in the lives of the [[Nambudiri|Namboothiri Brahmins]] of Kerala. He was associated with various centres in [[Thirunavaya]], [[Kadavallur]] and [[Thrissur]], for the promotion of [[vedic]] studies. He was also associated with the [[Paliyam Satyagraha]], a peaceful protest against [[untouchability]] in 1947.<ref name="Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri" />

== Awards and honours ==
Akkitham received the Sanjayan Award in 1952, for his work, ''Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam''<ref name="Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri" /> and the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] in 1971 for ''Balidarshanam''.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=8 March 2019 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received two major honours in 1973, the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Balidarshanam''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, [[Government of Kerala]] |access-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 }}</ref> and the [[Odakkuzhal Award]] for ''Nimisha Kshetram''.<ref name="Winners of Odakkuzhal Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Odakkuzhal Award |date=8 March 2019 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> He was selected for the [[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]] in 1994<ref name="Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram recipients">{{Cite web |url=http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |title=Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram recipients |date=8 March 2019 |website=asaneducation.com |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145952/http://asaneducation.com/asan_association/awards.html#list |url-status=dead }}</ref> and, two years later, for the 1996 [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award]],<ref name="Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award |date=8 March 2019 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref> followed by the [[Vallathol Award]] in 1997.<ref name="Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards |date=8 March 2019 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>

The next major honour for Akkitham came by way of [[Vayalar Award]] which he received in 2012.<ref name="വയലാര് അവാര്ഡ് അക്കിത്തത്തിന്">{{Cite web |url=https://www.doolnews.com/vayalar-award-in-akkitham-achuthan-namboothiri-malayalam-news877.html |title=വയലാര് അവാര്ഡ് അക്കിത്തത്തിന് |website=www.doolnews.com |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref> The Government of Kerala awarded him [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], their highest literary award in 2016.<ref name="Ezhuthachan Puraskaram presented">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Ezhuthachan-Puraskaram-presented/article15367421.ece |title=Ezhuthachan Puraskaram presented |date=25 December 2008 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="Ezhuthachan award for Akkitham 2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Ezhuthachan-award-for-Akkitham/article15332897.ece |title=Ezhuthachan award for Akkitham 2 |date=1 November 2008 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="Ezhuthachan award for Akkitham">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/01/stories/2008110153890400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103211909/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/01/stories/2008110153890400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |title=Ezhuthachan award for Akkitham |date=1 November 2008 |access-date=18 March 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> He received [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award of the Government of India in 2017.<ref name="List of Padma awardees 2017">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/List-of-Padma-awardees-2017/article17092476.ece |title=List of Padma awardees 2017 |date=25 January 2017 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards 2017 announced">{{Cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157675 |title=Padma Awards 2017 announced |website=pib.nic.in |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref> He could not attend the investiture ceremony due to ill health and the award was later handed over to him by the district collector of Palakkad.<ref name="Padma Shri presented to Akkitham">{{Cite web |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/literature-news/akkitham/2017/may/11/262534 |title=Padma Shri presented to Akkitham |website=Madhyamam |date=11 May 2017 |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref> In 2019 he received the [[O. N. V. Literary Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/akkitham-receives-onv-award/articleshow/69528784.cms |title=Akkitham receives ONV Literary Award|date=2019-04-28 |newspaper= [[The Times of India]]|language=en-IN |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref> He received the [[Jnanpith Award]], the highest Indian literary award, in 2019.<ref name="Malayalam poet Akkitham wins 55th Jnanpith Award">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/malayalam-poet-akkitham-wins-55th-jnanpith-award/article30116908.ece |title=Malayalam poet Akkitham wins 55th Jnanpith Award |date=29 November 2019 |work=The Hindu |access-date=30 November 2019 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Reflecting on his lifetime contribution to Malayalam literature, the Jnanpith Award citation specifically noted him as "A poet of rare integrity" and noted that his poetry reflected "unfathomable compassion, imprints of Indian philosophical and moral values and a bridge between tradition and modernity, and delved deep into human emotions in a fast changing social space."<ref name=":1"/>

He was also a recipient of several other honours such as Krishna Geedhi Award, Nalappad Award(2012), Puthezhan Award, [[Deviprasadam Trust Award]] (2000),<ref name="Deviprasadam Trust">[https://www.namboothiri.com/articles/awards.htm "Awards, Trusts and Scholarships: 2: Deviprasaadam Trust"]. Namboothiri.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.</ref> Moorti Devi Award of [[Bharatiya Jnanpith]] and Amrita Keerti Puraskar (2004). ''Arikil Akkitham'' is a documentary film directed by E. Suresh, which details the life of the poet from the perspective of his daughter, Sreeja.<ref name="Poet's life, as seen by his daughter">{{Cite news|last1=Anoop|first1=Aabha|date=20 September 2015|title=Poet's life, as seen by his daughter|language=en-IN|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Kozhikode|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/poets-life-as-seen-by-his-daughter/article7670148.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Akkitham was married to Sreedevi Antharjanam and the couple had two sons, Narayanan and Vasudevan, and four daughters Sreeja, Indira, Parvathy and Leela. The family lives in Amettikkara.<ref name="എല്ലാം സര്വേശ്വരന്െറ അനുഗ്രഹം –അക്കിത്തം">{{Cite web|title=എല്ലാം സര്വേശ്വരന്െറ അനുഗ്രഹം –അക്കിത്തം|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/akkitham-achuthan-namboothiri/2017/jan/25/243975|access-date=8 March 2019|website=Madhyamam|date=26 January 2017 }}</ref> Antharjanam, died on 13 March 2019, at the age of 85. Noted painter [[Akkitham Narayanan]] is his younger brother.<ref name="Poet's life, as seen by his daughter" />

Akkitham died on 15 October 2020, at the age of 94 in [[Westfort Hospital|West Fort Hi-Tech Hospital]] in [[Thrissur]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2020/10/15/akkitham-achuthan-namboothiri-passes-away.html |title=അക്കിത്തം അന്തരിച്ചു; സ്നേഹത്തിന്റെ സൗരപ്രഭയാൽ ജീവിതമെഴുതിയ കവി... |website= ManoramaOnline |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> His funeral took place with full state honours at his home in [[Kumaranellur]], on the same day.<ref name=":2" />

== Bibliography ==
=== Poetry ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=73819&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Upanayanam |last=Akkitham |date=1971 |publisher=S.P.C.S }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71869&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Idinju Polinja Lokam: Kavithakal |last=Akkitham }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=33182&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Samavarthanam |last=Akkitham |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123223135/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=33182&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=70684&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Balidarsanam |last=Akkitham |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84456&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Akkitham kavithakal: sampoorna samahaaram(1946-2001) |last=Akkitham |date=2002 |publisher=Current Books |isbn=9788124011157 |location=Kottayam }}
* {{Cite book |url= |title=Thiranjedutha Kavithakal |last=Akkitham |publisher=DC Books |year=2013 |isbn=9788126423446}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83596&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Samanvayathinte aakaasham |last=Akkitham |date=1997 |publisher=D.C. Books |location=Kottayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83004&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Sparsamanikal |last=Akkitham |date=1991 |publisher=D.C. Books |location=Kottayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80900&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Amruthaghatika: Kavitha |last=Akkitham |date=1985 |publisher=P. K. Brothers |location=Calicut }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77144&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Maanasa Pooja: Kavithakal |last=Akkitham |date=1980 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=206018&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Oru kula mundiringa |last=Akkitham |date=1966 |publisher=Current Books |location=Current books, Thrissur }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205470&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Sanjarikal |last=Akkitham |date=1961 |publisher=Current Books |location=Current Books }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=202538&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Slokapunyam |last=Akkitham |date=1996 |publisher=Akhila Kerala Akshara Sloka Parishath, Thrissur |location=Akhila Kerala Akshara Sloka Parishath, Thrissur }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=201575&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Amrithaghadikam |last=Akkitham |publisher=P.K. Brothers |location=Calicut }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103922&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Anthimahakalam |last=Achuthan Namboothiri |first=Akkitham |date=2013 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182657038 |edition=3rd |location=Kozhikode }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=216806&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Kolaya Randu |last=Akkitham |date=1975 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=National Bk Stall }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215477&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Prathikaradevatha |last=Akkitham |date=1948 |publisher=Mathrubhumi |location=Mathrubhumi }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215132&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Karathalamalakam |last=Akkitham |date=1969 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam Ltd. Trissivaperur }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214617&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Madhuvidhuvinusesham |last=Akkitham |date=1966 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214615&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam |last=Akkitham |date=1969 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam }}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214613&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Sagarasangeetham |last=Akkitham |date=1966 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214611&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Madhuvidu |last=Akkitham |date=1963 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214612&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Manasakshiyude Pookkal |last=Akkitham |date=1951 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214607&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Oru Kudanna nilavu |last=Akkitham |date=1967 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214610&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Desasevika |last=Akkitham |date=1947 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214606&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Avathalangal |last=Akkitham |date=1965 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212379&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Ponnanikalari |last=Akkitham |date=1998 |publisher=Sahithya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sankham, Kottayam |location=Kottayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=224792&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Prathikaradevatha |last=Akkitham |date=1948 |publisher=Yogakshemam Limited |location=Yogakshemam Limited }}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306354&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Kalikkottilil |last=Akkitham |date=1990 |publisher=State Institute of Children's Literature |location=Trivandrum }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=291111&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Kedatha Sooryan |last=Akkitham |date=2016 |publisher=Vallathol Vidyapeetham |location=Sukapuram }}
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=== Poetry translated into foreign languages ===
* ''Selected Poems of Akkitham: From God's Own country'', translated into English by P.K.N. Panicker, New Delhi, Authors Press, 2018.
* ''The Berry in the Palm'' (''Karatalamalakam''), translated into English by Rizio Yohannan Raj, in: ''The Oxford India Anthology of Modern Malayalam Literature'', vol. 1 (Poetry, Drama, Prose), New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2017, pp. 89–93.

=== Essays and literary criticisms ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=97645&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Kavithayile vruthavum chathuravum |last=Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri |date=2004 |publisher=Vallathol vidyapeedham |isbn=9788124014165 |location=Sukapuram }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207943&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Vennakkallinde Kadha |last=Akkitham |date=1983 |publisher=Dakshina Books, Sukapuram |location=Dakshina Books, Sukapuram }}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=222692&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Hridayathilekku nokki ezhuthu |last=Akkitham |date=1993 |publisher=Sukapuram Vallathol |location=Sukapuram Vallathol }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=227024&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Southasasthra Parambaryam Keralathil |last=Akkitham |date=2003 |publisher=Lipi Publications |location=Kozhikode }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=234187&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Samskrithi:Akkithathinte therenjedutha lekhanangal |last=Akkitham |date=2014 |publisher=Haritham Books |isbn=9788192846989 |location=Calicut }}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=234166&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Smruthi:Akkithathinte therenjedutha lekhanangal |last=Akkitham |date=2014 |publisher=Haritham Books |isbn=9788192846996 |location=Kozhikode }}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=234165&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Sahithi:Akkithathinte therenjedutha lekhanangal |last=Akkitham |date=2014 |publisher=Haritham Books |isbn=9788192846972 |location=Kozhikode }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=319385&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Kavitha oru valiya sathyamanu |last=Achuthan Namboothiri |first=Akkitham |date=2011 |publisher=Poorna |location=Kozhikode }}
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=== Children's literature ===
* {{Cite book |url=|title=Ee Edathi None Parayu (Children's play) |last=Akkitham |publisher=Mathrubhumi |year=1966}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=76189&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Akkithathinte Kuttikkavithakal |last=Akkitham |date=1977 }}

=== Translations ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306333&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Thelumku kathakal |last1=Sarma |first1=C. R. |last2=Akkitham |date=1979 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=234617&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Thelugu kadhakal:dhanagupthanenna kachavadakkarante athyarthi |last1=Sharma |first1=C. R. |last2=Akkitham |date=2010 |publisher=Haritham Books |edition=2nd |location=Kozhikode }}

=== Others ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103442&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Akkitham |title=Samskrtha Malayala Nighantu |date=1980 |editor-last=Akkitham }}

==References==
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==External links==
* Official website of Akkitham: https://www.akkitham.in .
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* {{cite book|author=P. P. Raveendran|title=Joseph Mundasseri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mU7zHtik0ZoC&pg=PA49|year=2002|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1535-1|pages=49–}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2018/02/19/akkitham-malayalam-poet.html |title=കൊന്നതാരെന്നു തർക്കം; ഇടിമുഴക്കം പോലെ ഉയരുന്നു ആ വരികൾ |website=ManoramaOnline |access-date=8 March 2019}}
* {{cite book|author=P. P. Raveendran|title=Joseph Mundasseri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mU7zHtik0ZoC&pg=PA49|year=2002|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1535-1|pages=49–}}
* K.M.Seethi (2020): "Akkitham: An Exemplar of humanist-aesthetic," Global South Colloquy, ([https://globalsouthcolloquy.com/akkitham-an-exemplar-of-humanist-aesthetic/])

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Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 22:47, 29 August 2023