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'''Ezhacherry Ramachandran''' (born 1944) is a [[Malayalam]] [[poet]], [[lyricist]] and [[journalist]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Malayalam writers to publish world classics|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/children-initiated-into-learning/article192879.ece|work=Zee News|accessdate=19 December 2013}}</ref> He has penned lyrics for several [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam movies]] and albums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ezhcherry Ramachandran - MSIDb |url=https://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=lyricist&artist=Ezhacheri%20Ramachandran |access-date=2020-10-11 |website=Malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref> In 2020, he won the [[Vayalar Award]].<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-10-10|title=Vayalar award for Ezhacheri Ramachandran|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vayalar-award-for-ezhacheri-ramachandran/article32821645.ece|access-date=2020-10-16|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Ramachandran was born at Ezhacherry near [[Pala, Kerala]]. He studied at S.V.N.S.S High School, Edanad. He was the chief editor of [[Deshabhimani]] weekly. He has won the best lyricist award for professional dramas several times. He has also written more than 30 film songs.

==Awards==
*[[Kerala]] State Bala Sahitya Institute Award 1995
*[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] 2008<ref name='hindu1'>{{cite news|title=Sahitya Akademi awards announced|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/19/stories/2009041954720500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422154508/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/19/stories/2009041954720500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2009|accessdate=2 January 2012|date=2009-04-19|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

*[[Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer|Ulloor]] Award
*Abu Dhabi Shakti Award
*Moloor Award
*A. P. Kalaykkad Award
*S. B. T. Award
*Nimishakavi Achal R. Velu Pillai Award
*Ezhumangalam Vamadevan Award
*[[Pandalam Kerala Varma]] Award<ref>{{cite web|title=Pandalam Kerala Varma Awards|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article332787.ece|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
*M. S. Rudran Award<ref>{{cite web|title=Award for Ezhacheri|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/16/stories/2006121611380300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113154548/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/16/stories/2006121611380300.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2006-12-16|archive-date=2007-11-13}}</ref>

*[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature]] in 2015 for ''Sunny Cherukkanum Sangeetha Pengalum''<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=2015 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/08-08-2016/Award2015.pdf |location=[[Trichur]] |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |date=28 March 2017 |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>

*[[Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram]] in 2016

*[[:ml:ഐ.വി. ദാസ്|I. V. Das]] Award in 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-19 |title=Poet Ezhacherry Ramachandran bags I V Das Award of State Library Council |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/poet-ezhacherry-ramachandran-bags-i-v-das-award-of-state-library-council--1.4627727 |access-date=2020-10-11 |website=[[Mathrubhumi]]}}</ref>

*[[Vayalar Award]] in 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-10 |title=Vayalar award for Ezhacheri Ramachandran |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/vayalar-award-for-ezhacheri-ramachandran/article32821645.ece |access-date=2020-10-11 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]

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