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{{short description|Indian Malayali poet and literary critic}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = G. Sankara Kurup
| image = G.shankarakurup.jpg
| alt = Drawing of G. Shankarakurup
| caption =
| imagesize = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1901|6|3}}
| birth_place = Nayathode, [[Kingdom of Cochin]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|2|2|1901|6|3}}
| spouse = Subhadra Amma
| parents = {{ubl|Nellikkappilli Variayath Sankara Warrier |Vadakkani Mararth Lakshmikutty Marasyar}}
| death_place = Vappalassery, [[Angamaly, Ernakulam, Kerala]], India
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Teacher]]|[[poet]]|[[essayist]]|[[translator]]|[[lyricist]]|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|parliamentarian]]}}
| notableworks = [[Odakkuzhal (Poetry)]] (1950)
| awards = {{ublist|[[Padma Bhushan]]|[[Jnanpith Award]]|[[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]]|[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]}}
}}
'''G. Sankara Kurup''', (3 June 1901 – 2 February 1978) better known as '''Mahakavi G''' (The Great Poet G), was an Indian poet, essayist and literary critic of [[Malayalam literature]]. Known as one of the greats of Malayalam poetry, he was the first recipient of the [[Jnanpith Award]]―the highest Indian literary honor. He served as a nominated member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1968 to 1972 and received the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1967. He was also a recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] and Soviet Land Nehru Award.

== Life and career ==
Sankara Kurup was born on June 3, 1901 at [[Nayathode]], a hamlet in the erstwhile [[Kingdom of Cochin]] (now in [[Ernakulam district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]]) to Nellikkappilli Variyath Sankara Warrier and Vadakkani Marath Lakshmikutty Marasyar<ref name="Profile of G. Sankara Kurup">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?artist=G%2520Sankara%2520Kurup&category=lyricist |title=Profile of G. Sankara Kurup |date=2019-01-27 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> His early education was at the local schools in Nayathode and [[Perumbavoor]] after passing his 7th standard examination, he passed the Vernacular Higher Examination from a school in [[Muvattupuzha]].<ref name="G. Sankara Kurup - Malayalam writer">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=G. Sankara Kurup - Malayalam writer |date=2019-01-27 |website=www.keralaculture.org |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |language=en |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> Subsequently, he started his career as the headmaster of Kottamam Convent School when he was only 16 and during his tenure there, continued his studies to pass the ''Malayalam Pandit'' and ''Vidwan'' examinations. In 1927, he moved to Thiruvilluamala High School as the Malayalam Pandit and to Thrissur training school in 1927 as a teacher. In 1931, he joined [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]] as a lecturer where he stayed until his retirement from service as a professor in 1956.<ref name="G. Sankara Kurup - Malayalam writer" /> He also served as a producer at the [[Thiruvananthapuram]] station of the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="Profile of G. Sankara Kurup" />

Sankara Kurup served [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] as its fourth president.<ref name="Succession list of Presidents, Vice Presidents and Secretaries.">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/History/Html/Admin.htm |title=Succession list of Presidents, Vice Presidents and Secretaries. |date=2019-01-27 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> n He was also the president of the [[Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad]] and served as the chief editor of its official magazine; it was during his tenure that the magazine became a tri-monthly.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/GSANKARAKURUP/Html/GSKurupgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-01-27 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> He edited another magazine, too, titled ''Thilakam''. In 1968, he was nominated as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of India]].<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />

Sankara Kurup married Subhadra Amma in 1931 and the couple had two children, a son, Ravindranath and a daughter, Radha.<ref name="Profile of G. Sankara Kurup" /><ref name="A house for a poet">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-house-for-a-poet/article7089536.ece |title=A house for a poet |last=Pradeep |first=K. |date=2015-04-10 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> Radha was married to M. Achuthan, an academic and a prominent literary critic.<ref name="Literary critic Achuthan passes away in Kochi - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/literary-critic-achuthan-passes-away-in-kochi/articleshow/58099036.cms |title=Literary critic Achuthan passes away in Kochi - Times of India |date=April 10, 2017 |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> He died on February 2, 1979, aged 76, at Vappalassery, near [[Angamaly]] in [[Ernakulam]] district, [[Kerala]], succumbing to the trauma following a surgery.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />

== Legacy ==
[[File:G Sankara Kurup 2003 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Kurup on a 2003 stamp of India]]
Kurup published his first poem, called ''Salutation to Nature'' in 1918, while still a student<ref name="G. Sankara Kurup Jnanpith Award Awarded In 1965">{{Cite web |url=http://www.edubilla.com/award/jnanpith-award/g-sankara-kurup/ |title=G. Sankara Kurup Jnanpith Award Awarded In 1965 |date=2019-01-27 |website=Edubilla |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> and his first poetry anthology, ''Sahitya Kouthukam'', was published in 1923.<ref name="G. Sankara Kurup and his Poetry">{{Cite journal |title=G. Sankara Kurup and his Poetry |journal = Indian Literature|volume = 45|issue = 6 (206)|pages = 10–15|last=S. Guptan Nair |date=2001 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |jstor = 23345754}}</ref> By the time he published ''Sooryakanthi'' in 1935, he had already established his place among Malayalam poets. Overall, he published over 40 books which included 25 poetry anthologies, short stories, memoirs, play and prose.<ref name="List of Books on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/GSANKARAKURUP/Html/GSankaraKurupBooks.htm |title=List of Books on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-01-27 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref><ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA795|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|pages=795–}}</ref> He translated the [[Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam|''Rubáiyát'']] (1932) of [[Omar Khayyám]], the [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] ''[[Meghadūta]]'' (1944) of [[Kālidāsa|Kalidas]], and the collection of poems ''[[Gitanjali]]'' (1959) of [[Rabindranath Tagore]] into Malayalam.<ref name="G. Sankara Kurup - Malayalam writer" /> He also wrote the lyrics for P. J. Cherian's ''[[Nirmala (1948 film)|Nirmala]]'', (1948), the first Malayalam film to incorporate music and songs.<ref name="NIRMALA 1948">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/enspNIRMALA-1948/article15922324.ece |title=NIRMALA 1948 |date=2009-09-21 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> Besides ''Nirmala'', he wrote the lyrics for such movies as [[Oral Koodi Kallanayi]], [[Abhayam (1970 film)|Abhayam]], [[Aduthaduthu]] and [[Olipporu]].<ref name="List of Malayalam Movies by Lyricist G Sankara Kurup">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/movies.php?tag=Search&lyricist=G%2520Sankara%2520Kurup&limit=5 |title=List of Malayalam Movies by Lyricist G Sankara Kurup |date=2019-01-27 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> His poems have been translated into English by A. K. Ramanujan under the title, ''Selected poems of G. Sankara Kurup''.<ref name="Selected poems of G. Sankara Kurup.">{{Cite book |title=Selected poems of G. Sankara Kurup. |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G |last2=Ramanujan |first2=A. K |date=1969 |publisher=Dialogue Calcutta; distributors: Stechert-Hafner, New York |language=en |oclc = 139455}}</ref> Along with his masterpiece, ''Odakuzhal'', ''Poojapushpam'', ''Nimisham'', ''Navathidhi'', ''Ithalukal'', ''Pathikante Paattu'', ''Muthukal'', ''Anthardaham'', ''Chenkathirukal'', ''Vishwadarshanam'', ''Madhuram Soumyam Deeptham'', and ''Sandhya Ragam'' are considered as his major works.<ref name="G. Sankara Kurup - Malayalam writer" /> His autobiography was titled ''Ormmayude Olangalil'', and was published by National Book Stall.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Ormmayude Olangalil |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G |date=1984 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : National Book Stall |isbn=9788126465958 |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |language=ml|oclc = 13822261}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Sankara Kurup received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]] in 1961 for his anthology, ''Viswadarshanam''.<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=2019-01-27 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-27 |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> The [[Sahitya Akademi|Central Sahitya Akademi]] honored him with their annual award for poetry in 1963.<ref name="Malayalam literary award winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Award%20Pages.pdf |title=Malayalam literary award winners |date=2019-01-27 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> He was the first winner of the [[Jnanpith Award]], India's highest literary award, when the award was instituted in 1965.<ref name="JNANPITH LAUREATES">{{cite web|url=http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |title=Jnanpith Laureates Official listings |publisher=[[Jnanpith]] Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122739/http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |archive-date=13 October 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1603/16031170.htm Jnanpith] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20071016202018/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1603/16031170.htm |date=16 October 2007 }}</ref> He received the prize for his anthology, ''[[Odakkuzhal (Poetry)|Odakkuzhal]]'' (The Bamboo Flute) which was published in 1950;<ref name="Malayalam literary award winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Award%20Pages.pdf |title=Malayalam literary award winners |date=2019-01-27 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref><ref name="തമ്പുരാനോട്‌ ജി പറഞ്ഞു: ‘‘പറ്റില്ല’’">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/g-sankara-kurup-puthezhath-raman-menon-1.2594854 |title=തമ്പുരാനോട്‌ ജി പറഞ്ഞു: ''പറ്റില്ല'' |last=വസന്തന്‍ |first=എസ് കെ |date=February 11, 2018 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> He set apart a part of the prize money to establish [[Odakkuzhal Award]] in 1968 and the work was later translated into [[Hindi]], titled, ''Bansuri''.<ref name="G. Sankara Kurup - Malayalam writer" /> In 1967, he received the Soviet Land Nehru Award and a year later, the Government of India awarded him he third highest civilian honor of the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Bhushan">{{cite web | url=http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=660 | title=Padma Bhushan | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=May 22, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034740/http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=660 | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> The [[India Post]] issued a commemorative postal stamp on Kurup in 2003, under the series, ''Jnanpith Award Winners''.<ref name="Commemorative and definitive stamps">{{Cite web |url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps2003.aspx |title=Commemorative and definitive stamps |date=2019-01-27 |website=postagestamps.gov.in |access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref>

==Work==
=== Poetry ===
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* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/217236 |title=Ithalukal |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G. |date=1955 |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.ca/Otakuzhal-Malayalam-G-Sankara-Kurup-ebook/dp/B01MXOODZD |title=Odakkuzhal |last=G. Sankara Kurup |publisher=DC Books |asin=B01MXOODZD}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=G-yude Theranjedutha Kavithakal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYARAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/g-yute-kuttikkavithakal#; |title=G-yude Kuttikavithakal |last=G Sankara Kurup |publisher=Mambazham |isbn= 9789386680174}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Jeevana Sangeetham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHoRAQAAIAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/pathikante-paattu-poetry-g-sankara-kurup?author_id= |title=Pathikante Paattu |last=G Sankara Kurup |publisher=DC Books}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Maduram, Saumyam, Deeptham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wn0RAQAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Moonnaruviyum Oru Puzhayum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoERAQAAIAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Velichathinte Dhoothan - Kavithakal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N101AQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Sandhyaragam: Kavithakaḷ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jYYRAQAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/product&author_id=&product_id=2850 |title=Sooryakanthiyum Mattu Pradhana Kavithakalum |last=G. Sankara Kurup |publisher=DC Books}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Odakkuzhal Therenjadeutha 60 Ghandakruthikal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXcRAQAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Mathrubhumi Books}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Antardhahaṃ: Kavitakaḷ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RmstAQAAIAAJ|year=1953|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : National Book Stall}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kavithaparvam#; |title=Kavitha Parvam |last=G Sankara Kuru |publisher=DC Books |isbn=9788126416141}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/77237 |title=Malayala Kavya Sangraham |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G. |date=1973 |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/225520 |title=Ratnavali |last=G |first=Sankara Kurup |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/203108 |title=Katte Vaa Kadale Vaa |last=G |first=Sankarakuruppu |date=1964 |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=4801 |title=Oalappeeppi |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=2019-01-28 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=25501 |title=Kavithaparvam |last=Sankara Kurup, G., Govindan Nair, Edasserry, Kurup, O. N. V, Krishna Pillai, Changampuzha. |date=2007 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=DC Books |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=42092 |title=Ilamchundukal |last=G. Sankara Kurup |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=42095 |title=Chenkathirukal |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1975 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=Vidyarthimithram |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=50099 |title=Viswadarsanam |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1976 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=50036 |title=Vilasalahari |last=G. Sankara Kurup |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=48906 |title=Nimisham |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1945 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=46377 |title=Meghachaya |last=G. Sankara Kurup |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=Poorna Publications |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=63319 |title=Navathithi |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1951 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=62905 |title=Vanagayakan |last=G. Sankara Kurup |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=Venus |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=60552 |title=Swapna Saudham |last=G. Sankara Kurup |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006190572 |title=Patheyam |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1961 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=425881 |title=Vellilparavakal |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1955 |website=National Library |publisher=Mangalodayam |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* ''Kavanakalika'' (Poetic Buds)
* ''Dharmarashmi'' (The Rays of Justice)
* ''Muthukal'' (Pearls)
* ''Swathanthryodhayam'' (Sunrise of Freedom)
* ''Poojapushpam'' (Flowers for Offering)<ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4142|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|pages=4142–}}</ref>
* ''Ente Veyil'' (My Sunlight)
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=== Short Story anthologies ===
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=63320 |title=Rajanandini |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1948 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35780 |title=Harischandran |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G. |date=1949 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher= S Sundar Iyer & Sons |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/72791 |title=Radharaani |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G. |date=1962 |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* ''Kathakauthukam''

=== Essays ===
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* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/73485 |title=Ummar Ghayamum mattu kavithakalum |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G. |date=1969 |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=G-yude Note Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4MRAQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Vidhyarthimithram Press & Book Depot}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/gyude-gadyalekhanangal-old-edition-essays-memoirs-speeches-g-sankara-kurup?author_id= |title=G-yude Gadyalekhanangal |last=G. Sankara Kurup |publisher=DC Books}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/215282 |title=Madhyama Vyayogam |last=Kurup.G |first=Sankara |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/203434 |title=Sahithya Ratnam |last=G |first=Sankara Kurup |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=11647 |title=Sahithya Parichayam |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1986 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=Mathrubhumi |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=11677 |title=Dharmaputhrar |last=G. Sankara Kurup |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=Poorna Publications |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=32915 |title=Gadyopaharam |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1944 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35779 |title=Lekhamala |last=G. Sankara Kurup |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* ''Mutthum Chippiyum'' (Pearl and Oyster) (1958)
* * {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=57891 |title=Sahithya Kauthukam |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1923 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=Raman Menon |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=391780 |title=Rakkuyilukal |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1956 |website=National Library |publisher=Mangalodayam |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* ''Bhashadeepika''
* ''Bhasha Praveshika'' (2 volumes)
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=== Plays ===
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35679 |title=Iruttinu Munpu |last=Sankara Kurup, G. |date=1954 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35921 |title=Sandhya |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1955 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35941 |title=August 15 |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=1956 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |publisher=P. K. Brothers |access-date=2019-01-28}}

=== Translations ===
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/gitanjali-rabindranath-tagore-malayalam-g-sankara-kurup?author_id=&page=2 |title=Gitanjali |last=Rabindranath Tagore (G. Sankara Kurup - translator) |publisher=DC Books |year=2010}}
* [[Meghadūta]] of [[Kalidasa]]
* [[Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam]]

=== Biography, autobiography ===
* {{Cite book |title=Ormmayude Olangalil |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G |date=1984 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : National Book Stall |isbn=9788126465958 |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |language=ml|oclc = 13822261}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/75962 |title=Haidarali |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G. |date=1977 |website=find.uoc.ac.in |language=ml |access-date=2019-01-28}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=32139 |title=Tippu Sultan |last=G. Sankara Kurup |date=2019-01-28 |website=Kerala State Central Library Catalogue |access-date=2019-01-28}}

=== Letters ===
* {{Cite book |title=Hr̥udayathint̲e Vātāyanaṅṅaḷ: Mahākavi Ji. Śaṅkarakkur̲uppint̲e 131 kathukaḷ |last=Sanaka Kurup |first=G |last2=Krishna Varrier |first2=N. V. |date=1987 |publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : National Book Stall |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |language=ml |oclc=20823619}}
* {{Cite book |title=Vakkam Abdul Khaderinu Gyude Kathukal |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G |last2=Maulavi |first2=Vakkaṃ |last3=Tāha |first3=Muttāna |last4=State Institute of Languages |first4=Kerala |date=2007 |publisher=Kēraḷa Bhāṣhā Institute |isbn=9788176385992 |location=Thiruvanthapuraṃ|oclc = 262737709}}

=== Translations into other languages ===
* {{Cite book |title=Selected poems of G. Sankara Kurup. |last=Sankara Kurup |first=G |last2=Ramanujan |first2=A. K |date=1969 |publisher=Dialogue Calcutta; distributors: Stechert-Hafner, New York |language=en |oclc=139455}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Sweet, Gentle, Radiant: Selected Poems of G. Sankara Kurup|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3_dIkCdTcsC|year=2001|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1341-8}}
* {{cite book|author=G Sankara Kurup|title=Eka aura Naciketā tathā anya kavitāem̐: Oṭakkuzhalakī paravartī racanāem̐|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_bIponcImMC|year=1966|publisher=Bhāratīya Jñānapīṭha|isbn=978-81-263-0620-6}}

=== Books and articles on G. Sankara Kurup ===
* {{Cite book |title=Sooryakanthiyude Kavi - Jeevacharithram |last=Sethukumari |first=K |date=1990 |publisher=Samsthana Balasahithya Institute |location=Thiruvananthapuraṃ |oclc=33967260}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usAZAAAAIAAJ |title=Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup |last=Lilavati |first=M |date=1990 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |location=New Delhi |language=en |oclc=556532458}}
* {{Cite book |title=Pr̲aṇāmaṃ: Mahākavi G. : Vāyana, Punarvāyana, Smaraṇa |last=Madhusūdanan |first=G |date=2014 |isbn=9788124019634|oclc = 881280508}}
* {{Cite book |title=G. Sankara Kurup. |last=University of Delhi |last2=Department of Modern Indian Languages |date=1966 |location=Delhi |language=en |oclc=663758102}}
* {{Cite book |title=Hindī aur Malayālama ke do simbôlik (pratīkavādī) kavi |last=Chandraśekharan Nāir |first=N |date=1979 |location=Trivandrum |language=en |oclc=705602183}}
* {{Cite book |title=Jyoti Kalash: A series on Jnanpith Award winners |date=1998 |location=Chennai, India |oclc=63585792 |quote=Interviews}}
* {{Cite book |title=Mahākavi G.: Niroopaṇaṃ |last=John |first=Idamaruku |date=1978 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |language=ml|oclc = 5834780}}
* {{Cite journal |last=S. Guptan Nair |title=G. Sankara Kurup and His Poetry |journal=Indian Literature |date=2001 |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=10–15|jstor=23345754 }}
* {{Cite book |title=G-yude Kāvyasādhana: Niroopanam. |date=1975 |publisher=Vidyārthimitr̲aṃ Press & Book Depot |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |language=ml |oclc=6864082}}
* {{Cite book |title=Śaṅkarakkur̲upp Vimarśhikkappedunnu |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1997 |publisher=Imprint Books |isbn=9788185546940 |location=Kollam|oclc = 39516244}}
* {{Cite book |title=G. Śaṅkara Kur̲uppint̲e Sāhityapr̲apañchaṃ |last=Nārāyaṇan |first=Thonnaykkal |date=1987 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |language=ml |oclc=21484256}}
* {{Cite journal |last=K. Satchidanandan |title=REFLECTIONS: Remembering a Poet: A Note on G. Sankara Kurup |journal=Indian Literature |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=7–9|jstor=23345753 |year=2001 }}
* {{Cite journal |title=Interview with G. Sankara Kurup |journal=Mahfil |date=1972 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=97–108|jstor=40874486 |last1=Kurup |first1=G. Sankara }}

=== Filmography ===
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* [[Nirmala (1948 film)|Nirmala]]
* [[Oral Koodi Kallanayi]]
* [[Abhayam (1970 film)|Abhayam]]
* [[Aduthaduthu]]
* [[Olipporu]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Western Influence on Malayalam Language and Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MZqqyxVkufQC&pg=PA132|year=1972|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0413-3|pages=132–}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.231073/2015.231073.Mahakavi-G_djvu.txt |title=Mahakavi G. SANKARA KURUP (Full text) |last=M. Leelavati |date=1990 |website=Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-28}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|G. Sankara Kurup}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/GSANKARAKURUP/Html/GSankaraKurupPage.htm |title=Portrait on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-01-27 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-27}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041216092141/http://www.shelterbelt.com/KJ/malayalams2.html An overview of the major genres of modern Malayalam literature]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041215170901/http://www.shelterbelt.com/KJ/malayabibli.html Bibliography of Malayalam Literature]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050105093841/http://www.lib.washington.edu/Southasia/guides/malayalam.html Another Bibliography of Malayalam literature]
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/mahfil/pager.html?objectid=PK5461.A1M2_8_1_119.gif G. Sankara Kurup's Jnanpith Award Acceptance Speech]
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/mahfil/pager.html?volume=8&objectid=PK5461.A1M2_8_1_005.gif The Poet's commentary on his work]
* [http://www.indiapost.gov.in/images/Stamp-Rel113.gif Commemorative Stamp released by India Post on 9 October 2003 (image)]

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G. Sankara Kurup - Revision history

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