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{{Short description|Indian poet born (1995)}}
{{Indian name|Ganesh|Puthur}}
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| name = Ganesh Puthur
| image = Ganesh Puthur Photo.jpg
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| birth_name = Ganesh P. R.<ref name="Sahitya Akademi">{{cite web |title=Press Release |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/Pressrelease_YP-2023.pdf |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1995}}<ref name="Sahitya Akademi"/>
| birth_place = [[Thaikattussery]], [[Alappuzha district]], [[Kerala]]
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| alma_mater = [[Central University of Hyderabad]]<br /> [[NSS Hindu College, Changanassery]]
| education = Master's Degree in History
| occupation = Poet, Historian, Political analyst
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| notableworks = ''Achante Alamara''
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| awards = [[Yuva Puraskar]]
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'''Ganesh Puthur''' is a bilingual poet from [[Kerala]], India, who writes in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] and English languages. His first anthology of poems named ''Achante Alamara'' won many awards including the [[Yuva Puraskar]] (2023) by [[Sahitya Akademi]]. He was also awarded Junior Fellowship by the [[Ministry of Culture (India)]] [[Government of India]], an honour bestowed upon outstanding individuals in the field of culture.

==Biography==
Ganesh P. R. popularly known as Ganesh Puthur was born in a small village named Ulaveyp in Thaikattussery panchayat in [[Alappuzha district]] of [[Kerala]], to Ramesan Puthur and Gangadevi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-23 |title=‘അച്ഛന്റെ അലമാര’യിലൂടെ ഗണേഷ് പുത്തൂരിന് കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാരം |url=https://newspaper.mathrubhumi.com/alappuzha/news/alappuzha-1.8669776 |access-date=2024-06-30 | publisher= [[Mathrubhumi]] |language=ml}}</ref> He graduated from NSS Hindu College, Changanassery and received his Master's in History from the Department of History, University of Hyderabad.<ref name="athma">{{Cite web|url=https://athmaonline.in/interview-ganesh-puthur-santhosh-elanthoor/|title=അകത്തേക്ക് തുറക്കുന്ന കവിതകൾ|access-date=2023-10-03|date=2023-06-30|language=ml|archive-date=2023-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031071632/https://athmaonline.in/interview-ganesh-puthur-santhosh-elanthoor/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also a political analyst, Ganesh writes articles on international affairs, history and Indian politics.

==Literary career==
Ganesh Puthur is a bilingual poet who writes in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] and English languages. Apart from major periodicals in Malayalam, his poems have also appeared in popular publications such as The [[Muse India]], Poems India and Borderless Journal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-23 |title=Ganesh Puthur {{!}} Madras Courier |url=https://madrascourier.com/author/ganeshputhur/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> He used to write poems in the Mathrubhumi weekly children's literature column during his school days, and his first published poem, ''Nalathe Prabhatham'', was published in the Mathrubhumi weekly when he was in the 8th standard.<ref name="athma" /> He was also awarded Sir Jadunath Sarkar Fellowship by Foundation for Indian Historical and Cultural Research (FIHCR) for promoting original research and writing in Indian history <ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-23 |title=Ganesh Puthur {{!}} FIHCR |url=https://fihcr.com/sjsfih-batch-2-2025-26/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Works ==
*{{Cite book |title=Achante Alamaara |publisher=Logos books |year=2020 |isbn=9789390118526 |location=Palakkad |language=Malayalam}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=ഗണേഷ് |first=പുത്തൂർ |url=http://library.amalaims.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=16608 |title=അച്ഛന്റെ അലമാര |last2=Ganesh |first2=Puthoor |date=2020 |publisher=Logos Books Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-93-90118-52-6 |edition=1st |location=Palakkad}}</ref>
*{{Cite book |title=Amma Varakkunna Veedu |publisher=[[DC Books]] |year=2023 |isbn=9789357322836 |edition=1st |language=Malayalam |location=Kottayam}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dcbooks.com/dc-books-golden-jubilee-book-release-2.html|title=ഡി സി ബുക്സ് സുവർണ്ണജൂബിലി പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ പ്രകാശനം ചെയ്തു|access-date=2023-10-06|publisher= [[DC Books]]}}</ref>

==Awards==
In 2023, Ganesh received the [[Yuva Puraskar]] by [[Sahitya Akademi]] for his poetry collection Achchante Alamara.<ref>{{Cite web |title=..:: SAHITYA Akademi - Yuva Puraskar ::.. |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/yuva_samman_suchi.jsp |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/news/sahithya-academy-yuva-puraskar-ganesh-puthoor-1.8668424|title=കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി യുവപുരസ്‌കാർ ഗണേഷ് പുത്തൂരിന്|access-date=2023-10-03|date=2023-06-23|language=ml}}</ref> In 2021, he was awarded the Mangalam Swaminathan National Award by the Mangalam Swaminathan Foundation, for excellence in arts and culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/uoh-alumnus-wins-dr-swaminathan-national-award|title=UoH alumnus wins Dr Swaminathan National Award|access-date=2023-10-03|last=Today|first=Telangana|date=2021-11-13|language=en}}</ref> He has also won various literary awards such as Mamboo Literary Award, Rama Varma Raja Literary Award, Kavi Muttat Sudha Literary Award, Sanghasabdam Poetry Award and Mathrubhumi Vishupathip Poetry Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspaper.mathrubhumi.com/alappuzha/news/alappuzha-1.8669776|title=‘അച്ഛന്റെ അലമാര’യിലൂടെ ഗണേഷ് പുത്തൂരിന് കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാരം|access-date=2023-10-03|newspaper=Mathrubhumi|date=2021-11-11|language=Malayalam}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar]]
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