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'''Govinda Krishna Chettur''' (1898–1936) was an [[India]]n poet writing in [[English language|English]]. Chettur served as Principal, Government College, [[Mangalore]].<ref>Sisir Kumar Das -History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956 .8172017987 1991 – Page 670 "By Govinda Krishna Chettur. With a total of 37 sonnets and a short ten-line prefatory poem in English, this work conceived on the model of Tennyson's [[In Memoriam A.H.H.|In Memoriam]] is a result of some personal sorrow."</ref><ref>Harish Raizada The lotus and the rose: Indian fiction in English, 1850–1947 -1978 Page 123 "Govind Krishna Chettur in whose premature death in 1936, Indo- Anglian literature lost a promising poet and short story writer, was the elder of the two brothers. Besides the four collections of the poems, The Temple Tank (1932) The Triumph "</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chettur |first1=V. M. Padmini |title=Chettur, Govinda Krishna |work= Representative Poetry Online |url=https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/chettur-govinda-krishna |publisher=University of Toronto |accessdate=19 July 2020 |date=October 2006}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Govinda Krishna Chettur was born in [[Kerala]] on 24 April 1898. His father P. K. Chettur was a government official, and [[C. Sankaran Nair]] was an uncle. He was the oldest of four brothers: one younger brother, K. K. Chettur, became Indian ambassador to Japan and Belgium, and another, S. K. Chettur, held a high position in the Diplomatic Service. Govinda Krishna Chettur was educated at St Bede's High School, [[Madras]], before gaining a BA from [[Madras Christian College]]. C. Sankaran Nair provided financial assistance for him to study at [[New College, Oxford]] from 1918 to 1921. In Oxford he came to know English poets like [[W. B. Yeats]], [[Arthur Symons]], and [[John Masefield]].<ref name=Achar>Achar, H. Radha, [https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/132295/5/05_chapter%201.pdf Introduction. Life and Career of G. K. Chettur: A Brief Sketch], ''Poetry and prose of G K Chettur - An appraisal''. Thesis, Mangalore University, 1991.</ref><br />
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On returning to India Chettur was appointed Principal of Government College, Mangalore in 1922. In 1925 he married Subhadra Chettur, the youngest daughter of [[Appu Nedungadi]]. He founded and edited ''A Government College Miscellany'', a college literary and artistic magazine.<ref name=Achar/><br />
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In 1936 the British government recommended Chettur for the post of Director General of Public Instruction, but he died of stomach cancer on 1 March 1936, before being able to take up the post.<ref name=Achar/><br />
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As a tribute to his vision and zeal in giving a shape to the Government College, where he worked as the Principal for fourteen years (1922–1936), [[University College, Mangalore]] (formerly Government College Mangalore) has brought out a volume of his selected writings in 2020 during its sesquicentennial celebration. The volume is titled ''A Journey: The selected Writings of Govinda Krishna Chettur: Excerpts from Government College Miscellany''. The volume is edited by Dr. N.K. Rajalakshmi with a Foreword by Prof. C.N. Ramachandran.<br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Sounds and Images: poems''. London: Erskine Macdonald, 1921.<br />
* ''The Temple Tank: and other poems''. Mangalore: Basel Mission Book Shop, 1932.<br />
* ''The Ghost City''. Mangalore: Basel Mission Bookshop, 1932. A collection of ten short stories.<br />
* ''The Triumph of Love: a sonnet-sequence''. Mangalore, India: Basel Mission Bookshop, 1932.<br />
* ''Gumataraya, and other sonnets for all moods''. Mangalore: Basel Mission Bookshop, 1932.<br />
* ''College Composition''. Mangalore: Basel Mission Bookshop, 1933. Textbook.<br />
* ''The Last Enchantment: Recollections of Oxford''. Mangalore: B.M. Bookshop, 1934.<br />
* ''The Shadow of God: a sonnet-sequence''. London, New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1935.<br />
* (ed.) ''Altars of Silence: Themes for Meditation and Prayer''. Mangalore Students' Stationery Society, 1935.<br />
* ''A Journey: The selected Writings of Govinda Krishna Chettur: Excerpts from Government College Miscellany'' (2020) edited by Dr. N.K. Rajalakshmi<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Achar, H. Radha, [http://hdl.handle.net/10603/132295 Poetry and prose of G K Chettur - An appraisal]. Thesis, Mangalore University, 1991. <br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/govinda-krishna-chettur Govinda Krishna Chettur], ''Making Britain''.<br />
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