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'''K. K. Raja''' (28 March 1893 – 6 April 1968) was a [[Malayalam]] [[poet]] from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1960 for the collection ''Malanatil''.<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw2.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] (in Malayalam). [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.</ref><ref>[http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 "Literary Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062155/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 |date=2012-06-18 }}. [[Government of Kerala]]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.</ref>

==Biography==
K. K. Raja was born as Kunju in 1893 at Kumarapuram kovilakam (part of the Thalappilli Swaroopam of Kingdom of Cochin ) which is situated in Eravimangalam village, Nadathara. His father Meledath Nambothan Nambudiri was a Sanskrit scholar. After the death of his mother Kunjukkutti Thamburatti, young Kunju was well taken care of by his grandmother. He completed his school education in [[Trichur]] and [[Kunnamkulam]]. He was married to a [[lady]] from the aristocratic Thrissur Vadakke Kuruppath [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mahakavi K K Raja |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Mahakavi-K-K-Raja/6000000018263714777 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=geni_family_tree |date=11 November 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> He started writing poems at a young age and the child's writing skills were encouraged by family friend and famous poet [[Kunhikuttan Thampuran]]. His first poem "Khshanika Vairagyam" was published in ''Kavana Kaumudi'' magazine. After passing successfully the Vidwan test, Raja worked as a teacher in [[Ernakulam]] Government Girls' High School and [[Irinjalakkuda]] Government High School. Raja became a full-time writer by this period and wandered all over India before joining St. Thomas School, Trichur.

==Major works==
* ''Malanattil'' (മലനാട്ടിൽ)
* ''Kavanakusumanjali'' (കവനകുസുമാഞ്ജലി)
* ''Tulsidaamam'' (തുളസീദാമം)
* ''Vellithoni'' (വെള്ളിത്തോണി)
* ''Bashpanjali'' (ബാഷ്പാഞ്ജലി)
* ''Harshanjali'' (ഹർഷാഞ്ജലി)

==References==
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[[Category:1893 births]]
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[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Writers from Kochi]]
[[Category:Poets from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayalam poets]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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