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{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --><br />
| name = Kureepuzha Sreekumar (കുരീപ്പുഴ ശ്രീകുമാർ)<br />
| image = Kureepuzha Sreekumar.jpg<br />
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| birth_name = Kureepuzha Sreekumar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1955|4|10}}<br />
| birth_place = Kureepuzha, [[Kollam district|Kollam]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| occupation = [[Poet]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| citizenship = <br />
| period = The post modern era<br />
| awards = Best Poet Award, [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award, [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Poetry<br />
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'''Kureepuzha Sreekumar''' (born 10 April 1955 in Kureepuzha, [[Kollam district|Kollam]], [[Kerala]]<ref name="Who's who">{{cite book|last=Dutt|first=Kartik Chandra|author2=Sahitya Akademi |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=India|year=2001|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=Kureepuzha+Sreekumar&pg=PA652|access-date=10 January 2010}}</ref>) is a noted [[Malayalam]] poet with [[Literary modernism|modernist]] inclinations. His books of poetry include ''Habibinte Dinakkurippukal'', his first, published in 1984, ''Sreekumarinte Dukkangal'', ''Rahulan Urangunnilla'', ''Amma Malayalam'', Keezhaalan and ''Suicide Point''.<ref name="Hindu Jun 08">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/15/stories/2008061553300300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007052419/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/15/stories/2008061553300300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2008|title= Kureepuzha has enriched poetry: Chullikkad |date=15 June 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=10 January 2010}}</ref> He is an atheist.<br />
==Career as Writer==<br />
He won the Best Poet Award in 1975 from [[Kerala University]],<ref name="Who's who" /> the 1987 Vyloppilli Award for Malayalam poetry,<ref name="Hindu Jun 08" /> and the [[Sahithya Akademi|Kerala Sahithya Akademi]] Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for 2003 for the best work in children's literature for his work ''Penangunni''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/10/stories/2004021001890500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040401072839/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/10/stories/2004021001890500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 April 2004|title=Award for Kakkanadan |date=10 February 2004|quote=The following are the winners of the Akademi endowments for 2003: Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award, Rs. 2,500 — Kureepuzha Sreekumar (for the work, `Penangunni'); I. C. Chacko Award, Rs. 2,000 — E. V. N. Namboodiri (`Kerala Bhasha Charithram'); ....|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=10 January 2010}}</ref> He refused to accept the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award as it was named after a Hindu God.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/11/stories/2004021108600400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040324031922/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/11/stories/2004021108600400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 March 2004|title=Briefly: Poet rejects Akademi award |date=11 February 2004|quote=The noted poet, Kureepuzha Sreekumar, who won the Kerala [[Sahithya Akademi]] award for the best work in children's literature for his work ''Penangunni'', has rejected the award. In a brief statement here today, Mr. Sreekumar said he was rejecting the award because it was named after a Hindu God, Sree Padmanabha.|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=10 January 2010}}</ref> In 2011 he won the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (Poetry) for his work ''Keezhalan''. Nastik nation, an atheist and free-thought organisation, has created a meme from one of his poems which has the title, "What's A Bad Habit" File:Poet_Kureepuzha_Sreekumar.jpg| Poem by Kureepuzha Sreekumar<br />
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== Literary Works ==<br />
* Amma Malayalam (അമ്മ മലയാളം)<br />
* Uppa (ഉപ്പ)<br />
* Pengalsthan<br />
* Habibinte Dinakkurippukal<br />
* Sreekumarinte Dukkangal<br />
* Rahulan Urangunnilla<br />
* Chaarvakan (ചാർവാകൻ)<br />
* Suicide Point<br />
* Keezhalan (കീഴാളൻ)<br />
* ഇഷ്ടമുടിക്കായൽ<br />
* ജെസി<br />
* നടിയുടെ രാത്രി<br />
* രാഹുലൻ ഉറങ്ങുന്നില്ല<br />
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