What is Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri?
[[File:Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri .jpg|thumb|right|150px|Akkitham in 2010]] '''Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri''' (18 March 1926 – 15 October 2020), popularly known as '''Akkitham''', was an Indian poet and essayist. Many of his works were in the [[Malayalam language]]. He was born near [[Kumaranellur]], [[Palakkad]]. Akkitham was the 2019 recipient of India’s highest literary honour, the [[Jnanpith Award]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Poet Akkitham bags Jnanpith award |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/poet-akkitham-bags-jnanpith-award-1.4320848 |location=New Delhi |date=29 November 2019 |access-date=29 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223054039/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/poet-akkitham-bags-jnanpith-award-1.4320848 |archive-date=23 December 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and several other awards including [[Padma Shri]]. Namboothiri died at a private hospital on 15 October 2020 in [[Thrissur]], aged 94.<ref>{{Cite web|title=മഹാകവി അക്കിത്തം അച്യുതന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരി അന്തരിച്ചു|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/akkitham-achuthan-namboothiri-passes-away-1.5131993|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Namboothiri, Akkitham Achuthan}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century Indian poets]] [[Category:Indian essayists]] {{bio-stub}}