What is Sugathakumari?
{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --> | name = Sugathakumari | image = Sugathakumari1.jpg | imagesize = 225px | caption = | birth_name = Sugathakumari | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|01|22}} | birth_place = [[Aranmula]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]], [[Kerala]], India) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|23|1934|01|22|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India | resting_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Poet|Environmentalist|Social activist}} | language = [[Malayalam]] | nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | education = | alma_mater = [[University College, Thiruvananthapuram]] | genre = | period = 1957–2020 | notableworks = ''Raathrimazha'', ''Ambalamani'', ''Manalezhuthu'' | spouse = {{Marriage|Dr. K. Velayudhan Nair||2003|end=death}} | children = 1 | signature = | signature_alt = | website = |module={{Infobox person|child=yes}} | parents = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Bodheswaran]]|V. K. Karthiyayini Amma}} | awards = {{ublist|1968&nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]]|1978&nbsp;[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]|2006&nbsp;[[Padma Shri]]}} }} '''Sugathakumari''' (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian [[poet]] and activist. She was an important person in the environmentalist and [[Feminism|feminist]] movements in [[Kerala]], [[South India]]. She was the founder secretary of the Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi, an organization for the protection of nature and a day-care center for the mentally ill. She chaired the Kerala State Women's Commission.<ref name=VanithaCommission>{{cite news|title=Status of women declining: Sugathakumari|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/03/stories/0403404f.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 November 2000|access-date=27 May 2013|location=[[Thiruvananthapuram|Thiruvananthapuram, India]]|archive-date=29