What is Kavalam Narayana Panicker?
{{Infobox person | name = Kavalam Narayana Panicker | image = Kavalam Narayana Panicker Image.jpg | image_size = 225px | alt = | caption = Kavalam Narayana Panicker | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|05|01}} | birth_place = [[Kavalam]], Kerala | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|06|26|1928|04|28}} <ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/kavalam-narayana-panicker-no-more-kerala.html|title=Dramatist, poet Kavalam Narayana Panicker passes away|date=26 June 2016|publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]]|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=29 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629131805/http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/kavalam-narayana-panicker-no-more-kerala.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]] | nationality = Indian | other_names = | occupation = Poet, playwright, theatre director, lyricist | known_for = }} '''Kavalam Narayana Panicker''' (28 April 1928 &ndash; 26 June 2016) was an [[India]]n dramatist, theatre director and poet. He has written over 26 Malayalam plays, many adapted from classical [[Sanskrit drama]] and [[Shakespeare]], mainly ''Madhyamavyayogam'' (1979), [[Kalidasa]]'s ''Vikramorvasiyam'' (1981, 1996), ''Shakuntalam'' (1982), ''Karnabharam'' (1984, 2001), [[Bhasa]]'s ''Uru Bhangam'' (1988), ''Swapnavasavadattam'' and ''Dootavakyam'' (1996).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keral.com/celebrities/kavalam/works.htm |title=Works of Kavalam Narayana Panicker |access-date=2016-07-08 |archive-date=2010-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201200549/http://www.keral.com/celebrities/kavalam/works.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2004/10/31/stories/2004103100780500.htm|title=Face To Face: From law to theatre|date=31 October 2004|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=5 April 2010|archive-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125344/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2004/10/31/st