ONV Kurup Starts His Journey to Heaven.Now At His Home Thiruvananthapuram.O. N. V was a renowned Malayalam poet and
lyricist from Kerala, India, who won Jnanpith Award,
the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. O. N. V. Kurup is also a lyricist in Malayalam
cinema.
He has penned a lot of lyrics for dramas and TV serials also. He received the awards
Padma Shri in 1998 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011. The fourth and second highest civilian honours
from the Government of India In 2007.
He was bestowed an Honorary Doctorate by University of Kerala, Trivandrum.
O. N. V. is known for his leftist leaning. He was the Left Democratic
Front (LDF) candidate in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the Lok Sabha elections in
1989.
He died on February 13, 2016 due to age-related ailments.He was in his 84 years.Pranaamam.
