Eminent poet-activist Sugathakumari passes away
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December 23, 2020
Kochi, Dec 23: Eminent Malayalam poet, conservationist and women s activist, Sugathakumari, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment, passed away at the government medical college hospital on Wednesday.
She was 86 and leaves behind daughter Lakshmi Devi, family sources said.
The octogenarian poet rarely made any public appearance in recent days due to old age difficulties.
Fondly being called as Sugatha Teacher by her hundreds of admirers and followers, the activist-poet had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the medical college after being diagnosed with the viral infection on December 21.
Eminent Poet-activist Sugathakumari Passes Away Due to Covid-19 Complications
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Eminent Malayalam poet, conservationist and women s activist, Sugathakumari, who had tested positive for COVID-19 and was undergoing treatment, died at the government medical college hospital here on Wednesday. She was 86 and leaves behind daughter Lakshmi Devi, family sources here said.
The octogenarian poet rarely made any public appearance in recent days due to old age difficulties. Fondly being called as Sugatha Teacher by her hundreds of admirers and followers, the activist-poet had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the medical college after being diagnosed with the viral infection on December 21.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sugathakumari, the Malayalam poet who had also been a committed environmentalist and women’s rights activist, died here on Wednesday. She was 86. Sugathakumari had been undergoing treatment for Covid-19 and the end came at 10.52am at the Govt. Medical College hospital.
The cremation of Sugathakumari will be held at 4pm at Santhi Kavadam with full state honours and in accordance with Covid-19 protocol. From 1pm to 4pm, public can pay homage to Sugathakumari at Ayyankali Hall where a large portrait of the poet will be placed.
Fondly being called as Sugatha Teacher by her hundreds of admirers and followers, the activist-poet had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the medical college after being diagnosed with the viral infection on December 21. Before that she was admitted to a private hospital. For the last 24 hours, she had been surviving on ventilator support only. Besides the severe bronchial pneumonia, an after-effect of Covid-19, the condition
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Sugathakumari stood for nature conservation and the cause of the downtrodden through her poetry and her presence
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Sugathakumari stood for nature conservation and the cause of the downtrodden through her poetry and her presence
When a young Sugathakumari began writing poetry in the early 1950s, she chose to hide herself behind a pseudonym, until she was discovered by poet N.V. Krishna Warrier. But in the decades that followed, until her passing away at the age of 86 on Wednesday, she lived a life much more public than most other poets of her generation, being in the forefront of many an environmental and social movement, with her poetry and her presence.