Renowned Malayalam poet and activist Sugathakumari passes away
Renowned Malayalam poet and activist Sugathakumari has passed away. She was
86.
She had been undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Sugathakumari has been suffering from bronchopneumonia, a type of pneumonia that causes inflammation in the alveoli or air sacs in the lungs.
The daughter of freedom fighter Bodheswaran and VS Karthiyani, she was awarded the Padma Shri in recognition of her poetry in 2006, and recieved the award from then Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam.
Sugathakumari was also the former chairperson of the Kerala State Women’s Commission.
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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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