K. R. Tony

K. R. Tony (born May 23, 1964) is an Indian poet and translator from Kerala.

K. R. Tony
Born	(1964-05-23)23 May 1964 Thrissur, Kerala, India
Occupations	Poet assistant professor
Awards	Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2013)

Works

K R Tony has been contributing poems and poetic studies in leading literary journals and periodicals of Kerala since 1980;^[1] SAMANILA, his first collection of poems established him as one of the prominent voices in contemporary Malayalam poetry; later his poem collections published in order: ANDHAKANDAM, DAIVAPPATHI,^[2] OH! NISHADA, PLAMENAMMAYI^[3] and YAKSHIYUM MATTUM.^[4] His studies on literature titled : POREZHUTH published in 2010. his poems have been translated into various Indian languages and are included in several anthologies of Malayalam as well as Indian poetry of the post-modern phase. His OH! NISHADA, has won Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry in 2013.

• Samanila
• Andhakandam
• Daivappathi.^[5]
• Oh! Nishada
• Plamenammayi^[6]
• Yakshiyum Mattum^[7]
• Hporezhuth
• GiGi

Awards

• 1999 Vyloppilly Award ^{[citation needed]}
• 2000 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Kanakasree Award^{[citation needed]}
• 2013 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award^{[citation needed]}
• 2014 V. T. Kumaran Award^[8]
• 2014 Ayanam A. Ayyappan Award^[9]
• 2016 First Sree Kerala Varma Award^{[citation needed]}