Olappamanna Mana Subramanian Namboothirippad (10 January 1923 – 10 April 2000), better identified by his family name, Olappamanna, was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. A former chairman of Kerala Kalamandalam and an author of 20 books of poetry, his poems were noted for their explicit social expressions. He received two awards from Kerala Sahitya Academy and another from Kendra Sahitya Academy, besides honours such as Government of Madras Poetry Prize, Odakkuzhal Award, N. V. Puraskaram, Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram and Ulloor Award.
Olappamanna Mana Subramanian Namboothirippad (10 January 1923 – 10 April 2000), better identified by his family name, Olappamanna, was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. A former chairman of Kerala Kalamandalam and an author of 20 books of poetry, his poems were noted for their explicit social expressions. He received two awards from Kerala Sahitya Academy and another from Kendra Sahitya Academy, besides honours such as Government of Madras Poetry Prize, Odakkuzhal Award, N. V. Puraskaram, Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram and Ulloor Award.
== Biography == thumb|left|Government Victoria College Palakkad, Olappamanna's alma mater Olappamanna was born on 10 January 1923, in Vellinezhi in Palakkad district of the south Indian state of Kerala in Olappamanna Mana, a wealthy family with a feudal past known for its patronage of artists and musicians to Neelakantan Nambuthirippad and Devasena Antharjanam. After the customary early education of Sanskrit and vedas, he completed schooling in 1944, studying in Ottappalam School, P. M. G. High School, Palakkad and B. E. M. High School, Palakkad, and joined the Government Victoria College, Palakkad for his undergraduate studies in History but did not complete it. Later, he was engaged in timber and rubber businesses and was involved in local politics, presiding over Ezhakkad Panchayat and Kottoppadam Panchayath, during the period from 1950 to 1964.
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