Balamani Amma [SEP] medical condition
. Mohandas, Shyam Sunder, and Sulochana Nalapat are her other children.
Balamani Amma died on 29 September 2004 after having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for nearly five years.
Poetry.
Balamani Amma published more than 20 anthologies of poems, several prose works, and translations. She began writing poems at a young age and her first poem "Kooppukai" was published in 1930. Her first recognition came when she received the Sahithya Nipuna Puraskaram, an award from Parikshith Thampuran, former ruler of Kingdom of Cochin.
Award. She was the mother of the renowned writer Kamala Surayya.
Biography.
Balamani Amma was born on 19 July 1909 to "Chittanjoor Kunhunni Raja" and Nalapat Kochukutti amma at Nalappat, her ancestral home in Punnayurkulam of Thrissur district in Kerala. Though she received no formal education, the tutelage under her maternal uncle and the poet Nalapat Narayana Menon and his collection of books helped her become a poet. She was influenced by Nalapat Narayana Menon and the poet Vallathol Narayana Menon.
Balamani Amma was married at the