# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kavalam-narayana-panicker
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:13:56.208Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/kavalam-narayana-panicker"
name: "Kavalam Narayana Panicker"
slug: "kavalam-narayana-panicker"
description: "Kavalam Narayana Panikkar was an Indian dramatist, theatre director, and poet. He has written over 26 Malayalam plays, many adapted from classical Sanskrit drama and Shakespeare, notably Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiyam, Shakuntalam (1982), Bhasa's Madhyamavyayogam (1979), Karnabharam, Uru Bhangam (1988), Swapnavasavadattam, and Dootavakyam (1996). He was the founder – director of theatre troupe, Sopanam, which led to the foundation of Bhashabharati: Centre for Performing Arts, Training and Research, in Trivandrum."
tagline: "Indian dramatist, director and poet (1928–2016)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1928-04-28"
deathDate: "2016-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump