K. V. Simon, Date of Birth, Date of Death

K. V. Simon

Indian poet

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1883

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1944

Profession: poet, author

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mahakavi Kunnampurathu Varghese Simon (7 February 1883 – 1944) was a notable Malayalam Christian poet from Kerala, India.
He was also a musician, a teacher, a reformer, a writer, a Bible scholar and apologist.
Simon authored around three hundred hymns or poems and some thirty books.
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Simon was given the title Mahakavi (Dean of Poets) by the Sahitya Parishad (Academy of Literature).
His major work was Veda Viharam, based on the biblical Genesis.
It was this work, published in 1931, that earned his name among the noted Malayalam poets.
Simon was a prominent leader of the Kerala Brethren movement.