K. M. Govi
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- Malayala Granthasoochi
- Aadimudranam Malayalamthilum Bharatathilum
- Library science
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| Born | June 17, 1930 |
| Died | December 4, 2013 (aged 83) Thalassery, Kannur district, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Library scientist, writer, translator |
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| Spouse | Pushpaveni |
| Children | 2 |
K. M. Govi is an Indian library scientist from Kerala. He is the author of the Malayalam bibliography titled Malayala Granthasoochi, the first comprehensive bibliography written in any of the regional Indian languages and Library Science, the first book on library science in Malayalam. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature and Lifetime achievement award of Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
K.M. Govi was born on June 17, 1930, at Korapram house in Chetamkunnu, Thalassery to C. K. Sankunni Nair and K. M. Maiyamma.[1]
His father died when he was four and his mother at the age of 13.[1] After his education at B.E.M.P. High School, he graduated in Economics from Brennan College, Thalassery.[1] Later, he lived with his relatives in Chennai and became a clerk in the Madras Secretariat.[1] Tired of clerical work he resigned from his job after six months.[1]
That is when he came to know about the Library Science course and joined the University of Madras and completed Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science from from there in 1952.[1] After his studies, he became a librarian at the Kozhikode District Library from 1952 to 1956.[1] There, he established the Malabar Library Authority and established its branches in places like Payyannur, Manjeri, Ponnani, and Alathur.[1]
Govi joined the National Library in Kolkata in 1956.[1] He met his life partner, Pushpaveni, while working at the National Library. Pushpaveni, the Chief Information Officer there, was a native of Ottappalam.[1] She has a post-graduate degree in Tamil language and literature and has translated Vaikom Muhammed Basheer's Balyakalasakhi into Tamil.[1]
A literary society called Calcutta Sahitya Vedi was also functioned in Kolkata under the leadership of Govi.[1] He retired from work in 1987.[1] He returned to Kerala after his wife retired in 1994.[1] They have two children, Gautham, an employee at Infosys, and Amrutha, a teacher in London.[1]
Govi died on December 4, 2013.[2]
