Kozhikode :

Body of N Gopalakrishnan, writer and social activist who died here on Wednesday morning, will be cremated at the Mavoor Road crematorium on Friday.

Gopalakrishnan (80) died at a private hospital here following a heart attack.

After his retirement as member of claims tribunal of Indian Railways in 1984, Gopalakrishnan was actively engaged in social and cultural activities in the city.

He had translated former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao’s autobiography into Malayalam and K P Ramanunni’s Sufi Paranja Katha into English.

He also translated M T Vasudevan Nair’s novel Varanasi into English. He won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi’s award for translation in 2006.

Gopalakrishnan was also an active member of the Kozhikode Pain and Palliative Society and was in the forefront of collecting fund for the Society.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kozhikode / TNN / November 20th, 2014