Kunnampurathu Varghese Simon (February 7, 1883 – 1944) was a notable Malayalam Christian

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 poet. He was also a musician, a teacher, a reformer, a writer, a profound Bible

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 scholar and apologist. Simon was the author of around 300 devotional songs or poems. He has also written about 30 books. K. V. Simon was given the title Mahakavi (Dean of Poets) by the Sahitya Parishad (Academy of Literature).