{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=857","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=855","results":[{"id":15837,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shylan (writer)","bio":"\nShylan Saliendrakumar (Malayalam: ശൈലന്‍; born 29 March 1975), known by his pen name Shylan, is a Malayalam language poet, film critic, travelogue writer and columnist from Malappuram, Kerala, India. Mostly known for his poems, several poetry collections by Shylan have been published so far. Shylan is also known as a film critic, who has been revieweing movies for numerous online publications.\nShylan was born on 29 March 1975 in Malappuram, Kerala. He completed his college from NSS College, Manjeri. Shylan started writing in the leading periodicals in Malayalam in the early 2000's. His first book titled Nishkasithante Easter was published in 2003. Shylan was noticed for bringing new styles and vocabularies in Malayalam poems. Vettaikkaran, which is a collection of poems written by Shylan in 2017 was critically acclaimed. In 2022, 'Rashtramee Mamsa', another collection of poems by Shylan was published. This was critically acclaimed for highlighting the contemporary issues in India. The same year, Shylan's first travelogue titled as Nooru Nooru Yatragal was published at the Sharjah International book festival.","raw_bio":"Shylan Saliendrakumar (Malayalam: ശൈലന്‍; born 29 March 1975), known by his pen name Shylan, is a Malayalam language poet, film critic, travelogue writer and columnist from Malappuram, Kerala, India. Mostly known for his poems, several poetry collections by Shylan have been published so far. Shylan is also known as a film critic, who has been revieweing movies for numerous online publications. Shylan was born on 29 March 1975 in Malappuram, Kerala. He completed his college from NSS College, Manjeri. Shylan started writing in the leading periodicals in Malayalam in the early 2000's. His first book titled Nishkasithante Easter was published in 2003. Shylan was noticed for bringing new styles and vocabularies in Malayalam poems. Vettaikkaran, which is a collection of poems written by Shylan in 2017 was critically acclaimed. In 2022, 'Rashtramee Mamsa', another collection of poems by Shylan was published. This was critically acclaimed for highlighting the contemporary issues in India. The same year, Shylan's first travelogue titled as Nooru Nooru Yatragal was published at the Sharjah International book festival.","slug":"shylan-writer","DOB":"1975-03-29","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/shylan-writer","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.640944","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15838,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Iyyamcode Sreedharan","bio":"\nIyyamcode Sreedharan (also spelled as Iyyamkode or Iyyamkodu) is a Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India. He is well known in various fields of literature such as travelogue writer, Aattakkatha writer, playwright, poet and biographer. He received several awards including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for travelogue, Kerala Kalamandalam Mukundaraja Award and Kerala Kalamandalam Award for outstanding contribution in the field of literature.\nSreedharan was born on 4 September 1941, in Puthiya veettil House in Iyyamcode near Nadapuram in present-day Kozhikode district of Kerala. His father  M. Narayana Kurup was a teacher, poet, painter and sculptor. His mother, M. P. Karthayani Amma, is the sister of M. P. Narayanan Nambiar, a prominent leader of the Karshaka Sangham, a long-time farmers' movement in Kerala. He had his primary education at Nadapuram C.C. UP School. After passing tenth class from Kadathanad Rajas High School in Kozhikode District, he studied Kathakali chamayam (makeup of Kathakali artists) for three years at the Kerala Kalamandalam in Cheruthuruthy. In 1961, he joined Kollankode Rajas High School in Palakkad district as a teacher in Kathakali chamayam and later became a descendant of poet P. Kunhiraman Nair, who was a colleague there.\nSreedharan started writing poems at the age of fifteen. In 1962, he won the first prize in the Mathrubhumi Weekly poetry competition for students. Subsequently, in 1964, he was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Samithi Poetry Award. He brought together theatre artists from Kollengode and the surrounding areas, and formed a theater troupe in 1975 and performed plays all over Kerala.","raw_bio":"Iyyamcode Sreedharan (also spelled as Iyyamkode or Iyyamkodu) is a Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India. He is well known in various fields of literature such as travelogue writer, Aattakkatha writer, playwright, poet and biographer. He received several awards including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for travelogue, Kerala Kalamandalam Mukundaraja Award and Kerala Kalamandalam Award for outstanding contribution in the field of literature. Sreedharan was born on 4 September 1941, in Puthiya veettil House in Iyyamcode near Nadapuram in present-day Kozhikode district of Kerala. His father  M. Narayana Kurup was a teacher, poet, painter and sculptor. His mother, M. P. Karthayani Amma, is the sister of M. P. Narayanan Nambiar, a prominent leader of the Karshaka Sangham, a long-time farmers' movement in Kerala. He had his primary education at Nadapuram C.C. UP School. After passing tenth class from Kadathanad Rajas High School in Kozhikode District, he studied Kathakali chamayam (makeup of Kathakali artists) for three years at the Kerala Kalamandalam in Cheruthuruthy. In 1961, he joined Kollankode Rajas High School in Palakkad district as a teacher in Kathakali chamayam and later became a descendant of poet P. Kunhiraman Nair, who was a colleague there. Sreedharan started writing poems at the age of fifteen. In 1962, he won the first prize in the Mathrubhumi Weekly poetry competition for students. Subsequently, in 1964, he was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Samithi Poetry Award. He brought together theatre artists from Kollengode and the surrounding areas, and formed a theater troupe in 1975 and performed plays all over Kerala.","slug":"iyyamcode-sreedharan","DOB":"1941-07-04","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/iyyamcode-sreedharan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.692793","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15839,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kureepuzha Sreekumar","bio":"\nKureepuzha Sreekumar (born 10 April 1955 in Kureepuzha, Kollam, Kerala) is a noted Malayalam poet with modernist inclinations. His books of poetry include Habibinte Dinakkurippukal, his first, published in 1984, Sreekumarinte Dukkangal, Rahulan Urangunnilla, Amma Malayalam, Keezhaalan and Suicide Point. He is an atheist.\nHe won the Best Poet Award in 1975 from Kerala University, the 1987 Vyloppilli Award for Malayalam poetry, and the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for 2003 for the best work in children's literature for his work Penangunni. He refused to accept the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award as it was named after a Hindu God. In 2011 he won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Poetry) for his work Keezhalan. Nastik nation, an atheist and free-thought organisation, has created a meme from one of his poems which has the title, \"What's A Bad Habit\" File:Poet_Kureepuzha_Sreekumar.jpg| Poem by Kureepuzha Sreekumar\n","raw_bio":"Kureepuzha Sreekumar (born 10 April 1955 in Kureepuzha, Kollam, Kerala) is a noted Malayalam poet with modernist inclinations. His books of poetry include Habibinte Dinakkurippukal, his first, published in 1984, Sreekumarinte Dukkangal, Rahulan Urangunnilla, Amma Malayalam, Keezhaalan and Suicide Point. He is an atheist. He won the Best Poet Award in 1975 from Kerala University, the 1987 Vyloppilli Award for Malayalam poetry, and the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for 2003 for the best work in children's literature for his work Penangunni. He refused to accept the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award as it was named after a Hindu God. In 2011 he won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Poetry) for his work Keezhalan. Nastik nation, an atheist and free-thought organisation, has created a meme from one of his poems which has the title, \"What's A Bad Habit\" File:Poet_Kureepuzha_Sreekumar.jpg| Poem by Kureepuzha Sreekumar ","slug":"kureepuzha-sreekumar","DOB":"1955-04-10","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/kureepuzha-sreekumar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.707417","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15840,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Syam Sudhakar","bio":"\nSyam Sudhakar (born 16 October 1983) ) is a bilingual poet and academic from Kerala, India. He writes poems in Malayalam, his native language, and in English. His poems have been translated into several languages including Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Manipuri, French and Chinese. His debut collection in Malayalam Earpam (Damp, 2001) and the English collection Drenched by the Sun (2013) are the most prominent works of his poetic career. He has also published a number of poems and articles in leading magazines and journals both home and abroad.\nSyam Sudhakar was born in 1983 in Vadanamkurissi, a village in Palakkad District, Kerala. After his early education at K.V.R.H.S and G.H.S.S Vadanamkurissi, he completed his graduation in English and History from St. Thomas College, Thrissur. He pursued his Masters in English Literature from the University of Madras, M. Phil with a specialization on Dravidian Aesthetics from Presidency College, Chennai and Ph.D in Beat Generation Literature from the University of Madras.\nHe is also one of the founder members of Centre for Performance Research and Cultural Studies in South Asia and the Poetry Advisor of Sydney School of Arts and Humanities. Sudhakar was associated with a research project on Gender Studies in IIT Madras and worked at Christ College, Irinjalakuda and VIT, Chennai before he began his teaching career at St. Thomas College, Thrissur.","raw_bio":"Syam Sudhakar (born 16 October 1983) ) is a bilingual poet and academic from Kerala, India. He writes poems in Malayalam, his native language, and in English. His poems have been translated into several languages including Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Manipuri, French and Chinese. His debut collection in Malayalam Earpam (Damp, 2001) and the English collection Drenched by the Sun (2013) are the most prominent works of his poetic career. He has also published a number of poems and articles in leading magazines and journals both home and abroad. Syam Sudhakar was born in 1983 in Vadanamkurissi, a village in Palakkad District, Kerala. After his early education at K.V.R.H.S and G.H.S.S Vadanamkurissi, he completed his graduation in English and History from St. Thomas College, Thrissur. He pursued his Masters in English Literature from the University of Madras, M. Phil with a specialization on Dravidian Aesthetics from Presidency College, Chennai and Ph.D in Beat Generation Literature from the University of Madras. He is also one of the founder members of Centre for Performance Research and Cultural Studies in South Asia and the Poetry Advisor of Sydney School of Arts and Humanities. Sudhakar was associated with a research project on Gender Studies in IIT Madras and worked at Christ College, Irinjalakuda and VIT, Chennai before he began his teaching career at St. Thomas College, Thrissur.","slug":"syam-sudhakar","DOB":"1983-10-16","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/syam-sudhakar","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.723599","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15841,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sugathakumari","bio":"\nSugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, South India. Her parents were the poet and freedom fighter Bodheswaran and V. K. Karthiyayini Amma, a Sanskrit scholar.\nShe was the founder secretary of the Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi, an organisation for the protection of nature, and of Abhaya, a home for destitute women and a day-care centre for the mentally ill. She chaired the Kerala State Women's Commission. She played a prominent role in the Save Silent Valley protest.\nSugathakumari's notable works included Muthuchippikal, Pathirapookkal, Krishna Kavithakal, Ratrimazha, and Manalezhuthu. She won numerous awards and recognitions including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1968), Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (1978), Odakkuzhal Award (1982), Vayalar Award (1984), Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award (1986), Asan Prize (1991), Vallathol Award (2003), Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2004), Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2009), Saraswati Samman (2012), Mathrubhumi Literary Award (2014) and O. N. V. Literary Award (2017). In 2006, she was honoured with Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour.\nSugathakumari was born in Aranmula on 22 January 1934 in the modern day southern Indian state of Kerala (then in the Kingdom of Travancore). Her father Keshava Pillai, known as Bodheswaran, was a famous Gandhian thinker and writer, who was involved in the country's freedom struggle.  V. K. Karthiyayini Amma, her mother, was a well-known scholar and teacher of Sanskrit. Sugathakumari was the second of the three daughters of her parents, following an elder sister named Hrdayakumari, and preceding a younger sister named Sujatha Devi, both of them who excelled in literary field. After graduating from the University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Sugathakumari completed her master's degree in philosophy from Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram in 1955, and spent three years researching on the topic of 'Comparative Study of the Concept of Moksha in Indian Schools of Philosophy' but did not complete the thesis. Sugathakumari was the former state vice president of Kerala Students Union (KSU). She worked at KSU for 3 years, from 1959-1962.","raw_bio":"Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, South India. Her parents were the poet and freedom fighter Bodheswaran and V. K. Karthiyayini Amma, a Sanskrit scholar. She was the founder secretary of the Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi, an organisation for the protection of nature, and of Abhaya, a home for destitute women and a day-care centre for the mentally ill. She chaired the Kerala State Women's Commission. She played a prominent role in the Save Silent Valley protest. Sugathakumari's notable works included Muthuchippikal, Pathirapookkal, Krishna Kavithakal, Ratrimazha, and Manalezhuthu. She won numerous awards and recognitions including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1968), Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (1978), Odakkuzhal Award (1982), Vayalar Award (1984), Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Award (1986), Asan Prize (1991), Vallathol Award (2003), Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2004), Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (2009), Saraswati Samman (2012), Mathrubhumi Literary Award (2014) and O. N. V. Literary Award (2017). In 2006, she was honoured with Padma Shri, the country's fourth-highest civilian honour. Sugathakumari was born in Aranmula on 22 January 1934 in the modern day southern Indian state of Kerala (then in the Kingdom of Travancore). Her father Keshava Pillai, known as Bodheswaran, was a famous Gandhian thinker and writer, who was involved in the country's freedom struggle.  V. K. Karthiyayini Amma, her mother, was a well-known scholar and teacher of Sanskrit. Sugathakumari was the second of the three daughters of her parents, following an elder sister named Hrdayakumari, and preceding a younger sister named Sujatha Devi, both of them who excelled in literary field. After graduating from the University College, Thiruvananthapuram, Sugathakumari completed her master's degree in philosophy from Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram in 1955, and spent three years researching on the topic of 'Comparative Study of the Concept of Moksha in Indian Schools of Philosophy' but did not complete the thesis. Sugathakumari was the former state vice president of Kerala Students Union (KSU). She worked at KSU for 3 years, from 1959-1962.","slug":"sugathakumari","DOB":"1934-01-22","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/sugathakumari","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.761504","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15842,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Tatapuram Sukumaran","bio":"\nTatapuram Sukumaran (22 October 1923 – 26 October 1988) was a Malayalam writer, born in Kaloor, Kochi, Kerala, India.\nSon of Naduviledath Ayyappan and V.V. Janaki, he joined Tata Oil Mills Company, Kochi in 1941 and retired as the Public Relations Officer.\nSukumaran has to his credit over 80 books in the field of short stories, novels, travelogues, juvenile literature, drama, and translations. His stories have been translated to many Indian languages and English. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for his short story collection Payasam and won National Award for his books, Manushyante Atmakadha and Nammude Bharana Chakram. He is also the recipient of Soviet Land Nehru Award for his book Raktha Nakshtrangalude Nattil. He was one of the pioneers in the literary genre of Malayalam short stories.","raw_bio":"Tatapuram Sukumaran (22 October 1923 – 26 October 1988) was a Malayalam writer, born in Kaloor, Kochi, Kerala, India. Son of Naduviledath Ayyappan and V.V. Janaki, he joined Tata Oil Mills Company, Kochi in 1941 and retired as the Public Relations Officer. Sukumaran has to his credit over 80 books in the field of short stories, novels, travelogues, juvenile literature, drama, and translations. His stories have been translated to many Indian languages and English. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for his short story collection Payasam and won National Award for his books, Manushyante Atmakadha and Nammude Bharana Chakram. He is also the recipient of Soviet Land Nehru Award for his book Raktha Nakshtrangalude Nattil. He was one of the pioneers in the literary genre of Malayalam short stories.","slug":"tatapuram-sukumaran","DOB":"1923-10-22","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Kaloor, Kochi","url":"/sootradhar/tatapuram-sukumaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.813071","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15843,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Appan Thacheth","bio":"\nThacheth Neelakanta Menon, better known as Appan Thacheth (10 November 1937 – 2 July 2011), was a Malayalam-language poet and lyricist from Kerala, India.\nThacheth was born in 1937 in Elamkulam, Cochin, as the son of Kandaveli Achuthan Pillai and Elamkulam Thacheth Sanikutty Amma. After completing his bachelor's degree in Arts and diploma in business management, he joined Larson and Toubro in Madras. He worked at the Madras Atomic Power Station, Abu Dhabi International Airport and Lotus Temple in Delhi. He also worked in Calcutta and Germany. He retired as Senior Quality Control Engineer in 1998. He published over 50 collections of poems. Some of his works include Poopalika (1963), Apsarassukal (1965), Udayasthamayangal (1966), Nirangal Nizhalukal (1979), Ekakiyude Veena (1987), Ninne Kurichu Veendum (1988), Gopurathile Kuruvi (1989) and Kaliveedu (1989). He penned the lyrics for around ten Malayalam films, including Sindooram (1976), Rajaankanam (1976), Rajaparambara (1977), Beena (1978), Mookkilla Rajyathu Murimookkan Rajavu (1996), Varavaay (2000) and Randu Penkuttikal (2002). \"Devi Nin Chiriyil\" from Rajaparambara is one of his most famous songs.\nThacheth died on 2 July 2011 at his residence in Pukkattupadi near Cochin. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.","raw_bio":"Thacheth Neelakanta Menon, better known as Appan Thacheth (10 November 1937 – 2 July 2011), was a Malayalam-language poet and lyricist from Kerala, India. Thacheth was born in 1937 in Elamkulam, Cochin, as the son of Kandaveli Achuthan Pillai and Elamkulam Thacheth Sanikutty Amma. After completing his bachelor's degree in Arts and diploma in business management, he joined Larson and Toubro in Madras. He worked at the Madras Atomic Power Station, Abu Dhabi International Airport and Lotus Temple in Delhi. He also worked in Calcutta and Germany. He retired as Senior Quality Control Engineer in 1998. He published over 50 collections of poems. Some of his works include Poopalika (1963), Apsarassukal (1965), Udayasthamayangal (1966), Nirangal Nizhalukal (1979), Ekakiyude Veena (1987), Ninne Kurichu Veendum (1988), Gopurathile Kuruvi (1989) and Kaliveedu (1989). He penned the lyrics for around ten Malayalam films, including Sindooram (1976), Rajaankanam (1976), Rajaparambara (1977), Beena (1978), Mookkilla Rajyathu Murimookkan Rajavu (1996), Varavaay (2000) and Randu Penkuttikal (2002). \"Devi Nin Chiriyil\" from Rajaparambara is one of his most famous songs. Thacheth died on 2 July 2011 at his residence in Pukkattupadi near Cochin. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.","slug":"appan-thacheth","DOB":"1937-11-10","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/appan-thacheth","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.853631","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15844,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sreekumaran Thampi","bio":"\nSreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema.\nThampi was introduced to the Malayalam film industry in 1966 by P. Subramaniam as a lyricist in the film Kaattumallika. He has produced 25 films, directed 29, and written scripts for 85 films in Malayalam besides writing thousands of songs. He is also the author of the well-known literary work Prem Nazir Enna Prema Gaanam. He won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema film (Kanakkum Kavitayum) whilst his films Gaanam and Mohiniyattam won Kerala State Awards.\nHe is a songwriter, screenplay writer, film producer, director and musician, but says he is more of a lyricist than a filmmaker. His songs include \"Chandrikayilaliyunna Chandrakaantham\", \"Hridayasarasile pranayapushpame\" and \"Swanthamenna padathinendhartham\". His films Chandrakantham, Gaanam, Mohiniyattam, Maalika Paniyunnavar, Jeevitham Oru Gaanam and Ambalavilakku became artistic successes. His successful box office films include Naayattu, Aakramanam and Idi Muzhakkam.","raw_bio":"Sreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, Kerala government's highest honour for contributions to Malayalam cinema. Thampi was introduced to the Malayalam film industry in 1966 by P. Subramaniam as a lyricist in the film Kaattumallika. He has produced 25 films, directed 29, and written scripts for 85 films in Malayalam besides writing thousands of songs. He is also the author of the well-known literary work Prem Nazir Enna Prema Gaanam. He won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema film (Kanakkum Kavitayum) whilst his films Gaanam and Mohiniyattam won Kerala State Awards. He is a songwriter, screenplay writer, film producer, director and musician, but says he is more of a lyricist than a filmmaker. His songs include \"Chandrikayilaliyunna Chandrakaantham\", \"Hridayasarasile pranayapushpame\" and \"Swanthamenna padathinendhartham\". His films Chandrakantham, Gaanam, Mohiniyattam, Maalika Paniyunnavar, Jeevitham Oru Gaanam and Ambalavilakku became artistic successes. His successful box office films include Naayattu, Aakramanam and Idi Muzhakkam.","slug":"sreekumaran-thampi","DOB":"1940-03-16","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Haripad, \n Travancore, British India","url":"/sootradhar/sreekumaran-thampi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.917913","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15845,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan","bio":"\nMahakavi Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan (born 1903) was a Malayalam poet.\nHe was born on 5 September 1903 at Puthencavu, a village in present day Alapuzha district of Kerala, South India, then in Travancore to Kizhakkethalakal Eapen Mathai and Mariamma.\nHe had 2 sons. His son K. M. Tharakan was a chairman of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, noted critic, writer and novelist.","raw_bio":"Mahakavi Puthencavu Mathan Tharakan (born 1903) was a Malayalam poet. He was born on 5 September 1903 at Puthencavu, a village in present day Alapuzha district of Kerala, South India, then in Travancore to Kizhakkethalakal Eapen Mathai and Mariamma. He had 2 sons. His son K. M. Tharakan was a chairman of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, noted critic, writer and novelist.","slug":"puthencavu-mathan-tharakan","DOB":"1903-09-05","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Puthencavu, Chengannur, Travancore, British India","url":"/sootradhar/puthencavu-mathan-tharakan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.957473","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15846,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Mathew Ulakamthara","bio":"\nMathew Ulakamthara was a Malayalam language writer, literary critic and academic from Kerala, India. He received several awards including Sabha Rathnam, the highest honour of the Syro-Malabar Church.\nMathew Ulakamthara was born on 6 June 1931, in Chungam Ulakamthara house in present-day Arattukulam in Vaikom, Kottayam district of Kerala to Ulakamthra Varkey and Anna. In 1954, he obtained a degree in Malayalam from the University of Kerala and later did his Post Graduate Degree from the University of Madras. He served as Malayalam lecturer at Thevara SH College for three decades and retired as head of the department in 1986. After retirement he worked as teacher at Mananthavady Newman's College. He was later appointed  Honorary Professor of Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University. He also served as the sub-editor of Thananthu magazine and Editor-in-Chief of Deepika Weekly (1988-1990).\nMathew has also served as the Chief Examiner, Chairman of the Examination Board, Textbook Committee Member, Oriental Faculty and chairman of the Board of Studies of Kerala and MG Universities.","raw_bio":"Mathew Ulakamthara was a Malayalam language writer, literary critic and academic from Kerala, India. He received several awards including Sabha Rathnam, the highest honour of the Syro-Malabar Church. Mathew Ulakamthara was born on 6 June 1931, in Chungam Ulakamthara house in present-day Arattukulam in Vaikom, Kottayam district of Kerala to Ulakamthra Varkey and Anna. In 1954, he obtained a degree in Malayalam from the University of Kerala and later did his Post Graduate Degree from the University of Madras. He served as Malayalam lecturer at Thevara SH College for three decades and retired as head of the department in 1986. After retirement he worked as teacher at Mananthavady Newman's College. He was later appointed  Honorary Professor of Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University. He also served as the sub-editor of Thananthu magazine and Editor-in-Chief of Deepika Weekly (1988-1990). Mathew has also served as the Chief Examiner, Chairman of the Examination Board, Textbook Committee Member, Oriental Faculty and chairman of the Board of Studies of Kerala and MG Universities.","slug":"mathew-ulakamthara","DOB":"1931-06-06","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/mathew-ulakamthara","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.976089","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15847,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"R. C. Unnithan","bio":"\nRamachandran Unnithan; born 21 January 1936), popularly known as R. C. Unnithan or simply R.C., was a Malayalam political activist and trade union leader. he was one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of India in the southern districts and eastern plantations of Kerala, India.\nHe contested on CPI(M) party tickets for the state legislative election in 1965 from Adoor constituency and from the nearby Konni constituency in 1970 and 1977. He was a political prisoner at the state prison along with several leading opposition leaders  who were imprisoned in Kerala and  elsewhere all across India during the Emergency regime when fundamental democratic rights were curtailed for twenty-one months between 1975 and 1977.\nHe published several books and articles. Notable among them was a personal/political diary penned while being imprisoned during emergency years.","raw_bio":"Ramachandran Unnithan; born 21 January 1936), popularly known as R. C. Unnithan or simply R.C., was a Malayalam political activist and trade union leader. he was one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of India in the southern districts and eastern plantations of Kerala, India. He contested on CPI(M) party tickets for the state legislative election in 1965 from Adoor constituency and from the nearby Konni constituency in 1970 and 1977. He was a political prisoner at the state prison along with several leading opposition leaders  who were imprisoned in Kerala and  elsewhere all across India during the Emergency regime when fundamental democratic rights were curtailed for twenty-one months between 1975 and 1977. He published several books and articles. Notable among them was a personal/political diary penned while being imprisoned during emergency years.","slug":"r-c-unnithan","DOB":"1936-01-21","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Kodumon, Kerala, India[citation needed]","url":"/sootradhar/r-c-unnithan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:06.987660","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15848,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"O. V. Usha","bio":"\nO. V. Usha (born 4 November 1948) is a Malayalam poet and novelist. Described by K. M. George as a poet with \"deep moral concern and technical dexterity\", she has written four volumes of poems and a few short stories while also authoring a novel. She has also written articles in various journals. Usha served the Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam as its director of publications. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics for Mazha, a Malayalam film released in 2000.\nUsha was born in a small village near Palakkad, Kerala as the youngest child of her family. Her childhood was mostly spent in her native village. Her father was employed at \"Malabar Special Police\" while her eldest brother O. V. Vijayan was a novelist and cartoonist. Usha was drawn to Malayalam literature by her mother thus developing an interest towards it at an early age. Usha started writing poems at the age of 13, and was a frequent contributor to the \"Children's Corner\" of the Malayalam weekly Mathrubhumi. Her poems were published regularly in the weekly till 1973 when she was aged 25. After her schooling, she moved to Delhi, as her brother was settled there, and completed a post graduate degree in English literature from the Delhi University. Upon completing her degree, Usha started her career as an editorial trainee and later became the editor-in-chief of a publishing house. In 1971, one of her short stories titled \"Inquilab Zindabad\" was made into a film of the same name. In the same film she wrote a song ( 'aarude manasile gaanamayi njan', music G. Devarajan, Singer P.Leela) presumably by first women lyricist in modern Malayalam filmdom. From 1973, she did not contribute more for a period of ten years. In 1982, she resumed writing and has been a frequent contributor since then. While most of her poems are not published in a \"book form\", her only novel Shahid Naama was published in 2001. She was one among the jury members of the Kerala State Film Awards in 2008 and served the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam as its director of publications.\n","raw_bio":"O. V. Usha (born 4 November 1948) is a Malayalam poet and novelist. Described by K. M. George as a poet with \"deep moral concern and technical dexterity\", she has written four volumes of poems and a few short stories while also authoring a novel. She has also written articles in various journals. Usha served the Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam as its director of publications. She won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics for Mazha, a Malayalam film released in 2000. Usha was born in a small village near Palakkad, Kerala as the youngest child of her family. Her childhood was mostly spent in her native village. Her father was employed at \"Malabar Special Police\" while her eldest brother O. V. Vijayan was a novelist and cartoonist. Usha was drawn to Malayalam literature by her mother thus developing an interest towards it at an early age. Usha started writing poems at the age of 13, and was a frequent contributor to the \"Children's Corner\" of the Malayalam weekly Mathrubhumi. Her poems were published regularly in the weekly till 1973 when she was aged 25. After her schooling, she moved to Delhi, as her brother was settled there, and completed a post graduate degree in English literature from the Delhi University. Upon completing her degree, Usha started her career as an editorial trainee and later became the editor-in-chief of a publishing house. In 1971, one of her short stories titled \"Inquilab Zindabad\" was made into a film of the same name. In the same film she wrote a song ( 'aarude manasile gaanamayi njan', music G. Devarajan, Singer P.Leela) presumably by first women lyricist in modern Malayalam filmdom. From 1973, she did not contribute more for a period of ten years. In 1982, she resumed writing and has been a frequent contributor since then. While most of her poems are not published in a \"book form\", her only novel Shahid Naama was published in 2001. She was one among the jury members of the Kerala State Film Awards in 2008 and served the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam as its director of publications. ","slug":"o-v-usha","DOB":"1948-11-04","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/o-v-usha","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:07.016080","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}