{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=863","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=861","results":[{"id":15922,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Oyyarathu Chandu Menon","bio":"\nOyyarathu Chandu Menon (popularly known as O. Chandu Menon) (1847–1899) was a Malayalam language novelist. He is the author of Indulekha, the first major novel in Malayalam published in 1889.\nChandu Menon was born on 9 January 1847 in Oyyarath house near Naduvannur in the present day Kozhikode District.  His family moved to Thalassery when he was an infant.\nChandu Menon got his first lessons from Koran Gurukkal, one of his neighbors. He learnt Sanskrit poetry, drama and grammar from Pandit Kunjanbu Nambiar. About the same time, he received English lessons from a local school and later from K. Kunjan Menon. He had higher school education in the Basel Evangelical Mission Parsi High School in Thalassery. While studying there he is reported to have qualified for the uncovenanted Civil Service by securing a high rank in the test for that Service. In 1857, his 52 year old father died due to diabetes. In 1864 his mother died when he was in the matriculation class and he was forced to abandon studies.","raw_bio":"Oyyarathu Chandu Menon (popularly known as O. Chandu Menon) (1847–1899) was a Malayalam language novelist. He is the author of Indulekha, the first major novel in Malayalam published in 1889. Chandu Menon was born on 9 January 1847 in Oyyarath house near Naduvannur in the present day Kozhikode District.  His family moved to Thalassery when he was an infant. Chandu Menon got his first lessons from Koran Gurukkal, one of his neighbors. He learnt Sanskrit poetry, drama and grammar from Pandit Kunjanbu Nambiar. About the same time, he received English lessons from a local school and later from K. Kunjan Menon. He had higher school education in the Basel Evangelical Mission Parsi High School in Thalassery. While studying there he is reported to have qualified for the uncovenanted Civil Service by securing a high rank in the test for that Service. In 1857, his 52 year old father died due to diabetes. In 1864 his mother died when he was in the matriculation class and he was forced to abandon studies.","slug":"oyyarathu-chandu-menon","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Tellicherry, Cannanore","url":"/sootradhar/oyyarathu-chandu-menon","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.580362","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15923,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Hameed Chennamangaloor","bio":"\nHameed Chennamangaloor (Abdul Hameed Areepattamannil; born 1948) is a prominent social critic in Kerala, India. He is a staunch critic of religious fundamentalism. He was born to Areepattamannil Abdul Salam of Chennamangaloor and Katheeshumma of Perumanna. He had his early education at Chennamangaloor and Mukkam. After getting his BA and MA degrees, he began his career as a probationary officer in State Bank of Travancore. Later, he left the job and took up a job under the Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala, as a lecturer of English language and literature. He became the Head of the Department of English at Government Arts and Science College, Kozhikode in 2002, a position which he held until his retirement in 2003.\nHameed Chennamangaloor has authored several books in Malayalam. Besides, he contributes to Malayalam magazines and dailies regularly. He makes public speeches, too. He frequently gives radio talks on Akashvani's local station. Hameed has also been frequently interviewed about matters relating to contemporary affairs in the press and on the television.","raw_bio":"Hameed Chennamangaloor (Abdul Hameed Areepattamannil; born 1948) is a prominent social critic in Kerala, India. He is a staunch critic of religious fundamentalism. He was born to Areepattamannil Abdul Salam of Chennamangaloor and Katheeshumma of Perumanna. He had his early education at Chennamangaloor and Mukkam. After getting his BA and MA degrees, he began his career as a probationary officer in State Bank of Travancore. Later, he left the job and took up a job under the Department of Higher Education, Government of Kerala, as a lecturer of English language and literature. He became the Head of the Department of English at Government Arts and Science College, Kozhikode in 2002, a position which he held until his retirement in 2003. Hameed Chennamangaloor has authored several books in Malayalam. Besides, he contributes to Malayalam magazines and dailies regularly. He makes public speeches, too. He frequently gives radio talks on Akashvani's local station. Hameed has also been frequently interviewed about matters relating to contemporary affairs in the press and on the television.","slug":"hameed-chennamangaloor","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/hameed-chennamangaloor","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.599451","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15925,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"M. K. Cheriyan","bio":"\nProf. M. K. Cheriyan (born 13 August 1940) popularly known as Kozhuvallor M. K. Cheriyan is a retired Principal of Bishop Moore College, an aided college in Mavelikara, Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. He served as the Principal of Bishop Moore College from 1989 - 1996. Prof. Cheriyan is an eminent teacher, a literarian, biblical scholar and orator.\nBiography\nProf. Cheriyan was born in Kozhuvallor, near Chenganoor. He did his early education at C.M.S Middle School, Kodukulanji and J.M. High School Kodukulanji. He finished his intermediate education at S. B College, Changanassery and took his bachelor's degree in Zoology major from N. S. S College in Panthalam. Prof. Cheriyan completed his master's degree at S. B College, Changanassery majoring in Malayalam Language and Literature in 1962.","raw_bio":"Prof. M. K. Cheriyan (born 13 August 1940) popularly known as Kozhuvallor M. K. Cheriyan is a retired Principal of Bishop Moore College, an aided college in Mavelikara, Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. He served as the Principal of Bishop Moore College from 1989 - 1996. Prof. Cheriyan is an eminent teacher, a literarian, biblical scholar and orator. Biography Prof. Cheriyan was born in Kozhuvallor, near Chenganoor. He did his early education at C.M.S Middle School, Kodukulanji and J.M. High School Kodukulanji. He finished his intermediate education at S. B College, Changanassery and took his bachelor's degree in Zoology major from N. S. S College in Panthalam. Prof. Cheriyan completed his master's degree at S. B College, Changanassery majoring in Malayalam Language and Literature in 1962.","slug":"m-k-cheriyan","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/m-k-cheriyan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.634062","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15926,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"N. K. Damodaran","bio":"N.K.Damodaran (1909–1996) was a writer and translator of  Kerala, India.\nHe was born on 3 August 1909 in  Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala.  \nAfter taking B.A.B.L. he joined government service as Accounts Officer and later worked in SPCS.  \nHe has also worked as Sub editor in Sarvavijnana kosam and as  Editor in Kalakaumudi weekly.\nHe has published more than 20 books. He got Kalyani Krishna Menon Prize in 1967 and Sovietland Nehru award    in 1974.  His prime contribution was in the area of translation and he was the first to translate Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novels into Malayalam.\nHe died on 28 June 1996.  \nHe has six children namely Prasannakumari, Dr. Santhadevi, Krishnakumari, Dr. Syamaladevi, Dr. S.C. Bose, Adv. P S Laila.\n\nThis article about a translator from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","raw_bio":"N.K.Damodaran (1909–1996) was a writer and translator of  Kerala, India. He was born on 3 August 1909 in  Aranmula in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala.   After taking B.A.B.L. he joined government service as Accounts Officer and later worked in SPCS.   He has also worked as Sub editor in Sarvavijnana kosam and as  Editor in Kalakaumudi weekly. He has published more than 20 books. He got Kalyani Krishna Menon Prize in 1967 and Sovietland Nehru award    in 1974.  His prime contribution was in the area of translation and he was the first to translate Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novels into Malayalam. He died on 28 June 1996.   He has six children namely Prasannakumari, Dr. Santhadevi, Krishnakumari, Dr. Syamaladevi, Dr. S.C. Bose, Adv. P S Laila.  This article about a translator from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","slug":"n-k-damodaran","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/n-k-damodaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.650033","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15927,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"T. Damodaran","bio":"\nT. Damodaran (Malayalam: ടി. ദാമോദരൻ; c. 1935 – 28 March 2012) was a screenwriter who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema.\nDamodaran wrote the screenplays of films such as Angaadi (1980), Ahimsa (1981), John Jaffer Janardhanan (1982), Ee Nadu (1982), Iniyengilum (1983), Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove (1984), Vaartha (1986), Avanazhi (1986), 1921 (1988), Aryan (1988), Arhatha (1990), Inspector Balram (1990), Abhimanyu (1991), Adhwaytham (1992), Jackpot (1993) and Kaalapani (1996) among which the latter won four National Film Awards and seven Kerala State Film Awards.\nAs a writer and producer he frequently collaborated with directors such as I. V. Sasi and Priyadarshan. He also penned for the film Unaroo with director Maniratnam. His daughter, Deedi Damodaran, is also a screenwriter of Malayalam cinema. She made her debut with the film Gulmohar.","raw_bio":"T. Damodaran (Malayalam: ടി. ദാമോദരൻ; c. 1935 – 28 March 2012) was a screenwriter who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. Damodaran wrote the screenplays of films such as Angaadi (1980), Ahimsa (1981), John Jaffer Janardhanan (1982), Ee Nadu (1982), Iniyengilum (1983), Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove (1984), Vaartha (1986), Avanazhi (1986), 1921 (1988), Aryan (1988), Arhatha (1990), Inspector Balram (1990), Abhimanyu (1991), Adhwaytham (1992), Jackpot (1993) and Kaalapani (1996) among which the latter won four National Film Awards and seven Kerala State Film Awards. As a writer and producer he frequently collaborated with directors such as I. V. Sasi and Priyadarshan. He also penned for the film Unaroo with director Maniratnam. His daughter, Deedi Damodaran, is also a screenwriter of Malayalam cinema. She made her debut with the film Gulmohar.","slug":"t-damodaran","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Kozhikode, Kerala, India","url":"/sootradhar/t-damodaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.691733","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15928,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ruby Daniel","bio":"\nRuby \"Rivka\" Daniel (Hebrew: רובי \"רבקה\" דניאל; Malayalam: റൂബി ദാനിയേൽ; December 1912 - 23 September 2002) was a Malayali of Cochin Jewish heritage, the first Malayali woman in the Indian Navy, and the first Cochin Jewish woman to publish a book. Between the years of 1982–1999  Daniel translated into English over 120 Judeo-Malayalam women’s songs. Her translation efforts led the way for an ongoing international project to translate and analyze the songs within the Cochin Jewish community.\nRuby Daniel was born in Kochi, India and was the eldest child of Eliyahu Hai Daniel and Leah Japheth Daniel. Her father, Eliyahu Hai Daniel, sold tickets for the ferry boat which connected Cochin with Ernakulam. Ruby had two younger siblings - Bingley and Rahel. Ruby also lived with her maternal grandparents, Eliyahu and Rivka (\"Docho\") Japheth.\nRuby Daniel excelled in school, both at the local government school for girls and at the Jewish school where she studied Hebrew, Torah, and the synagogue liturgy every morning and afternoon. She attended St. Treasas Convent Girls Higher Secondary School in Ernakulam. She completed high school there and studied one year at St. Teresa's College. She left St. Teresa’s College after her father and grandfather died in the same year.","raw_bio":"Ruby \"Rivka\" Daniel (Hebrew: רובי \"רבקה\" דניאל; Malayalam: റൂബി ദാനിയേൽ; December 1912 - 23 September 2002) was a Malayali of Cochin Jewish heritage, the first Malayali woman in the Indian Navy, and the first Cochin Jewish woman to publish a book. Between the years of 1982–1999  Daniel translated into English over 120 Judeo-Malayalam women’s songs. Her translation efforts led the way for an ongoing international project to translate and analyze the songs within the Cochin Jewish community. Ruby Daniel was born in Kochi, India and was the eldest child of Eliyahu Hai Daniel and Leah Japheth Daniel. Her father, Eliyahu Hai Daniel, sold tickets for the ferry boat which connected Cochin with Ernakulam. Ruby had two younger siblings - Bingley and Rahel. Ruby also lived with her maternal grandparents, Eliyahu and Rivka (\"Docho\") Japheth. Ruby Daniel excelled in school, both at the local government school for girls and at the Jewish school where she studied Hebrew, Torah, and the synagogue liturgy every morning and afternoon. She attended St. Treasas Convent Girls Higher Secondary School in Ernakulam. She completed high school there and studied one year at St. Teresa's College. She left St. Teresa’s College after her father and grandfather died in the same year.","slug":"ruby-daniel","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Neot Mordekhai, Israel","url":"/sootradhar/ruby-daniel","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.749875","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15929,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"C. D. David","bio":"C. D. David (c. 1860 – c. 1920) was a Malayalam-language writer, poet and columnist from Kerala, India. He wrote several articles in the periodicals of the time such as Malayala Manorama , Kerala Patrika, Kerala Sanchari, Nasrani Deepika, Vidyavinodini, Bhashaposhini and Rasikaranjini, as well as published books such as Prabandhamanjari, Prabandhamalika and Kunchan Nambiarude Kaalam. Most of his poetry works were focused on Christian themes while his prose works focused on themes such as morality and household management. The work Kunchan Nambiarude Kaalam is a study on the works of Kunchan Nambiar and is regarded as one of the earliest well-researched scholarly works in Malayalam literature.\nThe years of David's birth and death are not precisely known. In Kerala Sahitya Charitram, Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer mentions that David was born in the Malayalam year 1035 and died in the Malayalam year 1095 based on several assumptions. The corresponding Gregorian years are c.1860 and c 1920.\nDavid was a CMC Christian from Trichur and was the son of Kunnathikara Daniel. He acquired some knowledge of Sanskrit language in childhood and studied English up to matriculation class. At that time, he stayed with his father's brother for some time in Lakkidi. He became a teacher at the Government High School in Trichur and then a Malayalam scholar at the Sikshakrama Pathshala there. He also worked for a short time as co-editor of Devaji Bhimaji's Keralamitram newspaper. He also published several articles in newspapers such as Malayala Manorama, Kozhikodan Manorama, Kerala Patrika, Kerala Sanchari, Paschima Tarakam, Nasrani Deepika  and Satyanadakahalam, and in magazines such as Vidyavinodini, Bhashaposhini, Rasikaranjini, Nallishwara Vilasom, etc. He was a close friend of Vidyavinodini's editor C. P. Achutha Menon. After leaving the government service, David worked for a while as the manager of a printing press called Janopakari. He built a house in Wadakkancherry and settled there. He spent his final days there. As a writer, David was active between the period 1891 and 1915.\nAlthough David was a prose writer, he also wrote poetry. Among his works the following are important:","raw_bio":"C. D. David (c. 1860 – c. 1920) was a Malayalam-language writer, poet and columnist from Kerala, India. He wrote several articles in the periodicals of the time such as Malayala Manorama , Kerala Patrika, Kerala Sanchari, Nasrani Deepika, Vidyavinodini, Bhashaposhini and Rasikaranjini, as well as published books such as Prabandhamanjari, Prabandhamalika and Kunchan Nambiarude Kaalam. Most of his poetry works were focused on Christian themes while his prose works focused on themes such as morality and household management. The work Kunchan Nambiarude Kaalam is a study on the works of Kunchan Nambiar and is regarded as one of the earliest well-researched scholarly works in Malayalam literature. The years of David's birth and death are not precisely known. In Kerala Sahitya Charitram, Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer mentions that David was born in the Malayalam year 1035 and died in the Malayalam year 1095 based on several assumptions. The corresponding Gregorian years are c.1860 and c 1920. David was a CMC Christian from Trichur and was the son of Kunnathikara Daniel. He acquired some knowledge of Sanskrit language in childhood and studied English up to matriculation class. At that time, he stayed with his father's brother for some time in Lakkidi. He became a teacher at the Government High School in Trichur and then a Malayalam scholar at the Sikshakrama Pathshala there. He also worked for a short time as co-editor of Devaji Bhimaji's Keralamitram newspaper. He also published several articles in newspapers such as Malayala Manorama, Kozhikodan Manorama, Kerala Patrika, Kerala Sanchari, Paschima Tarakam, Nasrani Deepika  and Satyanadakahalam, and in magazines such as Vidyavinodini, Bhashaposhini, Rasikaranjini, Nallishwara Vilasom, etc. He was a close friend of Vidyavinodini's editor C. P. Achutha Menon. After leaving the government service, David worked for a while as the manager of a printing press called Janopakari. He built a house in Wadakkancherry and settled there. He spent his final days there. As a writer, David was active between the period 1891 and 1915. Although David was a prose writer, he also wrote poetry. Among his works the following are important:","slug":"c-d-david","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/c-d-david","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.762090","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15930,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"V. M. Devadas","bio":"\nV. M. Devadas (born March 1981) is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and screenwriter from Wadakkancherry, Kerala, India.","raw_bio":"V. M. Devadas (born March 1981) is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and screenwriter from Wadakkancherry, Kerala, India.","slug":"v-m-devadas","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/v-m-devadas","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.773855","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15931,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan","bio":"\nThunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (pronunciation, Tuñcattŭ Rāmānujan Eḻuttacchan) (Malayalam: തുഞ്ചത്ത് രാമാനുജൻ\nഎഴുത്തച്ഛൻ) (fl. 16th century) was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist. He was one of the prāchīna kavitrayam (old triad) of Malayalam literature, the other two being Kunchan Nambiar and Cherusseri. He has been called the \"Father of Modern Malayalam\", the \"Father of Modern Malayalam Literature\", and the \"Primal Poet in Malayalam\". He was one of the pioneers of a major shift in Kerala's literary culture (the domesticated religious textuality associated with the Bhakti movement). His work is published and read far more than that of any of his contemporaries or predecessors in Kerala.\nHe was born in a house called Thunchaththu in present-day Tirur in the Malappuram district of northern Kerala, in a traditional Hindu family. Little is known with certainty about his life. His success even in his own lifetime seems to have been great. Later he and his followers shifted to a village near Palakkad, further east into the Kerala, and established a hermitage (the \"Ramananda ashrama\") and a Brahmin village there. This institution probably housed both Brahmin and Sudra literary students. The school eventually pioneered the \"Ezhuthachan movement\", associated with the concept of popular Bhakti, in Kerala. Ezhuthachan's ideas have been variously linked by scholars either with philosopher Ramananda, who found the Ramanandi sect, or Ramanuja, the single most influential thinker of devotional Hinduism.\nFor centuries before Ezhuthachan, Kerala people had been producing literary texts in Malayalam and in the Grantha script. However, he is celebrated as the \"Primal Poet\" or the \"Father of Malayalam Proper\" for his Malayalam recomposition of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. This work rapidly circulated around Kerala middle-caste homes as a popular devotional text. It can be said that Ezhuthachan brought the then unknown Sanskrit-Puranic literature to the level of common understanding (domesticated religious textuality). His other major contribution has been in mainstreaming the current Malayalam alphabet.","raw_bio":"Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (pronunciation, Tuñcattŭ Rāmānujan Eḻuttacchan) (Malayalam: തുഞ്ചത്ത് രാമാനുജൻ എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ) (fl. 16th century) was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist. He was one of the prāchīna kavitrayam (old triad) of Malayalam literature, the other two being Kunchan Nambiar and Cherusseri. He has been called the \"Father of Modern Malayalam\", the \"Father of Modern Malayalam Literature\", and the \"Primal Poet in Malayalam\". He was one of the pioneers of a major shift in Kerala's literary culture (the domesticated religious textuality associated with the Bhakti movement). His work is published and read far more than that of any of his contemporaries or predecessors in Kerala. He was born in a house called Thunchaththu in present-day Tirur in the Malappuram district of northern Kerala, in a traditional Hindu family. Little is known with certainty about his life. His success even in his own lifetime seems to have been great. Later he and his followers shifted to a village near Palakkad, further east into the Kerala, and established a hermitage (the \"Ramananda ashrama\") and a Brahmin village there. This institution probably housed both Brahmin and Sudra literary students. The school eventually pioneered the \"Ezhuthachan movement\", associated with the concept of popular Bhakti, in Kerala. Ezhuthachan's ideas have been variously linked by scholars either with philosopher Ramananda, who found the Ramanandi sect, or Ramanuja, the single most influential thinker of devotional Hinduism. For centuries before Ezhuthachan, Kerala people had been producing literary texts in Malayalam and in the Grantha script. However, he is celebrated as the \"Primal Poet\" or the \"Father of Malayalam Proper\" for his Malayalam recomposition of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. This work rapidly circulated around Kerala middle-caste homes as a popular devotional text. It can be said that Ezhuthachan brought the then unknown Sanskrit-Puranic literature to the level of common understanding (domesticated religious textuality). His other major contribution has been in mainstreaming the current Malayalam alphabet.","slug":"thunchaththu-ezhuthachan","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Trikkandiyoor (modern-day Tirur, Malappuram district), Kerala","url":"/sootradhar/thunchaththu-ezhuthachan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.842531","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15932,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Arya Gopi","bio":"Arya Gopi is a Malayalam poet from India. She has written five books in Malayalam and one in English. She  has won numerous awards and honours including Kerala Sahithya Akademi Kanakasree Award, Kerala Government Youth Icon Award, Kerala StateYouth Welfare Board Swami Vivekananda Yuva Pratibha Award,  Vyloppilli Award, ONV International Yuva Award,  Kakkad Award, VT Kumaran Master Award, etc.\nBorn to noted Malayalam poet P K Gopi and Komalam on March 28, Arya Gopi has published five books in two languages – Malakha Matsyam (Stories, 2003), Jeevante Vaakkukal (Poems, 2006), Ochezhuthu (2020).\nA regular face at literary events in Kerala, she recites poems at various programmes conducted by organisation such as Kendra/Kerala Sahitya Akademy, Mathrubhumi, Manorama, D C Books and Hindu dailies apart from various web and visual media.\nA first rank holder in MA English language and literature  from University of Calicut, Arya is now an assistant professor in English at Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode. She completed her PhD – Other India – A Socio Literary Analysis of Select Works of Mark Tully.\n","raw_bio":"Arya Gopi is a Malayalam poet from India. She has written five books in Malayalam and one in English. She  has won numerous awards and honours including Kerala Sahithya Akademi Kanakasree Award, Kerala Government Youth Icon Award, Kerala StateYouth Welfare Board Swami Vivekananda Yuva Pratibha Award,  Vyloppilli Award, ONV International Yuva Award,  Kakkad Award, VT Kumaran Master Award, etc. Born to noted Malayalam poet P K Gopi and Komalam on March 28, Arya Gopi has published five books in two languages – Malakha Matsyam (Stories, 2003), Jeevante Vaakkukal (Poems, 2006), Ochezhuthu (2020). A regular face at literary events in Kerala, she recites poems at various programmes conducted by organisation such as Kendra/Kerala Sahitya Akademy, Mathrubhumi, Manorama, D C Books and Hindu dailies apart from various web and visual media. A first rank holder in MA English language and literature  from University of Calicut, Arya is now an assistant professor in English at Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode. She completed her PhD – Other India – A Socio Literary Analysis of Select Works of Mark Tully. ","slug":"arya-gopi","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/arya-gopi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.869077","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15933,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Gracy (writer)","bio":"\nGracy is a Malayalam author. Her first collection of short stories, Padiyirangippoya Parvati, was published in 1991. Her awards include the Lalithambika Antharjanam Award (1995), the Thoppil Ravi Award (1997), the Katha Prize for the Best Malayalam Short Story (1998) and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2000). Her major works are Narakavaathil, Randu Swapna Darsikal, Kaveriyude Neru, Eezbu Penkathakal, Panikkannu and a collection, Gracyude Kathakal. Her stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Tamil and Oriya. She was the head of the Malayalam department, Al-Ameen college, Edathala, Aluva.\nHer story, ‘Baby Doll’, is  barring the melodramatic laments of a mother who wants to lock her daughter away from reality.\n","raw_bio":"Gracy is a Malayalam author. Her first collection of short stories, Padiyirangippoya Parvati, was published in 1991. Her awards include the Lalithambika Antharjanam Award (1995), the Thoppil Ravi Award (1997), the Katha Prize for the Best Malayalam Short Story (1998) and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (2000). Her major works are Narakavaathil, Randu Swapna Darsikal, Kaveriyude Neru, Eezbu Penkathakal, Panikkannu and a collection, Gracyude Kathakal. Her stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Tamil and Oriya. She was the head of the Malayalam department, Al-Ameen college, Edathala, Aluva. Her story, ‘Baby Doll’, is  barring the melodramatic laments of a mother who wants to lock her daughter away from reality. ","slug":"gracy-writer","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/gracy-writer","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.884206","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15934,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Hridayakumari","bio":"\nHridayakumari (1930 – 8 November 2014) was an Indian writer, educator, scholar, translator, and orator. She wrote primarily in the Malayalam language, and in 1991, was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for her book, Kalpanikatha.\nHridayakumari taught English at several colleges in the state of Kerala during a forty-year career, eventually retiring as the principal of Government College for Women in Thiruvananthapuram in 1986. She had also taught previously at the University College, Thiruvananthapuram; at Maharajas College, Ernakulam;at  Brennen College, Thalassery and Victoria College, Palakkad. She won several awards, including the S Guptan Nair award, the Captain Lakshmi Award, and the Shankaranarayanan Thampi award.\nFollowing her retirement, Hridayakumari gave public lectures on literature, poetry, and philosophy. She also and served on several government committees that dealt with educational reforms in Kerala, and was the chair of a committee that was created by the Kerala State Higher Education Council to reform college credits and semester structures.","raw_bio":"Hridayakumari (1930 – 8 November 2014) was an Indian writer, educator, scholar, translator, and orator. She wrote primarily in the Malayalam language, and in 1991, was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award for her book, Kalpanikatha. Hridayakumari taught English at several colleges in the state of Kerala during a forty-year career, eventually retiring as the principal of Government College for Women in Thiruvananthapuram in 1986. She had also taught previously at the University College, Thiruvananthapuram; at Maharajas College, Ernakulam;at  Brennen College, Thalassery and Victoria College, Palakkad. She won several awards, including the S Guptan Nair award, the Captain Lakshmi Award, and the Shankaranarayanan Thampi award. Following her retirement, Hridayakumari gave public lectures on literature, poetry, and philosophy. She also and served on several government committees that dealt with educational reforms in Kerala, and was the chair of a committee that was created by the Kerala State Higher Education Council to reform college credits and semester structures.","slug":"hridayakumari","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/hridayakumari","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.946016","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"}