{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=864","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=862","results":[{"id":15935,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ambadi Ikkavamma","bio":"\nAmbadi Ikkavamma (12 January 1898 – 30 January 1980) was an Indian Malayalam language writer and translator. Apart from Malayalam, she was also well versed in English, Hindi and Sanskrit language literature.\nIkkavamma was born in Tripunithura in 1898 as the daughter of Naniamma and Kochu Govinda Menon of Ambadi house. She completed her primary education in Thripunithura and completed her high school education from St. Teresa's Convent. Ikkavamma who served as a teacher for a long time, was also a musical virtuoso. Most of her works are translations from other languages. Anasakti Yoga and letters from a father to his daughter (Jawaharlal Nehru) are prominent among them. The work she wrote titled Balakathagal (Children's stories) was awarded the Children's Literature Award in 1956 by the Government of India.\n","raw_bio":"Ambadi Ikkavamma (12 January 1898 – 30 January 1980) was an Indian Malayalam language writer and translator. Apart from Malayalam, she was also well versed in English, Hindi and Sanskrit language literature. Ikkavamma was born in Tripunithura in 1898 as the daughter of Naniamma and Kochu Govinda Menon of Ambadi house. She completed her primary education in Thripunithura and completed her high school education from St. Teresa's Convent. Ikkavamma who served as a teacher for a long time, was also a musical virtuoso. Most of her works are translations from other languages. Anasakti Yoga and letters from a father to his daughter (Jawaharlal Nehru) are prominent among them. The work she wrote titled Balakathagal (Children's stories) was awarded the Children's Literature Award in 1956 by the Government of India. ","slug":"ambadi-ikkavamma","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/ambadi-ikkavamma","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:08.962633","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15936,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sunil P. Ilayidom","bio":"\nSunil P. Ilayidom is an Indian writer, critic, orator and university professor in Malayalam language. He writes and lectures on politics, literature, art and culture. He has received the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and is a two-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.\nSunil P. Ilayidom, born in 1968 to M. C. Pankajakshan Elayidom and Ramani Devi at Kottuvally, a village in Ernakulam district in the south Indian state of Kerala, did his early schooling at the government upper primary school in his village and at Rama Varma Union High School, in Cherai. Subsequently, he completed his college studies at Sree Narayana Mangalam College, Maliankara and Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and started his career as a teacher at Lakshmi College, Paravur. Later he moved to Desabhimani Daily as a sub-editor and after securing a PhD, joined Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit where he is an associate professor in the department of Malayalam. He has published a number of books on art and literary criticism, history, Marxism and culture and his major works include Kanvazhikal, Kazhchavattangal, Uriyattom, Anubhuthikalude Charithra Jeevitham and Nanarthangal: Samooham, Charithram, Samskaram. He has delivered several lectures which include a five-part lecture series on Cultural history of Mahabharatha.\nIlayidom is married to Meena; they have two children Janaky and Madhavan. He and his family live in Kottuvally in Ernakulam district.","raw_bio":"Sunil P. Ilayidom is an Indian writer, critic, orator and university professor in Malayalam language. He writes and lectures on politics, literature, art and culture. He has received the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and is a two-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. Sunil P. Ilayidom, born in 1968 to M. C. Pankajakshan Elayidom and Ramani Devi at Kottuvally, a village in Ernakulam district in the south Indian state of Kerala, did his early schooling at the government upper primary school in his village and at Rama Varma Union High School, in Cherai. Subsequently, he completed his college studies at Sree Narayana Mangalam College, Maliankara and Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and started his career as a teacher at Lakshmi College, Paravur. Later he moved to Desabhimani Daily as a sub-editor and after securing a PhD, joined Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit where he is an associate professor in the department of Malayalam. He has published a number of books on art and literary criticism, history, Marxism and culture and his major works include Kanvazhikal, Kazhchavattangal, Uriyattom, Anubhuthikalude Charithra Jeevitham and Nanarthangal: Samooham, Charithram, Samskaram. He has delivered several lectures which include a five-part lecture series on Cultural history of Mahabharatha. Ilayidom is married to Meena; they have two children Janaky and Madhavan. He and his family live in Kottuvally in Ernakulam district.","slug":"sunil-p-ilayidom","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/sunil-p-ilayidom","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.001039","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15937,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"John C. Jacob","bio":"\nJohn C. Jacob (1936 – 11 October 2008) was one of the pioneers of the environmental movement in Kerala, India.\nJohn Jacob was born at Nattakam in Kottayam.\nHe earned a degree in zoology from Madras Christian College, after which he joined the faculty at St. Joseph's College, Devagiri in Kozhikode.  Eventually he headed up the Zoology Department at Payyanur College, where he worked until he retired in 1992.","raw_bio":"John C. Jacob (1936 – 11 October 2008) was one of the pioneers of the environmental movement in Kerala, India. John Jacob was born at Nattakam in Kottayam. He earned a degree in zoology from Madras Christian College, after which he joined the faculty at St. Joseph's College, Devagiri in Kozhikode.  Eventually he headed up the Zoology Department at Payyanur College, where he worked until he retired in 1992.","slug":"john-c-jacob","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/john-c-jacob","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.014601","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15939,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Anu Elizabeth Jose","bio":"\nAnu Elizabeth Jose is an Indian lyricist. She made her debut in the 2012 Malayalam film Thattathin Marayathu through the song \"Muthuchippi Poloru\".\nIn 2015 she wrote lyrics for the film 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam, music composed by Bijibal.","raw_bio":"Anu Elizabeth Jose is an Indian lyricist. She made her debut in the 2012 Malayalam film Thattathin Marayathu through the song \"Muthuchippi Poloru\". In 2015 she wrote lyrics for the film 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam, music composed by Bijibal.","slug":"anu-elizabeth-jose","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/anu-elizabeth-jose","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.083148","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15940,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"C. L. Jose","bio":"\nC. L. Jose, in full Chakkalakal Lonappan Jose, is an Indian playwright of Malayalam literature. One of the pioneers of popular Malayalam theatre and a former chairman of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Jose is the author of 36 plays, 75 one-act plays, one children's play and Ormakalkku Urakkamilla, his autobiography. He is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship and S. L. Puram Sadanandan Puraskaram of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.\nC. L. Jose was born on at Puthukad, Thrissur district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Chakkalakal Lonappan and Manjali Mariakutty as the eldest of their nine children. His early education was at St. Mary's Lourde's U.P. School - Thrissur after which he started his career at a Chit fund company in Thrissur as a clerk. He started his literary career as a playwright with Manam Thelinju, which he wrote for a local club in the town when he was 24. This followed a body of work which comprises 36 plays, 75 one-act plays and one children's play. Besides he has documented the story of his life in an autobiography, Ormakalkku Urakkamilla. His plays were popular in the amateur theatre Manalkadu, one of his plays, has been translated into 14 Indian languages and was broadcast through the All India Radio as a part of their Drama Week. The work was later adapted into a film Ariyatha Veethikal by K. S. Sethumadhavan. Subsequently, two more of his plays were made into films viz. Bhoomiyile Malakha in 1965 and Agninakshathram in 2004.\nJose has served as a faculty of fine arts at the University of Calicut, has been a member of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi and the Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad, has sat in the advisory board of the All India Radio and has presided over the Fine Arts Society of Thrissur. He also chaired the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi for a brief period in the 1990s and serves as a member of the Pastoral council of the Archdiocese of Thrissur. Three of his plays have been included in the academic curriculum; Manalkkad at the University of Calicut, Jwalanam at the University of Kerala and Yugathrushna at Mahatma Gandhi University.","raw_bio":"C. L. Jose, in full Chakkalakal Lonappan Jose, is an Indian playwright of Malayalam literature. One of the pioneers of popular Malayalam theatre and a former chairman of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Jose is the author of 36 plays, 75 one-act plays, one children's play and Ormakalkku Urakkamilla, his autobiography. He is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship and S. L. Puram Sadanandan Puraskaram of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi. C. L. Jose was born on at Puthukad, Thrissur district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Chakkalakal Lonappan and Manjali Mariakutty as the eldest of their nine children. His early education was at St. Mary's Lourde's U.P. School - Thrissur after which he started his career at a Chit fund company in Thrissur as a clerk. He started his literary career as a playwright with Manam Thelinju, which he wrote for a local club in the town when he was 24. This followed a body of work which comprises 36 plays, 75 one-act plays and one children's play. Besides he has documented the story of his life in an autobiography, Ormakalkku Urakkamilla. His plays were popular in the amateur theatre Manalkadu, one of his plays, has been translated into 14 Indian languages and was broadcast through the All India Radio as a part of their Drama Week. The work was later adapted into a film Ariyatha Veethikal by K. S. Sethumadhavan. Subsequently, two more of his plays were made into films viz. Bhoomiyile Malakha in 1965 and Agninakshathram in 2004. Jose has served as a faculty of fine arts at the University of Calicut, has been a member of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi and the Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad, has sat in the advisory board of the All India Radio and has presided over the Fine Arts Society of Thrissur. He also chaired the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi for a brief period in the 1990s and serves as a member of the Pastoral council of the Archdiocese of Thrissur. Three of his plays have been included in the academic curriculum; Manalkkad at the University of Calicut, Jwalanam at the University of Kerala and Yugathrushna at Mahatma Gandhi University.","slug":"c-l-jose","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Puthukad, Thrissur district, Kerala, India","url":"/sootradhar/c-l-jose","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.107195","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15941,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Jisa Jose","bio":"Jisa Jose is an Indian writer in Malayalam from Kerala. She works as the vice principal and head of the Malayalam department at Government Brennen College, Thalassery. Jisa also writes stories and articles in various periodicals.\nJisa was born in Kottayam district, Kerala. Her major works include Mudrita, Dark Fantasy, Sarva Manushyarudeyum Rakshakk Vendiyulla Kripa (Grace for the Salvation of All Humans), and Irupatham Nilayil Oru Puzha (A River on the Twentieth Floor). Jisa has been appreciated for breaking heterosexual norms in writing. A common feature of Jisa's writing is the many facets of women's lives. Malayala Manorama described her as a writer who travels through the minds of women.\nSource(s):","raw_bio":"Jisa Jose is an Indian writer in Malayalam from Kerala. She works as the vice principal and head of the Malayalam department at Government Brennen College, Thalassery. Jisa also writes stories and articles in various periodicals. Jisa was born in Kottayam district, Kerala. Her major works include Mudrita, Dark Fantasy, Sarva Manushyarudeyum Rakshakk Vendiyulla Kripa (Grace for the Salvation of All Humans), and Irupatham Nilayil Oru Puzha (A River on the Twentieth Floor). Jisa has been appreciated for breaking heterosexual norms in writing. A common feature of Jisa's writing is the many facets of women's lives. Malayala Manorama described her as a writer who travels through the minds of women. Source(s):","slug":"jisa-jose","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/jisa-jose","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.145403","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15942,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Lajo Jose","bio":"\nLajo Jose is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. He is known for his crime thriller and mystery novels which include Coffee House, Hydrangea, Ruthinte Lokam, Rest in Peace and Kanya Maria. His latest work is Orange Thottathile Athidhi, published by Mathrubhumi Books in 2023.\nLajo Jose was born in Kottayam district of the south Indian state of Kerala. His works contribute to academic research and literary studies related to Crime Fiction in Malayalam. After his education, he joined the insurance sector where he held the position of a regional manager at Max Life Insurance before quitting the job in 2015. Subsequently, he focused on writing, initially screenplays but he did not succeed in getting any foothold in film industry which made him turn to fiction and his first novel, Coffee House, was published in May 2018. His next work, Hydrangea, was a success with three editions coming out in a single month. Both Coffee House and Hydrangea are part of the Esther Emmanuel series. This was followed by Ruthinte Lokam in 2019, Rest in Peace, a cozy mystery, in 2020 published by Mathrubhumi Books. and 'Kanya Maria', a DC Books publication, in 2022. The latest of his works is 'Orange Thottathile Athidhi', published by Mathrubhumi Books, in 2023.","raw_bio":"Lajo Jose is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. He is known for his crime thriller and mystery novels which include Coffee House, Hydrangea, Ruthinte Lokam, Rest in Peace and Kanya Maria. His latest work is Orange Thottathile Athidhi, published by Mathrubhumi Books in 2023. Lajo Jose was born in Kottayam district of the south Indian state of Kerala. His works contribute to academic research and literary studies related to Crime Fiction in Malayalam. After his education, he joined the insurance sector where he held the position of a regional manager at Max Life Insurance before quitting the job in 2015. Subsequently, he focused on writing, initially screenplays but he did not succeed in getting any foothold in film industry which made him turn to fiction and his first novel, Coffee House, was published in May 2018. His next work, Hydrangea, was a success with three editions coming out in a single month. Both Coffee House and Hydrangea are part of the Esther Emmanuel series. This was followed by Ruthinte Lokam in 2019, Rest in Peace, a cozy mystery, in 2020 published by Mathrubhumi Books. and 'Kanya Maria', a DC Books publication, in 2022. The latest of his works is 'Orange Thottathile Athidhi', published by Mathrubhumi Books, in 2023.","slug":"lajo-jose","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/lajo-jose","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.185606","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15944,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sarah Joseph (author)","bio":"\n\nSarah Joseph (born 1946) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Malayalam. She won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and the Vayalar Award for her novel Aalahayude Penmakkal (Daughters of God the Father). She is a leader of the feminist movement in Kerala and is the founder of the activist organization Manushi. She joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2014 and contested the 2014 parliament elections from Thrissur.\nSarah Joseph was born into a conservative Christian family at Kuriachira in Thrissur city in 1946 to Louis and Kochumariam. She was married at the age of 15 when she was in class IX. She attended the teacher's training course and began her professional career as a school teacher. Later, she received her B.A. and M.A. in Malayalam as a private candidate and joined the collegiate service in Kerala. She served as a Professor of Malayalam at Sanskrit College, Pattambi. She has since retired from government service and lives at Mulamkunnathukavu in Thrissur district.Her daughter Sangeetha Sreenivasan is also a writer.","raw_bio":"Sarah Joseph (born 1946) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Malayalam. She won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and the Vayalar Award for her novel Aalahayude Penmakkal (Daughters of God the Father). She is a leader of the feminist movement in Kerala and is the founder of the activist organization Manushi. She joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2014 and contested the 2014 parliament elections from Thrissur. Sarah Joseph was born into a conservative Christian family at Kuriachira in Thrissur city in 1946 to Louis and Kochumariam. She was married at the age of 15 when she was in class IX. She attended the teacher's training course and began her professional career as a school teacher. Later, she received her B.A. and M.A. in Malayalam as a private candidate and joined the collegiate service in Kerala. She served as a Professor of Malayalam at Sanskrit College, Pattambi. She has since retired from government service and lives at Mulamkunnathukavu in Thrissur district.Her daughter Sangeetha Sreenivasan is also a writer.","slug":"sarah-joseph-author","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/sarah-joseph-author","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.227763","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15945,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"K. Thayat","bio":"Thayat Kunjananthan, commonly known as K. Thayat (17 February 1927 – 4 December 2011) was an Indian writer of children's literature and plays in Malayalam–language. He has written 42 books and over a hundred radio plays. He was also a school teacher and has received various awards in the field of literature as well as central and state awards for excellence in teaching.\nHe was born on 17 February 1927 in Panniyannur near Tellicherry in the present-day Indian state of Kerala, as the son of Chandu Nambiar and Lakshmi Amma. His brother Thayat Sankaran was a famous writer and Thayat Balan was a social activist. He completed his education at Kunnummal Higher Elementary School, BEMP High School, Kathirur Govt. High School and Brennen College.\nPrior to joining the teaching profession, he worked for a short time as a ticket seller in cinema theatres, as a clerk in the Sub-Registrar's Office, as a non-operator in a military camp, and as a clerk in the Madras General Hospital. He also worked in Calicut All India Radio station. After a few months of teaching at Punnassery UP School in Puthiyara, Calicut, and Lakshmivilasam LP School in Chokli, Kannur, he joined Panoor UP School in 1952. He retired from the service in 1982 when he was the headmaster of the same school. He died on 4 December 2011 at the age of 85.\nHe has written 42 books which include story, poetry, drama, children's literature and essays. His first collection of stories was Puthenkani, published in 1951 . His first collection of poems, Palpathakal, was published in 1953. His Naam Changala Potticha Katha is an exciting story of many freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of India. He was instrumental in writing the book Swathanthrya Samaram Kuttikalkk (History of the Freedom Struggle for Children), published by the State Institute of Children's Literature. Thayat was also an excellent orator. Thayat also authored over a hundred radio plays. His Thottakkaran was the first play by a non-employee to be aired on All India Radio, Calicut.","raw_bio":"Thayat Kunjananthan, commonly known as K. Thayat (17 February 1927 – 4 December 2011) was an Indian writer of children's literature and plays in Malayalam–language. He has written 42 books and over a hundred radio plays. He was also a school teacher and has received various awards in the field of literature as well as central and state awards for excellence in teaching. He was born on 17 February 1927 in Panniyannur near Tellicherry in the present-day Indian state of Kerala, as the son of Chandu Nambiar and Lakshmi Amma. His brother Thayat Sankaran was a famous writer and Thayat Balan was a social activist. He completed his education at Kunnummal Higher Elementary School, BEMP High School, Kathirur Govt. High School and Brennen College. Prior to joining the teaching profession, he worked for a short time as a ticket seller in cinema theatres, as a clerk in the Sub-Registrar's Office, as a non-operator in a military camp, and as a clerk in the Madras General Hospital. He also worked in Calicut All India Radio station. After a few months of teaching at Punnassery UP School in Puthiyara, Calicut, and Lakshmivilasam LP School in Chokli, Kannur, he joined Panoor UP School in 1952. He retired from the service in 1982 when he was the headmaster of the same school. He died on 4 December 2011 at the age of 85. He has written 42 books which include story, poetry, drama, children's literature and essays. His first collection of stories was Puthenkani, published in 1951 . His first collection of poems, Palpathakal, was published in 1953. His Naam Changala Potticha Katha is an exciting story of many freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of India. He was instrumental in writing the book Swathanthrya Samaram Kuttikalkk (History of the Freedom Struggle for Children), published by the State Institute of Children's Literature. Thayat was also an excellent orator. Thayat also authored over a hundred radio plays. His Thottakkaran was the first play by a non-employee to be aired on All India Radio, Calicut.","slug":"k-thayat","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/k-thayat","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.251772","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15946,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Akbar Kakkattil","bio":"\nAkbar Kakkattil (7 July 1954 – 17 February 2016) was an Indian short-story writer and novelist from Kerala state.\nAkbar was born on 7 July 1954 at Kakkattil in Vadakara as the only son out of the two children of his parents, Sri. P. Abdulla and Smt. Kunjhamina. He completed his school education from Parayil L P School, Kakkattil, and Sanskrit Secondary School Vattoli. He spent the first half of the first year pre-degree at Farook College, Calicut and studied up to degree course in English Language and Literature at Government College, Madappally. The first year of P G course in Malayalam Language & Literature he studied at Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur and again moved to Government Brennen College, Thalassery to complete the course. He took his Bachelor of Education degree from Government Brennen College Of Teacher Education, Thalassery. While studying he was elected chairman of College Union both at Government College, Madappally Vadakara & Government Brennen College Of Teacher Education, Thalassery. He was also executive member of University Union of Calicut University. He has served as a Malayalam teacher for about 30 years in various schools, including National Higher Secondary School, Vattoli, where he worked for a long period.\nAkbar Kakkattil has worked as a member of the governing body of South Zone Cultural Centre of Central Government of India and Kerala State Institute of Children's literature. He has also served as member of the curriculum steering committee, Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, State Television Jury, State Cinema jury, Ezhuthachan Puraskara Samiti and Programme Advisory Board of Akashavani, Kozhikkode. Besides he has worked as an honorary editor of Malayalam Publications and Olive Publications, Kozhikode. He had been a permanent jury member of the first educational reality show in Kerala, Haritha Vidyalaya.  He was also a member of Malayalam Advisory Board of Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Convener of Publication Committee, Kerala Sahitya Akademi. He was the vice president of the Kerala Sahitya Academi and a member of Malayalam Advisory Panel of National Book Trust, Govt. of India and Malayalam Advisory Board, Govt of Kerala. He was also a member of State Literacy Mission's Magazine Aksharakairali Editorial Board and Curriculum Committee of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Govt. of India. Akbar Kakkattil has also served as a part of the committee for the revision of Malayalam text books from the primary to the higher secondary level. Right from his college days he has been associated with the Film Society movements. He died on 17 February 2016.","raw_bio":"Akbar Kakkattil (7 July 1954 – 17 February 2016) was an Indian short-story writer and novelist from Kerala state. Akbar was born on 7 July 1954 at Kakkattil in Vadakara as the only son out of the two children of his parents, Sri. P. Abdulla and Smt. Kunjhamina. He completed his school education from Parayil L P School, Kakkattil, and Sanskrit Secondary School Vattoli. He spent the first half of the first year pre-degree at Farook College, Calicut and studied up to degree course in English Language and Literature at Government College, Madappally. The first year of P G course in Malayalam Language & Literature he studied at Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur and again moved to Government Brennen College, Thalassery to complete the course. He took his Bachelor of Education degree from Government Brennen College Of Teacher Education, Thalassery. While studying he was elected chairman of College Union both at Government College, Madappally Vadakara & Government Brennen College Of Teacher Education, Thalassery. He was also executive member of University Union of Calicut University. He has served as a Malayalam teacher for about 30 years in various schools, including National Higher Secondary School, Vattoli, where he worked for a long period. Akbar Kakkattil has worked as a member of the governing body of South Zone Cultural Centre of Central Government of India and Kerala State Institute of Children's literature. He has also served as member of the curriculum steering committee, Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, State Television Jury, State Cinema jury, Ezhuthachan Puraskara Samiti and Programme Advisory Board of Akashavani, Kozhikkode. Besides he has worked as an honorary editor of Malayalam Publications and Olive Publications, Kozhikode. He had been a permanent jury member of the first educational reality show in Kerala, Haritha Vidyalaya.  He was also a member of Malayalam Advisory Board of Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Convener of Publication Committee, Kerala Sahitya Akademi. He was the vice president of the Kerala Sahitya Academi and a member of Malayalam Advisory Panel of National Book Trust, Govt. of India and Malayalam Advisory Board, Govt of Kerala. He was also a member of State Literacy Mission's Magazine Aksharakairali Editorial Board and Curriculum Committee of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Govt. of India. Akbar Kakkattil has also served as a part of the committee for the revision of Malayalam text books from the primary to the higher secondary level. Right from his college days he has been associated with the Film Society movements. He died on 17 February 2016.","slug":"akbar-kakkattil","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/akbar-kakkattil","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.267945","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15947,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Abraham George Kallarakkal","bio":"\nAbraham George Kallarakkal (born 1934) is an Old Testament Biblical scholar with major contribution to Old Testament research. Kallarakkal is well-versed in Hebrew and Peshitto and researched at the University of Hamburg under Klaus Koch and Manfried Dietrich.\nDuring 1963-1965, George pursued postgraduate studies in Old Testament leading to Master of Theology at one of the affiliated seminaries of the Senate of Serampore College (University).\nAbraham George was Professor of Old Testament at the Orthodox Pazhaya Seminary, an institution of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College.","raw_bio":"Abraham George Kallarakkal (born 1934) is an Old Testament Biblical scholar with major contribution to Old Testament research. Kallarakkal is well-versed in Hebrew and Peshitto and researched at the University of Hamburg under Klaus Koch and Manfried Dietrich. During 1963-1965, George pursued postgraduate studies in Old Testament leading to Master of Theology at one of the affiliated seminaries of the Senate of Serampore College (University). 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The journal was a Malayalam publication from the publishers of the Cochin-based English newspaper Western Star. Philippose was fluent in English and Malayalam, and translated The Comedy of Errors into Malayalam under the title Almarattam (1866) which was the first translation of Shakespeare into Malayalam. It was also one of the earliest plays written in Malayalam and was the first play to be published as a book.\nPhilipose was born in 1838 in Kallooppara near Tiruvalla in the present-day Mallappally taluk of Pathanamthitta district. He was the son of Kalloor Oommen of Kallooppara and Pathil Annamma of Aymanam. Later the family moved to Olassa in the Kottayam district. Philipose lost his parents when he was young and was brought up by his mother's family. He started learning Sanskrit at a young age and after his schooling, he joined CMS College Kottayam. Philipose excelled in English, Greek, and Latin, as well as mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy.\nOn November 1, 1859, at the age of twenty, he joined the Anglican Church School in Cochin as a Malayalam teacher (Asan). In 1869, he became a member representing Cochin in the Travancore Church Council.\nOn 27 February 1862, he married Unicharamma, the daughter of Olassa Aenadikkal Thomman Varkey. On March 24, 1865, he became the editor of Paschima Taraka, a newspaper published from Cochin. He was one of the first newspaper editors in Malayalam. He wrote articles that criticized the Catholic Church and the Pope. In 1866, he published Almarattam which was the first Malayalam play to be published as a book. His other literary works include Amarakosa Pradipika and Shabdadipika. Philipose also translated some texts but before they could be published, he died of liver disease on 20 July 1880. He was buried in St. Marks CSI Church in Olassa.","raw_bio":"Kalloor Oommen Philipose Asan (1838–1880) was a priest, teacher, literary scholar, journalist, playwright and translator from Kerala, India. He was born in Kallooppara near Tiruvalla and grew up in Olassa in the present-day Kottayam district of Kerala. He was the editor of Paschima Taraka, one of the earliest Malayalam journals. The journal was a Malayalam publication from the publishers of the Cochin-based English newspaper Western Star. Philippose was fluent in English and Malayalam, and translated The Comedy of Errors into Malayalam under the title Almarattam (1866) which was the first translation of Shakespeare into Malayalam. It was also one of the earliest plays written in Malayalam and was the first play to be published as a book. Philipose was born in 1838 in Kallooppara near Tiruvalla in the present-day Mallappally taluk of Pathanamthitta district. He was the son of Kalloor Oommen of Kallooppara and Pathil Annamma of Aymanam. Later the family moved to Olassa in the Kottayam district. Philipose lost his parents when he was young and was brought up by his mother's family. He started learning Sanskrit at a young age and after his schooling, he joined CMS College Kottayam. Philipose excelled in English, Greek, and Latin, as well as mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy. On November 1, 1859, at the age of twenty, he joined the Anglican Church School in Cochin as a Malayalam teacher (Asan). In 1869, he became a member representing Cochin in the Travancore Church Council. On 27 February 1862, he married Unicharamma, the daughter of Olassa Aenadikkal Thomman Varkey. On March 24, 1865, he became the editor of Paschima Taraka, a newspaper published from Cochin. He was one of the first newspaper editors in Malayalam. He wrote articles that criticized the Catholic Church and the Pope. In 1866, he published Almarattam which was the first Malayalam play to be published as a book. His other literary works include Amarakosa Pradipika and Shabdadipika. Philipose also translated some texts but before they could be published, he died of liver disease on 20 July 1880. He was buried in St. Marks CSI Church in Olassa.","slug":"kalloor-oommen-philipose","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/kalloor-oommen-philipose","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.342316","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"}