{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=867","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=865","results":[{"id":15979,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Asokan Charuvil","bio":"\nAsokan Charuvil is an Indian short story writer in Malayalam-language. He is a recipient of several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and Muttathu Varkey Award.\nBorn in 1957 in Kattoor in Trichur district of Kerala, he completed his education from Karalam High School, SN College, Nattika and SN Teachers Education Institution, Irinjalakuda. He was an officer in the registration department and was a member of the Kerala Public Service Commission. From 2018, he is the general secretary of Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham.","raw_bio":"Asokan Charuvil is an Indian short story writer in Malayalam-language. He is a recipient of several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and Muttathu Varkey Award. Born in 1957 in Kattoor in Trichur district of Kerala, he completed his education from Karalam High School, SN College, Nattika and SN Teachers Education Institution, Irinjalakuda. He was an officer in the registration department and was a member of the Kerala Public Service Commission. From 2018, he is the general secretary of Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham.","slug":"asokan-charuvil","DOB":"1957-05-18","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/asokan-charuvil","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.624916","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15982,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Civic Chandran","bio":"Civic Chandran (born 5 April 1951) is an Indian playwright, poet, editor, former Naxalite, social activist and political commentator from Kerala. He is the editor of Patabhedam magazine. He was instrumental in popularising street theatre in Kerala and is a strong critic of Kerala's mainstream left.\nHe was born on 5 April 1951 in Murikungal village near Kodakara in Trichur district. He was the eldest of four children born to Velappan and Lakshmi. His birth name was C. V. Kuttan. From 1968 to 1981 he worked as a teacher in Wayanad and Eranad. In 1981, he was suspended from the job on charges of Naxalite links. Following the acquittal by the High Court, he returned to teaching in 1991. Now retired, he lives in West Hill, Calicut. He was married to P. Sridevi, who died some years before. Their elder daughter Kabani is a translator and the younger daughter Harita is an architect.\nIn July 2022, a complaint was lodged against Civic Chandran for sexually assaulting a woman activist.\nCivic was a member of the editorial board of Yanan magazine. This magazine was later confiscated by the government. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He edited an anthology of poems titled Thadavara Kavithakal (Poems from Prison). He notes that political prisoners like him started to write poems in prison as part of survival and resistance.","raw_bio":"Civic Chandran (born 5 April 1951) is an Indian playwright, poet, editor, former Naxalite, social activist and political commentator from Kerala. He is the editor of Patabhedam magazine. He was instrumental in popularising street theatre in Kerala and is a strong critic of Kerala's mainstream left. He was born on 5 April 1951 in Murikungal village near Kodakara in Trichur district. He was the eldest of four children born to Velappan and Lakshmi. His birth name was C. V. Kuttan. From 1968 to 1981 he worked as a teacher in Wayanad and Eranad. In 1981, he was suspended from the job on charges of Naxalite links. Following the acquittal by the High Court, he returned to teaching in 1991. Now retired, he lives in West Hill, Calicut. He was married to P. Sridevi, who died some years before. Their elder daughter Kabani is a translator and the younger daughter Harita is an architect. In July 2022, a complaint was lodged against Civic Chandran for sexually assaulting a woman activist. Civic was a member of the editorial board of Yanan magazine. This magazine was later confiscated by the government. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He edited an anthology of poems titled Thadavara Kavithakal (Poems from Prison). He notes that political prisoners like him started to write poems in prison as part of survival and resistance.","slug":"civic-chandran","DOB":"1951-04-05","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/civic-chandran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.667677","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15983,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"K. Damodaran","bio":"\nK. Damodaran ( February 25, 1912 – July 3, 1976) was an Indian Marxist theoretician and writer and one of the leader of the Communist Party of India in Kerala, India.\nDamodaran was born in Ponnani in Malappuram district, the son of Kizhakkiniyakath Thuppan Nampoothiri and Keezhedathu Narayani Amma. He had his schooling in Government School, Tirur, and college education in Samoothiri College, Calicut. His first socialist activities were associated with being secretary of the student movement 'Kerala Students Movement' and he joined the freedom struggle. He was arrested in 1931 for participating in the civil disobedience movement and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 23 months. While in Coimbatore jail he learned Tamil and Hindi. He went to Kasi (UP) in 1935 to study Sanskrit from the Viswa Vidyalaya there and  passed the Shastri examination. While at Kasi he learned Urdu and Bengali and was attracted to Communist ideology.\nLal Bahadur Shastri was his classmate. He was attracted to Communist ideology through his senior Onkar Nadashasthri. Thus he became a Communist – the first 'Malayalee Communist'. He returned to Kerala in 1937 and joined the Kerala Socialist Party and in May the same year formed the Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India. He organized Coir and Beedi workers.  He was imprisoned twice and released in 1945. In 1951, he was elected as the Taluk secretary of the Malabar unit committee of the Communist Party. He contested the assembly election in 1951 and the Loksabha election in 1957. Damodaran was elected to the central executive committee of the party in 1960. He took charge of editing the Navayugam weekly. All through these years he was intellectually active by way of writing articles and books, learning new languages and debating on various forums.","raw_bio":"K. Damodaran ( February 25, 1912 – July 3, 1976) was an Indian Marxist theoretician and writer and one of the leader of the Communist Party of India in Kerala, India. Damodaran was born in Ponnani in Malappuram district, the son of Kizhakkiniyakath Thuppan Nampoothiri and Keezhedathu Narayani Amma. He had his schooling in Government School, Tirur, and college education in Samoothiri College, Calicut. His first socialist activities were associated with being secretary of the student movement 'Kerala Students Movement' and he joined the freedom struggle. He was arrested in 1931 for participating in the civil disobedience movement and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 23 months. While in Coimbatore jail he learned Tamil and Hindi. He went to Kasi (UP) in 1935 to study Sanskrit from the Viswa Vidyalaya there and  passed the Shastri examination. While at Kasi he learned Urdu and Bengali and was attracted to Communist ideology. Lal Bahadur Shastri was his classmate. He was attracted to Communist ideology through his senior Onkar Nadashasthri. Thus he became a Communist – the first 'Malayalee Communist'. He returned to Kerala in 1937 and joined the Kerala Socialist Party and in May the same year formed the Kerala unit of the Communist Party of India. He organized Coir and Beedi workers.  He was imprisoned twice and released in 1945. In 1951, he was elected as the Taluk secretary of the Malabar unit committee of the Communist Party. He contested the assembly election in 1951 and the Loksabha election in 1957. Damodaran was elected to the central executive committee of the party in 1960. He took charge of editing the Navayugam weekly. All through these years he was intellectually active by way of writing articles and books, learning new languages and debating on various forums.","slug":"k-damodaran","DOB":"1912-02-05","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/k-damodaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.689241","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15984,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Nettur P. Damodaran","bio":"\nNettur P. Damodaran (14 May 1913 – 11 October 1978) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 1st Lok Sabha of from the constituency of Tellicherry, which was part of the erstwhile Madras state. He represented the now defunct Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha with 42.61% of the electorate voting in his favour.\nNettur P, as he was popularly known, had established his own image as a good Parliamentarian, journalist, philanthropist, reformer and writer. He graduated in Physics from Madras Christian College and it was here that his public life started when he was elected as the first elected Student Union Chairman of the College council in 1935.\nDamodaran had for a brief period worked as a journalist, first in The Free Press Journal and later for Mathrubhumi in Mumbai as correspondent. He was also editor of 'Dinaprabha', a Malayalam daily published from Kozhikode in early 1960s. From 1963–66, he held senior position in the Home ministry, Government of India, as Officer on Special Duty for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes, which gave him opportunity to travel extensively all over India. His experiences during these travels gave enough material for his literary incursion in the form of travelogues. In 1967, he was appointed as the Chairman of Backward class reservation commission by the Left Democratic Front Government headed by E M S Namboodiripad. He served as chairman until the report was finalised in 1970. The report, known as Nettur Commission report stirred many a political battles in Kerala.\nDamodaran was conferred with the honorary Thamrapathra on the Silver Jubilee of Indian independence by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in recognition of his work towards the independence struggle.","raw_bio":"Nettur P. Damodaran (14 May 1913 – 11 October 1978) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 1st Lok Sabha of from the constituency of Tellicherry, which was part of the erstwhile Madras state. He represented the now defunct Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha with 42.61% of the electorate voting in his favour. Nettur P, as he was popularly known, had established his own image as a good Parliamentarian, journalist, philanthropist, reformer and writer. He graduated in Physics from Madras Christian College and it was here that his public life started when he was elected as the first elected Student Union Chairman of the College council in 1935. Damodaran had for a brief period worked as a journalist, first in The Free Press Journal and later for Mathrubhumi in Mumbai as correspondent. He was also editor of 'Dinaprabha', a Malayalam daily published from Kozhikode in early 1960s. From 1963–66, he held senior position in the Home ministry, Government of India, as Officer on Special Duty for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes, which gave him opportunity to travel extensively all over India. His experiences during these travels gave enough material for his literary incursion in the form of travelogues. In 1967, he was appointed as the Chairman of Backward class reservation commission by the Left Democratic Front Government headed by E M S Namboodiripad. He served as chairman until the report was finalised in 1970. The report, known as Nettur Commission report stirred many a political battles in Kerala. Damodaran was conferred with the honorary Thamrapathra on the Silver Jubilee of Indian independence by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in recognition of his work towards the independence struggle.","slug":"nettur-p-damodaran","DOB":"1913-05-14","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/nettur-p-damodaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.698239","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15986,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"M. V. Devan","bio":"\nMadathil Vasudevan, popularly identified as M. V. Devan (15 January 1928 – 29 April 2014), was an Indian painter, sculptor, writer, art critic and orator. Besides his artistic works, he was also known for his architectural designs for a number of cultural institutions as well as for his contributions in founding Kerala Kalapeetom, Kochi-based cultural organization, Malayala Kalagramam, an art village in New Mahe and Kalagramam, another art village in Kollam. A former chairman of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, he was a recipient of several honours including the Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, the Vayalar Award and the Mathrubhumi Literary Award.\nM. V. Devan was born on January 15, 1928, at Panniyannur, a small village in Thalassery in the south Indian state of Kerala. After completing high school in 1946, he left for Madras to study painting. At Chennai, he joined the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai where he had the opportunity to study under D. P. Roy Choudhury and K. C. S. Paniker, the then principal and vice principal of the institution. It was during this time itself, he met M. Govindan, who influenced his thinking. Returning to Kerala, he was involved in many artistic, cultural and literary movements, besides his own artistic pursuits.\nDevan was married to Sreedevi and the couple had two daughters, Jameela and Shalini. He died on April 29, 2014, at the age of 86, at his residence in Aluva, survived by his daughters; his wife had predeceased him.","raw_bio":"Madathil Vasudevan, popularly identified as M. V. Devan (15 January 1928 – 29 April 2014), was an Indian painter, sculptor, writer, art critic and orator. Besides his artistic works, he was also known for his architectural designs for a number of cultural institutions as well as for his contributions in founding Kerala Kalapeetom, Kochi-based cultural organization, Malayala Kalagramam, an art village in New Mahe and Kalagramam, another art village in Kollam. A former chairman of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, he was a recipient of several honours including the Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, the Vayalar Award and the Mathrubhumi Literary Award. M. V. Devan was born on January 15, 1928, at Panniyannur, a small village in Thalassery in the south Indian state of Kerala. After completing high school in 1946, he left for Madras to study painting. At Chennai, he joined the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai where he had the opportunity to study under D. P. Roy Choudhury and K. C. S. Paniker, the then principal and vice principal of the institution. It was during this time itself, he met M. Govindan, who influenced his thinking. Returning to Kerala, he was involved in many artistic, cultural and literary movements, besides his own artistic pursuits. Devan was married to Sreedevi and the couple had two daughters, Jameela and Shalini. He died on April 29, 2014, at the age of 86, at his residence in Aluva, survived by his daughters; his wife had predeceased him.","slug":"m-v-devan","DOB":"1928-01-15","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Aluva, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India","url":"/sootradhar/m-v-devan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.716203","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15988,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Leela Devi","bio":"\nDr. R. Leela Devi (13 February 1932 – 19 May 1998) was an Indian writer, translator, and teacher who wrote in English, Malayalam, and Sanskrit. She was from the state of Kerala.\nDr. R. Leela Devi wrote and translated more than 300 books with her husband V. Balakrishnan. She translated the Marthandavarma, Narayaneeyam, and Vidur Gita (Mahabharata), among others, and contributed to the English language section of the book Contribution of Writers to Indian Freedom Movement (see Indian independence movement).\nShe translated Chandu Menon's Indulekha into English as Crescent Moon.","raw_bio":"Dr. R. Leela Devi (13 February 1932 – 19 May 1998) was an Indian writer, translator, and teacher who wrote in English, Malayalam, and Sanskrit. She was from the state of Kerala. Dr. R. Leela Devi wrote and translated more than 300 books with her husband V. Balakrishnan. She translated the Marthandavarma, Narayaneeyam, and Vidur Gita (Mahabharata), among others, and contributed to the English language section of the book Contribution of Writers to Indian Freedom Movement (see Indian independence movement). She translated Chandu Menon's Indulekha into English as Crescent Moon.","slug":"leela-devi","DOB":"1932-02-13","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Kottayam, Kerala, India","url":"/sootradhar/leela-devi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.735915","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15989,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Chandiroor Divakaran","bio":"\nKalathil Makki Divakaran (Malayalam: കളത്തിൽ മാക്കി ദിവാകരൻ), also known by his pen name Chandiroor Divakaran, is a Malayalam–language poet and folk-song writer from Kerala, India. He was awarded the Ambedkar National Award in 2011 for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature.","raw_bio":"Kalathil Makki Divakaran (Malayalam: കളത്തിൽ മാക്കി ദിവാകരൻ), also known by his pen name Chandiroor Divakaran, is a Malayalam–language poet and folk-song writer from Kerala, India. He was awarded the Ambedkar National Award in 2011 for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature.","slug":"chandiroor-divakaran","DOB":"1946-05-10","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/chandiroor-divakaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.744590","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15990,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Eknath Easwaran","bio":"\nEknath Easwaran (December 17, 1910 –  October 26, 1999) was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author and  translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.\nEaswaran was a professor of English literature at the University of Nagpur in India, and in 1959 he came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Minnesota before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley where he taught courses on meditation-the first in the country offering credits. In 1961, Easwaran founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and Nilgiri Press, based in northern California. Nilgiri Press has published over thirty books that he authored.\nEaswaran was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, whom he met when he was a young man. Easwaran developed a method of meditation –  silent repetition in the mind of memorized inspirational passages from the world's major religious and spiritual traditions –  which later came to be known as Passage Meditation.","raw_bio":"Eknath Easwaran (December 17, 1910 –  October 26, 1999) was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author and  translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. Easwaran was a professor of English literature at the University of Nagpur in India, and in 1959 he came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Minnesota before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley where he taught courses on meditation-the first in the country offering credits. In 1961, Easwaran founded the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and Nilgiri Press, based in northern California. Nilgiri Press has published over thirty books that he authored. Easwaran was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, whom he met when he was a young man. Easwaran developed a method of meditation –  silent repetition in the mind of memorized inspirational passages from the world's major religious and spiritual traditions –  which later came to be known as Passage Meditation.","slug":"eknath-easwaran","DOB":"1910-12-17","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"California, USA","url":"/sootradhar/eknath-easwaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.753088","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15991,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ekalavyan (novelist)","bio":"\nKM Mathew (1934-2012), popularly known by his  pen  name Ekalavyan, was an Indian writer who wrote in Malayalam. He has shown the army life to the common man through his novels. Born in Kunnamkulam, in Thrissur district, he started his career in Indian Army in 1953 as a soldier. He fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Three years later, he published his first short story \"Rundu Logam Oru Jeevitham\" in Mathrubhumi Weekly\nHe served in the military for 28 years. He then spent 10 years doing civil work in a military office. In his lifetime, he wrote 33 novels, three short stories and screenplay for a television serial. He is survived by his wife Leelamani and sons Salil Mathew and Dr. Sunil Mathews.\nThis article about an Indian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","raw_bio":"KM Mathew (1934-2012), popularly known by his  pen  name Ekalavyan, was an Indian writer who wrote in Malayalam. He has shown the army life to the common man through his novels. Born in Kunnamkulam, in Thrissur district, he started his career in Indian Army in 1953 as a soldier. He fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Three years later, he published his first short story \"Rundu Logam Oru Jeevitham\" in Mathrubhumi Weekly He served in the military for 28 years. He then spent 10 years doing civil work in a military office. In his lifetime, he wrote 33 novels, three short stories and screenplay for a television serial. He is survived by his wife Leelamani and sons Salil Mathew and Dr. Sunil Mathews. This article about an Indian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","slug":"ekalavyan-novelist","DOB":"1934-08-14","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/ekalavyan-novelist","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.761881","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15992,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Erumeli Parameswaran Pillai","bio":"\nErumeli Parameswaran Pillai (12 December 1932 – 7 February 2014) was a Malayalam-language writer, teacher, scholar, and literary critic from Kerala, India. He wrote over forty books, including five novels, four collections of stories, 11 scholarly works, and a few one-act plays and children's literature. He is also known for the work Malayala Sahityam Kalaghattangaliloode, a comprehensive history of Malayalam literature. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions in 2009.\nPillai was born on 12 December 1932 in Erumeli in the Kottayam district as the son of Velamparampil Krishna Pillai and Lakshmikuttyamma. He obtained MA degrees in Malayalam and Sociology from the University of Kerala and an MEd degree from the University of Madras. He became a school teacher in 1952 and worked in Travancore Devaswom Board High Schools in Erumeli, Thakazhi and Tiruvalla. He became a teacher at Farooq Training College near Calicut in 1964. In Calicut, he flourished as a writer, mainly influenced by the friendship he had with famous writers of the time Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and S. K. Pottekkatt.\nHe was the Secretary of Kerala Sahitya Akademi (1988-91) and the first Principal of the Kottayam BEd Centre of the Mahatma Gandhi University. He conducted several training programmes at regional and national levels on literacy, adult education, library science, and language teaching. He was a member of the Faculties of Education and the Board of Studies of the Universities of Kerala and Calicut. He worked as the State Secretary of Deshabhimani Study Circle and as the General Secretary and State Secretary of Progressive Arts and Literature Society.","raw_bio":"Erumeli Parameswaran Pillai (12 December 1932 – 7 February 2014) was a Malayalam-language writer, teacher, scholar, and literary critic from Kerala, India. He wrote over forty books, including five novels, four collections of stories, 11 scholarly works, and a few one-act plays and children's literature. He is also known for the work Malayala Sahityam Kalaghattangaliloode, a comprehensive history of Malayalam literature. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions in 2009. Pillai was born on 12 December 1932 in Erumeli in the Kottayam district as the son of Velamparampil Krishna Pillai and Lakshmikuttyamma. He obtained MA degrees in Malayalam and Sociology from the University of Kerala and an MEd degree from the University of Madras. He became a school teacher in 1952 and worked in Travancore Devaswom Board High Schools in Erumeli, Thakazhi and Tiruvalla. He became a teacher at Farooq Training College near Calicut in 1964. In Calicut, he flourished as a writer, mainly influenced by the friendship he had with famous writers of the time Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and S. K. Pottekkatt. He was the Secretary of Kerala Sahitya Akademi (1988-91) and the first Principal of the Kottayam BEd Centre of the Mahatma Gandhi University. He conducted several training programmes at regional and national levels on literacy, adult education, library science, and language teaching. He was a member of the Faculties of Education and the Board of Studies of the Universities of Kerala and Calicut. He worked as the State Secretary of Deshabhimani Study Circle and as the General Secretary and State Secretary of Progressive Arts and Literature Society.","slug":"erumeli-parameswaran-pillai","DOB":"1932-12-12","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/erumeli-parameswaran-pillai","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.770079","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15993,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"E. K. Krishnan Ezhuthachan","bio":"\nE. K. Krishnan Ezhuthachan (4 January 1924 – 13 December 2005) was a legal expert and writer a native of Chettupuzha, Thrissur, Kerala. Ezhuthachan had served as Magistrate, Deputy secretary at Ministry of Law and Justice (India), Lawyer in the Supreme Court of India etc. He has authored several books. His book Bharanaghatanakku Oru Bhashyam won the Puthezhan Award.","raw_bio":"E. K. Krishnan Ezhuthachan (4 January 1924 – 13 December 2005) was a legal expert and writer a native of Chettupuzha, Thrissur, Kerala. Ezhuthachan had served as Magistrate, Deputy secretary at Ministry of Law and Justice (India), Lawyer in the Supreme Court of India etc. He has authored several books. His book Bharanaghatanakku Oru Bhashyam won the Puthezhan Award.","slug":"e-k-krishnan-ezhuthachan","DOB":"1924-01-04","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Chettupuzha, Thrissur, Kerala","url":"/sootradhar/e-k-krishnan-ezhuthachan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.778875","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":15994,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"K. N. Ezhuthachan","bio":"\nKudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan (21 May 1911 – 28 October 1981), commonly known as Dr.K.N.Ezhuthachan was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. He was one among the principal followers of the idea of social impact on literature. Ezhuthachan supported Marxist literary criticism and interpreted Indian literary works based on Marxist aesthetics. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Keralodayam, a long narrative poem written in Sanskrit. He is the first Malayali to win Sahitya Akademi Award in sanskrit literature. He died on 28 October 1981 while delivering a lecture at Calicut University.\nK. N. Ezhuthachan was born in the village Cherpulassery in Palakkad district, Kerala, as the son of eye specialist and Sanskrit scholar Kudiyirikkal Krishnan Ezhuthachan and Lakshmi amma on 21 May 1911. He studied basics of Sanskrit from father's Sanskrit school. After passing the Vidwan examination Ezhuthachan began his career as a teacher and taught at two schools. He also worked as a clerk and stenographer in Bombay for a brief period. Later, he took his master's degrees in Malayalam, Sanskrit, and English. Besides he learned languages like Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi. In 1953, he joined Madras University as Lecturer and simultaneously worked for his PhD in the same university. After completing his PhD on Bhashakautaleeyam, Ezhuthachan joined University of Calicut as a Lecturer. He also served as a Senior Research Officer at Kerala State Institute of Languages, Research Fellow of Dravidian Linguistics Association and Visiting Professor at University of Calicut.\nK. N. Ezhuthachan had worked for the formation of institutions like Thaaliyola grantha library: a library for old Palm-leaf manuscript, Which was established in 1971 under Malayalam Departement of the University of Calicut. And Vallathol educational trust, A trust formed in 1977 in memory of Vallathol Narayana Menon.","raw_bio":"Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan (21 May 1911 – 28 October 1981), commonly known as Dr.K.N.Ezhuthachan was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. He was one among the principal followers of the idea of social impact on literature. Ezhuthachan supported Marxist literary criticism and interpreted Indian literary works based on Marxist aesthetics. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Keralodayam, a long narrative poem written in Sanskrit. He is the first Malayali to win Sahitya Akademi Award in sanskrit literature. He died on 28 October 1981 while delivering a lecture at Calicut University. K. N. Ezhuthachan was born in the village Cherpulassery in Palakkad district, Kerala, as the son of eye specialist and Sanskrit scholar Kudiyirikkal Krishnan Ezhuthachan and Lakshmi amma on 21 May 1911. He studied basics of Sanskrit from father's Sanskrit school. After passing the Vidwan examination Ezhuthachan began his career as a teacher and taught at two schools. He also worked as a clerk and stenographer in Bombay for a brief period. Later, he took his master's degrees in Malayalam, Sanskrit, and English. Besides he learned languages like Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi. In 1953, he joined Madras University as Lecturer and simultaneously worked for his PhD in the same university. After completing his PhD on Bhashakautaleeyam, Ezhuthachan joined University of Calicut as a Lecturer. He also served as a Senior Research Officer at Kerala State Institute of Languages, Research Fellow of Dravidian Linguistics Association and Visiting Professor at University of Calicut. K. N. Ezhuthachan had worked for the formation of institutions like Thaaliyola grantha library: a library for old Palm-leaf manuscript, Which was established in 1971 under Malayalam Departement of the University of Calicut. And Vallathol educational trust, A trust formed in 1977 in memory of Vallathol Narayana Menon.","slug":"k-n-ezhuthachan","DOB":"1911-05-21","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Malappuram, Kerala, India","url":"/sootradhar/k-n-ezhuthachan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.787473","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"}