{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=869","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=867","results":[{"id":16008,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Divya S. Iyer","bio":"\nDivya Sesha Iyer (born 16 October 1984) is an Indian bureaucrat, medical doctor, editor, and author who is part of the Indian Administrative Service in Kerala. She is the current District Collector of Pathanamthitta. She was the Mission Director of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.\nIyer was born on 16 October 1984. She hails from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She is the elder daughter of Sesha Iyer, who is a retired Indian Space Research Organisation employee, and Bhagavathy Ammal, a State Bank of Travancore employee.\nIyer did her schooling at Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum. She scored second rank in SSLC examination conducted by Kerala Board of Public Examinations. She completed her 11th and 12th from the St. Thomas Central School, Trivandrum. She then got her medical degree from the Christian Medical College Vellore.","raw_bio":"Divya Sesha Iyer (born 16 October 1984) is an Indian bureaucrat, medical doctor, editor, and author who is part of the Indian Administrative Service in Kerala. She is the current District Collector of Pathanamthitta. She was the Mission Director of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. Iyer was born on 16 October 1984. She hails from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She is the elder daughter of Sesha Iyer, who is a retired Indian Space Research Organisation employee, and Bhagavathy Ammal, a State Bank of Travancore employee. Iyer did her schooling at Holy Angel's Convent Trivandrum. She scored second rank in SSLC examination conducted by Kerala Board of Public Examinations. She completed her 11th and 12th from the St. Thomas Central School, Trivandrum. She then got her medical degree from the Christian Medical College Vellore.","slug":"divya-s-iyer","DOB":"1984-10-16","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/divya-s-iyer","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.933684","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16009,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer","bio":"\nUlloor S. Parameswara Iyer (Malayalam: ഉള്ളൂർ എസ്. പരമേശ്വര അയ്യർ; 6 June 1877 – 15 June 1949), born Sambasivan but popularly known as  Ulloor, was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a historian. He was one of the modern triumvirate poets of Kerala in the first half of the 20th century, along with Kumaran Asan and Vallathol Narayana Menon. Umakeralam, a mahakavya, and Kerala Sahitya Charitram, a comprehensive history of the Malayalam language are two of his most important works.\nThe desire to rise seen in the flying fireflies, the enthusiasm brimming within the singing cuckoo' to offer worship to other beings,\nthe skill of the full-blown flower to entice the entire world, the expertise of the jumping bird to move its feet....... I have read ambrosia-like suggestive poetry even in mere rust; I have heard with my ear sweet veena sounds even in silence, Excerpts from Ulloor's Bhoothakkannadi (Microscope)\nUlloor was born on 6 June 1877 at Thamarassery Illam in Perunna, Changanassery in the south Indian state of Kerala to Subramania Iyer and Bhagavathi Ammal. His early schooling was at Changanassery but his father died when he was young. The family shifted to Thiruvananthapuram in 1890, where his mother raised him. He graduated with Honors in Philosophy from Maharajas College in 1897 and joined the Travancore State Services. He continued his studies and took a graduate degree in Law and master's degrees in Malayalam and Tamil. He held various positions in the government service such as those of a Land revenue and Income Tax Commissioner before superannuating from service as the Chief Secretary of the State.","raw_bio":"Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer (Malayalam: ഉള്ളൂർ എസ്. പരമേശ്വര അയ്യർ; 6 June 1877 – 15 June 1949), born Sambasivan but popularly known as  Ulloor, was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature and a historian. He was one of the modern triumvirate poets of Kerala in the first half of the 20th century, along with Kumaran Asan and Vallathol Narayana Menon. Umakeralam, a mahakavya, and Kerala Sahitya Charitram, a comprehensive history of the Malayalam language are two of his most important works. The desire to rise seen in the flying fireflies, the enthusiasm brimming within the singing cuckoo' to offer worship to other beings, the skill of the full-blown flower to entice the entire world, the expertise of the jumping bird to move its feet....... I have read ambrosia-like suggestive poetry even in mere rust; I have heard with my ear sweet veena sounds even in silence, Excerpts from Ulloor's Bhoothakkannadi (Microscope) Ulloor was born on 6 June 1877 at Thamarassery Illam in Perunna, Changanassery in the south Indian state of Kerala to Subramania Iyer and Bhagavathi Ammal. His early schooling was at Changanassery but his father died when he was young. The family shifted to Thiruvananthapuram in 1890, where his mother raised him. He graduated with Honors in Philosophy from Maharajas College in 1897 and joined the Travancore State Services. He continued his studies and took a graduate degree in Law and master's degrees in Malayalam and Tamil. He held various positions in the government service such as those of a Land revenue and Income Tax Commissioner before superannuating from service as the Chief Secretary of the State.","slug":"ulloor-s-parameswara-iyer","DOB":"1877-06-06","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/ulloor-s-parameswara-iyer","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.942146","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16011,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Aymanam John","bio":"\nAymanam John (born 10 April 1953) is a Malayalam–language short-story writer. He hails from Aymanam, a small village in Kerala's Kottayam district which was made famous by Arundhati Roy through her 1997 novel The God of Small Things.\nJohn has also written several stories of this village including a collection of memoirs titled Ennittumundu Thaamarappoikakal, where he narrates his native place, the scenic countryside, the people and places and moments that he cherishes. His other famous books include Ithara Characharangalude Charitrapusthakam, Christmas Marathinte Veru and Aymanam Johninte Kathakal (which won the 2017 Odakkuzhal Award). He received the 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story.\n","raw_bio":"Aymanam John (born 10 April 1953) is a Malayalam–language short-story writer. He hails from Aymanam, a small village in Kerala's Kottayam district which was made famous by Arundhati Roy through her 1997 novel The God of Small Things. John has also written several stories of this village including a collection of memoirs titled Ennittumundu Thaamarappoikakal, where he narrates his native place, the scenic countryside, the people and places and moments that he cherishes. His other famous books include Ithara Characharangalude Charitrapusthakam, Christmas Marathinte Veru and Aymanam Johninte Kathakal (which won the 2017 Odakkuzhal Award). He received the 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story. ","slug":"aymanam-john","DOB":"1953-04-10","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Aymanam, Kottayam district","url":"/sootradhar/aymanam-john","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.960236","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16012,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Thomas Joseph","bio":"\nThomas Joseph (8 June 1954 – 29 July 2021) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. He received Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 2013 for his work, Marichavar Cinema KaanukayaaNu (The Dead are Watching Movies). He was also a recipient of SBT Literary Award, Delhi Short Story Award, K. A. Kodungallore Award, V. P. Sivakumar memorial Keli Award and the Children's literary institute Award. He died on 29 July 2021, at the age of 67.\nThomas Joseph was born on 8 June 1954, in Eloor, an industrial town in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Thomas Vadaykkal and Mary Vellayil. He wrote his first short story when he was a 5th standard student and started publishing stories in Malayalam weeklies during his high school and college period. He published his first collection of short stories, Athbhuta-samasya, in 1989. His Chitra-salabhangalude Kappal (The Ship of Butterflies), short stories collection, was awarded the SBT Literary Award in 1996. His story \"Athbhuta-samasya\", was published in the magazine Saketam, under the editorialship of Narendra Prasad and V. P. Sivakumar. He published eight books, which include six collections of short stories.\nThomas Joseph worked at Chandrika and Indian Express daily newspapers and in Pen books.  Towards the latter part of his life, he resided at Keezhmad, Aluva and it was here, he suffered a massive stroke while asleep on 15 September 2018, due to which he was admitted to Rajagiri hospital in Kalamassery. Due to limited financial resources, his family could not afford the expenses of the medical treatment and his friends and fellow writers resorted to crowd funding to raise the required money. Though later discharged, he stayed in a coma for around three years before his death at his home on 29 July 2021, aged 67.","raw_bio":"Thomas Joseph (8 June 1954 – 29 July 2021) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. He received Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 2013 for his work, Marichavar Cinema KaanukayaaNu (The Dead are Watching Movies). He was also a recipient of SBT Literary Award, Delhi Short Story Award, K. A. Kodungallore Award, V. P. Sivakumar memorial Keli Award and the Children's literary institute Award. He died on 29 July 2021, at the age of 67. Thomas Joseph was born on 8 June 1954, in Eloor, an industrial town in Ernakulam district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Thomas Vadaykkal and Mary Vellayil. He wrote his first short story when he was a 5th standard student and started publishing stories in Malayalam weeklies during his high school and college period. He published his first collection of short stories, Athbhuta-samasya, in 1989. His Chitra-salabhangalude Kappal (The Ship of Butterflies), short stories collection, was awarded the SBT Literary Award in 1996. His story \"Athbhuta-samasya\", was published in the magazine Saketam, under the editorialship of Narendra Prasad and V. P. Sivakumar. He published eight books, which include six collections of short stories. Thomas Joseph worked at Chandrika and Indian Express daily newspapers and in Pen books.  Towards the latter part of his life, he resided at Keezhmad, Aluva and it was here, he suffered a massive stroke while asleep on 15 September 2018, due to which he was admitted to Rajagiri hospital in Kalamassery. Due to limited financial resources, his family could not afford the expenses of the medical treatment and his friends and fellow writers resorted to crowd funding to raise the required money. Though later discharged, he stayed in a coma for around three years before his death at his home on 29 July 2021, aged 67.","slug":"thomas-joseph","DOB":"1954-06-08","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Eloor, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India","url":"/sootradhar/thomas-joseph","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.971389","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16013,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"V. P. Joy","bio":"\nV. P. Joy, also known as Joy Vazhayil (born 30 June 1963), is an Indian poet, writer, researcher, and administrator. He is also known for books and research papers on the energy policy and also on philosophy of education, mind and metaphysics. He has published several literary works in Malayalam language, mainly poetic compositions.\nDuring his official career spanning more than three and a half decades, he has held important assignments in the Government of India as well as in the State Government of Kerala.\nJoy took charge as the Chief Secretary of State of Kerala, India on 28 February 2021. He is from the 1987 batch of the Indian Administrative Service.","raw_bio":"V. P. Joy, also known as Joy Vazhayil (born 30 June 1963), is an Indian poet, writer, researcher, and administrator. He is also known for books and research papers on the energy policy and also on philosophy of education, mind and metaphysics. He has published several literary works in Malayalam language, mainly poetic compositions. During his official career spanning more than three and a half decades, he has held important assignments in the Government of India as well as in the State Government of Kerala. Joy took charge as the Chief Secretary of State of Kerala, India on 28 February 2021. He is from the 1987 batch of the Indian Administrative Service.","slug":"v-p-joy","DOB":"2021-02-28","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/v-p-joy","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.979950","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16014,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"K. C. Abdullah Moulavi","bio":"\nAbdullah Moulavi was an Islamic scholar and leader of Jamate Islami in Kerala. He was known as the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami and Muslim educationist. After the demise of Haji Sahib, Abdullah Moulavi was the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala for 22 years between 1959 and 1990.\nK.C. Abdulla Moulavi was born on 22 February 1920 in Kodiyathur in Kozhikode District. Kunnathuchalil Hussain Musliyar and Atiyya were the parents.\nAfter completing his native schooling till the fifth grade, he completed his preliminary studies in Pallidars and studied in the dars of Poonur and Peringadi and in the Vellore Baqiyathussalihat. In 1943, the M.F.B. Graduated from Vellore. Later, KC returned home. At the invitation of MCC Abdurrahman Moulavi, Principal of Vazhakkad Darul Uloom and Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulema, he became a teacher there. When the college was shifted to Tirurangadi, KC moved there. In the meantime, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Madras. From 1946 to 1949, he served as a lecturer at Kasargod Aliya (now Alia Arabic College).\nIn July 1947, he left the Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama and became an activist. \nHe became a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala in January 1948. In August of the same year, he was elected to the State Consultative Committee. He served as the Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala for 22 years from 1959–1972, 1979-1982 and 1984–1990.","raw_bio":"Abdullah Moulavi was an Islamic scholar and leader of Jamate Islami in Kerala. He was known as the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami and Muslim educationist. After the demise of Haji Sahib, Abdullah Moulavi was the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala for 22 years between 1959 and 1990. K.C. Abdulla Moulavi was born on 22 February 1920 in Kodiyathur in Kozhikode District. Kunnathuchalil Hussain Musliyar and Atiyya were the parents. After completing his native schooling till the fifth grade, he completed his preliminary studies in Pallidars and studied in the dars of Poonur and Peringadi and in the Vellore Baqiyathussalihat. In 1943, the M.F.B. Graduated from Vellore. Later, KC returned home. At the invitation of MCC Abdurrahman Moulavi, Principal of Vazhakkad Darul Uloom and Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulema, he became a teacher there. When the college was shifted to Tirurangadi, KC moved there. In the meantime, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Madras. From 1946 to 1949, he served as a lecturer at Kasargod Aliya (now Alia Arabic College). In July 1947, he left the Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama and became an activist.  He became a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala in January 1948. In August of the same year, he was elected to the State Consultative Committee. He served as the Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala for 22 years from 1959–1972, 1979-1982 and 1984–1990.","slug":"k-c-abdullah-moulavi","DOB":"1920-02-22","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/k-c-abdullah-moulavi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:09.988176","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16016,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Sreedevi Kakkad","bio":"\nSreedevi Kakkad is an Indian writer in Malayalam language.\nSreedevi Kakkad was born in Karalmanna, Palakkad in the Indian state of Kerala. Her parents were Keezhe Narippatta Sankara Narayanan Namboothiri and Neeli Antharjanam. She studied at Karalmanna and Cherpulasshery. Her intermediate study was in Victoria College, Palakkad.\nShe married N. N. Kakkad, a Malayalam writer on 26 April 1955. They resided in Kozhikode.","raw_bio":"Sreedevi Kakkad is an Indian writer in Malayalam language. Sreedevi Kakkad was born in Karalmanna, Palakkad in the Indian state of Kerala. Her parents were Keezhe Narippatta Sankara Narayanan Namboothiri and Neeli Antharjanam. She studied at Karalmanna and Cherpulasshery. Her intermediate study was in Victoria College, Palakkad. She married N. N. Kakkad, a Malayalam writer on 26 April 1955. They resided in Kozhikode.","slug":"sreedevi-kakkad","DOB":"1935-03-01","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/sreedevi-kakkad","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:10.014676","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16017,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Kakkanadan","bio":"\nGeorge Varghese Kakkanadan (23 April 1935 – 19 October 2011), commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature through the 1950s and 1960s. He is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism in Malayalam literature. He is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards in addition to numerous other awards and recognitions.\nBorn in Thiruvalla as the second son of evangelist George Kakkanadan and Rosamma, George Varghese Kakkanadan spent most of his childhood at Kollam and Kottarakkara. Though Kakkanadan's father was closely associated with the church, he was a political -left sympathiser. Their house in Kottarakkara was a refuge for prominent communist leaders of the past, who were forced to go hiding. After completing a degree in chemistry at SN College, Kollam, Kakkanadan started his career as a school teacher in Kerala. He quit the job to join the Southern Railway in Tamil Nadu in 1957. In 1961 he moved to the Ministry of Indian Railways in New Delhi where he worked until 1967. He went to Germany in 1967 on a scholarship to pursue research in literature but abandoned it midway and returned to Kerala to become a full-time writer. Kakkanadan also worked as an editorial member in S. K. Nair's Malayalanadu weekly published from Kollam, between 1971 and 1973.\nArtist Rajan Kakkanadan and writers Thampi Kakkanadan and G. Ignatius Kakkanadan are his brothers. Ignatius, his elder brother, was a journalist and was an editorial board member of Janayugom and Malayalam magazine Soviet Nadu. He was also a noted translator and had translated the works of B. R. Ambedkar and Amartya Sen under a Kerala Bhasha Institute Project. Kakkanadan's younger brother, Thampi,  was also a writer who authored several short stories and published a novel- Kalapathinte Orma. Kakkanadan also has two sisters: Ammini, wife of the former Member of Parliament P. A. Solomon, and Annie. Kakkanadan married Ammini in 1965. They have three children: Radha, Rajan and Rishi.","raw_bio":"George Varghese Kakkanadan (23 April 1935 – 19 October 2011), commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature through the 1950s and 1960s. He is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism in Malayalam literature. He is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards in addition to numerous other awards and recognitions. Born in Thiruvalla as the second son of evangelist George Kakkanadan and Rosamma, George Varghese Kakkanadan spent most of his childhood at Kollam and Kottarakkara. Though Kakkanadan's father was closely associated with the church, he was a political -left sympathiser. Their house in Kottarakkara was a refuge for prominent communist leaders of the past, who were forced to go hiding. After completing a degree in chemistry at SN College, Kollam, Kakkanadan started his career as a school teacher in Kerala. He quit the job to join the Southern Railway in Tamil Nadu in 1957. In 1961 he moved to the Ministry of Indian Railways in New Delhi where he worked until 1967. He went to Germany in 1967 on a scholarship to pursue research in literature but abandoned it midway and returned to Kerala to become a full-time writer. Kakkanadan also worked as an editorial member in S. K. Nair's Malayalanadu weekly published from Kollam, between 1971 and 1973. Artist Rajan Kakkanadan and writers Thampi Kakkanadan and G. Ignatius Kakkanadan are his brothers. Ignatius, his elder brother, was a journalist and was an editorial board member of Janayugom and Malayalam magazine Soviet Nadu. He was also a noted translator and had translated the works of B. R. Ambedkar and Amartya Sen under a Kerala Bhasha Institute Project. Kakkanadan's younger brother, Thampi,  was also a writer who authored several short stories and published a novel- Kalapathinte Orma. Kakkanadan also has two sisters: Ammini, wife of the former Member of Parliament P. A. Solomon, and Annie. Kakkanadan married Ammini in 1965. They have three children: Radha, Rajan and Rishi.","slug":"kakkanadan","DOB":"1935-04-23","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/kakkanadan","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:10.022764","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16018,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Shaikh Muhammad Karakunnu","bio":"\nShaikh Muhammad Karakunnu is an Indian author, Islamic Scholar and State Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Kerala chapter. He has authored more than Ninety books and has delivered numerous speeches on Islam, Muslim and Jamat-e-islami. He served as the Director of the Kerala-based Islamic Publishing House.\nShaik Mohammed Karakunnu was born to Mohammed Haji and Fatima on 15 July 1950 at Karakkunnu, a village near Manjeri in Malappuram district, in Kerala. He completed his education from Farooq Raudathul Uloom Arabic College, Kozhikode. After competing his studies from Roudhathul Uloom Arabic College, Feroke, Calicut he worked as a teacher for 10 years first at VHM High School Morayur and then at Islahiya Oriental High school Edavanna. He worked as a teacher in various government High schools. He served 25 years as the director of Islamic publishing house from 1982. Following which he took charge as the assistant ameer of Kerala JIH from 2007 to the present. He resumed his duties as director of Islamic publishing house from 2015 and continues to do so. He is also Prabhodanam chief editor from 2015. Later he took voluntary retirement and fully concentrated in writing and speeches for Islamic Dawah and propagation. He was executive member of Jamat-e-islami Hind and its Kerala chapter. He is married to Amina ummu aimen. Aneez Mohammed, Dr. Aleef Mohammed, Dr. Basima, Ayman Mohammed are their children.\nHe is the author of 80 books of which 14 are translations. He received awards for 5 books. Some of his books have been translated to English Tamil Kannada and Gujarati.","raw_bio":"Shaikh Muhammad Karakunnu is an Indian author, Islamic Scholar and State Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Kerala chapter. He has authored more than Ninety books and has delivered numerous speeches on Islam, Muslim and Jamat-e-islami. He served as the Director of the Kerala-based Islamic Publishing House. Shaik Mohammed Karakunnu was born to Mohammed Haji and Fatima on 15 July 1950 at Karakkunnu, a village near Manjeri in Malappuram district, in Kerala. He completed his education from Farooq Raudathul Uloom Arabic College, Kozhikode. After competing his studies from Roudhathul Uloom Arabic College, Feroke, Calicut he worked as a teacher for 10 years first at VHM High School Morayur and then at Islahiya Oriental High school Edavanna. He worked as a teacher in various government High schools. He served 25 years as the director of Islamic publishing house from 1982. Following which he took charge as the assistant ameer of Kerala JIH from 2007 to the present. He resumed his duties as director of Islamic publishing house from 2015 and continues to do so. He is also Prabhodanam chief editor from 2015. Later he took voluntary retirement and fully concentrated in writing and speeches for Islamic Dawah and propagation. He was executive member of Jamat-e-islami Hind and its Kerala chapter. He is married to Amina ummu aimen. Aneez Mohammed, Dr. Aleef Mohammed, Dr. Basima, Ayman Mohammed are their children. He is the author of 80 books of which 14 are translations. He received awards for 5 books. Some of his books have been translated to English Tamil Kannada and Gujarati.","slug":"shaikh-muhammad-karakunnu","DOB":"1950-07-15","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/shaikh-muhammad-karakunnu","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:10.030579","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16019,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"M. N. Karassery","bio":"\nMohiyuddin Nadukkandiyil Karassery, commonly known as M. N. Karassery, is an Indian writer and critic of Malayalam language. He is known for his writing and lectures on politics, literature, art and culture, and is a recipient of K.M. Seethi Sahib Memorial Human Fraternity Award and holds the distinguished chair in Malayalam studies at University of Calicut.\nKarassery is also the name of the village in which he was born. It is a panchayath situated in the eastern region of Kozhikode (Calicut) District in Kerala. Mr. Karassery was born on 2 July 1951 to N. C. Mohammad Haji and K. C. Ayishakkutty.\nFor his early education, Karassery attended the Karassery U.P. School, Hidayathussibiyan Madrasa and Dars of Karassery Juma Masjid. He then enrolled in the Chennamangallur High School, Guruvayurappan College, Calicut. After graduation in 1972, he joined the Department of Malayalam, at the University of Calicut. Here he earned a B.A. in Sociology and Malayalam in 1974. Ten years later, he returned for a M.Phil. in Malayalam. And in 1993, he earned a PhD in Malayalam from the same department under the guidance of Prof. Sukumar Azhicode.","raw_bio":"Mohiyuddin Nadukkandiyil Karassery, commonly known as M. N. Karassery, is an Indian writer and critic of Malayalam language. He is known for his writing and lectures on politics, literature, art and culture, and is a recipient of K.M. Seethi Sahib Memorial Human Fraternity Award and holds the distinguished chair in Malayalam studies at University of Calicut. Karassery is also the name of the village in which he was born. It is a panchayath situated in the eastern region of Kozhikode (Calicut) District in Kerala. Mr. Karassery was born on 2 July 1951 to N. C. Mohammad Haji and K. C. Ayishakkutty. For his early education, Karassery attended the Karassery U.P. School, Hidayathussibiyan Madrasa and Dars of Karassery Juma Masjid. He then enrolled in the Chennamangallur High School, Guruvayurappan College, Calicut. After graduation in 1972, he joined the Department of Malayalam, at the University of Calicut. Here he earned a B.A. in Sociology and Malayalam in 1974. Ten years later, he returned for a M.Phil. in Malayalam. And in 1993, he earned a PhD in Malayalam from the same department under the guidance of Prof. Sukumar Azhicode.","slug":"m-n-karassery","DOB":"1951-07-02","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/m-n-karassery","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:10.038207","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16020,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Pattathuvila Karunakaran","bio":"\nPattathuvila Karunakaran (1925–1988) was an Indian film producer and short story writer of Malayalam literature. He was best known for his book, Vimarsham and for his association with the film, Uttarayanam, the directorial debut of noted filmmaker, G. Aravindan, as the film's producer and story writer. Kerala Sahitya Akademi awarded him their annual award for story in 1972.\nKarunakaran was born on 7 July 1925 in Pattathuvila family in Quilon district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Kochukunju and  Kochukunjali. After schooling at Craven School, Quilon and subsequent graduation from Presidency College Madras, he joined the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram but did not complete the course. He started his career as a journalist with Kerala Kaumudi, but soon quit the job to pursue studies in business administration at Syracuse University in the US from where he earned a master's degree in business administration. On his return to Kerala, he joined the Calicut branch  of Pierse Leslie India Ltd. as a manager and settled down in Kozhikode, where he spent the rest of his life as a part of the celebrated Kozhikode Cultural Circle, which included such noted writers and artists like Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, M.T.Vasudevan Nair, Thikkodiyan, V. K. N., G. Aravindan, N. P. Mohammed and M. V. Devan.\nKarunakaran was married to Saraswathi, fondly called Sara, the marriage taking place in 1955 and the couple had two daughters, Anitha and Anuradha. He died on 6 May 1987, at the age of 61.","raw_bio":"Pattathuvila Karunakaran (1925–1988) was an Indian film producer and short story writer of Malayalam literature. He was best known for his book, Vimarsham and for his association with the film, Uttarayanam, the directorial debut of noted filmmaker, G. Aravindan, as the film's producer and story writer. Kerala Sahitya Akademi awarded him their annual award for story in 1972. Karunakaran was born on 7 July 1925 in Pattathuvila family in Quilon district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Kochukunju and  Kochukunjali. After schooling at Craven School, Quilon and subsequent graduation from Presidency College Madras, he joined the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram but did not complete the course. He started his career as a journalist with Kerala Kaumudi, but soon quit the job to pursue studies in business administration at Syracuse University in the US from where he earned a master's degree in business administration. On his return to Kerala, he joined the Calicut branch  of Pierse Leslie India Ltd. as a manager and settled down in Kozhikode, where he spent the rest of his life as a part of the celebrated Kozhikode Cultural Circle, which included such noted writers and artists like Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, M.T.Vasudevan Nair, Thikkodiyan, V. K. N., G. Aravindan, N. P. Mohammed and M. V. Devan. Karunakaran was married to Saraswathi, fondly called Sara, the marriage taking place in 1955 and the couple had two daughters, Anitha and Anuradha. He died on 6 May 1987, at the age of 61.","slug":"pattathuvila-karunakaran","DOB":"1925-07-07","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/pattathuvila-karunakaran","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:10.046812","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":18},{"id":16024,"image":"https://kavishala.blob.core.windows.net/kavishalalabs/kavishala_logo.png","name":"P. Kesavadev","bio":"\nP. Kesava Pillai (20 July 1904 – 1 July 1983), better known by his pen-name P. Kesavadev, was a novelist and social reformer of Kerala, India. He is remembered for his speeches, autobiographies, novels, dramas, short stories, and films. Odayil Ninnu, Nadhi, Bhrandalayam, Ayalkar (Central Academi Award-winning novel), Ethirppu (autobiography) and Oru Sundariyude Athmakadha are some among his 128 literary works. Kesavadev along with Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer are considered the exponents of progressive Malayalam Literature.\nKesavadev, born Kesava Pillai, on July 21, 1904, at Kedamangalam, a small hamlet near North Paravur, then British Raj, to Appu Pillai-Karthyayani Amma couple. He had formal education only up to High School levels when he had to abandon it due to financial constraints and take up part-time jobs such as a collection agent, tuition teacher and cloth merchant. It was during this time, he was influenced by the thoughts of Sahodaran Ayyappan and participated in the Mishra Bhojanam, a grand feast organized by Ayyappan where around 200 people including people of the lower castes sat together to eat. Subsequently, he joined Arya Samaj and adopted the name Kesavadev to get rid of his last name \"Pillai\" which denoted his caste. He later aligned himself with the Indian National Congress and with the Communist Party of India. He was involved with several publications, starting with Swadeshabhimani as an interim editor when A. K. Pillai, the then editor traveled to the UK. Malayala Rajyam, Bhaje Bharatham, Prathidinam and Thozhilali were some of the other publications he was involved with; the last one when he was an active communist. He also wrote propaganda literature for the communist movement and served as the president of the Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham (Sahitya Pravarthaka Cooperative Society) and Kerala Sahitya Akademi.\nKesavadev published his autobiography, Ethirppu, in 1959, which reflected his communist ideals. He was a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. In 1964, Sahitya Akademi selected his work, Ayalkkar for their annual award for Novel. He was also a recipient of the Soviet Land Nehru Award.","raw_bio":"P. Kesava Pillai (20 July 1904 – 1 July 1983), better known by his pen-name P. Kesavadev, was a novelist and social reformer of Kerala, India. He is remembered for his speeches, autobiographies, novels, dramas, short stories, and films. Odayil Ninnu, Nadhi, Bhrandalayam, Ayalkar (Central Academi Award-winning novel), Ethirppu (autobiography) and Oru Sundariyude Athmakadha are some among his 128 literary works. Kesavadev along with Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer are considered the exponents of progressive Malayalam Literature. Kesavadev, born Kesava Pillai, on July 21, 1904, at Kedamangalam, a small hamlet near North Paravur, then British Raj, to Appu Pillai-Karthyayani Amma couple. He had formal education only up to High School levels when he had to abandon it due to financial constraints and take up part-time jobs such as a collection agent, tuition teacher and cloth merchant. It was during this time, he was influenced by the thoughts of Sahodaran Ayyappan and participated in the Mishra Bhojanam, a grand feast organized by Ayyappan where around 200 people including people of the lower castes sat together to eat. Subsequently, he joined Arya Samaj and adopted the name Kesavadev to get rid of his last name \"Pillai\" which denoted his caste. He later aligned himself with the Indian National Congress and with the Communist Party of India. He was involved with several publications, starting with Swadeshabhimani as an interim editor when A. K. Pillai, the then editor traveled to the UK. Malayala Rajyam, Bhaje Bharatham, Prathidinam and Thozhilali were some of the other publications he was involved with; the last one when he was an active communist. He also wrote propaganda literature for the communist movement and served as the president of the Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham (Sahitya Pravarthaka Cooperative Society) and Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Kesavadev published his autobiography, Ethirppu, in 1959, which reflected his communist ideals. He was a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. In 1964, Sahitya Akademi selected his work, Ayalkkar for their annual award for Novel. He was also a recipient of the Soviet Land Nehru Award.","slug":"p-kesavadev","DOB":"1904-07-20","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Unknown","url":"/sootradhar/p-kesavadev","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:19:10.081774","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"}