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Sukumar (writer) in the year 1996 for the work ''Vayil Vannathu Kothakku Pattu''.
S. Sukumaran Potti, commonly known as Sukumar, is a popular satirist and cartoonist from Kerala state in southern India. He completed his education from University College, Thiruvananthapuram and joined the Kerala Police Department. He started his literary life as a cartoonist in ''Kerala Kaumudi'' and later became a full-fledged writer and satirist. Along with Veloor Krishnankutty, Sukumar was one of the most popular humour writers of his time. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1958, by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit. The awards are given in various categories. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukumaran Potty
Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. He was considered one of the superstar trios of Malayalam cinema during the late 1970s and early 1980s along with Soman and Jayan. Later, he became known for his character roles and antagonistic roles during the 1980s and 1990s, notably the villain in ''CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed.''(1994) and ''Onnaam Muhurtham''(1991), playing character roles in films like ''Souhrudam''(1990). In 1978, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in M. T. Vasudevan Nair's ''Bandhanam''. As a producer, he produced such films as ''Irakal'' and ''Padayani''. On 16 June 1997, Sukumaran suffered a massive heart attack and died. He was 49 at the time of his death. Early life Sukumaran was born at Edappal, Ponnani taluk, Malaba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala Sahitya Akademi
The Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam literature is an autonomous body established to promote the Malayalam language and Malayalam literature, literature. It is situated in City of Thrissur, Kerala in India. History The academy was inaugurated on 15 October 1956, by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the former king of Travancore, in Thiruvananthapuram. It was shifted to its present location at City of Thrissur in September, 1957. Though the Kerala Government provides the funding and support for the academy, the administration of the academy is autonomous according to its constitution. The academy recognises superior literary works through its annual literary awards for Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry, Poetry, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel, Novel, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story, Story, Drama, Literary criticism, Biography – autobiography, Travelogue, Humour, Translation, Children's literature etc.. the academy is headed by Malayalam sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayalam-language Writers
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala, and Puducherry ( Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep, and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to large populations of Malayali expatriates there. There are significant population in each cities in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc. The origin of Malayalam remains a matter o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award is given each year, since 1958, by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy), to Malayalam writers for their outstanding books of literary merit. The awards are given in various categories. . . Retrieved 9 June 2013. The is also awarded to induct Malayalam writers as distinguished members of the Akademi. Awards * |
Satirist
This is an incomplete list of writers, cartoonists and others known for involvement in satire – humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires. Under Contemporary, 1930-1960 P.J. O'Rourke Joe Queenan Early satirical authors *Aesop (c. 620–560 BCE, Ancient Greece) – ''Aesop's Fables'' *Diogenes (c. 412–323 BCE, Ancient Greece) *Aristophanes (c. 448–380 BCE, Ancient Greece) – ''The Frogs'', '' The Birds'', and '' The Clouds'' *Gaius Lucilius (c. 180–103 BCE, Roman Republic) *Horace (65–8 BCE, Roman Republic) – ''Satires'' *Ovid (43 BCE – 17 CE, Roman Republic/Roman Empire) – '' The Art of Love'' *Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Hispania/Rome) – ''Apocolocyntosis'' *Persius (34–62 CE, Roman Empire) *Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Roman Empire) – ''Satyricon'' *Juvenal (1st to early 2nd cc. CE, Roman Empire) – ''Satires'' *Lucian (c. 120–180 CE, Roman Empire) *Apuleius (c. 123– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veloor Krishnankutty
N. K. Krishnankutty, popularly known as Veloor Krishnankutty ( ml, വേളൂർ കൃഷ്ണൻകുട്ടി, 19 September 1927 – 22 August 2003), was an Indian satirist of Malayalam literature. Kerala Sahitya Akademy awarded him their Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works, annual award for miscellaneous works in 1974. Biography Veloor Krishnankutty was born on September 19, 1927 in Velur in the present day Kottayam district, then in Travancore to N. N. Kunjunni and Parvathi Amma. His education was at M. D. Seminary, Kottayam and CMS College Kottayam. His career started as a journalist in ''Deepika (newspaper), Deepika'' where he used to write a column under the pen name ''Pathraparayanan'', and became the editor of the ''Deepika'' weekly. Later, he sat in the editorial board of ''Keraladhwani'' for eight years. He was also a member of the senate of the University of Cochin and the advisory boards of the All India Radio and the Institute of Childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala Kaumudi
''Kerala Kaumudi'' is a Malayalam language daily newspaper published from Kerala, India. It was founded in 1911 by C. V. Kunhiraman as a periodical. His son K. Sukumaran later served as the newspaper's editor. Kerala Kaumudi Daily is among the largest circulated newspapers in Malayalam with 9 editions in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Kannur besides being circulated in the United Arab Emirates. In the course of over a century, Kerala Kaumudi has diversified and expanded into a multitude of media platforms. In addition to the daily, ''Kerala Kaumudi'' comprises a midday named Kerala ''Kaumudi Flash'', the ''Kerala Kaumudi Weekly'', the children's magazine ''Magic Slate'', the glossy film magazine ''Flash Movies'', an online edition of the newspaper and the television channel ''Kaumudy TV''. ''Kerala Kaumudi Weekly'', formerly edited by K. Balakrishnan, remained as a popular literary journal in Kerala for a long pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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