MALAYALAM WRITER Vaikom chandrasekaran nair

Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair ( ml, വൈക്കം ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ നായർ; 1920 – 12 April 2005), popularly known as Vaikom ( ml, വൈക്കം), was an Indian writer and journalist who wrote primarily in

Malayalam 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 des ...

. He was born in

Vaikom Vaikom, , is a municipal town and a capital town of Vaikom Taluk, situated in the northwest of Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. The town is also noted for its role in the Indian independence movement for being the venue of Vaikom ...

, a village in

Kottayam district Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the ...

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Career

He started writing early in his life and became an activist of the

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during his college days. Though by career he was a journalist, Vaikkom was a multi-faceted person – a poet, playwright, novelist, actor, orator, singer, artist, and activist. He has been the editor of various magazines such as

Janayugam ''Janayugom'' is a Malayalam daily newspaper published in Kerala, India. It is the official organ of the Kerala State Council of the Communist Party of India. It is the first newspaper in India using free software. Originally started in 1947 a ...

Malayala Manorama ''Malayala Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew; it was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1888, and currently has ...

, Kerala Bhooshanam, Kaumudi, Pouraprabha, Kunkumam, Chithrakarthika, Kumari, and Keralam. Some of his famous novels like ''Nakhangal'', ''Panchavankadu'' and ''Madhavikkutty'' have been turned into movies. The play Jathugriham was given the

Kerala Sahithya Academy The Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam literature is an autonomous body established to promote the Malayalam language and literature. It is situated in City of Thrissur, Kerala in India. History The academy was inaugurated on 15 ...

award in 1980. He was chairman of

Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy is located in Thrissur city, of Kerala, in India. It was established on 26 April 1958, inaugurated by then Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The academy started a cultural centre at the Bahrain Keral ...

from 1978 to '81. In 1999 he was given the

Award for lifetime contribution. Vaikkom has written more than 60 booksSahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur

Major works

*''Kuttavum Shikshayum'' *''Alohari'' *''Thanneerpanthal'' *''Mississ Mayavathy'' *''Nakhangal'' *''Panchavankadu'' *''Madhavikkutty'' *''Smrithikavyam'' *''Ashramam'' *''Mamanka rathri'' *''Jathugriham'' (Play) *''Anubhavangale Nandi'' (Autobiography) *''Gothradaham'' (Novel) *''Kayeente Vamsham'' *''Swathi Thirunal''

References

Indian communists Malayali people People from Vaikom Malayalam-language writers 1920 births Year of death missing Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Malayalam-language dramatists and playwrights Indian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Indian Communist writers Indian autobiographers 20th-century Indian biographers Dramatists and playwrights from Kerala Novelists from Kerala {{India-writer-stub