Sippy Pallippuram is an Indian writer of children's literature in

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who has won several awards including

Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

and

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.

. His novel about the memories of

Kunjunni Mash Kunjunni (10 May 1927 - 26 March 2006), popularly known as Kunjunni Mash (''Mash'' is the Malayalam equivalent of teacher), was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature. Known for his short poems with a philosophical overtone, his works were popu ...

''Oridathoru Kunjunni'' won the national award for children's literature by Kendra Sahitya Akademi. His book ''Unnikalkku Noottiyettu Gurudeva Kathakal'' received the

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature (also known as Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for Children’s Literature) is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writin ...

in 2013. A teacher by profession, he has over 80 (as of 2008) poetries and stories to his credit in the children's category of

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. Sippy has been into children's literature for more than four decades. He is a native of Pallippuram,

Vypeen Vypin (Malayalam: വൈപ്പിന്‍, Cochin Portuguese: Isla Santa) is one of the group of islands that form part of the city of Kochi (Cochin), in the Indian state of Kerala. Vypin forms a barrier island which lies between the Ar ...

, Ernakulam,

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, and was born on 18 May 1943 in a Keralan Latin Catholic family and belongs to the Diocese of Kottapuram. List of awards Sippy has received over the years

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1943 births Indian male novelists Malayalam novelists Malayalam-language writers Living people Indian children's writers Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 20th-century Indian novelists Writers from Kochi 21st-century Indian novelists Novelists from Kerala 20th-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian male writers {{India-writer-stub