S. Sukumaran Potti, commonly known as Sukumar, is a popular

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, 1930-196 ...

and

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from

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in southern

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. He completed his education from

University College, Thiruvananthapuram University College, Thiruvananthapuram (UCT) is a constituent college of the University of Kerala, based primarily in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. The college was awarded 23rd rank by National Institutional Ran ...

and joined the Kerala Police Department. He started his literary life as a cartoonist in ''

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 ...

'' and later became a full-fledged writer and satirist. Along with

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 t ...

, 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.

in the year 1996 for the work ''Vayil Vannathu Kothakku Pattu''.

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Interview with Sukumar - Part 1Interview with Sukumar - Part 2Interview with Sukumar - Part 3
{{Authority control Living people Indian satirists Indian editorial cartoonists Indian police officers Malayalam-language writers Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award University of Kerala alumni Year of birth missing (living people)