| Sippy Pallipuram | |
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| Sippy Pallippuram | |
| Born | 18 May 1943 Pallippuram, Ernakulam, Kerala, India | 
| Occupation | Writer | 
| Nationality | Indian | 
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Sippy Pallippuram is an Indian writer of children's literature in Malayalam who has won several awards including Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award [1] and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
His novel about the memories of Kunjunni Mash Oridathoru Kunjunni won the national award for children's literature by Kendra Sahitya Akademi. [2] His book Unnikalkku Noottiyettu Gurudeva Kathakal received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature in 2013. [3] A teacher by profession, he has over 80 (as of 2008) [4] poetries and stories to his credit in the children's category of Malayalam literature. Sippy has been into children's literature for more than four decades. [2]
He is a native of Pallippuram, Vypeen, Ernakulam, Kerala, and was born on 18 May 1943 in a Latin Catholics of Malabar family and belongs to the Diocese of Kottapuram. [5]
List of awards Sippy has received over the years
| Year | Book | Award | 
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Unnikalkku Noottiyettu Gurudeva Kathakal | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award | 
| 2010 | Oridathoru Kunjunni | Kendra Sahitya Akademi | 
| 1988 | Thathakalude Gramam | Kairalee Children's Book Trust Award | 
| Appuppan Thadiyude Swarga Yathra | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Endowment | |
| Pooram | Bheema Children's Literature Award | |
| Thathakalude Gramam | Thrissur Sahrudaya Vedi Award |