Sivaraman Cheriyanad

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Sivaraman Cheriyanad
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Native name
ശിവരാമന്‍ ചെറിയനാട്
Born(1941-12-13)13 December 1941
Cheriyanad, Chengannur, Travancore
Died12 September 2019(2019-09-12) (aged 77)
Kollakadavu, Cheriyanad
Language Malayalam
GenreShort story, novel, children's literature, scholarly literature

Sivaraman Cheriyanad was a Malayalam-language writer from Kerala, India. He wrote short stories, novels and children's literature, besides contributing to scholarly literature including studies on the works of Parappurath and Malayattoor Ramakrishnan. He received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award and A. P. Kalakkad Award. He was also a school teacher and a recipient of the National Teachers Award.

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Life

Sivaraman was born on 13 December 1941 in Cheriyanad near Chengannur in the present-day Alleppey district of Kerala. [1] He started his career as an upper primary school teacher. He was a teacher in Tamil Nadu, Malabar and Alleppey, and retired from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Mavelikkara. [2] He received the National Teachers Award in 1989. [1] The same year, he received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for the year 1988 for his short story collection Peruchazhikalude Maalam. [3] He received a scholarship from the Kerala Sahitya Akademi in 1990-91 for the study of the works of the writer Parappurath. [4] He received the A. P. Kalakkad Award in 2009. [5] He was the president of Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society for nine years. [6] He also served as the vice president of A. R. Raja Raja Varma Memorial Committee, office-bearer of Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham, [7] and an executive member of the publication wing of Kerala Sahitya Akademi. [1] He died on 12 September 2019 at a private hospital in Kollakadavu near Cheriyanad. [1] [5] [2] His wife Sarasamma had predeceased him. [1]

The Sivaraman Cheriyanad Award, instituted in his memory in 2023, is given annually to the best short story collection in Malayalam. The inaugural award was received by T. P. Venugopalan for his work Thunnalkkaran. [8]

Works

Short story collections

YearTitlePublisher
Peruchazhikalude Maalam
2000Puthiya Padangal Trivandrum: Chintha
1997Oru Pavam Kazhutha Trichur: Current Books
1996Ingane Oro Vidditham Trichur: Current Books
1992Asidhara Alleppey: Janajagruti
1988Valiyavarude Maranam Valiya Maranam Kottayam: N.B.S.
1980Neethipeedathile Kurudan Kottayam: N.B.S.
1977Vietnam Kathakal Kottayam: Vidyarthi Mithram
1977Kattinte Niram Trivandrum: Kerala Grandhasala Sangham
2006Kallan Vasullayude Shashtipoorthi Smaranika: Oru Mukhakurippu Trivandrum: Chintha
1978Udaya Geetham Calicut: Deshabhimani
Bhranthillatha Bhranthan
Daivathinte Kala
Thiranjedutha Kathakal

Novels

YearTitlePublisher
1983Adheham Kottayam: N.B.S.
1981Koda Calicut: Deshabhimani
1979Tholu Calicut: Deshabhimani
2005Bhagavathitheruvile Kattu Calicut: Haritham Books

Children's literature

YearTitlePublisher
1978Cheppukudathile Chenkadal Kottayam: Vidyarthi Mithram
1984Koodu Veedu Trivandrum: Bala Sahitya Institute
1999Sundarapuri Trivandrum: Bala Sahitya Institute
1985Thenvarikka Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
1999Neyyappam Kottayam: N.B.S.
1981Anubombinte Pithavu Trivandrum: Chintha
Munibalan
1980Ammayude Kannuneer Trivandrum: KANFED

Scholarly literature

YearTitlePublisher
1995 Parappurath: Onakattukarayude Kathakaran Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Malayattoor: Jeevithavum Krithikalum

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sivaraman Cheriyanad passes away". The Hindu . 12 September 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "ശിവരാമൻ ചെറിയനാട് അന്തരിച്ചു". Kerala Kaumudi (in Malayalam). 12 September 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Malayalam Literary Survey. Vol. 11. Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 1989. p. 73. This year's Abu Dhabi Sakti awards were given away to Alintara G. Krishna Pillai for his book 'Anachilandikal' (children's literature), M. Kuttikrishnan for 'Vailoppilli Kavithakal' (a critical study), Sivaraman Cheriyanad for 'Peruchazhikalute Malam' (short stories), Unnikrishnan Kanhirathanam for 'Agnipanchakam', K. P. Mohammed for 'Ottakangalkkoru Geetham' and Abraham for 'Villi' all poetry
  4. ↑ Kallara Ajayan (4 February 2022). "തിരിച്ചറിയപ്പെടേണ്ട പ്രതിഭ". Kesari Weekly (in Malayalam). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 "ശിവരാമന്‍ ചെറിയനാട് അന്തരിച്ചു". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). 12 September 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "SPCS to institute award for writers". The Hindu . 11 July 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  7. ↑ S. Akhilesh (1 May 2022). "മാതൃഭൂമിയുടെ ശുദ്ധമലയാളം ചൂണ്ടിക്കാട്ടി ശിവരാമൻ ചെറിയനാട്". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "പ്രഥമ ശിവരാമന്‍ ചെറിയനാട് പുരസ്‌കാരം ടി പി വേണുഗോപാലന്‌" (in Malayalam). DC Books. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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