V. R. Sudheesh

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V. R. Sudhessh
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Born
Vadakara, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Farook College
Occupation(s)Writer, screenwriter, translator, academic
Awards

V. R. Sudheesh is an Indian writer, screenwriter, translator and academic, who writes in Malayalam. He is a two-time recipient of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award.

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Life

Sudheesh was born in Vadakara near Kozhikode in the south Indian state of Kerala. [1] He did his pre degree from farook college and graduated in history from Madappally Government College and earned an MA in Malayalam literature from Government Brennen College, Tellicherry. [2] He has completed M.Phil from Madras University. Subsequently, He became a teacher in colleges under SN Trust. [1] and retired from service as the principal of Sree Narayana Guru College, Chelannoor in 2018. [3] The writer was booked for insulting and threatening a Kozhikode-based woman publisher in June 2022.

Literary career

Sudheesh started writing at a very young age and his early works were published in the children's column of Mathrubhumi Weekly and later in Chandrika Weekly and Deshabhimani Weekly. [4]

Awards

Sudheesh received the Kerala State Television Award for screenplay in 2005. [3] His short story anthology, Bhavana Bhedanam fetched him the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 2014. [5] Three years later, he received the 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature for his work, Kurukkan Mashinte School [6] and in 2020, he was awarded the Thoppil Ravi Award for the work, Kadukkachi Manga. [7] He is also a recipient of C. V. Sreeraman Award, T. V. Kochubawa Award and Bheema Bala Sahitya Award. [3] In 2020, he received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award in story category for his work Kadukkachi Manga. [8]

List of works

Fiction

  • Sudheesh, V. R. Priyappetta Kathakal (in Malayalam). DC Books.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2020). Kadukkachi Maanga. Mathrubhumi Books. p. 100. ISBN   9789390234691.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2019). Ente Pranaya Kathakal. Mathrubhumi Books. p. 164. ISBN   9788182679702.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2018). Sreekrishnan. Mathrubhumi Books. p. 100. ISBN   9788182675124.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2018). Ente Gramakathakal. Olive Publications. p. 184. ISBN   9789387334144.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2018). Maya. DC Books. p. 72. ISBN   9789352821723.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2017). Ksheerapatham. Logos Books. p. 118. ISBN   9789386744012.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2017). Vakkukal Sangeethamakunna Kalam Varunnundu. Sapiens Literature. p. 200. ISBN   9788193421307.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2017). Oru Valarthu Poochayude Jeevithakatha. Olive Publications. p. 86. ISBN   9789385288999.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Puli. DC Books. p. 100.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Priyappetta Kathakal. DC Books. p. 120.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2015). Swathanthriathinu Vayassakunnu. Chintha Publications. p. 140. ISBN   9789385018947.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Kathakal - V R Sudheesh I. National Book Stall. p. 350. ISBN   9788182664906.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Kathakal - V R Sudheesh II. National Book Stall. p. 400.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2014). Cheriya Cheriya Kathakal. Olive Publications. p. 130. ISBN   9789383756384.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2011). Bhavanabhedanam. Mathrubhumi Books. p. 100.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2013). Vamsanantharathalamura. Mathrubhumi Books. p. 96. ISBN   9788182656437.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2019). Pranayapadangal. DC Books. p. 216. ISBN   978-9352826285.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2013). Madhyashala. Olive Publications. p. 178. ISBN   978-9382934479.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2014). Daivathinte Oru Poovu. Progress Publishers. ISBN   978-8192812694.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2014). Ente Priya Novelettukal. Olive Publications. p. 170. ISBN   978-9383756407.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. "Thiranjedutha Kathakal". www.indulekha.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Kroora Phalithakkaran Daivam.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Cholamarappathakal.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Vimathalaingikam.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Oru Ezhuthukari Ariyunnu.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Rajavinte Meenukal.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Thiyyakuttikal Innum Vicharikkunnu.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Sankadamaram.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Katha Parayum Katha Maman.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Marakkoottangalkkidayile Nananja Mannu.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Sudheeshinte Kathakal.

Children's literature

Non-fiction

  • Sudheesh, V. R. Ottakkadhapadanangal (in Malayalam). DC Books.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Aathmaganam (Memoirs) (in Malayalam). DC Books.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Alliyambalkkadavu (in Malayalam). DC Books.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2010). Anubhavam Orma Yathra. Olive Books.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (1997). Novel Velichangal. Poorna Publications.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2017). Enne Nee Eppozhum Kanunna Pole. Olive Publications. p. 240. ISBN   9780000102041.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2010). Ezhuthiya Kalam. Mathrubhumi Books. p. 96. ISBN   9788182648418.
  • Sudheesh, V. R., ed. (2016). Malayalathinte Pranayakathakal. DC Books. ASIN   B01MY6UXVW.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2014). Kathantharam. National Book Stall. p. 198. ISBN   978-0000196323.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2012). Sambhashanangal - M T and V R Sudheesh. Olive Publications. ISBN   978-9382934288.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2017). Oru Valarthu Poochayute Jeevitha Katha. Olive Publications. ASIN   B07GPRTGC4.
  • Sudheesh, V. R., ed. (2014). Malayalathinte Pranayakavithakal. DC Books. p. 207.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (2011). Pranayachandrakantham. Olive Publications. ISBN   978-9381788004.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. Samudra Vipanchika.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (ed.). Pranayapusthakom.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (ed.). Sambhashanam.
  • Sudheesh, V. R. (ed.). Kathakal: Pranayathinte, Maranathinteyum.

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