V. R. Sudheesh

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V. R. Sudhessh
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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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