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{{Infobox writer 
| name = C. Radhakrishnan
| image =Cradhakrishnan1.jpg

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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|2|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chamravattam]], [[Tirur]], [[Malabar District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
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| occupation = Author, researcher, film director
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| website = {{URL|http://c-radhakrishnan.info}}
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'''C. Radhakrishnan''' (born 15 February 1939) is a [[writer]] and [[film director]] in [[Malayalam language]] from [[Kerala]], [[India]].

==Life==

Chakkupurayil Radhakrishnan was born on 15 February 1939 in Chamravattom (a village in [[Tirur]]) in [[Malapuram District]], which was then a part of the [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]]), to Parappur Madathil Madhavan Nair and Chakkupurayi Janaki Amma.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Home Page of C. Radhakrishnan|url=https://c-radhakrishnan.info/|access-date=2021-03-03|website=c-radhakrishnan.info}}</ref> He heard from his grandparents that Ezhuthachan was an ancestor in his lineage, and this and other details of the information imparted to him formed the basis for creation of one of his works: the biography of Tunjathu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan titled ''Theekkadal Kadanhu Thirumadhuram''.<ref name="c-radhakrishnan">{{cite web|url=http://c-radhakrishnan.info/theekadal.html|publisher=c-radhakrishnan.info|title=Theekkadal Kadanhu Thirumadhuram|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref>

Radhakrishnan wrote his first novel Nizhalppadukal at the age of 21 in 1959 while pursuing his post graduate degree. The book was initially published serially in a magazine and later published by Current Books in 1962. The book became a runaway hit and was the winner of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi|Kerala Literary Academy]] in 1962.<ref name="Nizhalppadukal">{{cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/nizhal-padukal-book-review.html|title="Nizhalppadukal"|access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

In July 2014, Radhakrishnan was awarded the [[Moortidevi Award]] for the year 2013 for his novel ''Theekkadal Kadanhu Thirumadhuram''.<ref name="jnanpith">{{cite web|url=http://www.jnanpith.net/page/moortidevi-laureates|publisher=jnanpith.net|title=Bharatiya Jnanpith|access-date=29 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219215302/http://www.jnanpith.net/page/moortidevi-laureates|archive-date=19 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/moortidevi-award-for-c-radhakrishnan/article6113763.ece|publisher=thehindu.com|title=Moortidevi Award for C. Radhakrishnan - KERALA - The Hindu|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 June 2014|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="deccanchronicle">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140613/nation-current-affairs/article/scientist-turned-writer-c-radhakrishnan-awarded-his-novel|publisher=deccanchronicle.com|title=Scientist-turned-writer C Radhakrishnan awarded for his novel 'Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram'|date=14 June 2014|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref> He was conferred the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]] for the year 2016.<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/Ezhuthachan-award-for-C.-Radhakrishnan/article16087371.ece|publisher=thehindu.com|title=Ezhuthachan award for C. Radhakrishnan - The Hindu|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 November 2016|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="mathrubhumi">{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/ezhuthachan-puraskaram-for-c-radhakrishnan-malayalam-news-1.1470158|publisher=mathrubhumi.com|title=Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for C. Radhakrishnan - സി.രാധാകൃഷ്ണന് എഴുത്തച്ഛന് പുരസ്‌കാരം - News - Books|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Ezhuthachan-award-for-C-Radhakrishnan/articleshow/55195938.cms|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|title=Ezhuthachan award for C Radhakrishnan - Times of India|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref> Other literary recognitions include the Mathrubhumi Literary Award in 2015,<ref name="thehindubusinessline">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/c-radhakrishnan-selected-for-mathrubhumi-literary-award/article9224644.ece|publisher=thehindubusinessline.com|title=C Radhakrishnan selected for Mathrubhumi Literary award | Business Line|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref> K.P.Kesava Menon memorial award in 2016,<ref name="newindianexpress">{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2016/oct/27/k-p-kesava-menon-memorial-award-for-c-radhakrishnan-1532223.html|publisher=newindianexpress.com|title=K P Kesava Menon memorial award for C Radhakrishnan- The New Indian Express|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref> the Madhava Mudra, Nalappadan Award and Thrikkavu Devi Puraskaram.<ref name=":0" />

Radhakrishnan was editor of the Malayalam magazine ''Piravi'' published by the School of Bhagavad Gita. He was the former chief editor of [[Madhyamam Daily|''Madhyamam'' daily]] from 16 August 1999 to 1 September 2001.<ref name="madhyamam">{{cite web|url=http://www.madhyamam.com/aboutus/history|publisher=madhyamam.com|title=History of Madhyamam|access-date=29 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824020532/http://www.madhyamam.com/aboutus/history|archive-date=24 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.c-radhakrishnan.info/ Official website]
* [http://www.c-radhakrishnan.info/books.html Works of C. Radhakrishnan]
* [http://prespacetime.com/index.php/pst/article/view/1140/1144 C. Radhakrishnan's article ''Avyakta:The Fabric of Space'' published in the ''Prespacetime Journal'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080105131134/http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/29/stories/2006072923220500.htm www.thehindu.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061211161732/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/cradhakrishnan.html www.cinemaofmalayalam.net]
* {{IMDb name|705558}}

{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Malayalam}}
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{{Ezhuthachan Puraskaram}}
{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}
{{Vayalar Awards}}

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[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]
[[Category:Malayalam novelists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Malayalam film directors]]
[[Category:Government Victoria College, Palakkad alumni]]
[[Category:Film directors from Kerala]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Novelists from Kerala]]
[[Category:People from Malappuram district]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Kerala]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Moortidevi Award]]

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