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{{Infobox writer
| name = Cherukad
| image = Cherukad.jpg
| birth_name = Cherukat Govinda Pisharodi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|08|26}}
| birth_place = Chemmalasseri, [[Perinthalmanna]], [[Madras State]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|10|28|1914|08|26}}
| occupation = Writer, political activist, teacher
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| nationality = Indian
| genre = [[Play (theatre)|Play]], [[novel]], [[short story]], [[poetry]], [[essay]], [[Autobiography]]
| movement = Progressive literature
| notableworks = ''Jeevithappatha'', ''[[Muthassi (novel)|Muthassi]]'', ''Manninte Maaril''
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]
}}
'''Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi''' (26 August 1914 – 28 October 1976), commonly known as '''Cherukad''', was a [[Malayalam|Malayalam-language]] [[playwright]], [[novelist]], [[poet]] and political activist, associated with the [[Communism|Communist]] movement in [[Kerala state]], India.<ref name=Profile>{{Cite web |title=ചെറുകാട് ഗോവിന്ദപ്പിഷാരഡി |trans-title=Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi |language=ml |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Cherukad was born in Chemmalasseri in [[Perinthalmanna|Perinthalmanna taluk]] to Kizheettil Pisharath Karunakara Pisharody and Cherukad Pisharath Narayani Pisharasiar.<ref name="Profile" /> He got elementary training in [[Sanskrit]] from Guru Gopalanezhuthachan. After completing high school education, he joined as a teacher in Chemmala Aided Mappila School.<ref name="Profile" /> He passed Vidvan Examination from [[Madras]] and worked in many schools as teacher before joining [[Pattambi]] Sanskrit College as Lecturer.<ref name="Profile" />

In 1936, Cherukad married Kizheettil Pisharath Lakshmi Pisharasiar.<ref name="Profile" /> Their son K. P. Mohanan is a noted writer.<ref name="Profile" />

Cherukad's politically charged writing was influential in defining the [[Malayalam literature]] of the fifties and sixties.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 October 2012 |title=Remembering Mundassery, Cherukad |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |location=[[Kozhikode, India]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/remembering-mundassery-cherukad/article4033477.ece |access-date= 11 June 2013}}</ref> His political life was connected with the lives of the leading politicians and patriots of Kerala. Cherukad was one of the founding members of the Deshabhimani Study Circle, a progressive literary movement in Kerala and the predecessor of the [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham]].<ref name="Profile" /> Some of his important works are ''Jeevithappatha'', ''Tharavaditham'', ''Manushyabandhangal'', ''Namal Onnu'', ''Manushya Hridayangal'', ''Janmabhumi'', ''Devalokam'', ''Manninte Maril'' (''On the Bosom of the Soil''), ''[[Muthassi (novel)|Muthassi]]'' and ''Sanidasa''.<ref name="Profile" /> His autobiography ''Jeevithappatha'' (1974) received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1975 and [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1977.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature |volume=2 |author=Amaresh Datta |year=1988 |page=1846}}</ref>

Cherukad died on 28 October 1976.<ref name="Profile" /> The '''[[Cherukad Award]]''' is an annual literary award given in his memory.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 October 2005 |title=Cherukad Award presented |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103008610300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109005110/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103008610300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2006 |access-date= 11 June 2013}}</ref>

==Works==

===Novel===
* ''[[Muthassi (novel)|Muthassi]]''
* ''Manninte Maaril''
* ''Bhooprabhu''
* ''Maranapathram''
* ''Sanidasa''
* ''Devalokam''

===Play===
* ''Snehabandhangal''
* ''Manushyahridayangal''
* ''Kutti Thampuran''
* ''Vaalnakshatram''
* ''Visuddha Nuna''
* ''Chittu Vilakku''
* ''Tharavaditham''
* ''Nammalonnu''
* ''Swathanthra''
* ''Mulankoottam''
* ''Adima''
* ''Janmabhumi''
* ''Anakkettu''
* ''Rakteswari''
* ''Kodumkaattu''
* ''Kutti Thampuratti''
* ''Doctor Kachan''
* ''Odukkathe Onam''

===Short story===
* ''Chekkuthante Koodu''
* ''Theruvinte Kutti''
* ''Mudra Motiram''
* ''Chuttan Moori''
* ''Oru Divasam''
* ''Cherukadinte Kathakal''

===Poetry===
* ''Manushyane Maanikkuka''
* ''Anthappuram''
* ''Methaapp''
* ''Aradhana''
* ''Thiramala''

===Autobiography===
* ''Jeevithappatha''

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/c/1926846?fb_comment_id=fbc_482393438542244_2713569_482393541875567#f320dc0a2 Article by C Radhakrishnan]
* Public Relations Department, [[Government of Kerala]]. Retrieved 11 April 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm]
* [http://www.deshabhimani.com/vnews-vaarika-19.html ''Deshabhimani Weekly'' special issue on the birth centenary of Cherukad]

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