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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1997|8|9|1921|2|22}}<br />
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| birth_place = [[Kerala]]<br />
| occupation = [[Novelist]]<br />
| nationality = {{ind}}<br />
| genre = Novel, Short Story<br />
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'''K. Surendran''' (22 February 1921 – 9 August 1997) was an Indian novelist who wrote in [[Malayalam]]. He won the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1963 for the novel ''Maya'' and the [[Vayalar Award]] in 1994 for the novel ''Guru''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Literary Awards - Government of Kerala, India|url=https://kerala.gov.in/literacy-awards|access-date=2020-08-10|website=kerala.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Surendran was born on 22 February 1921 in [[Ochira]] in [[Kollam]] district of [[Kerala]] state. He served in the Department of [[Indian Postal Service|Post & Telegraph]]; and in 1965 he resigned his job to become a full-time writer. He authored many books in Malayalam, including ten novels, four plays, and several miscellaneous books. He won the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] Award in 1963 for the novel ''Maya'' and the Vayalar Award in 1994 for the novel ''Guru''. In 1997 he was conferred with the Sahitya Academy Fellowship. Surendran died on 9 August 1997.<ref>''Akhilavijnanakosam''; [[D. C. Books]]; Kottayam</ref><ref>Sahithyakara Directory; Kerala Sahithya Academy, Thrissur</ref><br />
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==Selected works==<br />
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;Novels<br />
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[[File:KS-2.jpg|thumb|K. Surendran hands over the fellowship certificate awarded by Kerala Sahitya Akademi to [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]]]<br />
*[[Maya (K. Surendran novel)|''Maya'']]<br />
*''Thalam''<br />
*''Jwala''<br />
*''Kattukurangu''<br />
*''Shakthi''<br />
*''Bhikshamdehi''<br />
*''Maranam Durbalam''<br />
*''Kshanaprabhachanchalam''<br />
*''Aruna''<br />
*''Seetayanam''<br />
*''Pataka''<br />
*''Guru''<br />
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;Plays<br />
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*''Bali''<br />
*''Arakkillam''<br />
*''Palunku pathram''<br />
*''Anaswaramanushyan''<br />
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;Others<br />
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*''Manushyavastha''<br />
*Kumaruvinte Balyam<br />
*''NovelSwaroopam''<br />
*''Surendrante Prabandhangal''<br />
*''Kumaran Asan''<br />
*''Tolstoyiyude Kadha''<br />
*''Dostoyevskyiyude Kadha''<br />
*''Kalayum Samanyajanangalum''<br />
*''Jeevitavum Njanum''<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship}}<br />
{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}<br />
{{Vayalar Awards}}<br />
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[[Category:1921 births]]<br />
[[Category:1997 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:Novelists from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]<br />
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