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{{Infobox writer
| name = M. Sukumaran
| image = M.SukumaranImage.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1943}}
| birth_place = [[Chittoor]], [[Palakkad]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|3|16|1943|1|1}}
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala
| occupation = Writer
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater =
| period =
| genre = Short story, novel
| subject =
| movement =
| notableworks = {{ubl|''Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal''|''Seshakriya''|''Chuvanna Chihnangal''|''Janithakam''|''Para''|''Azhimukham''}}
| spouse = Meenakshi
| partner =
| children = Rajni Mannadiar
| relatives = {{ubl|Narayana Mannadiar (father)|Meenakshi Amma (mother)}}
| influences =
| influenced =
| awards = {{ubl|1976 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]]|1981 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story]]|1992 [[Padmarajan Award]]|1995 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story]]|2003 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]]|2006 [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|Sahitya Akademi Award]]}}
}}
'''M. Sukumaran''' (1943–2018) was an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]], best known for his novels and short stories with political undertones. ''Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal'', ''Seshakriya'', ''Chuvanna Chihnangal'' and ''Janithakam'' feature among his works and five of his stories have been adapted into films. A two time recipient of the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story]], Sukumaran received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]] in 1976 and the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2006.

== Biography ==
M. Sukumaran was born in 1943 at [[Chittur]] in [[Palakkad District]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Narayana Mannadiar and Meenakshi Amma.<ref name="Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/03/16/m-sukumaran-dead-sahitya-academy-winner-award.html |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away |website=OnManorama |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> After completing his school education, he started his career at a sugar factory.<ref name="Eminent writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/eminent-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away-1.2676492 |title=Eminent writer M Sukumaran passes away |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> Moving to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 1963,<ref name="Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/remembering-malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-year-after-his-passing-98510 |title=Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing |website=www.thenewsminute.com |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> he joined the Accountant General's office as a clerk, after which he was also active in [[Trade unions in India|trade union activities]] as a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. His political activities led to his termination i 1974,<ref name="Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away - Outlook">{{Cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away/1272524 |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away - Outlook |website=outlookindia.com/ |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref><ref name="Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away at 76">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/mar/17/malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away-at-76-1788325.html |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away at 76 |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> reported to be the first time a central government employee was terminated by a Presidential order.<ref name="M. Sukumaran dead">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/m-sukumaran-dead/article23274982.ece |title=M. Sukumaran dead |author=Staff Reporter |date=2018-03-16 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> Later, he was known to have been disappointed with the [[left-wing politics]] and his portrayal of a disillusioned politician in his novel, ''Seshakriya'', resulted in his expulsion from the party in 1982.<ref name="M. Sukumaran, the Kerala writer who mirrored what’s left of the Left, dies at 75">{{Cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/iFMCvlib76oQVD7zuLWdPM/M-Sukumaran-the-Kerala-writer-who-mirrored-whats-left-of.html |title=M. Sukumaran, the Kerala writer who mirrored what’s left of the Left, dies at 75 |last=M.K |first=Nidheesh |date=2018-03-17 |website=livemint.com |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>

Sukumaran was married to Meenakshi and the couple had a daughter, Rajani.<ref name="Noted writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/170318/noted-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away.html |title=Noted writer M Sukumaran passes away |date=2018-03-17 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> He died on March 16, 2018, aged 75, at [[Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology]], Thiruvananthapuram where he was undergoing treatment for heart-related illnesses.<ref name="M. Sukumaran dead" /> Rajani, is also a writer,<ref name="Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing" /> writing under the name, Rajni Mannadiar.<ref name="Simple and silent">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/lr/2004/08/01/stories/2004080100010100.htm |title=Simple and silent |last=Ramachandran |first=The new poetry being written in Malayalam today moves away from ideology towards experience, says THACHOM POYIL RAJEEVAN P. P. |date=2004-07-29 |pages=01 |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
{{quotebox|align = left|width=22em|''Have I slipped into sleep even before the story has ended? The crows have started cawing. The roosters are also crowing. The night of the one in custody is ending. The night of the one to be caught is beginning. One is interested to know. How long for the sun to rise?'' Excerpts from a Sukumaran story.<ref name="The Death of an Author">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-death-of-an-author-5137586/ |title=The Death of an Author |date=2018-04-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>}}
{{quotebox|align = right|width=22em|''I can hear around me the question as to why I stopped writing. I had to end my career because of a strong and ceaseless inner voice telling me that I have written whatever I had to write in this life and if I write again I will just be repeating what I have already written. An artist should never accept the fate of a bullock going round and round an oil-press. And no one else can share or resolve the dilemmas in a writer’s creative life.'' Sukumaran wrote when he decided to quit writing in 1982.<ref name="Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing" />}}

Sukumaran, who was known to have started writing from the age of 16, published his first story, ''Mazhathullikal'', in [[Malayala Manorama]], in 1963, when he was 20 years.<ref name="Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing" /> He continued writing until his death, occasionally taking long breaks in between, to publish three novels and over 50 short stories which include ''Sheshakriya'', ''Chuvanna Chihnangal'', ''Janithakam'', ''Thookkumarangal Njangalkku'', ''Marichittillaathavarude Smaarakangal'', ''Para'', ''Azhimukham'' and ''Vanchikkunnampathi''.<ref name="Noted writer M. Sukumaran passes away - DC Books">{{Cite web |url=http://english.dcbooks.com/noted-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away.html |title=Noted writer M. Sukumaran passes away - DC Books |date=2019-03-28 |website=English News Portal |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> Five of his stories have been adapted into films, viz. ''[[Sanghaganam]]'', ''[[Sheshakriya]]'', ''[[Kazhakam (1996 film)|Kazhakam]]'', ''[[Margam (film)|Margam]]'' and ''[[Unarthupattu]]''<ref name="Profile of Malayalam Story Writer M. Sukumaran">{{Cite web |url=https://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=M%2520Sukumaran&limit=4 |title=Profile of Malayalam Story Writer M. Sukumaran |date=2019-03-28 |website=en.msidb.org |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> of which he wrote the screenplay for [[Sheshakriya]].<ref name="Sheshakriya (1982)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1332 |title=Sheshakriya (1982) |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> He also wrote a biographical book, ''Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdur Rahiman'', which featured the biographies of [[Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai]], [[K. Kelappan]] and [[Mohammed Abdur Rahiman]], as a part of a biographical series, ''Mahacharithangaliloode''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=5314 |title=Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdurahman |last=M. Sukumaran |publisher=Kairali Publications |year=2008 |isbn=81-7152-089-8}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
Sukumaran received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]] in 1976 for his short story anthology, ''Marichittillathavarude Smarakam''.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story |date=2019-03-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154727/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film, ''[[Sheshakriya]]'' fetched him his first [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story]] in 1981;<ref name=" STATE FILM AWARDS 1981">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234213/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title= STATE FILM AWARDS 1981 |date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> he would receive the award again in 1995 for the film, ''[[Kazhakam (1996 film)|Kazhakam]]''.<ref name="STATE FILM AWARDS 1995">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234157/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=STATE FILM AWARDS 1995 |date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> In between, he received the inaugural [[Padmarajan Award]] for his book, ''Pithru Tharpanam''.<ref name="Winners of Padmarajan Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Padmarajan Award |date=2019-03-28 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] honoured him again in 2003 with the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions|award for overall contributions]] in 2003<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/total.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions |date=2019-03-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |access-date=2019-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154814/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/total.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Sahitya Akademi]] selected his short story anthology, ''Chuvanna Chinnangal'', for their [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|annual award]] in 2006.<ref name="M Sukumaran, the renowned Malayalam author passed away">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gktoday.in/question/m-sukumaran-the-renowned-malayalam-author-passed-a |title=M Sukumaran, the renowned Malayalam author passed away |website=www.gktoday.in |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
=== Novels ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205948&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Janithakam |last=Sukumaran. M |date=1994 |publisher=Current Books, Kottayam |location=Current Books, Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=99684&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Seshakriya |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=2010 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=9788171300075 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98358&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Chuvanna chihnangal |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=2011 |publisher=D C Books |isbn=9788126414574 |location=Kottayam}}

=== Short story anthologies ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103370&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Thookkumarangal Njangalkku |last=Sukumaran M |date=1973 |publisher=Author}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=75347&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520M%2520Sukumaran |title=Charithra ghadha |last=Sukumaran M |date=1976 |publisher=Shakti Publishers}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212649&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal |last=Sukumaran. M |date=1979 |publisher=Kottayam Sahitya pravartaka saha: sangam |location=Kottayam Sahitya pravartaka saha: sangam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77581&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Asura sankeerthanam |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=1981 |publisher=D.C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327374&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=M. Sukumarante kathakal |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=1992 |publisher=Current Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327377&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Pithrutharpanam |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=1994 |publisher=Imprint Books |location=Kollam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=223218&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Kunjappuvinte dhuswapnangal |last=Sukumaran. M |date=1996 |publisher=Korus Books |location=Thiruvananthapuram}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=285214&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Ente priyapetta kathakal |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=2006 |publisher=H&C |location=Thrissur}}
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=== Non fiction ===
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=5314 |title=Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdurahman |last=M. Sukumaran |publisher=Kairali Publications |year=2008 |isbn=81-7152-089-8}}

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:75%"
! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:25%" | Film
! scope="col" style="width:25%" | Contribution
! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Director
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Sanghaganam]]'' || story || [[P. A. Backer]]
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Unarthupattu]]'' || story || [[P. A. Backer]]
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Sheshakriya]]'' || story, screenplay || Ravi Alummoodu
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Kazhakam (1996 film)|Kazhakam]]'' || story || M. P. Sukumaran Nair
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Margam (film)|Margam]]'' || story || [[Rajiv Vijay Raghavan]]
|}

== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://indianculturalforum.in/2018/03/30/m-sukumaran-satchidanandan/ |title=Remembering M Sukumaran (1943-2018): The One who Asked Questions |last=K. Satchidanandan |website=Indian Cultural Forum |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-28}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3qyUECminY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/-3qyUECminY |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=M Sukumaran Passes Away |last=Mathrubhumi News |date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxt0XusSgLs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Pxt0XusSgLs |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=M. Sukumaran passed away |last=asianetnews |date=2018-03-16 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roQJZdGKcXk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/roQJZdGKcXk |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=പ്രമുഖ സാഹിത്യകാരന്‍ എം.സുകുമാരന് അന്ത്യാഞ്ജലി M Sukumaran |last=Manorama News |date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}}

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