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Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi (26 August 1914 – 28 October 1976), commonly known as Cherukad, was a Malayalam-language playwright, novelist, poet and political activist, associated with the Communist movement in Kerala state, India.[1]
Biography
Cherukad was born in Chemmalasseri in Perinthalmanna taluk to Kizheettil Pisharath Karunakara Pisharody and Cherukad Pisharath Narayani Pisharasiar.[1] He got elementary training in Sanskrit from Guru Gopalanezhuthachan. After completing high school education, he joined as a teacher in Chemmala Aided Mappila School.[1] He passed Vidvan Examination from Madras and worked in many schools as teacher before joining Pattambi Sanskrit College as Lecturer.[1]
In 1936, Cherukad married Kizheettil Pisharath Lakshmi Pisharasiar.[1] Their son K. P. Mohanan is a noted writer.[1]
Cherukad's politically charged writing was influential in defining the Malayalam literature of the fifties and sixties.[2] 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.[1] Some of his important works are Jeevithappatha, Tharavaditham, Manushyabandhangal, Namal Onnu, Manushya Hridayangal, Janmabhumi, Devalokam, Manninte Maril (On the Bosom of the Soil), Muthassi and Sanidasa.[1] His autobiography Jeevithappatha (1974) received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977.[3]
Cherukad died on 28 October 1976.[1] The Cherukad Award is an annual literary award given in his memory.[4]
Works
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 [{{{url}}} ചെറുകാട് ഗോവിന്ദപ്പിഷാരഡി]. Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
- ↑ Remembering Mundassery, Cherukad. The Hindu(26 October 2012). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1988)
- ↑ Cherukad Award presented. The Hindu(30 October 2005). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
External links
- Article by C Radhakrishnan
- Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 11 April 2011. [1]
- Deshabhimani Weekly special issue on the birth centenary of Cherukad