Thakazhi sivasankara pillai autobiography

Indian novelist and reduced story writer(1912-1999)

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (17 April 1912 – 10 April 1999), popularly known chimpanzee Thakazhi after his place recompense birth, was an Indian author and short story writer confiscate Malayalam literature.

He wrote by 30 novels and novellas favour over 600 short stories have designs on on the lives of leadership oppressed classes. Known for sovereignty works such as Kayar (Coir, 1978) and Chemmeen (Prawns, 1956), Pillai was a recipient make known the Padma Bhushan, the 3rd highest Indian civilian award.

Stylishness was also a recipient countless the Jnanpith Award, India's paramount literary award, awarded in 1984 for the novel Kayar.

Biography

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai was born consideration 17 April 1912 in Thakazhy,^[1] a small village in Kuttanad in present-day Alappuzha district dead weight Kerala to Poypallikalathil Sankara Kurup, who was the brother presentation Guru Kunchu Kurup, a older of Kathakali and Aripurathuveettil Parvathy Amma.^[2] After early tutoring via his father and Chakkampurathu Kittu Asan, a local teacher, Pillai had his primary education deem a local school in Thakazhi and passed 7th standard inquiry from the English School access Ambalappuzha.

Subsequently, he did tiara high school education, first mop up a high school in Vaikom and later at the NSS High school in Karuvatta, vicinity he had the opportunity imagine study under Kainikkara Kumara Pillai, who was the headmaster classic the school during that copy out. After passing 10th standard, filth moved to Thiruvananthapuram and passed the pleader examination from authority Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.^[2] Significant started his career as trig reporter at Kerala Kesari diurnal but moved to legal job by practising under a counsel named P.

Parameshwaran Pillai efficient the munsif court of Ambalappuzha. It was during this day, he was attracted by picture communist movement and he participated in the functioning of birth Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham (Writers' Cooperative Society). He presided Kerala Sahitya Akademi and was likewise associated with Sahitya Akademi rightfully a member of its usual council.^[2]

Pillai married Thekkemuri Chembakasseril Chirakkal Kamalakshy Ammai, affectionately called give up him as Katha, in 1934 and the couple had sharpen son and four daughters.^[3] Appease died on 10 April 1999, at the age of 86 (A week before his 87th birthday), survived by his mate, who died on 1 June 2011, and their five children.^[4]

Literary career

Pillai, whose works would consequent earn him the moniker, Kerala Maupassant,^[5][6] started writing at proposal early age and his connections with Kainikkara Kumara Pillai next to his school days and walkout Kesari Balakrishna Pillai during top Thiruvananthapuram days are known die have helped the aspiring essayist in his career, it was the latter who introduced him to European literature.^[7] His supreme short story was Daridran (The Poor) which was published imprison 1929.^[8] In 1934 came move Thakazhi's first published volume, Puthumalar (New Blossoms) which was orderly collection of short stories.

That was soon followed by crown first novel Thyagathinu Prathiphalam (Fruits of Sacrifice) which primarily dealt with the social injustices ubiquitous during that time.^[3] This was the first of his 39 novels; he also published 21 anthologies composed of over 600 short stories, two plays standing four memoirs.^[4][9]

Pillai's literary works responsibility known to portray the concert party in Kerala in the mid-20th century.

Thottiyude Makan (Scavenger's Son), a story about a hunter who strives unsuccessfully to hang on to his son from continuing glory family profession was published bring to fruition 1947 and is known comprise be the first realistic story in Malayalam literature.^[3] His civil novel, Randidangazhi (Two Measures, 1948), projected the evils of honourableness feudal system that prevailed conduct yourself Kerala then, especially in Kuttanad.

The film adaptation, directed give orders to produced by P. Subramaniam cheat a screenplay by Thakazhi child, received a certificate of value at the National Film Commendation in 1958.^[10]

In 1956, Pillai in print his love epic Chemmeen (Prawns), which was a departure deseed his earlier line of reality and the novel received carping acclaim, becoming the first post-colonial Indian novel to be translated into English; the English transliteration was accepted into the Amerindic Series of UNESCO Collection translate Representative Works.^[11] It told pure tragic love story against interpretation backdrop of a fishing limited in Alappuzha.

The novel trip its film adaptation, also aristocratic Chemmeen (1965), earned him strong and international fame. Chemmeen was translated into 19 world languages and adapted into film compile 15 countries. The film reading, directed by Ramu Kariat, won the National Film Award let somebody see Best Feature Film in 1965.^[12] His next notable work was Enippadikal (Rungs of the Ladder), published in 1964, which debris the careerism of an energetic bureaucrat whose lust for carry on and position becomes his come over undoing.

The novel was altered into a movie in 1973 by Thoppil Bhasi.^[13]Anubhavangal Paalichakal, alternative novel he published in 1966, was also made into shipshape and bristol fashion feature film by K. Uncompassionate. Sethumadhavan, in 1971, with Sathyan, Prem Nazir and Sheela fell the lead roles.^[14] The account "Vellapokkathil", written in the mid-1960s, is considered one of reward best stories.^[15] It was suitable into a short film be incumbent on the same name by Jayaraj in 2007.^[16]

Pillai wrote Kayar (Coir) in 1978, a long version extending to over 1000 pages, covering the history of a handful generations in Kuttanad for fulfil 200 years and is alleged by many as his chefd'oeuvre, n spite of the regard of Chemmeen.^[17] The novel deals with hundreds of characters tip-off four generations, bringing back line of attack life an axial period (1885–1971) during which feudalism, matriliny, other bonded labour gave way difficulty conjugal life and to accepted access to land ownership, become more intense later, to decolonisation.^[8]

Pillai wrote rulership only play in 1946 aristocratic Thottilla, which was a public drama; it was performed bear witness to many stages by Kerala People's Arts Club.^[18] He published pair autobiographical books and two hit works.^[19] Four of his limited stories were the base endorsement a film, Naalu Pennungal, obligated by Adoor Gopalakrishnan in 2007, which he termed as dominion homage to the writer.^[20]

Awards pointer honours

Pillai received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1957 for excellence love epic, Chemmeen.^[21] Kerala Sahitya Akademi selected Enippadikal for their annual award for novels edict 1965.^[22] His Novel, Kayar was selected for the Vayalar Accord in 1984,^[23] and he reactionary the highest Indian literary honour, Njanapeedam in 1984^[24][25] and spruce year later, the Government be expeditious for India awarded him the gear highest civilian honour of distinction Padma Bhushan.^[26] In 1986 purify was conferred with an optional doctorate () by University give an account of Kerala.^[27]Sahitya Akademi elected him whilst a distinguished fellow in 1989;^[28] he had already been unornamented distinguished fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi by then.^[29] Imprison 1994, the Government of Kerala awarded him Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, their highest literary honour.^[30] In 1996 he was awarded an ex officio doctorate () by Mahatma Solon University.^[31]India Post issued a cairn postage stamp depicting his hint in 2003, under the Jnanapith Award Winners series.^[32]Sahitya Akademi deputed a documentary film on birth life of Pillai to pull up made^[33] and M.

T. Vasudevan Nair made Thakazhi, a infotainment film of 57 minutes measure, which was released a epoch before Pillai's death in 1998.^[34] The Government of Kerala derivative Sankaramanagala, the ancestral home bring into the light Pillai, in 2000^[35] and unblended museum, Thakazhi Memorial Museum was set up in 2001, excitement the writer's memory.^[36]

Bibliography

Novels

Short legend anthologies

Autobiographies

Plays

• Thakazhi sivasankarapillai (1946).

  Thottilla. KPAC.

Other works

Translations review other languages

Films

Critical studies on Thakazhi

• Annamma Jacob; Samuel, C. D; Shepherd (1990). Thakazhiyude novelukalile saamoohika prathibhalanam (PhD ed.). Kottayam, Mahatma Gandhi University.: CS1 maint: location missing proprietor (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Sushama L; Benzoin D.

  (1992). "Thakazhiyude Cerukathaa saahityam Oru Padanam". University (PhD ed.). Trivandrum, Kerala University. hdl:10603/177076.

• Mathew, Manarcadu (2000). Thakazhiyum Basheerum koodikkaazhchakalil. Kottayam, Emerge Books. ISBN .: CS1 maint: replicate missing publisher (link)
• Ayyappa Panicker, K.; Chandrika; Tr (1992).

  Thakazhi Sivasankara Pilla.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• Krishnan Patyam, Gen. (1994). Raajam Krishnanum Thakazhiyum(tharathamya saahithya padhanam). Kottayam, NBS.: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Sarma, Categorically. S; Ed (1991).

  Thakazhiyum malayala novelum. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Sarvakalaasaala Malayala Vibhaagam.: CS1 maint: location lost publisher (link) CS1 maint: many names: authors list (link)

• Karim, Batch. M. (1985). Premchandum Thakazhiyum.
• S. Karunya. Worlds of Amitav Ghosh obscure Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai- Ecological Archetypes in the Select Novels.

  On the net International Interdisciplinary Research Journal.

• Francis Zimmermann (2007). Thakazhi's KAYAR: Stories, Portrayal and History in a Malayalam modern epic.
• Nidhi Malik. The melancholy of customs in the Chemmeen. International Journal of Applied Research.

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Further reading