T. Padmanabhan

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| birth_place = [[Pallikunnu]], [[Malabar District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kannur district|Kannur]], [[Kerala]], India)
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| occupation = [[Short story writer]]
| years_active = 1950–present
| notableworks = ''Prakasam Parathunna Oru Penkutty'', ''Gowri'', ''Kadal'', ''Thiranjedutha Kathakal''
| spouse = Kallanmarthodi Bharghavi
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| awards = {{Unbulleted_list|2015 [[Mathrubhumi Sahitya Puraskaram]]|2014 [[Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad|Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award]]| 2012 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]]| 2007 [[Muttathu Varkey Award]]| 2003 [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]]| 2001 [[Vallathol Award]]| 2001 [[Vayalar Award]]| 1998 [[List of Malayalam literary awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Andharjanam Award]]| 1996 [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]]| 1995 [[Odakkuzhal Award]]| 1973 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]}}
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'''Thinakkal Padmanabhan''' (born 5 February 1931), popularly known as '''T. Padmanabhan''', is an Indian short story writer of [[Malayalam literature]]. He is a recipient of several awards including the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary award of the [[Government of Kerala]]. He declined some of the earlier awards he was selected for which include [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1973), [[Odakkuzhal Award]] (1995) and [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1996). [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]] conferred on him the [[honoris causa]] degree of the [[Doctor of Letters]] in 2018.
<ref name="MG University D.Litt notification">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mgu.ac.in/uploads/2018/08/D.Litt-revised-notification.pdf?x66146 |title=MG University D.Litt notification |date=2018-08-08 |website=www.mgu.ac.in |access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi University Honorary Doctorate for M.A. Yusuff Ali">{{Cite web |url=http://www.emiratespr.com/mahatma-gandhi-university-honorary-doctorate-for-m-a-yusuff-ali/ |title=Mahatma Gandhi University Honorary Doctorate for M.A. Yusuff Ali |date=2018-02-12 |website=www.emiratespr.com |access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi University honours T Padmanabhan, MA Yusuff Ali">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/141218/mahatma-gandhi-university-honours-t-padmanabhan-ma-yusuff-ali.html |title=Mahatma Gandhi University honours T Padmanabhan, MA Yusuff Ali |date=2018-12-14 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>

== Biography ==
T. Padmanabhan was born on 5 February 1931<ref name="T Padmanabhan - a documentary">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf-s00JnQ68 |title=T Padmanabhan – a documentary |last=Terms UP Malayalam |date=2016-04-06 |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> in a family of poor financial means at [[Pallikunnu]] near [[Kannur]], in the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Puthiyidath Krishnan Nair and Devaki (Ammukutty) as the youngest of their four children.<ref name="ടി പത്മനാഭന്‍...മലയാള കഥയുടെ കുലപതി">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/books/malayalam-short-story-writer-t-padmanbhan/694207 |title=ടി പത്മനാഭന്‍...മലയാള കഥയുടെ കുലപതി |website=Deshabhimani |language=ml |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> His father died when he was only a few months old and it was his mother and the eldest brother who looked after him during his childhood.<ref name="T.Padmanabhan-Prakasham Parathunna Ezhuthukaran">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9Iupz0mFY |title=T.Padmanabhan-Prakasham Parathunna Ezhuthukaran |last=MediaoneTV Live |date=2013-09-15 |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> He completed his school education from [[Chirakkal, Kannur|Chirakkal]] Raja's High School, and did his college studies at [[Mangalore]] Government Arts College, before graduating in law from [[Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai|Madras Law College]] (now known as Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai) to start his practice in [[Thalassery]] and [[Kannur]] courts.<ref name="കഥയുടെ എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/life-of-t-padmanabhan.html |title=കഥയുടെ എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ |website=ManoramaOnline |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> By this time, he had already established himself as a budding writer and [[M. K. K. Nair]], a known arts enthusiast and the then chairman and managing director of [[Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore|FACT]],<ref name="Biography of Eminent Nairs">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nairs.in/bio_n.htm |title=Biography of Eminent Nairs |website=www.nairs.in |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> invited him to join the company. Padmanabhan served FACT in different capacities including that of the head of Materials Division to superannuate from service as its Deputy general manager in 1989<ref name="T. Padmanabhan - a Lifesketch">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/specials/books/t-padmanabhan-84/ടി-പത്മനാഭന്‍-ജീവിതരേഖ-1.201538 |title=T. Padmanabhan – a Lifesketch |website=Mathrubhumi |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> during which time he had a number of legal tussles with the company after M. K. K. Nair left FACT in 1971.<ref name="Kannur Peruma - T PADMANABHAN">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4sBxA2Og-s |title=Kannur Peruma – T PADMANABHAN |last=sharulfilms |date=2013-11-21 |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>

Padmanabhan was married to Kallanmarthodi Bharghavi<ref name="T. Padmanabhan - a Lifesketch" /> who died in 2014 and the couple had no children.<ref name="T Padmanabhan - a documentary" /> He lives a retired life in Kannur.<ref name="Kannur Peruma - T PADMANABHAN" /> His major works include ''Prakasham Parathunna Oru Penkutty'', ''Oru Kathakrithu Kurishil'', ''Makhan Singhinte Maranam'', ''Veedu Nashtapetta Kutti'', ''Kalabhariavan'', ''Nalinakanthi'', ''Sakshi'', ''Sayvinte Naya'', ''Gouri'' and ''Kadal''.

== Legacy ==
[[File:T Padmanabhan and P K Parakkadavu.jpg|thumb|left|T. Padmanabhan with [[P. K. Parakkadavu]]]]
{{quotebox|align = right|width=22em|''What appeals most to his readers in all his early and recent stories is the lyrical quality of the language and the aesthetics of his perceptions, especially in the portrayal of loneliness and helplessness,'' writes [[K. Ayyappa Panicker]], about T. Padmanabhan, in his book ''A Short History of Malayalam Literature''.<ref name="A Short History of Malayalam Literature">{{Cite book |title=A Short History of Malayalam Literature |last=K. Ayyappa Panicker |author-link=K. Ayyappa Panicker |date=November 1977 |publisher=Information & Public Relations Department, Kerala State |pages=114–115}}</ref>}}
Padmanabhan started writing at the age of 19<ref>{{YouTube|a86Z1ZBRQWc|''60years of writing''}}</ref> and has written over 190 short stories<ref name="ടി പത്മനാഭന്‍...മലയാള കഥയുടെ കുലപതി" /> of which ''Prakasam Parathunna Oru Penkutty'' (The Girl Who Spreads Radiance, 1955), ''Oru Kathakrithu Kurishil'' (A Story Writer being Crucified, 1956), ''Makhan Singhinte Maranam'' (The Death of Makhan Singh, 1958), ''Kala Bhairavan'', ''Gouri'' (1993) and ''Maraya'' (2017)<ref name="അധരസിന്ദൂരം കൊണ്ടെഴുതിയ 'മരയ'">{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2017/05/29/maraya-latest-story-by-t-padmanabhan.html |title=അധരസിന്ദൂരം കൊണ്ടെഴുതിയ 'മരയ' |website=ManoramaOnline |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref><ref name="'മരയ' ചരിത്രം കുറിക്കുന്നു">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kairalinewsonline.com/2017/07/21/119379.html |title='മരയ' ചരിത്രം കുറിക്കുന്നു |last=ഡെസ്ക് |first=ന്യൂസ് |language=en-US |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref><ref name="മരയ: ലാവണ്യത്തിന്റെ മയൂരനൃത്തമില്ലാതെ">{{Cite web |url=http://www.janmabhumidaily.com/news623411 |title=മരയ: ലാവണ്യത്തിന്റെ മയൂരനൃത്തമില്ലാതെ |date=2017-05-15 |website=ജന്മഭൂമി - Janmabhumi Daily |language=en |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> are some of his major works.<ref name="Authors and their works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.malayalamresourcecentre.org/Mrc/literature/authors/authors.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209135655/http://www.malayalamresourcecentre.org/Mrc/literature/authors/authors.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-09 |title=Authors and their works |date=2012-12-09 |website=archive.is |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> He has also written a book, ''Ente Katha, Ente Jeevitha'' (My Story, My Life)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/114822/Description |title=Ente katha ente jeevitham |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2015 |isbn=9789385269004 |language=Malayalam}}</ref> which is a compilation of some of his essays and articles, an interview and an afterword by [[Pinarayi Vijayan]].<ref name="Ente Katha Ente Jeevitham - profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.in/Ente-Katha-Jeevitham-T-Padmanabhan/dp/B07GPCRSCS |title=Ente Katha Ente Jeevitham – profile |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2015 |publisher=Olive Publications |language=Malayalam |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>

Padmanabhan, whose stories have been translated in almost every Indian languages<ref name="T. Padmanabhan - a Lifesketch" /> and foreign languages such as Russian, French and English.<ref name="DC Books-T. Padmanabhan">{{Cite web |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com:443/authors/padmanabhan-t?t=1 |title=DC Books-T. Padmanabhan |website=onlinestore.dcbooks.com |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> has been credited with bringing the modern Malayalam short story nearer to the subjective intensity of the lyric.<ref name="The Hindu : Ezhuthachan award for T. Padmanabhan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2003/11/02/stories/2003110202680500.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=Ezhuthachan award for T. Padmanabhan |date=2003-11-02 |access-date=2019-04-13}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> His stories are known to have emerged, portraying an individualistic idiom, when [[Malayalam literature]] was rife with repeated depiction of romantic idealism and social commitment.<ref name="Seasons India :: Malayalam Literature of India">{{Cite web |url=http://www.seasonsindia.com/art_culture/lit_malayalam_sea.htm |title=Seasons India :: Malayalam Literature of India |website=www.seasonsindia.com |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>

His short story "Gauri" was adapted into a musical and was broadcast by [[Doordarshan]] in 1992;<ref name="T. Padmanabhan - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/t._padmanabhan-profile-5120-25.htm |title=T. Padmanabhan – Veethi profile |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> the story was also made into a film the same year by [[Kaviyoor Sivaprasad]].<ref name="Gouri [1992]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3252 |title=Gouri [1992] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> Another of his stories, ''Gaadha'', was taken up by the award-winning director/cinematographer, [[Shaji N. Karun]], in 2016 but the film was never released.<ref name="Gaadha [2016]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?7232 |title=Gaadha [2016] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
Towards the early days of his career, Padmanabhan made it almost a habit of declining awards; when his story, ''Saakshi'' was chosen for the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]] in 1973, he declined it.<ref name="Abdulla2004">{{cite book|author=V Abdulla|title=Wind Flowers: Contemporary Malayalam Short Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNotCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT221|date=20 September 2004|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5214-185-2|pages=221–}}</ref><ref name="Lal1992">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4057|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|pages=4057–}}</ref> More than two decades later, the 1995 [[Odakkuzhal Award]] for his story, ''Kadal'' was also rejected<ref name="Mathrubhumi Award for T Padmanabhan">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/mathrubhumi-award-for-t-padmanabhan-1.517211 |title=Mathrubhumi Award for T Padmanabhan |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> followed by another rejection a year later, the [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]] of 1966 for ''Gowry''.<ref name="The Hindu : In search of the perfect story">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/lf/2003/05/25/stories/2003052500490200.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=In search of the perfect story |date=2003-05-25 |access-date=2019-04-13}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He received the [[List of Malayalam literary awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Andharjanam Award]] in 1998<ref name="Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/lalithambika-antharjanam-award/580 |title=Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award |date=2019-04-13 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> and the [[Vayalar Award]] of 2001 for ''Puzha Kadannu Marangalude Edayileku''.<ref name="DC Books-T. Padmanabhan" /><ref name="Winners of Vayalar Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/vayalar-award/575 |title=Winners of Vayalar Award |date=2019-04-13 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> He received one more award in 2001, the [[Vallathol Award]],<ref name="Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/vallathol-award/574 |title=Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards |date=2019-04-13 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> The government of Kerala honoured him with their highest literary award, the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|Ezhuthachan Award]] in 2003<ref name="The Hindu : Ezhuthachan award for T. Padmanabhan" /> and he was selected for the [[Muttathu Varkey Award]] in 2007.<ref name="Muttathu Varkey award presented to Padmanabhan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Muttathu-Varkey-award-presented-to-Padmanabhan/article14770052.ece |title=Muttathu Varkey award presented to Padmanabhan |date=2007-05-29 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> The [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] inducted him as their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship|distinguished fellow]] in 2012<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/distinguised-fellows/616 |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |date=2019-04-13 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> and he received two awards in 2014, the C. V. Kunhuraman Literary Prize<ref name="Literary Award for T Padmanabhan">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2014/apr/02/Literary-Award-for-T-Padmanabhan-593572.html |title=Literary Award for T Padmanabhan |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> and the [[Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad]] Award.<ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary award given to T Padmanabhan">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/mathrubhumi-literary-award-given-to-t-padmanabhan-english-news-1.753729 |title=Mathrubhumi Literary award given to T Padmanabhan |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Mathrubhumi Sahitya Puraskaram]] in 2015.<ref name="Mathrubhumi Award for T Padmanabhan" /><ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/mathrubhumi-literary-award/612 |title=Mathrubhumi Literary Award |date=2019-04-13 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]] conferred him with an [[honorary doctorate]] in 2018.<ref name="Mahatma Gandhi University honours T Padmanabhan, MA Yusuff Ali" />

== Bibliography ==
=== Short stories ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98819&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Nalinakanthi |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1988 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=9788171302338 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98442&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Gulmohammed |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2010 |publisher=D C Books |isbn=9788126400379 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86210&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Pallikunnu |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2008 |publisher=D C Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85940&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Ente Priyappetta Kathakal |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2007 |publisher=D. C. Books |isbn=9788126406005 |edition= 5th |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84490&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Budha Darshanam |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2002 |publisher=Sankeerthanam publications |location=Kollam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84203&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Padmanabhante Kathakal |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1995 |publisher=D.C. Books |isbn=9788126405275 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83938&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Kaalabhairavan |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1986 |publisher=D.C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78041&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Sahrudayanaaya Oru Cheruppakkarante Jeevithaththil Ninnu |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1982 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangam |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77124&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=T. Padmanabante Thiranjedutha Kathakal |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1971 |publisher=Current Books |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=201639&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Ente Adyathe Kathakal |last=Padmanabhan T |date=1999 |publisher=P.K. Brothers |edition= 3rd |location=Calicut}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114977&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Apoorvaragam |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2016 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182668294 |edition= 2nd |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=112223&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Katha Theerumpol Oru Vanampati Parakkunnu |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |publisher=Malabari}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=112217&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Iruttum Mumpe |last=Padmanabhan |first=T.}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=111956&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Ningale Enikkariyam |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2014 |publisher=D. C. Books |isbn=9788126452392 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104299&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Puzha Katannu Marangalude Idayilekku |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2012 |publisher=D C Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=285458&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=T. Padmanabhante Kathakal Sampoornam |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2002 |publisher=DC books |isbn=9788126405275 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=285281&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Ningale Enikkariyam |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2004 |publisher=DC books |isbn=9788126452392 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=218859&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Kalavarsham |last=Padmanabhan T |date=1999 |publisher=Pappiyon, Kozhikode |location=Pappiyon, Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=218665&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Oru Kadhakruthu Kurisil |last=Padmanabhan. T |date=1956 |publisher=P.K.Brothers |location=P.K.Brothers}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=217481&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Makhasinginde Maranam |last=Padmanabhan. T |date=1958 |publisher=New Delhi Asian Educational services}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=216371&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Athu Christuvayirunnu |last=Padmanabhan T |date=1999 |publisher=Mulbery, Calicut |location=Mulbery, Calicut}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=206648&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Gouri |last=Padmanabhan T |date=1991 |publisher=D.C Books |location=D.C Books}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327411&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Prakasham Parathunna Oru Penkutty |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1955 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=326967&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Kadal |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1994 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=307864&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Padmanabhante Kuttikal |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2014 |publisher=Alfane Publishers pvt.ltd |isbn=9789382507352 |edition= 2nd |location=Kannur}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23068&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520T.%2520Padmanabhan |title=Saakshi |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1973 |location=Kottayam, SPCS}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23052&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520T.%2520Padmanabhan |title=Harrison Saayvinte Naaya |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1979}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23069&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520T.%2520Padmanabhan |title=Veedu Nashtapetta Oru Kutty |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=1983}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.indulekha.com/maraya-stories-t-padmanabhan |title=Maraya |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |publisher=DC Books |year=2018 |isbn=9788126476954}}
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=== Memoirs ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114822&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Ente Katha Ente Jeevitham |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2015 |publisher=Olive Books |isbn=9789385269004 |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306158&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Kathakalkkidayil |last=Padmanabhan |first=T. |date=2010 |publisher=D.C.Books |isbn=9788126427376 |location=Kottayam}}

=== Translations ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=228974&query_desc=au%253A%2522Padmanabhan%252C%2520T.%2522 |title=Fifteen stories: |last=Padmanabhan T |publisher=Tharjuma book point |translator-last=Prema Jayakumar}}

== See also ==
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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{{Portal|India|Literature}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5367413.Padmanabhan_T_ |title=Padmanabhan T. – Author Profile |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-04-13}}
* {{YouTube|VxEiGTFetw4|Interview on Indiavision}}
* {{YouTube|VF9ne9XGZf4|Interview on MediaOne Part 1}}
* {{YouTube|kuDG9Z_ziVg|Interview on MediaOne Part 2}}
* {{YouTube|W4sBxA2Og-s|Reminiscences}}
* {{YouTube|cfDiGhpSdew|Speech}}
* {{worldcat id|lccn-n89-119442}}

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