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	'''C. P. Surendran''' is an acclaimed [[India]]n [[poet]], [[novelist]], senior [[journalist]], [[columnist]] and a [[screenplay writer]]. He writes in English and is based out of [[New Delhi]], [[India]].		'''C. P. Surendran''' is an acclaimed [[India]]n [[poet]], [[novelist]], senior [[journalist]], [[columnist]] and a [[screenplay writer]]. He writes in English and is based out of [[New Delhi]], [[India]].

	==Early ~~Life~~ and ~~Education~~==		==Early life and education==

	Surendran was born on 9 June 1958 in [[Ottapalam]], [[Kerala]]. His father, [[Pavanan]] (a.k.a Puthanveettil Narayanan Nair) was a pioneering [[rationalist]], a [[leftist]] [[Malayalam]] writer and an [[activist]]. His mother, Parvathy Pavanan, is an acclaimed author and a winner of the [[Kerala Sahitya Academy Award]]. After schooling in [[Trivandrum]] and [[Chennai]], Surendran graduated from a college in [[Thrissur]], and went on to receive his Master's in [[English Literature]] from [[Delhi University]], [[New Delhi]]. Surendran, in his own words, says he grew up in a Kerala where, “Literature, politics and culture had clear directions to go. The place and its people had a certain rooted identity.”		Surendran was born on 9 June 1958 in [[Ottapalam]], [[Kerala]]. His father, [[Pavanan]] (a.k.a Puthanveettil Narayanan Nair) was a pioneering [[rationalist]], a [[leftist]] [[Malayalam]] writer and an [[activist]]. His mother, Parvathy Pavanan, is an acclaimed author and a winner of the [[Kerala Sahitya Academy Award]]. After schooling in [[Trivandrum]] and [[Chennai]], Surendran graduated from a college in [[Thrissur]], and went on to receive his Master's in [[English Literature]] from [[Delhi University]], [[New Delhi]]. Surendran, in his own words, says he grew up in a Kerala where, “Literature, politics and culture had clear directions to go. The place and its people had a certain rooted identity.”

	==Career in ~~Journalism~~==		==Career in journalism==

	Surendran had a brief stint as a teacher of English Literature at [[Calicut University]] in Kerala before moving to Mumbai in 1986 to find his calling as a journalist, in the footsteps of his illustrious uncle and veteran [[journalist]] and [[activist]], the late [[C. P. Ramachandran\|C.P. Ramachandran]].		Surendran had a brief stint as a teacher of English Literature at [[Calicut University]] in Kerala before moving to Mumbai in 1986 to find his calling as a journalist, in the footsteps of his illustrious uncle and veteran [[journalist]] and [[activist]], the late [[C. P. Ramachandran\|C.P. Ramachandran]].
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	'''Novels'''		'''Novels'''
	* ''An Iron Harvest'' (Indiaink)<ref>https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2010/nov/13/an-iron-harvest-hard-and-bound-202578.html</ref>		* ''An Iron Harvest'' (Indiaink)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=An Iron Harvest: Hard and Bound\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2010/nov/13/an-iron-harvest-hard-and-bound-202578.html\|access-date=2021-10-26\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
	* '' Lost And Found'' ( HarperCollins, 2010)<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/books/Lost-in-the-muddle/article15590747.ece</ref>		* '' Lost And Found'' ( HarperCollins, 2010)<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Naim\|first=Faisal M.\|date=2010-12-10\|title=Lost in the muddle\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Lost-in-the-muddle/article15590747.ece\|access-date=2021-10-26\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
	* '' Hadal'' (HarperCollins 2015)<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/hadal-has-fictionalised-story-on-1994-isro-spy-debacle/article7244412.ece</ref>		* '' Hadal'' (HarperCollins 2015)<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Padmanabhan\|first=Geeta\|date=2015-05-25\|title=A tale of intrigue\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/hadal-has-fictionalised-story-on-1994-isro-spy-debacle/article7244412.ece\|access-date=2021-10-26\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
	* '' One Love and the Many Lives of Osip B''		* '' One Love and the Many Lives of Osip B'' (Niyogi Books)

	'''Poetry'''		'''Poetry'''
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	* ''Canaries On The Moon'' (Yeti Press)		* ''Canaries On The Moon'' (Yeti Press)
	* ''Portraits Of The Space We Occupy'' (Harper Collins)		* ''Portraits Of The Space We Occupy'' (Harper Collins)
	* ''Available Light: New and Collected Poems'' (Harper Collins)<ref>https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/books/2017/11/15/available-light-cp-surendran-book-review.html</ref>		* ''Available Light: New and Collected Poems'' (Harper Collins)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Available Light: Single Malt experience in desi literary cocktail party\|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/books/2017/11/15/available-light-cp-surendran-book-review.html\|access-date=2021-10-26\|website=OnManorama}}</ref>

	'''Screenplay'''		'''Screenplay'''
	* ''Gour Hari Dastaan'' (2014)~~<ref>[[~~Gour Hari Dastaan~~]]<~~/~~ref>{{Circular reference~~\|date=~~July~~ 2021}}		* ''Gour Hari Dastaan'' (2014){{Citation\|last=Mahadevan\|first=Anant\|title=Gour Hari Dastaan: The Freedom File\|date=2015-08-14\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4513812/?ref_=nm_knf_t1\|type=Biography, Drama\|publisher=Siddhivinayak CineVision\|access-date=2021-10-26}}</ref>
	* ''Mai Ghat'' (2019)<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/ananth-mahadevans-mai-ghat-is-a-moving-film-based-on-a-mothers-real-life-fight-for-justice/article29298213.ece</ref>		* ''Mai Ghat'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Joshi\|first=Namrata\|date=2019-08-30\|title=Ananth Mahadevan’s ‘Mai Ghat’ is a moving film based on a mother’s real-life fight for justice\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/ananth-mahadevans-mai-ghat-is-a-moving-film-based-on-a-mothers-real-life-fight-for-justice/article29298213.ece\|access-date=2021-10-26\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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'''C. P. Surendran''' was born in 1958. He is a [[poet]], [[novelist]] and [[journalist]] from India.

==Biography==
Born to [[Malayalam]] writer and [[rationalist]] [[Pavanan]] and Parvathy, C. P. Surendran received his M.A. in [[English Literature]] from [[Delhi University]], [[Delhi]]. He taught English literature for a short while at [[Calicut University]] before moving to Mumbai to work as a journalist with English newspapers including ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''Times Sunday Review'' and ''[[Bombay Times]]''. He was resident editor of ''The Times of India'' in [[Pune, India|Pune]] for three years and senior editor with ''The Times of India'' in [[Delhi]]. He was chief editor, DNA.
A selection of his poems was included in ''Gemini II'' (1994) . He published his first collection titled ''Posthumous Poems'' in 2000 and went on to publish three more collections: "Posthumous Poems", "Canaries on the Moon" and "Portraits of the Space We Occupy".
His first novel ''An Iron Harvest'', about the [[Naxalite]] uprising in Kerala, was published by Indiaink in 2006. He lives in Mumbai.

== Bibliography ==

'''Novels'''
* ''An Iron Harvest'' (Indiaink)
* '' Lost And Found'' ( HarperCollins, 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=An Iron Harvest: Hard and Bound |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2010/nov/13/an-iron-harvest-hard-and-bound-202578.html |website=newindianexpress.com |publisher=newindianexpress.com |accessdate=19 August 2018}}</ref>
* "Hadal" (HarperCollins 2015)

'''Poetry'''
* ''Gemini II'' (Penguin Viking)
* ''Posthumous Poems'' (Penguin Viking)
* ''Canaries On The Moon'' (Yeti Press)<ref>{{cite web |title=Literary Review |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lr/2003/02/02/stories/2003020200310500.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=2003-02-02 |accessdate=19 August 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* ''Portraits Of The Space We Occupy'' (Harper Collins)

==References==
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== External links ==
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* His [https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/surendran-cp poetry review] got featured in [[encyclopedia.com]] by Bruce King

* [http://www.countercurrents.org/arts-jose280706.htm Review of ''An Iron Harvest''] from ''Biblio'' by [[Vinod Jose]]

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