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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = T. V. Kochubava<br />
| image = T. V. Kochubava.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1955|11|28}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kattoor, Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1999|11|25|1955|11|28}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kozhikode]], Kerala<br />
| occupation = Novelist, writer<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
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| notableworks = {{ubl|''Vridhasadanam''|''Jalamalika''|''Perumkaliyattam''|''Soochikkuzhayil Oru Yacob''|''Upajanmam''}}<br />
| spouse = Zeenath<br />
| partner =<br />
| children = <br />
| relatives = {{ubl|Veeravu (father)|Beevathu (mother)}}<br />
| influences =<br />
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| awards = {{ubl|1989&nbsp;Ankanam Award|1989&nbsp;SBT Award|1995&nbsp;[[Cherukad Award]]|1996&nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]]|1997&nbsp;Thoppil Ravi Award|1997&nbsp;V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award}}<br />
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'''T. V. Kochubava''' (1955–1999) was an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]], known for his novels and short stories. He published twenty three books covering the genres of novels, short stories, translations and plays and was a recipient of a number of awards including the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] in 1996, besides several other honours.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Kochubava was born on 28 November 1955 at [[Kattoor, Thrissur|Kattoor village]] in [[Thrissur district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Veeravu, a coir merchant and his wife, Beevathu, in a family with limited financial resources.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/TVKochubawa/Html/Kochubawagraph.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-03-24 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> After early schooling at St. George's Convent UP School, [[Karanchira]] and Pompei St. Mary's High Secondary School, Kattoor, he graduated from [[Sree Narayana College, Nattika]] before moving to [[Sharjah]] to work at a private company for the next two decades.<ref name="Malayalam novelist remembered">{{Cite web |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/general/malayalam-novelist-remembered |title=Malayalam novelist remembered |last=Our RAK Correspondent |first=Williams George |website=Khaleej Times |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> On his return to India, he joined ''Gulf Voice'' as its editor and settled in Kozhikode.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /><br />
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Kochubava was married to Zeenath and the couple had a son and a daughter.<ref name="Malayalam author dead">{{Cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99nov26/nation.htm |title=Malayalam author dead |newspaper=The Tribune | location=India | agency=PTI | date=26 November 1999 | access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> He died on 25 November 1999, at the age of 43, of a heart attack.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /><br />
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== Legacy and honours ==<br />
He authored 23 books, including a play, novels and short story anthologies.<ref name="Literary dissection of a friendship">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/critic-balachandran-vadakkedathu-book-on-writer-tv-kochubava-literary-dissection-of-a-friendship/article6458922.ece |title=Literary dissection of a friendship |last=Santhosh |first=K. |date=2014-09-30 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> ''Vridhasadanam'', the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel|Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] winning novel, short story anthologies such as ''Eppozhethumo Entho'' and ''Prarthanakalode Nilkkunnu'' and ''Checkuthan Arrestil'', a play, feature among his notable works.<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/TVKochubawa/Html/Kochubawabooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-03-25 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi}}</ref> He also wrote one screenplay, ''Balloon'', which won the first prize in the screenplay competition conducted by ''Nana Film Weekly'' in 1981.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> It was adapted into a movie the next year under the same name, in which [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] made his acting debut.<ref name="Balloon (1982)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1302 |title=Balloon (1982) |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> ''Jalamalika'', his short story anthology, is a prescribed text for BA Malayalam course at [[Pondicherry University]].<ref name="SYLLABUS FOR B.Com, B.A. / B.Sc.. FOUNDATION COURSE AND B.A.MALAYALAM">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pondiuni.edu.in/sites/default/files/downloads/ba_malayalam.pdf |title=SYLLABUS FOR B.Com, B.A. / B.Sc.. FOUNDATION COURSE AND B.A.MALAYALAM |date=2019-03-25 |publisher=UNIVERSITY OF PONDICHERRY U.G. BOARD (MALAYALAM) |page=14 |access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref><br />
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Kochubava received the Ankanam Award in 1989 for his anthology, ''Soochikkuzhayil Oru Yacob'', the book also received the [[State Bank of Travancore]] Literary Award the next year.<ref name="Malayalam novelist remembered" /> He received one more award in 1995, the [[Cherukad Award]] for his novel, ''Vridhasadanam'';<ref name="Cherukad Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/cherukad-award/581 |title=Cherukad Award |date=2019-03-24 |website=keralaculture.org |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] also picked the book for their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel|annual award for novel]] in 1996.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel |date=2019-03-25 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> He received two more award in 1997, the Thoppil Ravi Award for his novel, ''Upajanmam'' and the V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award for the anthology, ''Jalamalika''.<ref name="Malayalam novelist remembered" /><br />
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''T. V. Kochubava Literary Award'' is an eponymous award instituted in his memory, for recognising excellence in Malayalam literature; the recipients include [[Akbar Kakkattil]],<ref name="Litterateur Akbar Kakkattil no more">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/litterateur-akbar-kakkattil-no-more-english-news-1.870996 |title=Litterateur Akbar Kakkattil no more |website=Mathrubhumi |date=17 February 2016 |language=en |access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> [[Sandeep Pampally]]<ref name="Sandeep Pampally">{{Cite web |url=https://issuu.com/pampally |title=Sandeep Pampally |website=Issuu |language=en |access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> and [[K. Rekha]].<ref name="ടി വി കൊച്ചുബാവ പുരസ്കാരം കെ രേഖയ്ക്കു സമ്മാനിച്ചു">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kairalinewsonline.com/tag/t-v-kochubava-award |title=ടി വി കൊച്ചുബാവ പുരസ്കാരം കെ രേഖയ്ക്കു സമ്മാനിച്ചു |website=www.kairalinewsonline.com |access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref> Balachandran Vadakkedath, a writer friend of Kochubava, published a book, ''Janmasradham'', in 2014, which features his biography as well as a critical study of his works.<ref name="Literary dissection of a friendship" /> Vadakkedath also published another book on Kochubava, under the title, ''Kochubhava Kathayum Kaalavum''.<ref name="Kochubhava Kathayum Kaalavum">{{Cite book |title=Kochubhava Kathayum Kaalavum |date=2019-03-25 |isbn=978-8184233537 |last1=Vadakkedath |first1=Balachandran |publisher=Green Books Publisher }}</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
=== Novels ===<br />
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=328454&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Soochikkuzhayil oru yakkob |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1986 |publisher=Prabatham Book House |location=Trivandram}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22040&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Jaathakam |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1989 |location=Kozhikode, Malayalam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22042&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Perunkaliyaattam |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1996 |location=Kottayam, DCB}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83625&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Virunnu mesayilekku nilavilikalode |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1996 |publisher=D C |location=Kottayam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=195978&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Vruddhasadanam |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1996 |publisher=D C books |location=Kottayam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22044&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Upajanmam |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1997 |location=Kozhikode, [[Mulberry Publications|Mulberry]]}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84103&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Theranjeduttha laghu Novelukal |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=2000 |publisher=Current Books |location=Thrissur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=233228&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=T V Kochubavayude novellakal |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=2012 |publisher=D C Books |location=Kottayam}}<br />
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=== Short stories ===<br />
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78710&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Onnangane Onningane |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1982 |publisher=Samsaram publication |location=Irinjalakkuda}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22848&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Kalikalkkum pookkalkkum |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1990}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22846&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Irachiyum kunthirikkavum |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1992 |location=Kollam, Imprint}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22852&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Prachannam |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1992 |location=Kottayam, DCB}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22850&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Kinarukal |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1993 |location=Kasaragode, Kalakshethram}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=326763&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Praarthanakalote nilkkunnu |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1994 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22039&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Grihapaadham |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1994 |location=Kozhikode, Aksharam publications}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22849&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Katha |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1995 |location=Kottayam, Current}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22854&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Snaanam |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1996 |location=Kozhikode, Poorna}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=22845&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Avathaarika bhoopadangalkku |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1997 |location=Kottayam, DCB}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/TVKochubawa/Html/Kochubawabooks.htm |title=Jalamalika |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1997 }}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83881&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Eppozhethumo entho ? |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1999 |publisher=Current Books |location=Thrissur}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=326788&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Kathayum jeevithavum onnayi theerunnathineppatti |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1999 |publisher=D. C. Books |location=Kottayam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=29626&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Villanmaar samsaarikkumpol |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=1999 |isbn=9788126400584 |location=Kottayam, D C Books}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84213&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Bhoomishasthram |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=2002 |publisher=D. C. Books |isbn=9788126405459 |location=Kottayam}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85850&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Kochubavayute kochu kathakal |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=2006 |publisher=Poorna |isbn=9788130003610 |location=Kozhikode}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=37376&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Vrddhapuraanam: kathakal |last=Kochubava |first=T. V |date=2006 |isbn=9788184230192 |location=Thrissur, Green Books}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=232669&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Veedippol nishabdhamanu |last=Kochubava |first=T. V. |date=2013 |publisher=Lead Books |location=Kozhikode}}<br />
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=== Translations ===<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=307262&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520t%2520v%2520kochubava |title=Pravanchakante udyanam |last1=Gibran |first1=Kahlil |last2=Kochubava (translator) |first2=T. V. |last3=Vincent (translator) |first3=K. V. |date=1996 |publisher=[[Mulberry Publications]] |location=Kozhikode}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]<br />
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]<br />
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{{Portal|India|Literature}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{Cite book |title=Kochubhava Kathayum Kaalavum |last=[[Balachandran Vadakkedath]] |publisher=Green Books |year=2014 |isbn=978-8184233537}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/janmasradham-kochubhavayute-aakhyanavum-bhavanyum/4859/ |title=Janmasradham - Kochubhavayute Aakhyanavum Bhavanyum |last=[[Balachandran Vadakkedath]] |publisher=Green Books |year=2014 |language=en}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|nm0462530}}<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/TVKochubawa/Html/Kochubawa.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahtya Akademi |date=2019-03-24 |website=Kerala Sahtya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-24}}<br />
* [http://malayalamvaarika.com/2013/march/08/essay5.pdf An article on Kochubava's novel ''Virunnumeshayilekku Nilavilikalode''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143737/http://malayalamvaarika.com/2013/march/08/essay5.pdf |date=13 April 2014 }}<br />
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