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| birth_place = [[Panniyannur]], [[Tellicherry]], [[Malabar District|Malabar]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|03|23|1924|08|05|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bombay]], India<br />
| alma_mater = [[Government Brennen College]], Tellicherry<br />
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'''Thayat Sankaran''' (1924 – 1983) was a writer, journalist, literary critic, politician and independence activist from [[Kerala]], India.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pillai |first=Erumeli Parameswaran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jnVkAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D+%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%BB |title=മലയാള സാഹിത്യം കാലഘട്ടങ്ങളിലൂടെ: സാഹിത്യ ചരിത്രം |date=1998 |publisher=Prathibha Books |isbn=978-81-240-0615-3 |language=ml}}</ref> Born on 5 August 1924 in [[Panniyannur]] near [[Tellicherry]], Sankaran started his career as a teacher. He worked at [[Govt. Ganapath High School for Boys|Ganapath High School, Calicut]] for ten years. Then, he got his [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree and became a teacher at the university level.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-22 |title=മാർച്ച് 23: വിപ്ലവകാരിയായ ഗദ്യസാഹിത്യകാരൻ, തായാട്ട് ശങ്കരൻ ഓർമ്മ ദിനം {{!}} |url=https://newsgil.in/2023/03/23/march-23-great-memory-of-thayatt-sankaran/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |language=en-US}}</ref> He worked with the [[Indian National Congress]] and later in [[Praja Party]] and [[Praja Socialist Party]] before joining the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haridas |first=Harikrishnan |date=2022-10-20 |title=കാലഘട്ടത്തിന്റെ ചരിത്രസാക്ഷ്യം |url=https://kesariweekly.com/31885/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Kesari Weekly |language=en-US}}</ref> He was the editor of ''Viplavam'', a left-leaning weekly newspaper published from [[Calicut]]. Thayat resigned from ''Viplavam'' following his controversial writings on the death of [[Arikkad Varghese|Naxal Varghese]]. During 1982–85, he was the editor of ''[[Deshabhimani]] Weekly''. Thayat boldly expressed his opinions in literature and politics regardless of anyone's opposition. He was associated with the Kerala Granthasala Sangham and [[Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham]]. He published several books. His work ''Manasikamaya Adimatham'' received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism]] in 1968. He died on 23 March 1983 at [[Tata Memorial Hospital]], [[Bombay]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/THAYATSANKARAN/Html/ThayatSankaranPage.htm |title=തായാട്ട് ശങ്കരന്‍ |publisher=[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] |language=ml |access-date=22 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718081347/https://keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/THAYATSANKARAN/Html/ThayatSankaranPage.htm |archive-date=18 July 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://keralamediaacademy.org/archives/?q=content/thayatt-sankaran "Thayatt Sankaran"] (in Malayalam). [[Kerala Media Academy]]. Retrieved 22 February 2023.</ref><ref>[https://keralaliterature.com/malayalam-writers-%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D/ "തായാട്ട് ശങ്കരന്‍"] (in Malayalam). 14 October 2017. Keralaliterature.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.</ref><br />
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==Selected works==<br />
* ''Puthiya Pariprekshyam'' (പുതിയ പരിപ്രേക്ഷ്യം)<br />
* ''Anachadanam'' (അനാച്ഛാദനം)<br />
* ''Antardarsanam'' (അന്തർദ്ദർശനം)<br />
* ''Sitayum Nirupakanmarum'' (സീതയും നിരൂപകന്മാരും)<br />
* ''Sahitya Dipti'' (സാഹിത്യദീപ്തി)<br />
* ''Chinta Sourabham'' (ചിന്താസൗരഭം)<br />
* ''Duravastha: Oru Pathanam'' (ദുരവസ്ഥ: ഒരു പഠനം)<br />
* ''Asan: Navothanathinte Kavi'' (ആശാൻ: നവോത്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ കവി)<br />
* ''Vallathol: Navayugathinte Kavi'' (വള്ളത്തോൾ: നവയുഗത്തിന്റെ കവി)<br />
* ''Jayaprakash Narayanan'' (ജയപ്രകാശ് നാരായണൻ)<br />
* ''Parliamentary Janadhipatyam'' (പാർലമെന്ററി ജനാധിപത്യം)<br />
* ''Piraviyum Valarchayum'' (പിറവിയും വളർച്ചയും)<br />
* ''Bharatiya Navothanathinte Ruparekha'' (ഭാരതീയ നവോത്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ രൂപരേഖ)<br />
* ''Indian Vidyabhyasam Nuttantukalilute'' (ഇന്ത്യൻ വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം നൂറ്റാണ്ടുകളിലൂടെ)<br />
* ''Manasikamaya Adimatham'' (മാനസികമായ അടിമത്തം)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://grandham.in/language/ml/authors/88948e41 Works by Thayat Sankaran] Grandham.in (in Malayalam)<br />
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