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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
M. Sukumaran was born in 1943 at [[Chittur]] in [[Palakkad District]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Narayana Mannadiar and Meenakshi Amma.<ref name="Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/03/16/m-sukumaran-dead-sahitya-academy-winner-award.html |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away |website=OnManorama |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> After completing his school education, he started his career at a sugar factory.<ref name="Eminent writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/eminent-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away-1.2676492 |title=Eminent writer M Sukumaran passes away |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> Moving to [[ | M. Sukumaran was born in 1943 at [[Chittur]] in [[Palakkad District]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] to Narayana Mannadiar and Meenakshi Amma.<ref name="Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/03/16/m-sukumaran-dead-sahitya-academy-winner-award.html |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away |website=OnManorama |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> After completing his school education, he started his career at a sugar factory.<ref name="Eminent writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/eminent-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away-1.2676492 |title=Eminent writer M Sukumaran passes away |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> Moving to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 1963,<ref name="Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/remembering-malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-year-after-his-passing-98510 |title=Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing |website=www.thenewsminute.com |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> he joined the Accountant General's office as a clerk, after which he was also active in [[Trade unions in India|trade union activities]] as a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. His political activities led to his termination i 1974,<ref name="Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away - Outlook">{{Cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away/1272524 |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away - Outlook |website=outlookindia.com/ |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref><ref name="Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away at 76">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/mar/17/malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away-at-76-1788325.html |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away at 76 |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> reported to be the first time a central government employee was terminated by a Presidential order.<ref name="M. Sukumaran dead">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/m-sukumaran-dead/article23274982.ece |title=M. Sukumaran dead |author=Staff Reporter |date=2018-03-16 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> Later, he was known to have been disappointed with the [[left-wing politics]] and his portrayal of a disillusioned politician in his novel, ''Seshakriya'', resulted in his expulsion from the party in 1982.<ref name="M. Sukumaran, the Kerala writer who mirrored what’s left of the Left, dies at 75">{{Cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/iFMCvlib76oQVD7zuLWdPM/M-Sukumaran-the-Kerala-writer-who-mirrored-whats-left-of.html |title=M. Sukumaran, the Kerala writer who mirrored what’s left of the Left, dies at 75 |last=M.K |first=Nidheesh |date=2018-03-17 |website=livemint.com |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> | ||
Sukumaran was married to Meenakshi and the couple had a daughter, Rajani.<ref name="Noted writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/170318/noted-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away.html |title=Noted writer M Sukumaran passes away |date=2018-03-17 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> He died on March 16, 2018, aged 75, at [[Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology]], Thiruvananthapuram where he was undergoing treatment for heart-related illnesses.<ref name="M. Sukumaran dead" /> Rajani, is also a writer,<ref name="Remembering | Sukumaran was married to Meenakshi and the couple had a daughter, Rajani.<ref name="Noted writer M Sukumaran passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/170318/noted-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away.html |title=Noted writer M Sukumaran passes away |date=2018-03-17 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> He died on March 16, 2018, aged 75, at [[Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology]], Thiruvananthapuram where he was undergoing treatment for heart-related illnesses.<ref name="M. Sukumaran dead" /> Rajani, is also a writer,<ref name="Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing" /> writing under the name, Rajni Mannadiar.<ref name="Simple and silent">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/lr/2004/08/01/stories/2004080100010100.htm |title=Simple and silent |last=Ramachandran |first=The new poetry being written in Malayalam today moves away from ideology towards experience, says THACHOM POYIL RAJEEVAN P. P. |date=2004-07-29 |pages=01 |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
{{quotebox|align = left|width=22em|''Have I slipped into sleep even before the story has ended? The crows have started cawing. The roosters are also crowing. The night of the one in custody is ending. The night of the one to be caught is beginning. One is interested to know. How long for the sun to rise?'' Excerpts from a Sukumaran story.<ref name="The Death of an Author">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-death-of-an-author-5137586/ |title=The Death of an Author |date=2018-04-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>}} | {{quotebox|align = left|width=22em|''Have I slipped into sleep even before the story has ended? The crows have started cawing. The roosters are also crowing. The night of the one in custody is ending. The night of the one to be caught is beginning. One is interested to know. How long for the sun to rise?'' Excerpts from a Sukumaran story.<ref name="The Death of an Author">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-death-of-an-author-5137586/ |title=The Death of an Author |date=2018-04-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>}} | ||
{{quotebox|align = right|width=22em|''I can hear around me the question as to why I stopped writing. I had to end my career because of a strong and ceaseless inner voice telling me that I have written whatever I had to write in this life and if I write again I will just be repeating what I have already written. An artist should never accept the fate of a bullock going round and round an oil-press. And no one else can share or resolve the dilemmas in a writer’s creative life.'' Sukumaran wrote when he decided to quit writing in 1982.<ref name="Remembering | {{quotebox|align = right|width=22em|''I can hear around me the question as to why I stopped writing. I had to end my career because of a strong and ceaseless inner voice telling me that I have written whatever I had to write in this life and if I write again I will just be repeating what I have already written. An artist should never accept the fate of a bullock going round and round an oil-press. And no one else can share or resolve the dilemmas in a writer’s creative life.'' Sukumaran wrote when he decided to quit writing in 1982.<ref name="Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing" />}} | ||
Sukumaran, who was known to have started writing from the age of 16, published his first story, ''Mazhathullikal'', in [[Malayala Manorama]], in 1963, when he was 20 years.<ref name="Remembering | Sukumaran, who was known to have started writing from the age of 16, published his first story, ''Mazhathullikal'', in [[Malayala Manorama]], in 1963, when he was 20 years.<ref name="Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing" /> He continued writing until his death, occasionally taking long breaks in between, to publish three novels and over 50 short stories which include ''Sheshakriya'', ''Chuvanna Chihnangal'', ''Janithakam'', ''Thookkumarangal Njangalkku'', ''Marichittillaathavarude Smaarakangal'', ''Para'', ''Azhimukham'' and ''Vanchikkunnampathi''.<ref name="Noted writer M. Sukumaran passes away - DC Books">{{Cite web |url=http://english.dcbooks.com/noted-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away.html |title=Noted writer M. Sukumaran passes away - DC Books |date=2019-03-28 |website=English News Portal |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> Five of his stories have been adapted into films, viz. ''[[Sanghaganam]]'', ''[[Sheshakriya]]'', ''[[Kazhakam (1996 film)|Kazhakam]]'', ''[[Margam (film)|Margam]]'' and ''[[Unarthupattu]]''<ref name="Profile of Malayalam Story Writer M. Sukumaran">{{Cite web |url=https://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=M%2520Sukumaran&limit=4 |title=Profile of Malayalam Story Writer M. Sukumaran |date=2019-03-28 |website=en.msidb.org |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> of which he wrote the screenplay for [[Sheshakriya]].<ref name="Sheshakriya (1982)">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1332 |title=Sheshakriya (1982) |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> He also wrote a biographical book, ''Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdur Rahiman'', which featured the biographies of [[Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai]], [[K. Kelappan]] and [[Mohammed Abdur Rahiman]], as a part of a biographical series, ''Mahacharithangaliloode''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=5314 |title=Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdurahman |last=M. Sukumaran |publisher=Kairali Publications |year=2008 |isbn=81-7152-089-8}}</ref> | ||
== Awards and honours == | == Awards and honours == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3qyUECminY |title=M Sukumaran Passes Away |last=Mathrubhumi News |date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-28}} | * {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3qyUECminY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/-3qyUECminY |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=M Sukumaran Passes Away |last=Mathrubhumi News |date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}} | ||
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxt0XusSgLs |title=M. Sukumaran passed away |last=asianetnews |date=2018-03-16 |access-date=2019-03-28}} | * {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxt0XusSgLs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Pxt0XusSgLs |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=M. Sukumaran passed away |last=asianetnews |date=2018-03-16 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}} | ||
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roQJZdGKcXk |title=പ്രമുഖ സാഹിത്യകാരന് എം.സുകുമാരന് അന്ത്യാഞ്ജലി M Sukumaran |last=Manorama News |date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-28}} | * {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roQJZdGKcXk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/roQJZdGKcXk |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=പ്രമുഖ സാഹിത്യകാരന് എം.സുകുമാരന് അന്ത്യാഞ്ജലി M Sukumaran |last=Manorama News |date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}} | ||
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| Born | 1943 Chittoor, Palakkad, Kerala, India |
| Died | March 16, 2018 (aged 75) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Short story, novel |
| Notable works |
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| Spouse | Meenakshi |
| Children | Rajni Mannadiar |
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M. Sukumaran (1943–2018) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, best known for his novels and short stories with political undertones. Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal, Seshakriya, Chuvanna Chihnangal and Janithakam feature among his works and five of his stories have been adapted into films. A two time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Story, Sukumaran received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 1976 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006.
Biography[edit | edit source]
M. Sukumaran was born in 1943 at Chittur in Palakkad District of the south Indian state of Kerala to Narayana Mannadiar and Meenakshi Amma.[1] After completing his school education, he started his career at a sugar factory.[2] Moving to Thiruvananthapuram in 1963,[3] he joined the Accountant General's office as a clerk, after which he was also active in trade union activities as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). His political activities led to his termination i 1974,[4][5] reported to be the first time a central government employee was terminated by a Presidential order.[6] Later, he was known to have been disappointed with the left-wing politics and his portrayal of a disillusioned politician in his novel, Seshakriya, resulted in his expulsion from the party in 1982.[7]
Sukumaran was married to Meenakshi and the couple had a daughter, Rajani.[8] He died on March 16, 2018, aged 75, at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram where he was undergoing treatment for heart-related illnesses.[6] Rajani, is also a writer,[3] writing under the name, Rajni Mannadiar.[9]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
Have I slipped into sleep even before the story has ended? The crows have started cawing. The roosters are also crowing. The night of the one in custody is ending. The night of the one to be caught is beginning. One is interested to know. How long for the sun to rise? Excerpts from a Sukumaran story.[10]
I can hear around me the question as to why I stopped writing. I had to end my career because of a strong and ceaseless inner voice telling me that I have written whatever I had to write in this life and if I write again I will just be repeating what I have already written. An artist should never accept the fate of a bullock going round and round an oil-press. And no one else can share or resolve the dilemmas in a writer’s creative life. Sukumaran wrote when he decided to quit writing in 1982.[3]
Sukumaran, who was known to have started writing from the age of 16, published his first story, Mazhathullikal, in Malayala Manorama, in 1963, when he was 20 years.[3] He continued writing until his death, occasionally taking long breaks in between, to publish three novels and over 50 short stories which include Sheshakriya, Chuvanna Chihnangal, Janithakam, Thookkumarangal Njangalkku, Marichittillaathavarude Smaarakangal, Para, Azhimukham and Vanchikkunnampathi.[11] Five of his stories have been adapted into films, viz. Sanghaganam, Sheshakriya, Kazhakam, Margam and Unarthupattu[12] of which he wrote the screenplay for Sheshakriya.[13] He also wrote a biographical book, Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdur Rahiman, which featured the biographies of Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai, K. Kelappan and Mohammed Abdur Rahiman, as a part of a biographical series, Mahacharithangaliloode.[14]
Awards and honours[edit | edit source]
Sukumaran received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 1976 for his short story anthology, Marichittillathavarude Smarakam.[15] The film, Sheshakriya fetched him his first Kerala State Film Award for Best Story in 1981;[16] he would receive the award again in 1995 for the film, Kazhakam.[17] In between, he received the inaugural Padmarajan Award for his book, Pithru Tharpanam.[18] Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him again in 2003 with the award for overall contributions in 2003[19] and Sahitya Akademi selected his short story anthology, Chuvanna Chinnangal, for their annual award in 2006.[20]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
Novels[edit | edit source]
- Sukumaran. M (1994). Janithakam. Current Books, Kottayam: Current Books, Kottayam.
- Sukumaran, M. (2010). Seshakriya. Kottayam: DC Books. ISBN 9788171300075.
- Sukumaran, M. (2011). Chuvanna chihnangal. Kottayam: D C Books. ISBN 9788126414574.
Short story anthologies[edit | edit source]
- Sukumaran M (1973). Thookkumarangal Njangalkku. Author.
- Sukumaran M (1976). Charithra ghadha. Shakti Publishers.
- Sukumaran. M (1979). Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal. Kottayam Sahitya pravartaka saha: sangam: Kottayam Sahitya pravartaka saha: sangam.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - Sukumaran, M. (1981). Asura sankeerthanam. Kottayam: D.C. Books.
- Sukumaran, M. (1992). M. Sukumarante kathakal. Kottayam: Current Books.
- Sukumaran, M. (1994). Pithrutharpanam. Kollam: Imprint Books.
- Sukumaran. M (1996). Kunjappuvinte dhuswapnangal. Thiruvananthapuram: Korus Books.
- Sukumaran, M. (2006). Ente priyapetta kathakal. Thrissur: H&C.
Non fiction[edit | edit source]
- M. Sukumaran (2008). Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdurahman. Kairali Publications. ISBN 81-7152-089-8.
Filmography[edit | edit source]
| Year | Film | Contribution | Director |
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| 1979 | Sanghaganam | story | P. A. Backer |
| 1980 | Unarthupattu | story | P. A. Backer |
| 1982 | Sheshakriya | story, screenplay | Ravi Alummoodu |
| 1996 | Kazhakam | story | M. P. Sukumaran Nair |
| 2003 | Margam | story | Rajiv Vijay Raghavan |
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away". OnManorama. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Eminent writer M Sukumaran passes away". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away - Outlook". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away at 76". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Staff Reporter (16 March 2018). "M. Sukumaran dead". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ M.K, Nidheesh (17 March 2018). "M. Sukumaran, the Kerala writer who mirrored what's left of the Left, dies at 75". livemint.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Noted writer M Sukumaran passes away". Deccan Chronicle. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Ramachandran, The new poetry being written in Malayalam today moves away from ideology towards experience, says THACHOM POYIL RAJEEVAN P. P. (29 July 2004). "Simple and silent". The Hindu. p. 01. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[dead link] - ↑ "The Death of an Author". The Indian Express. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Noted writer M. Sukumaran passes away - DC Books". English News Portal. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Profile of Malayalam Story Writer M. Sukumaran". en.msidb.org. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Sheshakriya (1982)". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ M. Sukumaran (2008). Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdurahman. Kairali Publications. ISBN 81-7152-089-8.
- ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "STATE FILM AWARDS 1981". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "STATE FILM AWARDS 1995". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Winners of Padmarajan Award". www.keralaculture.org. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions". Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- K. Satchidanandan. "Remembering M Sukumaran (1943-2018): The One who Asked Questions". Indian Cultural Forum. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Mathrubhumi News (17 March 2018). "M Sukumaran Passes Away". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- asianetnews (16 March 2018). "M. Sukumaran passed away". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- Manorama News (17 March 2018). "പ്രമുഖ സാഹിത്യകാരന് എം.സുകുമാരന് അന്ത്യാഞ്ജലി M Sukumaran". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
