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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 | ==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 | ==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) | * ''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== | ||