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Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan
Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan
Born	2 July 1930; Palakkad, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	30 March 2005 (aged 74); Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana), India
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer, cartoonist, journalist
Genre	Novel, short story, essays
Subject	Social aspects
Literary movement	Modernism, Magical realism
Notable awards	1970 Odakkuzhal Award; 1990 Sahitya Akademi Award; 1990 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award; 1991 Vayalar Award; 1992 Muttathu Varkey Award; 2001 Ezhuthachan Award; 2001 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship; 2003 Padma Bhushan; 2004 Mathrubhumi Literary Award;
Spouse	Teresa Vijayan
Children	Madhu Vijayan
Relatives	O. V. Usha (sister)

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Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan (2 July 1930 – 30 March 2005), commonly known as O. V. Vijayan, was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam literature. Best known for his first novel Khasakkinte Itihasam (1969), Vijayan was the author of six novels, nine short-story collections, and nine collections of essays, memoirs and reflections.

Born in Palakkad in 1930, Vijayan graduated from Victoria College in Palakkad and obtained a master's degree in English literature from Presidency College, Madras. He wrote his first short story, "Tell Father Gonsalves", in 1953. Khasakkinte Itihasam (The Legends of Khasak), Vijayan's first novel, appeared in 1969.^[1] It set off a great literary revolution and cleaved the history of Malayalam fiction into pre-Khasak and post-Khasak. While Khasakkinte Itihasam continues to be his best-known work as an angry young man, his later works, Gurusagaram (The Infinity of Grace), Pravachakante Vazhi (The Path of the Prophet) and Thalamurakal (Generations) bespeak a mature transcendentalist.

Vijayan authored many volumes of short stories, which range from the comic to the philosophical and show a diversity of situations, tones and styles. Vijayan translated most of his own works from Malayalam to English. He was also an editorial cartoonist and political observer and worked for news publications including The Statesman and The Hindu.

Early life[edit | edit source]

O. V. Vijayan was born on 2 July 1930 at Vilayanchaathanoor village in Palakkad district in Kerala.^[2] Born premature in the seventh month, Vijayan was sickly from childhood and spent most of his time confined to his room. His father O. Velukkutty was an officer in Malabar Special Police of the erstwhile Madras Province in British India.^[3]^[4] His youngest sister O. V. Usha is a Malayalam poet.^[5] As a child, Vijayan was largely homeschooled. Formal schooling began at the age of twelve, when he joined Raja's High School, Kottakkal in Malabar, directly into sixth grade. The informal education arranged by his father during his absentee years was sufficient to keep him at par with his peers. The following year, Velukkutty was transferred and Vijayan joined the school at Koduvayur in Palakkad. He graduated from Victoria College in Palakkad and obtained a master's degree in English literature from Presidency College.^[6] Vijayan taught for some time at Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, and Victoria College before opting for journalism.^[3]

Literary career[edit | edit source]

Khasakkinte Itihasam[edit | edit source]

When the bus came to its final halt in Koomankavu, the place did not seem unfamiliar to Ravi. He had never been there before, but he had seen himself coming to this forlorn outpost beneath the immense canopy of trees, with its dozen shops and shacks raised on piles; he had seen it all in recurrent premonitions – the benign age of the trees, the river bark and roots arched above the earth.
(the opening paragraph of Khasakkinte Itihasam)^[7]

Khasakkinte Itihasam (The Legends of Khasak), Vijayan's first novel, which took twelve years' writing and rewriting to reach its final form, was published in 1969.^[8] A year before, it was serialized in Mathrubhumi weekly for 28 weeks starting from January 28, 1968^[9] and set off a great literary revolution and cleaved the history of Malayalam fiction into pre-Khasak and post-Khasak eras.^[10] The former era was romantic and formal; the latter is modernist, post-modernist and post-post-modernist, with tremendous experimentation in style and content. The novel, which has drawn comparisons with One Hundred Years of Solitude of Gabriel García Márquez,^[11]^[12] is about Ravi, a teacher in an informal education centre in Khasak, and his existential crises. The central character is shown as a visionary who completed his post graduate programme in Physics from a college at Tambaram. The novel ends when Ravi begins his journey to some other realms of existence.^[13] The existential puzzle of man as to why he should exist is explored in this novel. The novel introduced a new poetic style of prose, combining Tamil and Palakkad dialect of Malayalam.^[9] It also introduced a narrative style that moved forth from reality to myths and back.^[14] The work was later adapted as a play by Deepan Sivaraman.^[15]

Dharmapuranam[edit | edit source]

Dharmapuranam (The Saga of Dharmapuri, 1985) is outwardly a great political satire where the author knows no restraint in lampooning political establishments.^[8] The works attempts to lampoon modes of governance through its characters and the setting. The central character is Sidhartha, modelled after Gautama Buddha, whose personality is shown to lead people to enlightenment. Though satirical in its tone, the novel has a spiritual level, too. Malayalanadu weekly announced that the novel would be serialised from July 1975, but the plan was dropped when the Emergency was proclaimed on June 25, 1975. The novel was finally serialised only in 1977, after the Emergency was lifted and it proved to be prophetic. There were hindrances for its publication as well due to its sexual-scatological language and imagery and as the atrocities perpetrated during Emergency were still haunting the public. Finally, it was published in 1985. Two years later, Penguin Books published the English translation and the book drew critical reviews. ...dangerous stuff and cut close to the bone were the words of David Selbourne, in The Times Literary Supplement and Khushwant Singh rated the novel as not the kind of novel you forget in a hurry. Vijayan himself described it as a cleansing act that he had no desire to repeat.^[16]

Later novels[edit | edit source]

The third novel, Gurusagaram (The Infinity of Grace, 1987) differs in language, vision and characterisation from the earlier works.^[8] It is on the immanence of Guru in the life of the seeker. Guru is everywhere and is manifested in everybody. The seeker partakes of the grace of the Guru as he happens for him unawares and unconditional. The central character is a journalist from Kerala, working in Delhi, going on an assignment to report the Indo-Pak war of 1971. He undergoes an excruciating experience both spiritually and physically to learn how to annihilate all forms of ego. Gurusagaram fetched him the Vayalar Award, the central Sahitya Akademi Award and the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award in 1991.

Madhuram Gayathi (1990) has been termed as "a fantastic allegory fusing mythology, spirituality and ecology". It is an allegorical fable of the post-Holocaust world with its lovelessness and disharmony. Pravachakante Vazhi (The Path of the Prophet; 1992) emphasises the vision that intuition is perennial and it is one and the same always. This oneness of the revelation makes the ways of all prophets the same. This great education in spirituality is got in those barbarous days of Delhi when the Sikhs were maniacally hunted after and mercilessly butchered following the murder of Indira Gandhi. Vijayan's last novel Thalamurakal (Generations; 1997) is autobiographical to a great extent. It is historical to a still greater extent. Beyond autobiography and history, the novel is a journey down the collective experiences of a family in search of an awareness about oneself and his clan. This search is of great importance when the collective experiences of the subculture are very bitter and the individual sense of the clan identity is much superior. The novel is a narration of four generations in Ponmudi family in Palakkad, Kerala.^[17]

Other literary works[edit | edit source]

He wrote his first short story, "Tell Father Gonsalves", in 1953. He wrote many volumes of short stories, the first volume of which was published in 1957 – Three Wars. The stories, which range from the comic to the philosophical, show an astonishing diversity of situations, tones and styles. O. V. Vijayan's best known collection in English is After the Hanging and Other Stories which contains several jewel-like masterpieces, in particular the title story about a poor, semi-literate peasant going to the jail to receive the body of his son who has been hanged; The Wart and The Foetus about the trauma of the fascist Emergency; the transcendental The Airport, The Little Ones, and several others. He also wrote many essays, and also published one book of cartoons- Ithiri Neramboke, Ithiri Darshanam (A Little Pastime, A little Vision) – 1990. Itihasathinte Itihasam, a historical treatise written by him is considered by many as masterpiece.^[18]

An incisive writer in English as well, Vijayan translated most of his own works from Malayalam to English. Selected works have been published by Penguin India. His own translations of his stories into English – After Hanging and Other Stories and Selected Stories and the novels, The Saga of Dharmapuri, The Legend of Khasak and The Infinity of Grace – have had a pan-Indian appeal, though many have been critical of the freedoms he took with his own works as well as his English style.^[19]

At the Wayanad Literature Festival, N. S. Madhavan discusses how O. V. Vijayan's writing was a pioneering force in the magical realism sphere of Malayalam Literature.^[20]

Cartoons[edit | edit source]

Vijayan left his home state in 1958 to pursue his career as a cartoonist in Delhi.^[21] Joining the famous Shankar's Weekly, Delhi, as a cartoonist and writer of political satire, he moved to Patriot as a staff cartoonist in 1963.^[18] Vijayan was also an editorial cartoonist and political observer in various news publications – The Statesman and The Hindu – and later turned freelancer.^[22] His cartoons also appeared in publications such as Far Eastern Economic Review and The New York Times. Philosophy and politics merged in his cartoons, just as revolution and spirituality coalesced in his writings. His searing comment on Indira Gandhi's Emergency rule and about her return to power in 1980 would remain high points in the history of Indian cartooning.

Later life and death[edit | edit source]

Vijayan was married to Theresa Gabriel, an academic and the couple had a son, Madhu.^[3] He was afflicted with Parkinson's disease for 20 years and in early March 2005, he was admitted to Care Hospital, Hyderabad where he succumbed to organ failure on 30 March 2005 aged 74,^[6] survived by his wife and son.^[23]^[24] His body was taken to Kerala by special flight and was cremated with full state honours at Ivor Madom crematorium in Pambadi, Thrissur near Thiruvilwamala on the banks of the Bharathapuzha where his nephew, Ravi Shankar, a known cartoonist, lit the pyre.^[25]^[26] Teresa Vijayan died a year after his death,^[6] and his son lives in the US.^[21]

Awards and honours[edit | edit source]

O.V Vijayan Memorial by Kerala Government at Thasrak, Palaghat, Kerala

Vijayan received the Odakkuzhal Award for Khasakkinte Itihasam in 1970.^[27] His third novel, Gurusagaram, brought him three awards, Sahitya Akademi Award^[28] and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1990^[29] and Vayalar Award in 1991.^[30] When Muttathu Varkey Award was instituted in 1992, he received the inaugural award.^[31] The Government of Kerala awarded him the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, their highest literary honour, in 2001,^[32] the same year as he was inducted as an honorary fellow by Kerala Sahitya Akademi.^[33] The Government of India awarded him the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honor, in 2003.^[34] Mathrubhumi Literary Award, the last of the awards he received was in 2004, a year before his death.^[35]^[36] A memorial, O. V. Vijayan Memorial has been constructed by the Government of Kerala in Thasrak, the setting of his novel, Khasakkinte Ithihasam.^[37]^[38]^[39]

O. V. Vijayan Literary Award[edit | edit source]

The O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram (O. V. Vijayan Literary Award) was instituted by the Naveena Samskarika Kala Kendram, Hyderabad, in 2011, in memory of Vijayan who had spent his last days in Secunderabad.^[40] The award consists of a cash component of ₹50,001, a memento by Kanayi Kunhiraman, and a citation. The award is given to the best book of a writer during the year.^[41] Sarah Joseph, Zacharia, Vijayalakshmi, B. Rajeevan and Usha Kumari are some of the recipients of the award.^[42]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Novels

O. V. Vijayan (1969). Khasakkinte Itihasam (The Legends of Khasak). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-7130-126-3.
O. V. Vijayan (1985). Dharmapuranam (The Saga of Dharmapuri). DC Books.
O. V. Vijayan (1987). Gurusagaram (The Infinity of Grace). DC Books.
O. V. Vijayan (1990). Madhuram Gayathi. DC Books. ASIN B007E5FFA4. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
O. V. Vijayan (1993). Pravachakante Vazhi. DC Books. ISBN 978-81-7130-258-1.
O. V. Vijayan (1997). Thalamurakal (Generations). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-7130-742-5.

Short stories

O. V. Vijayan (1979). Oru Neenda Rathriyude Ormakkayi (kathakaḷ - Remembering a Long Night - stories). Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : National Book Stall.
O. V. Vijayan (2000). O. V. Vijayant̲e Kathakaḷ (Short Stories of Vijayan). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-0220-5.
O. V. Vijayan (1985). Asanthi : Rathiyude Kathakal (Unrest: Stories of Lust). DC Books. ISBN 978-93-86560-54-4. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
O. V. Vijayan (1985). Balabodhini: kathakaḷ. Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : National Book Stall.
O. V. Vijayan (1988). Kadaltheerathu. DC Books.
O. V. Vijayan (1989). Kattu Paranja Katha (The Stories Told by the Wind). DC Books.
O. V. Vijayan (1993). Poothaprabandhavum Mattu Kathakalum (Poothaprabandham and Other Stories). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-7130-279-6.
O. V. Vijayan (1995). Kure Kathabeejangal (kathakaḷ - Stories). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-7130-546-9.
O. V. Vijayan (2000). O. V. Vijayante Kathakal. DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-0220-5.
O.V. Vijayan (2007). Arakshithavastha (Insecurity). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-1471-0.
O. V. Vijayan. Samudrathilekku Vazhithetti Vanna Paralmeen. DC Books. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

Collection of essays

O. V. Vijayan (1987). Oru Sindoora Pottinte Orma. DC Books. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
O. V. Vijayan (1988). Khoshayathrayil Thaniye (Alone in the Procession). DC Books. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
O. V. Vijayan (1988). Vargasamaram Swathwam. DC Books. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
O. V. Vijayan (1988). O. V. Vijayante Kurippukal (Notes). Current Books.
O. V. Vijayan (1989). Ente Charithranewshana Pareekshakal (My Experiments with History). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-7130-081-5.
O. V. Vijayan (1991). Sandehiyude Samvadam. Current Books. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
O. V. Vijayan (1998). Haindhavanum Athuhaindhavanum. Current Books. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
O. V. Vijayan (2001). Andhanum Akalangal Kaanunnavanum: (lekhanangaḷ - The Blind and The Seer - satirical essays). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-0299-1.
O. V. Vijayan (2005). Vargasamaram, Swathwam. DC Books. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

Memoirs

O. V. Vijayan (1989). Ithihasathinte Ithihasam. DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-2877-9. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
O. V. Vijayan (2002). Vijayan: A Cartoonist Remembers. Rupa & Company. ISBN 978-81-7167-883-9.
O. V. Vijayan (2011). Vijayante Kathukal (Vijayan's Letters). DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-3325-4. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

Cartoons

O. V. Vijayan (1990). Ithiri Neramboke, Ithiri Darsanam (cartoons). DC Books. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
Vijayan, O. V. (2006). Tragic idiom : O.V. Vijayan's cartoons & notes on India. Kottayam, Kerala: DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-1235-8. OCLC 123377620.

Translations into English

Vijayan, O. V. (1989). After the hanging and other stories. New Delhi, India: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-012617-4. OCLC 22731313.
O. V. Vijayan (1988). The Saga of Dharmapuri. Penguin Group USA. ISBN 978-0-14-010787-6.
Vijayan, O. V. (1994). The legends of Khasak. New Delhi: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-93-5118-009-8. OCLC 624323262.
Vijayan, O. V. (1996). The infinity of grace. New Delhi: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-026007-6. OCLC 36470487.
O. V. Vijayan (1999). Selected Fiction. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-028965-7.

Translations into French

Vijayan, O. V. (2004). Les Légendes de Khasak. Translated by Vitalyos, Dominique. Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-61994-1.
O.V. Vijayan: L'Aéroport, transl. from Malayalam by Dominique Vitalyos, Revue Europe, nov-dec. 2002, pp. 236–241
O.V. Vijayan: Les Rochers, translated from English by Valérie Blavignac, Revue Europe avril 2001, pp. 132–138.

Translations into Hindi

O. V. Vijayan (1997). Samudra Thad Par. Translation of "Kadaltheerathu". Katha. ISBN 978-81-85586-55-7.

Writings on Vijayan[edit | edit source]

V.B. Vinod (2009). "Location of History in a Spiritual Eco-System: Looking at "Madhuram Gayati" by O V Vijayan". Indian Literature. 53 (2): 180–185. JSTOR 23348055.
"The Creative World of Vijayan" (PDF). Shodhganga. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
Ormmapusthakam (Remembrances). DC Books. 2006. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Memories of Vijayan, written by Anand, M. Mukundan, M. P. Narayana Pillai, Kakkanadan, Madhavikkutty, P. Govinda Pillai, Zacharia, N. S. Madhavan, V. K. N., T. J. S. George, E. P. Unni, O. V. Usha, Theresa Vijayan, Akavur Narayanan, and M. G. S.

References[edit | edit source]

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KP Ramesh, OV VIjayan Daivasandramaya Kaattu (Biobraphy of OV VIjayan), Kerala Sahitya Akademi,2010

External links[edit | edit source]

"The lion in winter". ia.rediff.com. 31 March 2005. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Rajeev Srinivasan's interview with O V Vijayan
"Author Details". www.puzha.com. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
Katalog. Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. 2015. ISBN 978-3-458-17219-2. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

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[Remains_of_the_Day-14] "Remains of the Day". The Indian Express. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[The_local_route-15] Ganesh, Deepa (5 May 2016). "The local route". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

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 {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
-| name = Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan
+| name             = Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan
-| image = Vijayan.jpg
+| image            = Vijayan.jpg
-| pseudonym =
+| pseudonym        =
-| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|07|2}}
+| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|07|2}}
-| birth_place = [[Palakkad]], [[Malabar District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
+| birth_place      = [[Palakkad]], [[Malabar District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
-| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2005|3|30|1930|07|2}}
+| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|2005|3|30|1930|07|2}}
-| occupation = Novelist, [[short story writer]], [[cartoonist]], journalist
+| death_place      = [[Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (Now [[Telangana]]), [[India]]
-| nationality = Indian
+| occupation       = [[Novelist]], [[short story writer]], [[cartoonist]], [[journalist]]
-| genre = Novel, short story, essays
+| genre            = [[Novel]], [[short story]], [[essays]]
-| subject = Social aspects
+| subject          = Social aspects
-| movement = [[Modernism]], [[Magical realism]]
+| movement         = [[Modernism]], [[Magical realism]]
-| spouse = Teresa Vijayan
+| spouse           = Teresa Vijayan
-| children = Madhu Vijayan
+| children         = Madhu Vijayan
-| relatives = [[O. V. Usha]] (sister)
+| relatives        = [[O. V. Usha]] (sister)
-| awards = {{ublist|1970&nbsp;[[Odakkuzhal Award]]|1990&nbsp;[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]|1990&nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]|1991&nbsp;[[Vayalar Award]]|1992&nbsp;[[Muttathu Varkey Award]]|2001&nbsp;[[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|Ezhuthachan Award]]|2001&nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi|Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]]|2003&nbsp;[[Padma Bhushan]]|2004&nbsp;[[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]]}}
+| awards           = {{ublist|1970&nbsp;[[Odakkuzhal Award]]|1990&nbsp;[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]|1990&nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]|1991&nbsp;[[Vayalar Award]]|1992&nbsp;[[Muttathu Varkey Award]]|2001&nbsp;[[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram|Ezhuthachan Award]]|2001&nbsp;[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi|Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]]|2003&nbsp;[[Padma Bhushan]]|2004&nbsp;[[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]]}}
-| website =
+| website          =
 }}
-'''Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan''' (2 July 1930 – 30 March 2005), commonly known as '''O. V. Vijayan''', was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern [[Malayalam language]] literature. Best known for his [[debut novel|first novel]] ''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'' (1969), Vijayan was the author of six novels, nine short-story collections, and nine collections of essays, memoirs and reflections.
+{{Indian name|Vijayan|Ottupulackal Velukkuty}}'''Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan''' (2 July 1930 – 30 March 2005), commonly known as '''O. V. Vijayan''', was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern [[Malayalam literature]]. Best known for his [[debut novel|first novel]] ''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'' (1969), Vijayan was the author of six novels, nine short-story collections, and nine collections of essays, memoirs and reflections.
 Born in [[Palakkad]] in 1930, Vijayan graduated from [[Government Victoria College, Palakkad|Victoria College]] in Palakkad and obtained a master's degree in English literature from [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College, Madras]]. He wrote his first short story, "Tell Father Gonsalves", in 1953. ''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'' (''The Legends of Khasak''), Vijayan's first novel, appeared in 1969.<ref name="Njattupura recreates Thasrak magic">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/njattupura-recreates-thasrak-magic/article7019937.ece |title=Njattupura recreates Thasrak magic |date=March 22, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> It set off a great literary revolution and cleaved the history of Malayalam fiction into pre-Khasak and post-Khasak. While ''Khasakkinte Itihasam'' continues to be his best-known work as an angry young man, his later works, ''[[Gurusagaram]]'' (''The Infinity of Grace''), ''Pravachakante Vazhi'' (''The Path of the Prophet'') and ''Thalamurakal'' (''Generations'') bespeak a mature transcendentalist.
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 ==Early life==
 [[File:O. V. Vijayan.jpg|left|thumb|240x240px|Illustration of O.V. Vijayan]]
-O. V. Vijayan was born on 2 July 1930 at Vilayanchaathanoor village in [[Palakkad district]] in Kerala.<ref name="O. V. Vijayan - Indian Cartoonist and Writer">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2017 |title=O. V. Vijayan - Indian Cartoonist and Writer |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Brittannica |publisher=Brittannica |location=UK |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/O-V-Vijayan |access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> Born premature in the seventh month, Vijayan was sickly from childhood and spent most of his time confined to his room. His father O. Velukkutty was an officer in [[Malabar Special Police]] of the erstwhile [[Madras Province]] in [[British India]].<ref name="Vijayan: The writer, cartoonist">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/mar/30ov2.htm |title=Vijayan: The writer, cartoonist |website=www.rediff.com |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref><ref name="VIJAYAN O V  Palakkad">{{Cite web |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/author/vijayan-o-v |title=VIJAYAN O V Palakkad |date=2017-07-23 |website=DC Books online |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> His youngest sister [[O. V. Usha]] is a Malayalam poet.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ajith Kumar|first=J.|title=A passion for the unknown|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/11/24/stories/2002112400620200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219084833/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/11/24/stories/2002112400620200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 February 2014|access-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 November 2002}}</ref> As a child, Vijayan was largely homeschooled. Formal schooling began at the age of twelve, when he joined Raja's High School, [[Kottakkal]] in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]], directly into sixth grade. The informal education arranged by his father during his absentee years was sufficient to keep him at par with his peers. The following year, Velukkutty was transferred and Vijayan joined the school at [[Koduvayur-II|Koduvayur]] in [[Palakkad]]. He graduated from [[Government Victoria College, Palakkad|Victoria College]] in Palakkad and obtained a master's degree in English literature from [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]].<ref name="Vijayan O V - DC Books profile" /> Vijayan taught for some time at [[Malabar Christian College]], [[Kozhikode]], and Victoria College before opting for journalism.<ref name="Vijayan: The writer, cartoonist" />
+O. V. Vijayan was born on 2 July 1930 at Vilayanchaathanoor village in [[Palakkad district]] in Kerala.<ref name="O. V. Vijayan - Indian Cartoonist and Writer">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2017 |title=O. V. Vijayan - Indian Cartoonist and Writer |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Britannica |location=UK |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/O-V-Vijayan |access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> Born premature in the seventh month, Vijayan was sickly from childhood and spent most of his time confined to his room. His father O. Velukkutty was an officer in [[Malabar Special Police]] of the erstwhile [[Madras Province]] in [[British India]].<ref name="Vijayan: The writer, cartoonist">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/mar/30ov2.htm |title=Vijayan: The writer, cartoonist |website=www.rediff.com |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref><ref name="VIJAYAN O V  Palakkad">{{Cite web |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/author/vijayan-o-v |title=VIJAYAN O V Palakkad |date=2017-07-23 |website=DC Books online |access-date=2017-07-23 |archive-date=24 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624001003/http://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/author/vijayan-o-v |url-status=dead }}</ref> His youngest sister [[O. V. Usha]] is a Malayalam poet.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ajith Kumar|first=J.|title=A passion for the unknown|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/11/24/stories/2002112400620200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219084833/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/11/24/stories/2002112400620200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 February 2014|access-date=2 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 November 2002}}</ref> As a child, Vijayan was largely homeschooled. Formal schooling began at the age of twelve, when he joined Raja's High School, [[Kottakkal]] in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]], directly into sixth grade. The informal education arranged by his father during his absentee years was sufficient to keep him at par with his peers. The following year, Velukkutty was transferred and Vijayan joined the school at [[Koduvayur-II|Koduvayur]] in [[Palakkad]]. He graduated from [[Government Victoria College, Palakkad|Victoria College]] in Palakkad and obtained a master's degree in English literature from [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]].<ref name="Vijayan O V - DC Books profile" /> Vijayan taught for some time at [[Malabar Christian College]], [[Kozhikode]], and Victoria College before opting for journalism.<ref name="Vijayan: The writer, cartoonist" />
 ==Literary career==
 ===''Khasakkinte Itihasam'' ===
-{{quotebox|align = right|width=22em|''When the bus came to its final halt in Koomankavu, the place did not seem unfamiliar to Ravi. He had never been there before, but he had seen himself coming to this forlorn outpost beneath the immense canopy of trees, with its dozen shops and shacks raised on piles; he had seen it all in recurrent premonitions – the benign age of the trees, the river bark and roots arched above the earth.''<br>(the opening paragraph of ''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'')<ref name="World Book Day: Revisiting Thasrak, where a legend was born">{{Cite web |url=https://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/getting-about-kerala/palakkad/thazrak-ov-vijayan-khasakinte-ithihasam-legend-palakkad.html |title=World Book Day: Revisiting Thasrak, where a legend was born |last=Baiju Govind |date=April 23, 2017 |website=OnManorama |language=en |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>}}
+{{quote box|align = right|width=22em|''When the bus came to its final halt in Koomankavu, the place did not seem unfamiliar to Ravi. He had never been there before, but he had seen himself coming to this forlorn outpost beneath the immense canopy of trees, with its dozen shops and shacks raised on piles; he had seen it all in recurrent premonitions – the benign age of the trees, the river bark and roots arched above the earth.''<br />(the opening paragraph of ''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'')<ref name="World Book Day: Revisiting Thasrak, where a legend was born">{{Cite web |url=https://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/getting-about-kerala/palakkad/thazrak-ov-vijayan-khasakinte-ithihasam-legend-palakkad.html |title=World Book Day: Revisiting Thasrak, where a legend was born |last=Baiju Govind |date=April 23, 2017 |website=OnManorama |language=en |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>}}
-''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'' (''The Legends of Khasak''), Vijayan's first novel, which took twelve years' writing and rewriting to reach its final form, was published in 1969.<ref name="Vijayan: Guru of a whole generation">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/mar/30ov1.htm |title=Vijayan: Guru of a whole generation |website=Rediff |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref> A year before, it was serialized in [[Mathrubhumi]] weekly for 28 weeks starting from January 28, 1968<ref name="Khasakkinte Ithihasam - 50 Years">{{Cite web |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/literature-articles/ov-vijayan-khasakkinte-ithihasam-literature-news/573653 |title=Khasakkinte Ithihasam - 50 Years |website=Madhyamam |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> and set off a great literary revolution and cleaved the history of Malayalam fiction into pre-Khasak and post-Khasak eras.<ref name="Kerala's magic-realist and political commentator - Why everyone should read O. V. Vijayan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-s-magic-realist-and-political-commentator-why-everyone-should-read-ov-vijayan-82895 |title=Kerala's magic-realist and political commentator - Why everyone should read O. V. Vijayan |website=www.thenewsminute.com |access-date=2019-01-30|date=2018-06-12 }}</ref> The former era was romantic and formal; the latter is modernist, post-modernist and post-post-modernist, with tremendous experimentation in style and content. The novel, which has drawn comparisons with ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'' of [[Gabriel Garcia Marquez]],<ref name="Lost in translation">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/lost-in-translation/article5969970.ece |title=Lost in translation |last=Gopalakrishnan |first=K. K. |date=2014-05-03 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="It Takes a Village">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/it-takes-a-village-2756713/ |title=It Takes a Village |date=2016-04-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> is about Ravi, a teacher in an informal education centre in Khasak, and his existential crises.<ref name="Khasakkinte Ithihasam">{{Cite web |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2623267-khasakkinte-ithihasam |title=Khasakkinte Ithihasam |date=2017-07-23 |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> The central character is shown as a visionary who completed his post graduate programme in Physics from a college at [[Tambaram]]. The novel ends when Ravi begins his journey to some other realms of existence.<ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA195|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=195–}}</ref> The existential puzzle of man as to why he should exist is explored in this novel. The novel introduced a new poetic style of prose, combining [[Tamil language|Tamil]], the [[Palakkad]] dialect and a [[sanskritized]] Malayalam.<ref name="Khasakkinte Ithihasam - 50 Years" /> It also introduced a narrative style that moved forth from reality to myths and back.<ref name="Remains of the Day">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/ov-vijayan-photos-the-legends-of-khasak-book-3079873/ |title=Remains of the Day |date=2016-10-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> The work was later adapted as a play by [[Deepan Sivaraman]].<ref name="The local route">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/the-local-route/article8560854.ece |title=The local route |last=Ganesh |first=Deepa |date=2016-05-05 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref>
+''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'' (''The Legends of Khasak''), Vijayan's first novel, which took twelve years' writing and rewriting to reach its final form, was published in 1969.<ref name="Vijayan: Guru of a whole generation">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2005/mar/30ov1.htm |title=Vijayan: Guru of a whole generation |website=Rediff |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref> A year before, it was serialized in [[Mathrubhumi]] weekly for 28 weeks starting from January 28, 1968<ref name="Khasakkinte Ithihasam - 50 Years">{{Cite web |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/literature-articles/ov-vijayan-khasakkinte-ithihasam-literature-news/573653 |title=Khasakkinte Ithihasam - 50 Years |website=Madhyamam |date=18 November 2018 |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> and set off a great literary revolution and cleaved the history of Malayalam fiction into pre-Khasak and post-Khasak eras.<ref name="Kerala's magic-realist and political commentator - Why everyone should read O. V. Vijayan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-s-magic-realist-and-political-commentator-why-everyone-should-read-ov-vijayan-82895 |title=Kerala's magic-realist and political commentator - Why everyone should read O. V. Vijayan |website=www.thenewsminute.com |access-date=2019-01-30|date=2018-06-12 }}</ref> The former era was romantic and formal; the latter is modernist, post-modernist and post-post-modernist, with tremendous experimentation in style and content. The novel, which has drawn comparisons with ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'' of [[Gabriel García Márquez]],<ref name="Lost in translation">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/lost-in-translation/article5969970.ece |title=Lost in translation |last=Gopalakrishnan |first=K. K. |date=2014-05-03 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="It Takes a Village">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/it-takes-a-village-2756713/ |title=It Takes a Village |date=2016-04-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> is about Ravi, a teacher in an informal education centre in Khasak, and his existential crises. The central character is shown as a visionary who completed his post graduate programme in Physics from a college at [[Tambaram]]. The novel ends when Ravi begins his journey to some other realms of existence.<ref name="NatarajanNelson1996">{{cite book|author1=Nalini Natarajan|author2=Emmanuel Sampath Nelson|title=Handbook of Twentieth-century Literatures of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lTnv6o-d_oC&pg=PA195|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-28778-7|pages=195–}}</ref> The existential puzzle of man as to why he should exist is explored in this novel. The novel introduced a new poetic style of prose, combining [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and  [[Palakkad]] dialect of Malayalam.<ref name="Khasakkinte Ithihasam - 50 Years" /> It also introduced a narrative style that moved forth from reality to myths and back.<ref name="Remains of the Day">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/ov-vijayan-photos-the-legends-of-khasak-book-3079873/ |title=Remains of the Day |date=2016-10-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> The work was later adapted as a play by [[Deepan Sivaraman]].<ref name="The local route">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/the-local-route/article8560854.ece |title=The local route |last=Ganesh |first=Deepa |date=2016-05-05 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref>
 === ''Dharmapuranam''===
-''Dharmapuranam'' (''The Saga of Dharmapuri'', 1985)<ref name="Dharmapuranam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13357784-dharmapuranam?rating=2 |title=Dharmapuranam |date=2017-07-23 |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref> is outwardly a great political satire where the author knows no restraint in lampooning political establishments.<ref name="Vijayan: Guru of a whole generation" /> The works attempts to lampoon modes of governance through its characters and the setting. The central character is Sidhartha, modelled after [[Gautama Buddha]], whose personality is shown to lead people to enlightenment. Though satirical in its tone, the novel has a spiritual level, too. ''Malayalanadu'' weekly announced that the novel would be serialised from July 1975, but the plan was dropped when [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] was proclaimed on June 25, 1975. The novel was finally serialised only in 1977, after the Emergency was lifted and it proved to be prophetic. There were hindrances for its publication as well due to its sexual-scatological language and imagery and as the atrocities perpetrated during Emergency were still haunting the public. Finally, it was published in 1985. Two years later, [[Penguin Books]] published the English translation and the book drew critical reviews. ''...dangerous stuff and cut close to the bone'' were the words of [[David Selbourne]], in ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'' and [[Khushwant Singh]] rated the novel as ''not the kind of novel you forget in a hurry.'' Vijayan himself described it as a cleansing act that he had no desire to repeat.<ref name="A sage and an iconoclast">{{Cite web |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2208/stories/20050422003113200.htm |title=A sage and an iconoclast |last=K. Satchidanandan |website=frontline.thehindu.com |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref>
+''Dharmapuranam'' (''The Saga of Dharmapuri'', 1985) is outwardly a great political satire where the author knows no restraint in lampooning political establishments.<ref name="Vijayan: Guru of a whole generation" /> The works attempts to lampoon modes of governance through its characters and the setting. The central character is Sidhartha, modelled after [[Gautama Buddha]], whose personality is shown to lead people to enlightenment. Though satirical in its tone, the novel has a spiritual level, too. ''[[Malayalanadu]]'' weekly announced that the novel would be serialised from July 1975, but the plan was dropped when [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] was proclaimed on June 25, 1975. The novel was finally serialised only in 1977, after the Emergency was lifted and it proved to be prophetic. There were hindrances for its publication as well due to its sexual-scatological language and imagery and as the atrocities perpetrated during Emergency were still haunting the public. Finally, it was published in 1985. Two years later, [[Penguin Books]] published the English translation and the book drew critical reviews. ''...dangerous stuff and cut close to the bone'' were the words of [[David Selbourne]], in ''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]'' and [[Khushwant Singh]] rated the novel as ''not the kind of novel you forget in a hurry.'' Vijayan himself described it as a cleansing act that he had no desire to repeat.<ref name="A sage and an iconoclast">{{Cite web |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2208/stories/20050422003113200.htm |title=A sage and an iconoclast |last=K. Satchidanandan |website=frontline.thehindu.com |access-date=2019-01-30 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 ===Later novels===
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 ===Other literary works===
-He wrote his first short story, "Tell Father Gonsalves", in 1953. He wrote many volumes of short stories, the first volume of which was published in 1957 – ''Three Wars''. The stories, which range from the comic to the philosophical, show an astonishing diversity of situations, tones and styles. O. V. Vijayan's best known collection in English is ''After the Hanging and Other Stories'' which contains several jewel-like masterpieces, in particular the title story about a poor, semi-literate peasant going to the jail to receive the body of his son who has been hanged; ''The Wart'' and ''The Foetus'' about the trauma of the fascist Emergency; the transcendental ''The Airport'', ''The Little Ones'', and several others. He also wrote many essays, and also published one book of cartoons- ''Ithiri Neramboke, Ithiri Darshanam'' (A Little Pastime, A little Vision) – 1990. ''Itihasathinte Itihasam'', a historical treatise written by him is considered by many as masterpiece.<ref name="Key Indian writer OV Vijayan dies">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4394419.stm |title=Key Indian writer OV Vijayan dies |date=2005-03-30 |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
+He wrote his first short story, "Tell Father Gonsalves", in 1953. He wrote many volumes of short stories, the first volume of which was published in 1957 – ''Three Wars''. The stories, which range from the comic to the philosophical, show an astonishing diversity of situations, tones and styles. O. V. Vijayan's best known collection in English is ''After the Hanging and Other Stories'' which contains several jewel-like masterpieces, in particular the title story about a poor, semi-literate peasant going to the jail to receive the body of his son who has been hanged; ''The Wart'' and ''The Foetus'' about the trauma of the fascist Emergency; the transcendental ''The Airport'', ''The Little Ones'', and several others. He also wrote many essays, and also published one book of cartoons- ''Ithiri Neramboke, Ithiri Darshanam'' (A Little Pastime, A little Vision) – 1990. ''Itihasathinte Itihasam'', a historical treatise written by him is considered by many as masterpiece.<ref name="Key Indian writer OV Vijayan dies">{{Cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4394419.stm |title=Key Indian writer OV Vijayan dies |date=2005-03-30 |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
-An incisive writer in English as well, Vijayan translated most of his own works from Malayalam to English. Selected works have been published by [[Penguin Books|Penguin India]]. His own translations of his stories into English – ''After Hanging and Other Stories'' and ''Selected Stories'' and the novels, ''The Saga of Dharmapuri'', ''The Legend of Khasak'' and ''The Infinity of Grace'' – have had a pan-Indian appeal, though many have been critical of the freedoms he took with his own works as well as his English style.<ref name="his novel of nested narratives chronicles the battles of two women (or three, including the author)">{{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/883709/this-novel-of-nested-narratives-chronicles-the-battles-of-two-women-or-three-including-the-author |title=This novel of nested narratives chronicles the battles of two women (or three, including the author) |last=Balakrishnan |first=Suneetha |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
+An incisive writer in English as well, Vijayan translated most of his own works from Malayalam to English. Selected works have been published by [[Penguin Books|Penguin India]]. His own translations of his stories into English – ''After Hanging and Other Stories'' and ''Selected Stories'' and the novels, ''The Saga of Dharmapuri'', ''The Legend of Khasak'' and ''The Infinity of Grace'' – have had a pan-Indian appeal, though many have been critical of the freedoms he took with his own works as well as his English style.<ref name="his novel of nested narratives chronicles the battles of two women (or three, including the author)">{{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/article/883709/this-novel-of-nested-narratives-chronicles-the-battles-of-two-women-or-three-including-the-author |title=This novel of nested narratives chronicles the battles of two women (or three, including the author) |last=Balakrishnan |first=Suneetha |website=Scroll.in |date=23 June 2018 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
+At the [[Wayanad Literature Festival]], N. S. Madhavan discusses how O. V. Vijayan's writing was a pioneering force in the magical realism sphere of Malayalam Literature.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IwSQ50X88Sw |title=മാജിക് റിയലിസം മൂന്നാം ലോകരാജ്യങ്ങളിലെ സാഹിത്യഭാഷയായി മാറി - N S Madhavan {{!}} WLF 2024 |language=en |access-date=2025-12-08 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
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 ==Later life and death==
-Vijayan was married to Theresa Gabriel, an academic and the couple had a son, Madhu.<ref name="Vijayan: The writer, cartoonist" /> He was inflicted with [[Parkinson's disease]] for 20 years and in March 2005, he was admitted to Care Hospital, [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] where he succumbed to organ failure on 30 March 2005 at age of 75,<ref name="Vijayan O V - DC Books profile">{{Cite web |url=http://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/authors/vijayan-o-v |title=Vijayan O V - DC Books profile |publisher=dcbooks |access-date=16 May 2013}}</ref> survived by his wife and son.<ref name="The Hindu : National : Directive to O.V. Vijayan's son">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/28/stories/2005102805391300.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=National : Directive to O.V. Vijayan's son |access-date=2019-01-30}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Family fight breaks out over Vijayan's ashes - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Family-fight-breaks-out-over-Vijayans-ashes/articleshow/1071992.cms |title=Family fight breaks out over Vijayan's ashes - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref> His dead body was taken to Kerala by special flight and was cremated with full state honours at Ivor Madom crematorium in Pambadi, [[Thrissur]] near [[Thiruvilwamala]] on the banks of the [[Bharathapuzha]] where his nephew, [[Ravi Shankar (cartoonist)|Ravi Shankar]], a known cartoonist, lit the pyre.<ref name="Can your ashes be a part of your estate?">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/leisure/can-your-ashes-be-a-part-of-your-estate/cid/1013769 |title=Can your ashes be a part of your estate? |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref><ref name="Sh. Madhu Vijayan And Anr. vs Sh. S.G. Ravishankar on 10 March 2006">{{Cite web |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/648185/ |title=Sh. Madhu Vijayan And Anr. vs Sh. S.G. Ravishankar on 10 March, 2006 |last=A. Sikri |date=10 March 2006 |website=indiankanoon.org |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> Teresa Vijayan died a year after his death,<ref name="Vijayan O V - DC Books profile" /> and his son lives in the US.<ref name="O V Vijayan passes away" />
+Vijayan was married to Theresa Gabriel, an academic and the couple had a son, Madhu.<ref name="Vijayan: The writer, cartoonist" /> He was afflicted with [[Parkinson's disease]] for 20 years and in early March 2005, he was admitted to Care Hospital, [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] where he succumbed to organ failure on 30 March 2005 aged 74,<ref name="Vijayan O V - DC Books profile">{{Cite web |url=http://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/authors/vijayan-o-v |title=Vijayan O V - DC Books profile |publisher=dcbooks |access-date=16 May 2013 |archive-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517062727/http://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/authors/vijayan-o-v |url-status=dead }}</ref> survived by his wife and son.<ref name="The Hindu : National : Directive to O.V. Vijayan's son">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/10/28/stories/2005102805391300.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=National : Directive to O.V. Vijayan's son |access-date=2019-01-30}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Family fight breaks out over Vijayan's ashes - Times of India">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Family-fight-breaks-out-over-Vijayans-ashes/articleshow/1071992.cms |title=Family fight breaks out over Vijayan's ashes - Times of India |website=The Times of India |date=8 April 2005 |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref> His body was taken to Kerala by special flight and was cremated with full state honours at Ivor Madom crematorium in Pambadi, [[Thrissur]] near [[Thiruvilwamala]] on the banks of the [[Bharathapuzha]] where his nephew, [[Ravi Shankar (cartoonist)|Ravi Shankar]], a known cartoonist, lit the pyre.<ref name="Can your ashes be a part of your estate?">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/leisure/can-your-ashes-be-a-part-of-your-estate/cid/1013769 |title=Can your ashes be a part of your estate? |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref><ref name="Sh. Madhu Vijayan And Anr. vs Sh. S.G. Ravishankar on 10 March 2006">{{Cite web |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/648185/ |title=Sh. Madhu Vijayan And Anr. vs Sh. S.G. Ravishankar on 10 March, 2006 |last=A. Sikri |date=10 March 2006 |website=indiankanoon.org |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> Teresa Vijayan died a year after his death,<ref name="Vijayan O V - DC Books profile" /> and his son lives in the US.<ref name="O V Vijayan passes away" />
 == Awards and honours ==
-Vijayan received the [[Odakkuzhal Award]] for ''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'' in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Odakkuzhal Award |date=2019-01-31 |website=www.keralaculture.org |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |language=en |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> His third novel, ''[[Gurusagaram]]'', brought him three awards, [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, [[Government of Kerala]] |access-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 }}</ref> and [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] in 1990<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards for Novel">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards for Novel |date=2019-01-31 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109145935/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Vayalar Award]] in 1991.<ref name="Award Page (Malayalam)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw27.htm |title=Award Page (Malayalam) |date=2019-01-31 |website=Kerala Sahitya Academy |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> When [[Muttathu Varkey Award]] was instituted in 1992, he received the inaugural award.<ref name="The Hindu : Kerala News : Muttathu Varkey award for Zacharia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/29/stories/2005042912210400.htm |title=Kerala News : Muttathu Varkey award for Zacharia |date=April 29, 2005 |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2019-01-31}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The Government of Kerala awarded him the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], their highest literary honour, in 2001,<ref name="Ezhuthachan Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw23.htm |title=Ezhuthachan Award |date=2019-01-31 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> the same year as he was inducted as an honorary fellow by [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Fellows/Html/HonMembersPage-3.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |date=2019-01-30 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian honor, in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]], the last of the awards he received was in 2004, a year before his death.<ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Mathrubhumi Literary Award |website=www.keralaculture.org |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |language=en |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary Award winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw42.htm |title=Mathrubhumi Literary Award winners |date=2019-01-31 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> A memorial, ''O. V. Vijayan Memorial'' has been constructed by the Government of Kerala in Thasrak, the setting of his novel, ''Khasakkinte Ithihasam''.<ref name="Khasakh heroes to welcome visitors to Vijayan memorial">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/khasakh-heroes-to-welcome-visitors-to-vijayan-memorial/article8368313.ece |title=Khasakh heroes to welcome visitors to Vijayan memorial |last=Shaji |first=K. A |date=2016-03-18 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="O. V. Vijayan Memorial">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ovvijayanmemorial.com/en/ |title=O. V. Vijayan Memorial |last=Multimedia |first=G. L. O. |date=2019-01-31 |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="Work on O.V. Vijayan memorial at Thasrak slack in Kozhikode">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/work-on-ov-vijayan-memorial-at-thasrak-slack-in-kozhikode/article6437575.ece |title=Work on O.V. Vijayan memorial at Thasrak slack in Kozhikode |last=Shaji |first=K. a |date=2014-09-23 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
+[[File:O.V Vijayan Smarakam Thasraak.jpg|thumb|250px|O.V Vijayan Memorial by Kerala Government at Thasrak, Palaghat, Kerala]]
+Vijayan received the [[Odakkuzhal Award]] for ''[[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]'' in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Odakkuzhal Award |date=2019-01-31 |website=www.keralaculture.org |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |language=en |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> His third novel, ''[[Gurusagaram]]'', brought him three awards, [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, [[Government of Kerala]] |access-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 }}</ref> and [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] in 1990<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards for Novel">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards for Novel |date=2019-01-31 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109145935/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Vayalar Award]] in 1991.<ref name="Award Page (Malayalam)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw27.htm |title=Award Page (Malayalam) |date=2019-01-31 |website=Kerala Sahitya Academy |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> When [[Muttathu Varkey Award]] was instituted in 1992, he received the inaugural award.<ref name="The Hindu : Kerala News : Muttathu Varkey award for Zacharia">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/29/stories/2005042912210400.htm |title=Kerala News : Muttathu Varkey award for Zacharia |date=April 29, 2005 |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2019-01-31}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The Government of Kerala awarded him the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], their highest literary honour, in 2001,<ref name="Ezhuthachan Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw23.htm |title=Ezhuthachan Award |date=2019-01-31 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> the same year as he was inducted as an honorary fellow by [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]].<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Fellows/Html/HonMembersPage-3.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |date=2019-01-30 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third highest civilian honor, in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]], the last of the awards he received was in 2004, a year before his death.<ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Mathrubhumi Literary Award |website=www.keralaculture.org |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |language=en |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary Award winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw42.htm |title=Mathrubhumi Literary Award winners |date=2019-01-31 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref> A memorial, [[O. V. Vijayan Memorial]] has been constructed by the Government of Kerala in Thasrak, the setting of his novel, ''Khasakkinte Ithihasam''.<ref name="Khasakh heroes to welcome visitors to Vijayan memorial">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/khasakh-heroes-to-welcome-visitors-to-vijayan-memorial/article8368313.ece |title=Khasakh heroes to welcome visitors to Vijayan memorial |last=Shaji |first=K. A |date=2016-03-18 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="O. V. Vijayan Memorial">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ovvijayanmemorial.com/en/ |title=O. V. Vijayan Memorial |last=Multimedia |first=G. L. O. |date=2019-01-31 |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="Work on O.V. Vijayan memorial at Thasrak slack in Kozhikode">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/work-on-ov-vijayan-memorial-at-thasrak-slack-in-kozhikode/article6437575.ece |title=Work on O.V. Vijayan memorial at Thasrak slack in Kozhikode |last=Shaji |first=K. a |date=2014-09-23 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
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 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Dharmapuranam (The Saga of Dharmapuri)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ovA2HAAACAAJ|year=1985|publisher=DC Books}}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Gurusagaram (The Infinity of Grace)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V44sAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=DC Books}}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://ebooks.dcbooks.com/madhuram-gayathi |title=Madhuram Gayathi |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1990 |asin=B007E5FFA4}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://ebooks.dcbooks.com/madhuram-gayathi |title=Madhuram Gayathi |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1990 |asin=B007E5FFA4 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131201305/http://ebooks.dcbooks.com/madhuram-gayathi |url-status=dead }}
-* {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/2716399-pravachakante-vazhi |title=Pravachakante Vazhi |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1993 |isbn=9788171302581}}
+* {{Cite book |title=Pravachakante Vazhi |author=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1993 |isbn=978-81-7130-258-1}}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Thalamurakal (Generations)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6xMSqAzXXiQC|year=1997|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-7130-742-5}}
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 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Oru Neenda Rathriyude Ormakkayi (kathakaḷ - Remembering a Long Night - stories)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AogtAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : National Book Stall}}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=O. V. Vijayant̲e Kathakaḷ (Short Stories of Vijayan)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4RkAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-0220-5}}
-* {{Cite book |title=Asanthi : Rathiyude Kathakal (Unrest: Stories of Lust) |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=1179|last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1985 |isbn=9789386560544}}
+* {{Cite book |title=Asanthi : Rathiyude Kathakal (Unrest: Stories of Lust) |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=1179 |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1985 |isbn=978-93-86560-54-4 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013346/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=1179 |url-status=dead }}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Balabodhini: kathakaḷ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hk4sAAAAIAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Sāhityapr̲avarttaka Sahakaraṇasaṅghaṃ : National Book Stall}}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Kadaltheerathu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V2QZAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=DC Books}}
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 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=O. V. Vijayante Kathakal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4RkAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-0220-5}}
 * {{cite book|author=O.V. Vijayan|title=Arakshithavastha (Insecurity)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfBcPgAACAAJ|date=2007|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-1471-0}}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=123 |title=Samudrathilekku Vazhithetti Vanna Paralmeen |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=123 |title=Samudrathilekku Vazhithetti Vanna Paralmeen |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |archive-date=1 February 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065303/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=123 |url-status=dead }}
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 '''Collection of essays'''
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-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=17320&query_desc=au%3AVIJAYAN%20%20%2C%20O%20%20V |title=Oru Sindoora Pottinte Orma |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1987}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=17320&query_desc=au%3AVIJAYAN%20%20%2C%20O%20%20V |title=Oru Sindoora Pottinte Orma |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1987 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013459/http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=17320&query_desc=au%3AVIJAYAN%20%20%2C%20O%20%20V |url-status=dead }}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=762 |title=Khoshayathrayil Thaniye (Alone in the Procession) |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1988}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=762 |title=Khoshayathrayil Thaniye (Alone in the Procession) |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1988 |archive-date=31 January 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131201247/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=762 |url-status=dead }}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4148 |title=Vargasamaram Swathwam |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1988}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4148 |title=Vargasamaram Swathwam |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1988 |archive-date=31 January 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131201326/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4148 |url-status=dead }}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=O. V. Vijayante Kurippukal (Notes)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4-QZAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Current Books}}
-* {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Ente Charithranewshana Pareekshakal (My Experiments with History)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0swtAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=DC Books}}
+* {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Ente Charithranewshana Pareekshakal (My Experiments with History)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0swtAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-7130-081-5}}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=18233&query_desc=au%3AVIJAYAN%20%20%2C%20O%20%20V |title=Sandehiyude Samvadam |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=Current Books |year=1991}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=18233&query_desc=au%3AVIJAYAN%20%20%2C%20O%20%20V |title=Sandehiyude Samvadam |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=Current Books |year=1991 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013628/http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=18233&query_desc=au%3AVIJAYAN%20%20%2C%20O%20%20V |url-status=dead }}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=20456 |title=Haindhavanum Athuhaindhavanum |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=Current Books |year=1998}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=20456 |title=Haindhavanum Athuhaindhavanum |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=Current Books |year=1998 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013445/http://www.el-aloysius.in:8081/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=20456 |url-status=dead }}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Andhanum Akalangal Kaanunnavanum: (lekhanangaḷ - The Blind and The Seer - satirical essays)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXtkAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-0299-1}}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4148 |title=Vargasamaram, Swathwam |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=2005}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4148 |title=Vargasamaram, Swathwam |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=2005 |archive-date=31 January 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131201326/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4148 |url-status=dead }}
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 '''Memoirs'''
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-* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/ITHIHAASATHINTE-ITHIHAASAM#; |title=Ithihasathinte Ithihasam |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1989 |isbn=9788126428779}}
+* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/ITHIHAASATHINTE-ITHIHAASAM#; |title=Ithihasathinte Ithihasam |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1989 |isbn=978-81-264-2877-9 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013115/https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/ITHIHAASATHINTE-ITHIHAASAM#; |url-status=dead }}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Vijayan: A Cartoonist Remembers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ruZ2AAAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-7167-883-9}}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=8217 |title=Vijayante Kathukal (Vijayan's Letters) |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=2011 |isbn=9788126433254}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=8217 |title=Vijayante Kathukal (Vijayan's Letters) |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=2011 |isbn=978-81-264-3325-4 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013238/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=8217 |url-status=dead }}
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 '''Cartoons'''
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-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=160 |title=Ithiri Neramboke, Ithiri Darsanam (cartoons) |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1990}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=160 |title=Ithiri Neramboke, Ithiri Darsanam (cartoons) |last=O. V. Vijayan |publisher=DC Books |year=1990 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065324/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=160 |url-status=dead }}
-* {{Cite book |title=Tragic idiom : O.V. Vijayan's cartoons & notes on India |last=1930-2005. |first=Vijayan, O. V. |date=2006 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126412358 |location=Kottayam, Kerala |oclc=123377620}}
+* {{Cite book |title=Tragic idiom : O.V. Vijayan's cartoons & notes on India |author=Vijayan, O. V. |date=2006 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-81-264-1235-8 |location=Kottayam, Kerala |oclc=123377620}}
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 '''Translations into English'''
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-* {{Cite book |title=After the hanging and other stories |last=1930-2005. |first=Vijayan, O. V. |date=1989 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0140126174 |location=New Delhi, India |oclc=22731313 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/afterhangingothe00vija }}
+* {{Cite book |title=After the hanging and other stories |author=Vijayan, O. V. |date=1989 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-012617-4 |location=New Delhi, India |oclc=22731313 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/afterhangingothe00vija }}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=The Saga of Dharmapuri|url=https://archive.org/details/sagaofdharmapuri00vija|url-access=registration|year=1988|publisher=Penguin Group USA|isbn=978-0-14-010787-6}}
-*{{Cite book |title=The legends of Khasak |last=1930-2005. |first=Vijayan, O. V. |date=1994 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=9789351180098 |location=New Delhi |oclc=624323262}}
+* {{Cite book |title=The legends of Khasak |author=Vijayan, O. V. |date=1994 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-93-5118-009-8 |location=New Delhi |oclc=624323262}}
-* {{Cite book |title=The infinity of grace |last=1930-2005. |first=Vijayan, O. V. |date=1996 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0140260076 |location=New Delhi |oclc=36470487}}
+* {{Cite book |title=The infinity of grace |author=Vijayan, O. V. |date=1996 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-026007-6 |location=New Delhi |oclc=36470487}}
 * {{cite book|author=O. V. Vijayan|title=Selected Fiction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uz4aAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-028965-7}}
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 '''Translations into French'''
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-* {{cite book|author1=O. V. Vijayan|author2=Dominique Vitalyos (translator)|title=Les Légendes de Khasak|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T8nkPQAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Fayard|isbn=978-2-213-61994-1}}
+* {{cite book|first=O. V. |last=Vijayan |translator-first=Dominique |translator-last=Vitalyos|title=Les Légendes de Khasak|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T8nkPQAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Fayard|isbn=978-2-213-61994-1}}
-*'' O.V. Vijayan: L'Aéroport, transl. from Malayalam by Dominique Vitalyos, Revue Europe, nov-dec. 2002, pp.&nbsp;236–241
+* '' O.V. Vijayan: L'Aéroport'', transl. from Malayalam by Dominique Vitalyos, Revue Europe, nov-dec. 2002, pp.&nbsp;236–241
-*''O.V. Vijayan: Les Rochers, translated from English by Valérie Blavignac, Revue Europe avril 2001, pp.&nbsp;132–138.
+* ''O.V. Vijayan: Les Rochers'', translated from English by Valérie Blavignac, Revue Europe avril 2001, pp.&nbsp;132–138.
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 * {{Cite journal |last=V.B. Vinod |title=Location of History in a Spiritual Eco-System: Looking at "Madhuram Gayati" by O V Vijayan |journal=Indian Literature |date=2009 |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=180–185|jstor=23348055 }}
 * {{Cite web |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/131317/10/10_chapter%205.pdf |title=The Creative World of Vijayan |date=2019-01-31 |website=Shodhganga |access-date=2019-01-31}}
-* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4521 |title=Ormmapusthakam (Remembrances) |publisher=DC Books |year=2006 |quote=Memories of Vijayan, written by [[Anand (writer)|Anand]], [[M. Mukundan]], [[M. P. Narayana Pillai]], [[Kakkanadan]], [[Madhavikkutty]], [[P. Govinda Pillai]], [[Paul Zacharia|Zacharia]], [[N. S. Madhavan]], [[V. K. N.]], [[T. J. S. George]], [[E. P. Unni]], [[O. V. Usha]], Theresa Vijayan, Akavur Narayanan, and M. G. S.}}
+* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4521 |title=Ormmapusthakam (Remembrances) |publisher=DC Books |year=2006 |quote=Memories of Vijayan, written by [[Anand (writer)|Anand]], [[M. Mukundan]], [[M. P. Narayana Pillai]], [[Kakkanadan]], [[Madhavikkutty]], [[P. Govinda Pillai]], [[Paul Zacharia|Zacharia]], [[N. S. Madhavan]], [[V. K. N.]], [[T. J. S. George]], [[E. P. Unni]], [[O. V. Usha]], Theresa Vijayan, Akavur Narayanan, and M. G. S. |archive-date=31 January 2019 |access-date=31 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131201249/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4521 |url-status=dead }}
 ==References==
-{{reflist|2}}
+{{Reflist}}
-== Further reading ==
+KP Ramesh, OV VIjayan Daivasandramaya Kaattu (Biobraphy of OV VIjayan), Kerala Sahitya Akademi,2010
-* {{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2018/nov/15/79-year-old-slice-of-kerala-in-delhi-1898663.html |title=79-year-old slice of Kerala in Delhi |date=November 15, 2018 |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-01-30}}
-* {{Cite web |url=http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/india/vijayan1.htm |title=The Legends of Khasak - Review |date=2005 |website=The Complete Review |access-date=2019-01-31}}
-* {{Cite web |url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2001/500/500%20o.v.%20vijayan.htm |title=Understanding divisiveness |last=O. V. Vijayan |date=1988 |website=India Seminar |access-date=2019-01-31}}
-* {{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/s-o-s-%E2%80%93-save-our-science-1.1887341 |title=S.O.S – Save Our Science |last=Sashi Kumar |date=April 22, 2017 |website=Mathrubhumi |access-date=2019-01-31}}
 ==External links==
 {{commons category|O. V. Vijayan}}
 * {{Cite web |url=http://ia.rediff.com/news/2005/mar/31intera.htm |title=The lion in winter |date=March 31, 2005 |website=ia.rediff.com |language=en |access-date=2019-01-31 |quote=Rajeev Srinivasan's interview with O V Vijayan}}
-*[http://rajamohan.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_rajamohan_archive.html A memoir]
+* {{Cite web |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=106 |title=Author Details |date=2019-01-31 |website=www.puzha.com |access-date=2019-01-31 |archive-date=12 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212182335/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=106 |url-status=dead }}
-* {{Cite web |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=106 |title=Author Details |date=2019-01-31 |website=www.puzha.com |access-date=2019-01-31}}
+* {{cite book | url=http://katalog.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/titel.cgi?katkey=65805177 | title=Katalog | publisher=Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg | date=2015 | access-date=May 7, 2015|isbn=978-3-458-17219-2 }}
-*{{cite book | url=http://katalog.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/titel.cgi?katkey=65805177 | title=Katalog | publisher=Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg | date=2015 | access-date=May 7, 2015| isbn=9783458172192 }}
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 {{Padma Award winners of Kerala}}
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+{{Vayalar Awards}}
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+{{portal bar|Biography|India|Literature}}
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 [[Category:2005 deaths|Vijayan, O.V.]]
-[[Category:Indian cartoonists]]
 [[Category:Indian editorial cartoonists]]
 [[Category:Malayali people]]
-[[Category:Fabulists]]
+[[Category:Indian fabulists]]
-[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]
 [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education]]
-[[Category:Malayalam novelists]]
+[[Category:Malayalam-language novelists]]
 [[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam]]
 [[Category:Recipients of the Ezhuthachan Award]]
 [[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]
 [[Category:Government Victoria College, Palakkad alumni]]
-[[Category:Malabar Christian College faculty]]
+[[Category:Academic staff of Malabar Christian College]]
 [[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
 [[Category:Writers from Kerala]]
 [[Category:People from Palakkad district]]
 [[Category:Presidency College, Chennai alumni]]

v t e Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)
2000	V. K. Aatre Anil Agarwal Ram Narain Agarwal Sharan Rani Backliwal Swami Kalyandev Veerendra Heggade Pavaguda V. Indiresan Wahiduddin Khan B. B. Lal Raghunath Anant Mashelkar H. Y. Sharada Prasad Rajinikanth Begum Aizaz Rasul Radha Reddy Raja Reddy Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya S. Srinivasan Ratan Tata Harbans Singh Wasir
2001	Dev Anand Viswanathan Anand Amitabh Bachchan Rahul Bajaj B. R. Barwale Balasaheb Bharde Boyi Bhimanna Swadesh Chatterjee B. R. Chopra Ashok Desai K. M. George Bhupen Hazarika Lalgudi Jayaraman Yamini Krishnamurthy Shiv K. Kumar Raghunath Mohapatra Arun Netravali Mohan Singh Oberoi Rajendra K. Pachauri Abdul Karim Parekh Amrita Patel Pran Aroon Purie B. V. Raju Bhanumathi Ramakrishna Sundaram Ramakrishnan Chitranjan Singh Ranawat Palle Rama Rao Raj Reddy Kum Uma Sharma L. Subramaniam Naresh Trehan
2002	Gary Ackerman H. P. S. Ahluwalia Prabha Atre Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya Chandu Borde Eugene Chelyshev Pravinchandra Varjivan Gandhi Shobha Gurtu Henning Holck-Larsen Zakir Hussain B. K. S. Iyengar Faquir Chand Kohli V. C. Kulandaiswamy Gury Marchuk Jagat Singh Mehta Ismail Merchant Mario Miranda Frank Pallone Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal Natesan Rangabashyam Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra Habib Tanvir Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Nirmal Verma K. J. Yesudas
2003	Teejan Bai Ammannur Madhava Chakyar Prabhu Chawla Herbert Fischer Jamshyd Godrej Coluthur Gopalan K. Parasaran B. Rajam Iyer Shri Krishna Joshi Madurai Narayanan Krishnan Rajinder Kumar Ramesh Kumar Purshotam Lal Sitakant Mahapatra Bagicha Singh Minhas Subhash Mukhopadhyay P. S. Narayanaswamy Arcot Ramachandran Trichur V. Ramachandran Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti T. V. Sankaranarayanan Naseeruddin Shah T. V. R. Shenoy Jagjit Singh Ram Badan Singh Hari Shankar Singhania Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Narayanan Srinivasan Padma Subrahmanyam Swapna Sundari O. V. Vijayan Herbert Alexandrovich Yefremov
2004	Thoppil Varghese Antony Soumitra Chatterjee Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari Gulzar Sardara Singh Johl M. V. Kamath Komal Kothari Yoshirō Mori Gopi Chand Narang Govindarajan Padmanaban Poornima Arvind Pakvasa Vishnu Prabhakar N. Rajam C. H. Hanumantha Rao Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar T. N. Seshagopalan Bijoy Nandan Shahi Krishna Srinivas Alarmel Valli
2005	Sardar Anjum Andre Beteille Chandi Prasad Bhatt Tumkur Ramaiya Satishchandran Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri Yash Chopra Manna Dey Irfan Habib Yusuf Hamied Qurratulain Hyder Tarlochan Singh Kler Anil Kohli Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Mrinal Miri Hari Mohan Brijmohan Lall Munjal M. T. Vasudevan Nair Azim Premji Balraj Puri Syed Mir Qasim A. Ramachandran G. V. Iyer Ramakrishna V. S. Ramamurthy K.I.Varaprasad Reddy K. Srinath Reddy Girish Chandra Saxena Narasimhiah Seshagiri Mark Tully
2006	Jaiveer Agarwal P. S. Appu Shashi Bhushan Ganga Prasad Birla Grigory Bongard-Levin Lokesh Chandra Chiranjeevi Dinesh Nandini Dalmia Tarun Das Madhav Gadgil A. K. Hangal Devaki Jain Kamleshwar Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Sabri Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan Shanno Khurana Gunter Kruger P. Leela K. P. P. Nambiar Nandan Nilekani Sai Paranjpye Deepak Parekh M. V. Pylee Subramaniam Ramadorai N. S. Ramaswamy Pavani Parameswara Rao Ramakanta Rath V. Shanta Hira Lall Sibal Billy Arjan Singh Jasjit Singh Vijaypat Singhania K. G. Subramanyan K. K. Talwar Vijay Shankar Vyas Dušan Zbavitel
2007	Javed Akhtar Gabriel Chiramel Ela Gandhi Saroj Ghose V. Mohini Giri Somnath Hore Jamshed Jiji Irani Gurcharan Singh Kalkat N. Mahalingam Prithipal Singh Maini Tyeb Mehta Rajan and Sajan Mishra Rajan and Sajan Mishra Sunil Mittal Ramankutty Nair Gopaldas Neeraj Indra Nooyi Kavalam Narayana Panicker Bhikhu Parekh Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri V. S. Ramachandran Tapan Raychaudhuri S. H. Raza Jeffrey Sachs Chandra Prasad Saikia L. Z. Sailo Shiv Kumar Sarin Shriram Sharma Manju Sharma T. N. Srinivasan Osamu Suzuki K. T. Thomas
2008	Mian Bashir Ahmed Kaushik Basu Shayama Chona Jagjit Singh Chopra Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar Chandrashekhar Dasgupta Asis Datta Meghnad Desai Padma Desai Sukh Dev Nirmal Kumar Ganguly B. N. Goswamy Vasant Gowarikar Baba Kalyani K. V. Kamath Inderjit Kaur Barthakur Ravindra Kelekar Asad Ali Khan Dominique Lapierre D. R. Mehta Shiv Nadar Suresh Kumar Neotia T. K. Oommen K. Padmanabhaiah Vikram Pandit V. Ramachandran Sushil Kumar Saxena Amarnath Sehgal Jasdev Singh Sri Lal Sukla P. Susheela S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan Yuli Vorontsov Sunita Williams Ji Xianlin
2009	Isher Judge Ahluwalia Inderjit Kaur Barthakur Shamshad Begum Abhinav Bindra Shanta Dhananjayan V. P. Dhananjayan Ramachandra Guha Shekhar Gupta Khalid Hameed Minoru Hara Jayakanthan Thomas Kailath Sarvagya Singh Katiyar G. Krishna R. C. Mehta A. Sreedhara Menon S. K. Misra A. M. Naik Satish Nambiar Kunwar Narayan Nagnath Naikwadi Kirit Parikh Sam Pitroda C. K. Prahalad Gurdip Singh Randhawa Brijendra Kumar Rao Bhakta B. Rath C. S. Seshadri V. Ganapati Sthapati Devendra Triguna Sarojini Varadappan
# Posthumous conferral 1954–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029

v t e Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam language
1955-1975	R. Narayana Panickar (1955) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1957) K. P. Kesava Menon (1958) Uroob (1960) G. Sankara Kurup (1963) P. Kesavadev (1964) Balamani Amma (1965) Kuttikrishna Marar (1966) P. Kunhiraman Nair (1967) Edasseri Govindan Nair (1969) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1970) Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1971) S. K. Pottekkatt (1972) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (1973) Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1974) O. N. V. Kurup (1975)
1976-2000	Cherukad (1976) Lalithambika Antharjanam (1977) Sugathakumari (1978) N. V. Krishna Warrier (1979) Punathil Kunjabdulla (1980) Vilasini (1981) V. K. N. (1982) S. Guptan Nair (1983) Ayyappa Paniker (1984) Sukumar Azhikode (1985) M. Leelavathy (1986) N. Krishna Pillai (1987) C. Radhakrishnan (1988) Olappamanna (1989) O. V. Vijayan (1990) M. P. Sankunni Nair (1991) M. Mukundan (1992) N. P. Mohammed (1993) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (1994) Thikkodiyan (1995) T. Padmanabhan (1996) Anand (1997) Kovilan (1998) C. V. Sreeraman (1999) R. Ramachandran (2000)
2001-present	Attoor Ravi Varma (2001) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2002) Sara Joseph (2003) Zacharia (2004) Kakkanadan (2005) M. Sukumaran (2006) Sethu (2007) K. P. Appan (2008) U. A. Khader (2009) M. P. Veerendra Kumar (2010) M. K. Sanu (2011) K. Satchidanandan (2012) M. N. Paloor (2013) Subhash Chandran (2014) K. R. Meera (2015) Prabha Varma (2016) K. P. Ramanunni (2017) S. Ramesan Nair (2018)

v t e Malayalam literature
Organizations	Kerala Sahitya Akademi Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society
Literary Awards	Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram Cherukad Award Edasseri Award Ezhuthachan Puraskaram Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship Mathrubhumi Literary Award Muttathu Varkey Award O. N. V. Literary Award O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram Odakkuzhal Award Padmarajan Award P. Kesavadev Literary Award Ulloor Award Vallathol Award Vayalar Award
Fiction writers	Akbar Kakkattil Anand Anoop Sasikumar Appu Nedungadi Ashitha Ashtamoorthi K. V. Aymanam John Babu Bharadwaj B. M. Suhara B. Sandhya C. Radhakrishnan C. V. Balakrishnan C. V. Raman Pillai C. V. Sreeraman Chandramathi Cherukad E. Harikumar E. Vasu G. R. Indugopan George Onakkoor Gracy I. K. K. Menon John Abraham Jose Panachippuram Joy J. Kaimaparamban K. J. Baby Arch Deacon Koshy K. L. Mohana Varma K. N. Ezhuthachan K. P. Nirmal Kumar K. P. Ramanunni K. R. Meera K. Rekha K. Surendran K. P. Joseph Kalarickal K. Thayat Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai Kakkanadan Kamala Surayya Kanam EJ Karazhmakaran Gopali Karunakaran Karur Neelakanta Pillai Khadija Mumtaz Kottayam Pushpanath Kovilan K. V. Anoop Lajo Jose Lalithambika Antharjanam M. Mukundan M. Sukumaran M. T. Vasudevan Nair Madampu Kunjukuttan Madhupal Malayath Appunni Malayattoor Ramakrishnan Mallika Yunis Muttathu Varkey N. Mohanan N. N. Pisharody N. P. Chellappan Nair N. P. Mohammed N. S. Madhavan Nandanar Narayan O. V. Vijayan Omchery N. N. Pillai Oyyarathu Chandu Menon P. Ayyaneth P. F. Mathews P. K. Balakrishnan P. Kesavadev P. R. Shyamala P. Surendran P. Valsala Padmarajan Pamman Parappurath Pattathuvila Karunakaran Paul Chirakkarode Paul Zacharia Perumbadavam Sreedharan Ponjikkara Rafi Ponkunnam Varkey Punathil Kunjabdulla Raghunath Paleri S. Hareesh S. K. Pottekkatt Sankar Santhosh Echikkanam Sarah Joseph Sarah Thomas Socrates K. Valath Sudhakar Mangalodayam Sethu Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu Sohanlal Sreekrishnapuram Krishnankutty Subhash Chandran T. P. Rajeevan T. Padmanabhan T. V. Kochubava T. V. Varkey Tatapuram Sukumaran Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Thikkodiyan Thomas Joseph U. A. Khader U. K. Kumaran Unnikrishnan Puthur Unnikrishnan Thiruvazhiyode Uroob V. K. N. V. P. Sivakumar Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vallachira Madhavan Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar Vilasini Vinoy Thomas
Poets	A. Ayyappan A. C. Sreehari Akkitham Arnos Pathiri Attoor Ravi Varma Balachandran Chullikkadu Bodheswaran Chandiroor Divakaran Changampuzha Krishna Pillai Cherusseri Namboothiri D. Vinayachandran Edappalli Raghavan Pillai Edasseri Govindan Nair G. Shankara Kurup Irayimman Thampi K. Ayyappa Panicker K. C. Kesava Pillai Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Kadathanat Madhavi Amma Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai Kavitha Balakrishnan Kumaran Asan Kunchan Nambiar Kureepuzha Sreekumar Lalitha Lenin M. Govindan M. P. Appan M. S. Banesh Manoj Kuroor Mary John Thottam Mohanakrishnan Kaladi N. V. Krishna Warrier Nellikkal Muraleedharan Niranam poets O. N. V. Kurup Olappamanna Subramanian Namboothirippad P. Kunhiraman Nair P. P. Ramachandran Pala Narayanan Nair Poonthanam Namboothiri Punaloor Balan Puthussery Ramachandran S. Joseph Satchidanandan Satyan Madakkara Sugathakumari Thirunalloor Karunakaran Tholan Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer Unnayi Variyar V. Madhusoodanan Nair V. M. Girija Vallathol Narayana Menon Vayalar Ramavarma Veerankutty Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup Vijayalakshmi Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri V Madhusoodanan Nair Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon Sreedevi Kakkad
Playwrights	C. J. Thomas C. L. Jose C. N. Sreekantan Nair G. Sankara Pillai S. L. Puram Sadanandan Thoppil Bhasi T. N. Gopinathan Nair
Children's literature	P. Narendranath Sumangala Shebaly Sippy Pallippuram Kiliroor Radhakrishnan
Essayists/Critics	Annie Thayyil C. S. Venkiteswaran Joseph Mundassery K. M. Daniel K. P. Appan K. Damodaran K. M. George Kesari Balakrishna Pillai Kozhikodan Kuttikrishna Marar Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai M. K. Sanu M. Krishnan Nair (author) M. Leelavathy M. N. Vijayan M. P. Paul M. R. Chandrasekharan Narendra Prasad S. Guptan Nair S. Rajasekharan Sabeena Rafi Sanjayan Sukumar Azhikode V. C. Sreejan Vijayakrishnan V. V. K. Valath
Scholars and Grammarians	A. R. Raja Raja Varma Arnos Paathiri George Mathan Hermann Gundert Jyeṣṭhadeva Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran Kottarathil Sankunni Krishna Chaithanya R. Narayana Panickar
Translators	Leela Devi M. K. Kumaran M. N. Sathyaardhi N. K. Damodaran Nileena Abraham
Genre	Champukkal Kilippattu Manipravalam Vadakkan Pattukal Venmani School Vanchippattu
Novels	Aalahayude Penmakkal Aalohari Anandam Aarachaar Anal Haq Anargha Nimisham Anuragathinte Dinangal Agnisakshi Ara Nazhika Neram Arabi Ponnu Arohanam Asuravithu Avakasikal Ayussinte Pusthakam Balyakalasakhi Barsa Chemmeen Cheviyorkkuka! Anthimakahalam Delhi Gadhakal Ente Katha Ente Thankam Francis Itty Cora Goat Days God's Mischief Gurusagaram Indulekha Kaalam Kayar Kesavan's Lamentations Khasakkinte Itihasam Kocharethi Kundalatha Manju (novel) Manushyanu Oru Aamukham Maoist Maranathinte Nizhalil Marthandavarma Mathilukal Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil Mucheettukalikkarante Makal Muthassi Naadan Premam Naalukettu Nakshathrangale Kaaval Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu Odayil Ninnu Ormayude Arakal Oru Desathinte Katha Oru Sankeerthanam Pole Oru Theruvinte Katha Othappu Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha Pathummayude Aadu Peruvazhiyambalam Ponni Poopoloral Pravasam Premalekhanam Randamoozham Randidangazhi Rathinirvedam Sarada Shabdangal Smarakasilakal Sufi Paranja Katha Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum Thottiyude Makan Ummachu Vasanavikriti Verukal Viddikalude Swargam Visappu Yakshi Yanthram
Treatises	Aithihyamala Alphabetum grandonico-malabaricum sive samscrudonicum Kerala Panineeyam Nātyakalpadrumam Sarvavijnanakosam State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications Viswasahityavijnanakosam Yuktibhāṣā
Poems	Atmopadesa Śatakam Daiva Dasakam Jnanappana Omanathinkal Kidavo Makarakoythu Puthen Pana Ramanan (play in verse) Rani (poem) Sree Bhoothanaathopakhyaanam Unnuneeli Sandesam Kuchelavritham Vanchippattu Krishnagatha
Assorted articles	Arabi Malayalam Chakara Malayalam grammar Malayalam poetry Mathrubhumi Yearbook Jewish copper plate Judeo-Malayalam Malayalam script Malayalam triumvirate poets Malayanma Mannan language Mappila dialect Mozhi (transliteration) Mullu Kurumba language Pandy Malayalam Romanization of Malayalam
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v t e Padma Award winners of Kerala
Padma Vibhushan	Adoor Gopalakrishnan E. C. George Sudarshan E. Sreedharan G. Madhavan Nair John Matthai K. N. Raj K. R. Ramanathan K. Shankar Pillai Kottayan Katankot Venugopal M. S. Valiathan N. R. Pillai O. N. V. Kurup V. K. Krishna Menon V. R. Krishna Iyer Verghese Kurien K. J. Yesudas
Padma Bhushan (Male)	A. C. N. Nambiar Ammannur Madhava Chakyar A. Ramachandran A. Sreedhara Menon C. P. Krishnan Nair Chembai E. C. George Sudarshan Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss G. Madhavan Nair G. Sankara Kurup Gabriel Chiramel George Joseph (scientist) Guru Kunchu Kurup Jacob Chandy K. G. Subramanyan K. J. Yesudas K. M. George K. M. Mathew K. P. Kesava Menon K. P. P. Nambiar K. P. S. Menon (senior) K. R. Ramanathan K. Radhakrishnan K. Sankaran Nair K. Shankar Pillai K. Sukumaran K. T. Thomas (Justice) Kandathil Mammen Cherian Kavalam Narayana Panicker Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Kunhiraman Palat Candeth Kuzhur Narayana Marar M. S. Valiathan M. T. Vasudevan Nair M. V. Pylee Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai Mohanlal O. V. Vijayan P. K. Warrier Palghat Mani Iyer Pothan Joseph Prem Nazir Raghavan Thirumulpad Ramankutty Nair Satish Nambiar # T. J. S. George T. K. Oommen T. N. Krishnan * T. V. Gopalakrishnan T. V. R. Shenoy Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Thayil John Cherian Thomas Kailath # Trichur V. Ramachandran V. K. Narayana Menon Vainu Bappu # Vallathol Narayana Menon Verghese Kurien
Padma Bhushan (Female)	Balamani Amma Lakshmi N. Menon P. Leela Tara Cherian #
Padma Shri (Male)	A. Marthanda Pillai A. Sivathanu Pillai Adoor Gopalakrishnan Ammannur Madhava Chakyar Antony Padiyara Ayyappa Paniker Azad Moopen B. Paul Thaliath B. Ravi Pillai Balachandra Menon C. G. Krishnadas Nair Cheril Krishna Menon E. Sreedharan Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis G. Aravindan G. Shankar G. Vijayaraghavan Gopinath Pillai J. Hareendran Nair Jayaram Jose Chacko Periappuram K. J. Yesudas K. M. George K. M. Mammen Mappillai K. P. Haridas K. P. Udayabhanu K. Raghavan K. Ravindran Nair K. Shankar Pillai Kalamandalam Gopi Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri Kandathil Mammen Cherian Kandathil Mammen Philip Kavungal Chathunni Panicker Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair Kunhiraman Palat Candeth Kunnenkeril K. Jacob Kurian John Melamparambil Kuzhivelil Mathew Laurie Baker ! Madhavan Chandradathan M. A. Yousuf Ali M. G. Ramachandran # M. Krishnan Nair (doctor) M. Night Shyamalan # M. R. Kurup M. S. Valiathan M. Vijayan Madhu (actor) Mammen Mathew Mammootty Mani Madhava Chakyar Mathew Kalarickal Mattannoor Sankarankutty Mitraniketan Viswanathan Mohanlal N. Balakrishnan Nair N. Kesava Panikkar N. R. Madhava Menon Narayana Panicker Kochupillai Neyyattinkara Vasudevan O. N. V. Kurup P. Gopinathan P. K. Narayanan Nambiar P. K. Rajagopalan P. K. Warrier P. Parameswaran Paul Pothen Perakath Verghese Benjamin Peruvanam Kuttan Marar Philip Augustine Prem Nazir Priyadarshan Pucadyil Ittoop John Puthenpurayil Mathew Joseph R. Marthanda Varma R. K. Krishna Kumar Rajagopalan Krishnan Resul Pookutty Shaji N. Karun Sooranad Kunjan Pillai Stanley John Sunny Varkey T. K. Alex T. N. Krishnan * Thayil John Cherian Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Thilakan Thomas Kunnunkal Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair Vellayani Arjunan Verghese Kurien Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
Padma Shri (Female)	Achamma Mathai Anju Bobby George Dipika Pallikal Karthik # K. M. Beenamol K. S. Chithra Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Kalamandalam Satyabhama Leela Omchery Lucy Oommen M. D. Valsamma M. Leelavathy M. Subhadra Nair Mary Poonen Lukose Mary Verghese P. T. Usha Pepita Seth ! Rachel Thomas (skydiver) Shiny Abraham Shobana Sudha Varghese Sugathakumari Sukumari Thangam Philip Usha Uthup Lakshmikutty Vidya Balan *
(*)By birth - (#)By ethnicity - (!)By domicile

Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan

Born	(1930-07-02)2 July 1930 Palakkad, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	30 March 2005(2005-03-30) (aged 74) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana), India
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer, cartoonist, journalist
Genre	Novel, short story, essays
Subject	Social aspects
Literary movement	Modernism, Magical realism
Notable awards	1970 Odakkuzhal Award 1990 Sahitya Akademi Award 1990 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 1991 Vayalar Award 1992 Muttathu Varkey Award 2001 Ezhuthachan Award 2001 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship 2003 Padma Bhushan 2004 Mathrubhumi Literary Award
Spouse	Teresa Vijayan
Children	Madhu Vijayan
Relatives	O. V. Usha (sister)