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| birth_place  = [[Calicut]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
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| occupation  = Teacher, writer,politician
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[[Member of Indian Parliament|Member of Indian parliament]]
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'''Sankaran Kutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt''' (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982) was an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]] and a politician from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He was also a great traveller among the Keralites, who wrote many travelogues for the people who have been unintroduced to the outside world. He was the author of nearly sixty books which include ten novels, twenty-four collections of short stories, three anthologies of poems, eighteen [[Travel literature|travelogue]]s, four plays, a collection of essays and a couple of books based on personal reminiscences. he was a recipient of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]], [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] and the [[Jnanpith Award]]. His works have been translated into English, Italian, Russian, German and Czech, besides all major Indian languages.
'''Sankarankutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt''' (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982) was an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]], traveller, and politician from [[Kerala]]. Best known for his travelogues, he has authored nearly 60 books, which include 10 novels, 24 collections of short stories, three anthologies of poems, 18 [[Travel literature|travelogue]]s, four plays, a collection of essays and a couple of books based on personal reminiscences.


==Biography==
He is a recipient of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]], [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] and the [[Jnanpith Award]]. His works have been translated into English, Italian, Russian, German and Czech, besides all major Indian languages.
[[File:Pottekkatt 1 choosetocount.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|235px|A bust of S. K. Pottekkatt facing [[S. M. Street]] in [[Kozhikode]] (Calicut).]]
S. K. Pottekkatt was born on March 14, 1913, in [[Calicut]] (Kozhikode) to Kunjiraman Pottekkat, an English school teacher and his wife, Kittuli.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottekkatgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-02-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-02-28 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013358/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottekkatgraphy.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> After early schooling at [[Govt. Ganapathy High School for Boys|Ganapath School]], he [[matriculated]] from Zamorin's High School in Calicut in 1929 and passed the intermediate examination from [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]], Calicut in 1934 but could not find a job for three years, a period which he utilised for studying classics from Indian and western literature. In 1937, he joined Calicut Gujarati School as a teacher where he taught for almost three years.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler">{{Cite web |url=https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Literature/2014/SK-Pottakkattu/Centenary-Special.html |title=S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler |date=2019-03-01 |website=specials.manoramaonline.com |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301201501/https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Literature/2014/SK-Pottakkattu/Centenary-Special.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was involved with activities of the [[Indian National Congress - Freedom Era|Indian National Congress]] and attended the [[Tripuri, Madhya Pradesh|Tripuri]] session of 1939 for which he resigned from the job as the school authorities did not allow him to leave of absence. Subsequently, he moved to [[Bombay]] and [[Lucknow]] where he stayed until 1945, doing many jobs.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> After returning to Kerala in 1945, he travelled to many parts of India and went on his first overseas tour in 1949 when he visited [[Africa]], [[Switzerland]], [[Italy]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[England]]. In 1952, he again went overseas to visit [[Ceylon]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], and [[Indonesia]].<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler" />


Pottekkatt married Jayavalli in 1950 and the couple had two sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1980 and two years later, he suffered a paralytic stroke in July 1982, and he died on August 6, 1982, in a private hospital in Calicut.<ref name="d@JJAL">[https://www.mathrubhumi.com/print-edition/vidya/-malayalam-news-1.920019 "സഞ്ചാരിയായ എഴുത്തുകാരന്‍!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306045053/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/print-edition/vidya/-malayalam-news-1.920019 |date=6 March 2019 }}. ''Mathrubhumi''. Retrieved 4 March 2019.</ref>
==Early life==
[[File:Pottekkatt 1 choosetocount.JPG|thumb|A bust of Pottekkatt facing [[S. M. Street]] in [[Kozhikode]] (Calicut).]]
S. K. Pottekkatt was born on 14 March 1913, in [[Calicut]] (Kozhikode) in a [[Thiyya]] family to Kunjiraman Pottekkat, an English school teacher and his wife, Kittuli.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottekkatgraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-02-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-02-28 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301013358/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottekkatgraphy.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> After early schooling at [[Govt. Ganapath High School for Boys|Ganapath School]], he [[matriculated]] from Zamorin's High School in Calicut in 1929 and passed the intermediate examination from [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]], Calicut in 1934 but could not find a job for three years, a period which he utilised for studying classics from Indian and western literature. In 1937, he joined Calicut Gujarati School as a teacher where he taught for almost three years.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler">{{Cite web |url=https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Literature/2014/SK-Pottakkattu/Centenary-Special.html |title=S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler |date=2019-03-01 |website=specials.manoramaonline.com |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301201501/https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Literature/2014/SK-Pottakkattu/Centenary-Special.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was involved with activities of the [[Indian National Congress - Freedom Era|Indian National Congress]] and attended the [[Tripuri, Madhya Pradesh|Tripuri]] session of 1939 for which he resigned from the job as the school authorities did not allow him to leave of absence. Subsequently, he moved to [[Bombay]] and [[Lucknow]] where he stayed until 1945, doing many jobs.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />
 
After returning to Kerala in 1945, he travelled to many parts of India and went on his first overseas tour in 1949 when he visited [[Africa]], [[Switzerland]], [[Italy]], [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[England]]. In 1952, he again went overseas to visit [[Ceylon]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]], and [[Indonesia]].<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler" />


==Literary career and travels==
==Literary career and travels==


Pottekkatt published his first story, "Rajaneethi", in the college magazine of [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]] in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web|title=സഞ്ചാര സാഹിത്യത്തിലെ 'എമ്പയര്‍ സ്റ്റേറ്റ് ബില്‍ഡിങ്'|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/s-k-pottekkatt-death-anniversary-1.5889065|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817132505/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/s-k-pottekkatt-death-anniversary-1.5889065|url-status=live}}</ref> "Makane Konna Madyam" (poem published in "Athmavidya Kahalam") and "Hindu Muslim Maithri" (story published in "Deepam") were some of his notable early works. The story "Vydyutha Shakthi" came in the February 1934 issue of "[[Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu|Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly]]". He wrote his first novel, ''[[Naadanpremam]]'', a romantic story set in [[Mukkam]], a small hamlet in [[Kozhikode district]],<ref name="Telling the tale of Mukkom">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Telling-the-tale-of-Mukkom/article14904348.ece |title=Telling the tale of Mukkom |date=2007-12-30 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209170410/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Telling-the-tale-of-Mukkom/article14904348.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1939 while he was in Bombay and the novel was eventually published in 1941.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-09-20|title=Mukkom's tribute to a litterateur|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/mukkoms-tribute-to-a-litterateur/article27484515.ece|access-date=2021-09-01|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209170717/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/mukkoms-tribute-to-a-litterateur/article27484515.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by ''Yavanikakku Pinnil'', a short story anthology, and the second novel "[[Vishakanyaka]]"; the latter would receive a prize from the [[Madras state|Madras government]] in 1949.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler" /> Two travelogues were the next two publications, ''Kappirikalude Naattil'' (''In the Land of the Negroes'') and ''Innathe Europe'' (''The Europe Today''), both based on his first overseas tour.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Viswanathan|first=R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcEZAAAAIAAJ|title=Pottekkatt|date=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|language=en|access-date=1 September 2021|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051350/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Pottekkatt.html?id=NcEZAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y|url-status=live}}</ref> He published [[Oru Theruvinte Katha]] in 1960 and his magnum opus, [[Oru Desathinte Katha]], in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|last=അജിത്കുമാര്‍|first=കെ കെ|title='ഒരു തെരുവിന്റെ കഥ' അരങ്ങിലെത്തിയപ്പോള്‍|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/s-k-pottekkatt-oru-theruvinte-kadha-drama-1.1727667|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|archive-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307151345/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/s-k-pottekkatt-oru-theruvinte-kadha-drama-1.1727667|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=G. S. Jayasree|date=3 August 2008|title=Decolonising the land|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350210500.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812173718/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350210500.htm|archive-date=12 August 2008}}</ref>
Pottekkatt published his first story, "Rajaneethi", in the college magazine of [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]] in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web|title=സഞ്ചാര സാഹിത്യത്തിലെ 'എമ്പയര്‍ സ്റ്റേറ്റ് ബില്‍ഡിങ്'|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/s-k-pottekkatt-death-anniversary-1.5889065|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817132505/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/features/s-k-pottekkatt-death-anniversary-1.5889065|url-status=live}}</ref> "Makane Konna Madyam" (poem published in ''Athmavidya Kahalam'') and "Hindu Muslim Maithri" (story published in ''Deepam'') were some of his notable early works. The story "Vydyutha Shakthi" came in the February 1934 issue of ''[[Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu|Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly]]''. He wrote his first novel, ''[[Naadanpremam]]'', a romantic story set in [[Mukkam]], a small hamlet in [[Kozhikode district]],<ref name="Telling the tale of Mukkom">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Telling-the-tale-of-Mukkom/article14904348.ece |title=Telling the tale of Mukkom |date=2007-12-30 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=9 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209170410/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Telling-the-tale-of-Mukkom/article14904348.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1939 while he was in Bombay and the novel was eventually published in 1941.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-09-20|title=Mukkom's tribute to a litterateur|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/mukkoms-tribute-to-a-litterateur/article27484515.ece|access-date=2021-09-01|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209170717/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/mukkoms-tribute-to-a-litterateur/article27484515.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by ''Yavanikakku Pinnil'', a short story anthology, and the second novel ''Vishakanyaka''; the latter would receive a prize from the [[Madras state|Madras government]] in 1949.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler" /> Two travelogues were the next two publications, ''Kappirikalude Naattil'' (''In the Land of the Negroes'') and ''Innathe Europe'' (''The Europe Today''), both based on his first overseas tour.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Viswanathan|first=R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcEZAAAAIAAJ|title=Pottekkatt|date=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|language=en|access-date=1 September 2021|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051350/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Pottekkatt.html?id=NcEZAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y|url-status=live}}</ref> He published ''[[Oru Theruvinte Katha]]'' in 1960 and his magnum opus, ''[[Oru Desathinte Katha]]'', in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|last=അജിത്കുമാര്‍|first=കെ കെ|title='ഒരു തെരുവിന്റെ കഥ' അരങ്ങിലെത്തിയപ്പോള്‍|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/s-k-pottekkatt-oru-theruvinte-kadha-drama-1.1727667|access-date=2021-09-01|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|archive-date=7 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307151345/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/s-k-pottekkatt-oru-theruvinte-kadha-drama-1.1727667|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=G. S. Jayasree|date=3 August 2008|title=Decolonising the land|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350210500.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812173718/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350210500.htm|archive-date=12 August 2008}}</ref>


Pottekkatt was a writer of strong social commitment and ideals, possessing an individualistic vision.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler" /> He is reported to be the pioneer of the genre of [[Travel literature|travelogues]] in India<ref name="Das2005">{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA253|year=2005|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|pages=253–|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051351/https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA253|url-status=live}}</ref> and its most notable practitioner in [[Malayalam literature]]<ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA255|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|pages=255–|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051323/https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA255|url-status=live}}</ref> which earned him the moniker, the ''[[John Gunther]] of Malayalam''.<ref name="അനുസ്മരിക്കാം ഈ മാന്ത്രികസഞ്ചാരിയെ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/features/s-k-pottekkatt-malayalam-news-1.928361 |title=അനുസ്മരിക്കാം ഈ മാന്ത്രികസഞ്ചാരിയെ |last=ഹരികൃഷ്ണന്‍ |first=എച്ച് |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024603/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/features/s-k-pottekkatt-malayalam-news-1.928361 |url-status=live }}</ref> Poetry anthologies like ''Sanchariyude Geethangal'' and ''Premashilpi'', ''Achan'' (play), novels like ''Premashiksha'' and ''Moodupadam'', short story anthologies such as ''Nishagandhi'', ''Pulliman'' and ''Chandrakatham'', travelogues viz. ''Simhabhoomi'', ''Nile Diary'' and ''Pathira Sooryante Nattil'' as well as memoirs like ''Ponthakkadukal'' and ''Samsarikkunna Diarykurippukal'' are some of his other major works.<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottakkatPage.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-03-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816192315/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottakkatPage.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> His works have been translated into English, Italian, Russian, German and Czech, besides all major Indian languages.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> An Italian anthology of ''The Best Short Stories of the World'' published from Milan in 1971 included his ''Braanthan Naaya'' (Mad Dog). A collection of eleven of his short stories in Russian had a sensational sales of one hundred thousand copies in two weeks.<ref name="d@JJAL" /> His stories have made into feature films in Malayalam; [[Naadan Premam (film)|Naadan Premam]],<ref name="Nadan Premam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273866/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers/ |title=Nadan Premam |date=2019-03-01 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051323/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273866/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Moodupadam]],<ref name="Moodupadam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214962/?ref_=nm_knf_t3 |title=Moodupadam |date=2019-03-01 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> [[Pulliman (1972 film)|Pulliman]]<ref name="Pullimaan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274011/?ref_=nm_knf_t1 |title=Pullimaan |date=2019-03-01 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051451/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274011/?ref_=nm_knf_t1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Njavalppazhangal]] are some of them.<ref name="Njaaval Pazhangal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313408/ |title=Njaaval Pazhangal |date=2019-03-01 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=9 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209172532/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313408/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Pottekkatt was a writer of strong social commitment and ideals, possessing an individualistic vision.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt - Centenary of a World Traveler" /> He is reported to be the pioneer of the genre of [[Travel literature|travelogues]] in India<ref name="Das2005">{{cite book|author=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA253|year=2005|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-798-9|pages=253–|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051351/https://books.google.com/books?id=sqBjpV9OzcsC&pg=PA253|url-status=live}}</ref> and its most notable practitioner in [[Malayalam literature]]<ref name="George1992">{{cite book|author=K. M. George|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA255|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|pages=255–|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051323/https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA255|url-status=live}}</ref> which earned him the moniker, the ''[[John Gunther]] of Malayalam''.<ref name="അനുസ്മരിക്കാം ഈ മാന്ത്രികസഞ്ചാരിയെ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/features/s-k-pottekkatt-malayalam-news-1.928361 |title=അനുസ്മരിക്കാം ഈ മാന്ത്രികസഞ്ചാരിയെ |last=ഹരികൃഷ്ണന്‍ |first=എച്ച് |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024603/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/features/s-k-pottekkatt-malayalam-news-1.928361 |url-status=live }}</ref> Poetry anthologies like ''Sanchariyude Geethangal'' and ''Premashilpi'', ''Achan'' (play), novels like ''Premashiksha'' and ''Moodupadam'', short story anthologies such as ''Nishagandhi'', ''Pulliman'' and ''Chandrakatham'', travelogues viz. ''Simhabhoomi'', ''Nile Diary'' and ''Pathira Sooryante Nattil'' as well as memoirs like ''Ponthakkadukal'' and ''Samsarikkunna Diarykurippukal'' are some of his other major works.<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottakkatPage.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-03-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816192315/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottakkatPage.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
His works have been translated into English, Italian, Russian, German and Czech, besides all major Indian languages.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> An Italian anthology of ''The Best Short Stories of the World'' published from Milan in 1971 included his ''Braanthan Naaya'' (Mad Dog). A collection of eleven of his short stories in Russian had a sensational sales of one hundred thousand copies in two weeks.<ref name="d@JJAL" /> His stories have made into feature films in Malayalam; ''[[Naadan Premam (film)|Naadan Premam]]'',<ref name="Nadan Premam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273866/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers/ |title=Nadan Premam |date=2019-03-01 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051323/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0273866/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Moodupadam]]'',<ref name="Moodupadam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214962/?ref_=nm_knf_t3 |title=Moodupadam |date=2019-03-01 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref> ''[[Pulliman (1972 film)|Pulliman]]''<ref name="Pullimaan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274011/?ref_=nm_knf_t1 |title=Pullimaan |date=2019-03-01 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051451/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274011/?ref_=nm_knf_t1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[Njavalppazhangal]]'' are some of them.<ref name="Njaaval Pazhangal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313408/ |title=Njaaval Pazhangal |date=2019-03-01 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=9 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209172532/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313408/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Kadavu (film)|Kadavu]]'', a 1991 film written directed by [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] based on his short story "Kadathuthoni", received prizes at several international film festivals.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/reeltime-pottekkatts-tryst-with-cinema/article6690992.ece "Pottekkatt’s tryst with cinema"]. ''The Hindu''. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref> The 2015 film ''Manikyam'' was an adaptation of the novel ''Prema Shiksha''.<ref>[https://www.deshabhimani.com/cinema/latest-news/443519 "മാണിക്യം"]. ''Deshabhimani''. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/16272/malayalam/manikyam/5006/review/ "Manikyam Malayalam Movie"]. Nowrunning.com. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2023.</ref>


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
[[File:SK Pottekkatt 2003 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|130px|Pottekkatt on a 2003 [[India Post]] stamp]]
[[File:SK Pottekkatt 2003 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|130px|Pottekkatt on a 2003 [[India Post]] stamp]]
Pottekkatt contested  twice as independent candidate in elections to [[Indian Parliament]] from [[Thalassery (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thalassery]] under the banner of the [[Communist Party of India]],<ref name="Clark1970">{{cite book|author=Thomas Welbourne Clark|title=The Novel in India: Its Birth and Development|url=https://archive.org/details/novelinindia00icis|url-access=registration|year=1970|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-01725-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/novelinindia00icis/page/218 218]–}}</ref> the first in 1957 to the [[2nd Lok Sabha]] when he lost to M. K. Jinachandran by 1000 votes and the next in 1962 to the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] when he defeated [[Sukumar Azhikode]] by a margin of 66,000 votes; he served out his term until 1967.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />
Pottekkatt contested  twice as independent candidate in elections to [[Indian Parliament]] from [[Thalassery (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thalassery]] under the banner of the [[Communist Party of India]],<ref name="Clark1970">{{cite book|author=Thomas Welbourne Clark|title=The Novel in India: Its Birth and Development|url=https://archive.org/details/novelinindia00icis|url-access=registration|year=1970|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-01725-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/novelinindia00icis/page/218 218]–}}</ref> the first in 1957 to the [[2nd Lok Sabha]] when he lost to M. K. Jinachandran by 1000 votes and the next in 1962 to the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] when he defeated [[Sukumar Azhikode]] by a margin of 66,000 votes; he served out his term until 1967.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />
==Personal life==
Pottekkatt married Jayavalli in 1950 and the couple had two sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1980 and two years later, he suffered a paralytic stroke in July 1982, and he died on 6 August 1982, in a private hospital in Calicut.<ref name="d@JJAL">[https://www.mathrubhumi.com/print-edition/vidya/-malayalam-news-1.920019 "സഞ്ചാരിയായ എഴുത്തുകാരന്‍!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306045053/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/print-edition/vidya/-malayalam-news-1.920019 |date=6 March 2019 }}. ''Mathrubhumi''. Retrieved 4 March 2019.</ref>


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
''Oru Theruvinte Katha'' (The Story of a Street), a novel based on [[Mittai Theruvu]], a popular street in Kozhikode known for [[sweetmeat]] and [[halvah]] stalls, received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] in 1961.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Academy- Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Academy- Awards |access-date=28 June 2012 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109145935/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> His [[biographical novel]], [[Oru Desathinte Katha]] was selected for the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1972.<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> Eight years later, in 1980, the novel earned Pottekkatt the [[Jnanpith Award]], the highest literary honour in India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awardsmain.htm |title=Jnanpith Award winners in Malayalam |access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081101/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awardsmain.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Jnanpith Laureates Official listings">{{Cite web |url=http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |title=Jnanpith Laureates Official listings |publisher=[[Jnanpith]] Website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122739/http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |archive-date=13 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 1982, the [[University of Calicut]] honoured him with the [[honoris causa]] degree of the [[Doctor of Letters]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/news/formerdegreerecepients.pdf|title=Honorary degree by Calicut University|access-date=8 April 2013|archive-date=7 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107134605/http://www.universityofcalicut.info/news/formerdegreerecepients.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[India Post]] issued a commemorative postal stamp on him in 2003, as a part of their ''Jnanpith Award Winners''.<ref name="Postage Stamps:: Postage Stamps,Stamp issue calendar 2014, Paper postage, Commemorative and definitive stamps, Service Postage Stamps, Philately Offices, Philatelic Bureaux and counters, Mint stamps (unused stamps)">{{Cite web |url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps2003.aspx |title=Postage Stamps:: Postage Stamps,Stamp issue calendar 2014, Paper postage, Commemorative and definitive stamps, Service Postage Stamps, Philately Offices, Philatelic Bureaux and counters, Mint stamps (unused stamps) |date=2019-03-01 |website=postagestamps.gov.in |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403133615/http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps2003.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Malayala Manorama]] and [[Madhyamam]] issued [[festschrift]]s on Pottekkatt on the occasion of his birth centenary.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt Centenary Special">{{Cite web |url=https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Literature/2014/SK-Pottakkattu/index.html |title=S K Pottekkatt Centenary Special |website=specials.manoramaonline.com |access-date=2019-02-28 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074504/https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Literature/2014/SK-Pottakkattu/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="മഹാസഞ്ചാരി - Madhyamam Weekly">{{Cite web |url=http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/issue/787 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629182610/http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/issue/787 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-29 |title=മഹാസഞ്ചാരി - Madhyamam Weekly |date=2013-06-29 |website=archive.is |access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>
''Oru Theruvinte Katha'' (The Story of a Street), a novel based on [[Mittai Theruvu]], a popular street in Kozhikode known for [[sweetmeat]] and [[halvah]] stalls, received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] in 1961.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Academy- Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Academy- Awards |access-date=28 June 2012 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109145935/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> His [[biographical novel]], [[Oru Desathinte Katha]] was selected for the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Malayalam|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1972.<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> Eight years later, in 1980, the novel earned Pottekkatt the [[Jnanpith Award]], the highest literary honour in India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awardsmain.htm |title=Jnanpith Award winners in Malayalam |access-date=16 November 2008 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081101/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awardsmain.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Jnanpith Laureates Official listings">{{Cite web |url=http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |title=Jnanpith Laureates Official listings |publisher=[[Jnanpith]] Website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013122739/http://jnanpith.net/laureates/index.html |archive-date=13 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 1982, the [[University of Calicut]] honoured him with the [[honoris causa]] degree of the [[Doctor of Letters]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/news/formerdegreerecepients.pdf|title=Honorary degree by Calicut University|access-date=8 April 2013|archive-date=7 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107134605/http://www.universityofcalicut.info/news/formerdegreerecepients.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[India Post]] issued a commemorative postal stamp on him in 2003, as a part of their ''Jnanpith Award Winners''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps2003.aspx |title=Postage Stamps:: Postage Stamps, Stamp issue calendar 2014, Paper postage, Commemorative and definitive stamps, Service Postage Stamps, Philately Offices, Philatelic Bureaux and counters, Mint stamps (unused stamps) |date=2019-03-01 |website=postagestamps.gov.in |access-date=2019-03-01 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403133615/http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps2003.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'' and ''[[Madhyamam]]'' issued [[festschrift]]s on Pottekkatt on the occasion of his birth centenary.<ref name="S K Pottekkatt Centenary Special">{{Cite web |url=https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Literature/2014/SK-Pottakkattu/index.html |title=S K Pottekkatt Centenary Special |website=specials.manoramaonline.com |access-date=2019-02-28 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074504/https://specials.manoramaonline.com/Literature/2014/SK-Pottakkattu/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="മഹാസഞ്ചാരി - Madhyamam Weekly">{{Cite web |url=http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/issue/787 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629182610/http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/issue/787 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-29 |title=മഹാസഞ്ചാരി - Madhyamam Weekly |date=2013-06-29 |website=archive.is |access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
===Novels===
===Novels===
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{| class="wikitable"
*{{Cite book |title=Vallikadevi |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1937 }}
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* Pottekkatt, S. K. (1941). ''[[Naadan Premam]]''. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi. {{ISBN|9788182647275}}.
! Year
*{{Cite book |title=Prema Shiksha |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1937 }}
!! style=width:15em | Title
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215454&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Moodupadam |last=S. K. Pottekkatt |date=1948 |publisher=Mathrubhoomi |location=Kozhikode}}
!! style=width:15em | Publisher
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=46846&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Vishakanyaka |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1948 |publisher=Poorna Pub |location=Calicut}}
!! style=width:15em | Notes
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=72178&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Karamboo |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1959 |publisher=National Book Stall}}
! Ref.
* Pottekkatt, S. K. (1960). ''[[Oru Theruvinte Katha]]''. Kottayam: SPCS.
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* Pottekkatt, S. K. (1971). ''[[Oru Desathinte Katha]]''.
| 1937 || ''Vallikadevi'' ||  || ||
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=16855&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kurumulaku |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1974}}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104058&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kabeena |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1979 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182656215 |location=Kozhikode}}
| 1941 || ''[[Naadan Premam]]'' || [[Calicut]]: [[Mathrubhumi]] || ||
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81689&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Bharathappuzhayude Makkal: Novatakam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1988 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
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*''North Avenue'' (Incomplete)
| 1945 || ''Prema Shiksha'' || Calicut: P. K. Brothers || ||
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| 1948 || ''Moodupadam'' || Calicut: Mathrubhumi || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215454&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Moodupadam |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090534/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215454&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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| 1948 || ''Vishakanyaka'' || [[Kottayam]]: [[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society|S.P.C.S.]] || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=46846&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Vishakanyaka |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1958 || ''Karamboo'' || Calicut: Kerala || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=72178&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Karamboo |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1960 || ''[[Oru Theruvinte Katha]]'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] ||
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| 1971 || ''[[Oru Desathinte Katha]]'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || [[Jnanpith Award]], [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] ||
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| 1976 || ''Kurumulaku'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=16855&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520|title=Kurumulaku |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1979 || ''Kabeena'' || [[Trivandrum]]: Upasana || {{ISBN|9788182656215}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104058&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kabeena |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1988 || ''Bharathappuzhayude Makkal'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || Described as ''Novatakam'', a combination of novel and play || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81689&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Bharathappuzhayude Makkal: Novatakam |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| {{center|—}} || ''North Avenue'' || {{—}} || Incomplete work ||
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===Short stories===
===Short stories===
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{| class="wikitable"
*{{Cite book |title=Chandrakaantham |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1944 }}
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*{{Cite book |title=Manimaalika |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1944 }}
! Year
*{{Cite book |title=Rajamalli |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1945 }}
!! style=width:15em | Title
*{{Cite book |title=Nisshagandhi |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1945 }}
!! style=width:15em | Publisher
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=227331&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pulliman |last=Pottekkattu  |first=S. K. |date=1945 |publisher=Pooran Publications |location=Kozhikode}}
!! style=width:20em | Notes
*{{Cite book |title=Meghamala |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1945 }}
! Ref.
*{{Cite book |title=Jalatharangam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1946 }}
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*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214972&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Vaijayanthi |last=Pottekkatt. S. K |date=1946 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}}
| 1945 || ''Manimalika'' || [[Thrissur]]: Mangalodayam || Collection of 5 stories ||
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=308593&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pournami |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1947 |publisher=Poorna Publications |isbn=9788130006345 |location=Kozhikode}}
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*{{Cite book |title=Padmaagam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1947 }}
| 1945 || ''Rajamalli'' || [[Kottayam]]: [[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society|S.P.C.S.]] || Collection of 13 stories ||  
*{{Cite book |title=Indraneelam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1947 }}
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*{{Cite book |title=Himavahini |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1948 }}
| 1945 || ''Nisshagandhi'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || Collection of 9 stories ||
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214970&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Prethabhoomi |last=Pottekkatt. S. K |date=1949 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}}
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*{{Cite book |title=Rangamandapam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1949 }}
| 1945 || ''Pulliman'' || Thrissur: Sundarayyar & Sons || Collection of 6 stories || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=227331&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pulliman |last=|publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
*{{Cite book |title=Yavanikkaku Pinnil |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1952 }}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214971&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kallippokkal |last=Pottekkatt. S. K |date=1954 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}}
| 1945 || ''Meghamala'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || Collection of 8 stories ||
*{{Cite book |title=Vanakaumudhi |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1954 }}
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*{{Cite book |title=Kanakaambaram |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1955 }}
| 1946 || ''Chandrakantham'' || [[Wadakkancherry]]: Arunodayam || Collection of 5 stories ||  
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103921&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Antharvahini |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1960 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182654877 |location=Kozhikode}}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212498&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Ezhilam Pala |last=Pottekkatt. S. K |date=1962 |publisher=N.B.S |location=Kottayam Kottayam}}
| 1946 || ''Jalatharangam'' || [[Calicut]]: P. K. Brothers || Collection of 7 stories ||
*{{Cite book |title=Theranjedutha Kathakal |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1967 }}
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*{{Cite book |title=Vrindaavanam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1968 }}
| 1946 || ''Vaijayanthi'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || Collection of 7 stories || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214972&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Vaijayanthi |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090555/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214972&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=62261&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kattuchembakam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1970}}
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*{{Cite book |title=Braandhan Naaya |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1971 }}
| 1947 || ''Pournami'' || Calicut: P. K. Brothers || Collection of 5 stories<br>{{ISBN|9788130006345}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=308593&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pournami |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=209686&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatinte Cherukadhakal |last=Pottekkatt. S. K |date=1978 |publisher=Jaya, Calicut |location=Jaya, Calicut}}
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*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305449&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S.K. Pottekkattinte Cherukathakal |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1981 |publisher=Mathrubhumi |location=Calicut}}
| 1947 || ''Padmaragam'' ||  Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || Collection of 6 stories ||
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83983&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kadha-Pottekkatt |last=S K Pottekkatt |date=1999}}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85171&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Sthree |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=2004 |publisher=Mathrubhumi |isbn=9788182640948 |location=Kozhikode}}
| 1947 || ''Indraneelam'' || Calicut: K. R. Brothers || Collection of 6 stories ||  
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98895&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title='Ottaka'vum Mattu Pradhana Kathakalum |last1=S. K. Pottekkatt |last2=Ravikumar |first2=K. S. |date=2010 |publisher=D C Books |location=Kottayam}}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114245&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S. K. Pottekkattinte Kathakal Sampoornam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=2014 |publisher=D C books |isbn=9788126440184 |location=Kottayam}}
| 1948 || ''Rangamandapam'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || Collection of 7 stories ||  
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=115009&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Sthree: Sthreekale Kurichu Kure Kathakal |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=2016 |publisher=Poorna |isbn=9788130018003 |location=Kozhikode}}
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| 1948 || ''Himavahini'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || Collection of 5 stories ||
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| 1949 || ''Prethabhoomi'' || Calicut: K. R. Brothers || Collection of 5 stories || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214970&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Prethabhoomi |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1952 || ''Yavanikkakku Pinnil'' ||  Calicut: P. K. Brothers || Collection of 6 stories and a radio drama ||
|-
| 1954 || ''Kallippookkal'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || Collection of 6 stories and a radio drama || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214971&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kallippokkal |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1954 || ''Vanakaumudi'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || Collection of 4 stories and a radio drama ||
|-
| 1955 || ''Kanakaambaram'' || Calicut: P. K. Brothers || Collection of 7 stories ||
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| 1960 || ''Antharvahini'' || Calicut: Kerala || Collection of 5 stories<br>{{ISBN|9788182654877}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103921&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Antharvahini |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
|-
| 1962 || ''Ezhilam Pala'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || Collection of 7 stories || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212498&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Ezhilam Pala |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1967 || ''Thiranjedutha Kathakal'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || Collection of 36 stories; With an introduction by [[M. R. Chandrasekharan]] ||
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| 1968 || ''Vrindavanam'' || Calicut: Poorna || Collection of 8 stories ||
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| 1970 || ''Kattuchembakam'' ||  || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=62261&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kattuchembakam |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
|-
| 1978 || ''S. K. Pottekkattinte Cherukathakal'' || Calicut: Jaya || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=209686&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatinte Cherukadhakal |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1981 || ''S. K. Pottekkattinte Cherukathakal'' || Calicut: [[Mathrubhumi]] || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305449&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S.K. Pottekkattinte Cherukathakal |last= |first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302090522/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305449&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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| 1999 || ''Katha: Pottekkatt'' ||  || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83983&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kadha-Pottekkatt |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 2004 || ''Sthree'' || Calicut: Mathrubhumi || {{ISBN|9788182640948}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85171&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Sthree |last= |first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302030257/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85171&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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| 2006 || ''S. K. Pottekkattinte Kathakal Sampoornam'' || Calicut: Poorna || Complete short stories in three volumes ||
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| 2010 || ''Ottakavum Mattu Pradhana Kathakalum'' || Kottayam: [[DC Books]] || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98895&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title='Ottaka'vum Mattu Pradhana Kathakalum |last1= |first1=  |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 2014 || ''S. K. Pottekkattinte Kathakal Sampoornam'' || Kottayam: DC Books || Complete short stories in two volumes<br>{{ISBN|9788126440184}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114245&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S. K. Pottekkattinte Kathakal Sampoornam |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 2014 || ''Sthree: Sthreekale Kurichu Kure Kathakal'' || Calicut: Poorna || {{ISBN|9788130018003}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=115009&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Sthree: Sthreekale Kurichu Kure Kathakal |last= |first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302031852/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=115009&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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===Travelogues===
===Travelogues===
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{| class="wikitable"
*{{Cite book |title=Kashmir |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1947 }}
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*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214973&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Yathrasmaranakal |last=Pottekkatt. S. K |date=1948 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}}
! Year
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=307658&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kappirikalute nattil |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1951 |publisher=D.C.Books |isbn=9788171307937 |location=Kottayam}}
!! style=width:15em | Title
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215456&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Simhabhoomi |last=S. K. Pottekkatt |date=1954 |publisher=Mathrubhoomi, Kozhikode |location=Mathrubhoomi, Kozhikode}}
!! style=width:15em | Publisher
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=308602&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Nile Diary |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1954 |publisher=Poorna Publications |isbn=9788171803149 |location=Kozhikode}}
!! style=width:25em | Notes
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81073&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Malaya Nadukalil |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1954 |publisher=Poorna}}
! Ref.
*{{Cite book |title=Innathe Europe |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1955 }}
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*{{Cite book |title=Indonesian Diary |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1955 }}
| 1947 || ''Kashmir'' || [[Thrissur]]: Mangalodayam ||  ||
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214969&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Soviet Diary |last=Pottekkatt. S. K |date=1955 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78127&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pathiraa Suryante Nattil |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1956 |publisher=S.P.S.S |location=Kottayam}}
| 1948 || ''Yathrasmaranakal'' || [[Calicut]]: P. K. Brothers || Based on the journeys to historical places in India || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214973&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Yathrasmaranakal |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98299&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Baalidweep |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1958 |publisher=SPCS |isbn=9788171309047 |location=Kottayam}}
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*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83154&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Bohemian Chithrangal |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1960 |publisher=Current |location=Thrissur}}
| 1951 || ''Kappirikalude Nattil'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || {{ISBN|9788171307937}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=307658&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kappirikalute nattil |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85834&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Himaalaya Saamraajyathil |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1967 |publisher=Poorna Publications |isbn=9788171803576 |location=Kozhikode}}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71639&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Nepal Yathra |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1969 |publisher=S.P.C.S}}
| 1954 || ''Simhabhoomi'' || Calicut: K. R. Brothers || 1949 journey to Bagamoyo, Tanga, Kenya and Uganda || {{center|<ref name="Simhabhoomi">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215456&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Simhabhoomi |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302102059/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215456&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71647&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=London Note Book |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1970 |publisher=S.P.C.S}}
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*{{Cite book |title=Cairo Kathukal |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1974 }}
| 1954 || ''Nile Diary'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || {{ISBN|9788171803149}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=308602&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Nile Diary |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85425&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20S.%20K.%20Pottekkatt |title=Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 1 Africa |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1976 |publisher=Vivekodayam Books |location=Irinjalakkuda}}
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*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=272650&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20S.%20K.%20Pottekkatt |title=Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 2 Europe |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1976 |publisher=Vivekodayam Books |location=Irinjalakkuda}}
| 1954 || ''Malaya Nadukalil'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam ||  || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81073&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Malaya Nadukalil |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78734&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 3 Asia |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1976 |publisher=Vivekodayam Books |location=Irinjalakkuda}}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103982&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Cleopatrayude Nattil |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1977 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books}}
| 1955 || ''[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.277864 Innathe Europe]'' || [[Kottayam]]: [[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society|S.P.C.S.]] || 1950 journey to Europe and Britain; Later editions titled ''Europiloode''<br>{{ISBN|9788126403547}} ||
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98418&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Europpiloode |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=2010 |publisher=D C Books |isbn=9788126403547 |location=Kottayam}}
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| 1955 || ''Indonesian Diary'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || 1953 journey to Indonesia; originally published in two volumes; combined volume first published by S.P.C.S. in 1964 ||  
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| 1955 || ''Soviet Diary'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam ||  || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214969&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Soviet Diary |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302113714/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214969&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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| 1956 || ''Pathira Sooryante Nattil'' || Calicut: P. K. Brothers || 1955 journey to Finland || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78127&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pathiraa Suryante Nattil |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1958 || ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.277882 Bali Dweep]'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || 1953 journey to Bali<br>{{ISBN|9788171309047}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98299&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Baalidweep |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1959 || ''Simhabhoomi'' || [[Cochin]]: Parishath || Expanded version of the 1954 book and published in two volumes; combined volume first published by S.P.C.S. in 1968 || {{center|<ref name="Simhabhoomi">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215456&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Simhabhoomi |last= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302102059/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215456&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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| 1960 || ''Bohemian Chithrangal'' || Thrissur: Current Books ||  || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=83154&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Bohemian Chithrangal |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
|-
| 1967 || ''Himalaya Samrajyathil'' || Thrissur: Mangalodayam || Based on the journey to Haridwar and Badrinath in May 1966<br> {{ISBN|9788171803576}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85834&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Himaalaya Saamraajyathil |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1969 || ''Nepal Yathra'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71639&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Nepal Yathra |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
|-
| 1970 || ''London Notebook'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. ||  || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71647&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=London Note Book |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1974 || ''Cairo Kathukal'' || Kottayam: S.P.C.S. ||  ||
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| 1976 || ''Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol. 1 – Africa'' || [[Irinjalakuda]]: Vivekodayam || ''Kappirikalude Nattil'', ''Simhabhoomi'', ''Nile Diary'', ''Cairo Kathukal'', ''Cleopatrayude Nattil''  || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85425&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20S.%20K.%20Pottekkatt |title=Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 1 Africa |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1977 || ''Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol. 2 – Europe'' || Irinjalakuda: Vivekodayam || ''Europiloode'' (''Innathe Europe''), ''London Notebook'', ''Pathira Sooryante Nattil'', ''Soviet Diary'', ''Bohemian Chithrangal''  || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=272650&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20S.%20K.%20Pottekkatt |title=Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 2 Europe |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1977 || ''Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol. 3 – Asia'' || Irinjalakuda: Vivekodayam || ''Yathrasmaranakal'', ''Kashmir'', ''Himalaya Samrajyathil'', ''Nepal Yathra'', ''Malaya Nadukalil'', ''Indonesian Diary'', ''Bali Dweep'' || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78734&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 3 Asia |last=|first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1977 || ''Cleopatrayude Nattil'' || Irinjalakuda: Vivekodayam ||  || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103982&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Cleopatrayude Nattil |last= |first= |publisher=University of Calicut Library |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302031729/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103982&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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===Poetry===
===Poetry===
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*{{Cite book |title=Prabhatha Kanthi |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1936 }}
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=70722&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Sanchariyude Geethangal |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1946 |publisher=S.P.C.S}}
! Year
*{{Cite book |title=Premashilpi |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1948 }}
!! style=width:15em | Title
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=236524&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkattinte Kavithakal |last=S K Pottekkattu |date=2015 |publisher=Lipi Publications |isbn=9788188017935 |location=Kozhikode}}
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! Ref.
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| 1936 || ''Prabhatha Kanthi'' || [[Calicut]]: K. R. Brothers || 14 poems ||
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| 1946 || ''Sanchariyude Geethangal'' || Calicut: P. K. Brothers || 14 poems; with an introduction by [[G. Sankara Kurup]] || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=70722&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Sanchariyude Geethangal |last=|first=|publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
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| 1958 || ''Prema Shilpi'' || [[Thrissur]]: Current Books || 5 poems ||
|-
| 2015 || ''S. K. Pottekkattinte Kavithakal'' || Calicut: Lipi || {{ISBN|9788188017935}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=236524&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkattinte Kavithakal |last=|publisher=University of Calicut Library}}</ref>}}
|}


===Drama===
===Drama===
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{| class="wikitable"
*{{Cite book |title=Achan |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1943 }}
|-
*{{Cite book |title=Achanum Makanum (Included in Himavahini) |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1948 }}
! Year
*{{Cite book |title=Althara (A Radio play included in Vanakaumudi) |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1954 }}
!! style=width:15em | Title
*{{Cite book |title=Theerandi Odunnu (A radio play included in Kallipookkal)|last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1954 }}
!! style=width:15em | Publisher
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!! style=width:15em | Notes
! Ref.
|-
| 1945 || ''Achan'' || [[Alleppey]]: T. K. Varghese Vaidyan || ||
|-
| 1948 || ''Achanum Makanum'' || {{—}} || Included in ''Himavahini'' ||  
|-
| 1954 || ''Althara'' || {{—}} || A radio play included in ''Vanakaumudi'' ||  
|-
| 1954 || ''Theevandi Odunnu'' || {{—}} || A radio play included in ''Kallipookkal'' ||  
|}


===Others===
===Others===
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{| class="wikitable"
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104271&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Ponthakkadukal |last=Pottekkatt S. K. (under the pseudonym Arunan) |date=1947 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182656239 |location=Kozhikode}}
|-
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=308714&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Gadhya mekhala |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1949 |publisher=Saindhava Books |location=Kollom}}
! Year
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80097&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Ente Vazhiyambalangal |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1975 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam}}
!! style=width:15em | Title
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=76496&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Mohammed Abdurahman |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. Et Al- |date=1978 |publisher=Mohammed Abdurahmansaheb Memorial Committee |location=Kozhikode}}
!! style=width:15em | Publisher
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=112461&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Samsarikkunna Diarikkurippukal |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1981 |publisher=Mathrubhumi books |isbn=9788182661073 |edition= 2nd |location=Kozhikode}}
!! style=width:25em | Notes
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=213797&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pottekkattinde Kathukal |last=Kamalam |date=1995 |publisher=Kozhikode P.K. Brothers |location=Kozhikode P.K. Brothers}}
! Ref.
*{{Cite book |title=Paryadanam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=2013 }}
|-
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| 1947 || ''Ponthakkadukal'' || [[Calicut]]: [[Mathrubhumi]] || Collection of humour essays published in various newspapers and magazines under the name Arunan<br>{{ISBN|9788182656239}} ||
|-
| 1949 || ''Gadhyamekhala'' || Calicut: P. K. Brothers || Collection of 8 essays ||  
|-
| 1975 || ''Ente Vazhiyambalangal'' || [[Kottayam]]: [[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society|N.B.S.]] || Memoirs ||  
|-
| 1978 || ''[https://www.readwhere.com/read/149455/Mohammed-Abdul-Rahman/Mon-Aug-19-2013 Muhammed Abdurahiman]'' || Calicut: Mathrubhumi || Political biography of [[Mohammed Abdur Rahiman|Muhammed Abdurahiman]]<br>Co-authored with [[P. P. Ummer Koya]], [[N. P. Mohammed]] and K. A. Kodungallur ||  
|-
| 1981 || ''Samsarikkunna Diarykurrippukal'' || Calicut: Mathrubhumi || Diary ||  
|-
| 1995 || ''Pottekkattinte Kathukal'' || Calicut: P. K. Brothers || Letters ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Paryadanam'' || Calicut: Mathrubhumi || Diary ||  
|}


=== Translations into other languages ===
=== Translations into other languages ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=92209&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Stree Thatha Anya Kahaniyam |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1986 |language=hi}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=92209&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Stree Thatha Anya Kahaniyam |last=|first=|date=1986 |language=hi}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=91552&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kadha Ek Pranthar Ki |last=Pottekkatt |first=S. K. |date=1981 |publisher=Bharatheey Njanpeet Prakasan|language=hi}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=91552&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Kadha Ek Pranthar Ki |last=|first=|date=1981 |publisher=Bharatheey Njanpeet Prakasan|language=hi}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=106168&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Tales of Athiranippadam |last1=Pottekkatt |first1=S. K. |last2=Sreedevi K. Nair (translator) |last3=Radhika P. Menon (translator) |date=2013 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=9788125051275 |location=Hyderabad|language=en}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=106168&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Tales of Athiranippadam |last1=|first1=|last2=|last3=|date=2013 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=9788125051275 |location=Hyderabad|language=en}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=259784&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Twelve stories |last=Pottekkat |first=S. K. |date=2010 |publisher=Tarjuma |isbn=9788190895811 |location=Calicut |language=en}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=259784&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Twelve stories |last=|first=|date=2010 |publisher=Tarjuma |isbn=9788190895811 |location=Calicut |language=en}}
*Many works are translated to Tamil by Su Ra.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Pottekkatt was a born writer'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/apr/08/pottekkatt-was-a-born-writer-466033.html|access-date=2021-09-01|website=The New Indian Express|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051451/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/apr/08/pottekkatt-was-a-born-writer-466033.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Many works are translated to Tamil by Su Ra.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Pottekkatt was a born writer'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/apr/08/pottekkatt-was-a-born-writer-466033.html|access-date=2021-09-01|website=The New Indian Express|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901051451/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/apr/08/pottekkatt-was-a-born-writer-466033.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Films===
===Films===
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* [[Naadan Premam (film)|Naadan Premam]]
* ''[[Moodupadam]]'' (1963) (based on the novel ''Moodupadam'')
* [[Moodupadam]]
* ''[[Naadan Premam (film)|Naadan Premam]]'' (1972) (based on the novel ''[[Naadan Premam]]'')
* [[Pulliman (1972 film)|Pulliman]]
* ''[[Pulliman (1972 film)|Pulliman]]'' (1972)  (based on the story "Pulliman")
* [[Njavalppazhangal]]
* ''[[Njavalppazhangal]]'' (1976) (based on the story "Njavalppazhangal")
* ''Ottakam'' (1978) (based on the story "Ottakam")
* ''Thaala'' (1988)
* ''[[Kadavu (film)|Kadavu]]'' (1991) (based on the story "Kadathuthoni")
* ''Manikyam'' (2015) (based on the novel ''Prema Shiksha'')
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=== Writings on Pottekkatt ===
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=79999&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatt: Jeevithavum Krithiyum |last=Krishnan P. |date=1985 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80996&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatt: Padanavum Anusmaranavum |date=1982 |publisher=Poorna Publications |editor-last=Namboothiri |editor-first=A. P. P. |location=Kozhikode}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=106926&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Folklore elements in S K Pottekkatt's works: a comparative study |last=Susmitha |first=S. |date=1900 |publisher=University of Calicut}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=235607&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatt Rashtreeyasancharapadham |last=P M V Panicker |date=2014 |publisher=Sahithya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |isbn=9789384571450 |location=Kottayam}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=236294&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkattinte Sthalanirmmithi: Vishakanyaka , Nadanpremam, Oru Theruvinte Kadha Ennee Novelukale Munnirthiyulla Padanam |last=Afsina |first=K. |date=2017 |publisher=Department of Malayalam |location=Calicut University}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305792&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pottekkattu - Vyakthiyum Saahithyakaaranum |date=1984 |publisher=D.C.Books |editor-last=George Irumpayam |location=Kottayam}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=309198&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkattu: Yaathra, Ezhuthu, Kazhcha |date=2014 |publisher=Kerala Bhasha Institute |isbn=9788176389662 |location=Thiruvananthapuram}}


==References==
==References==
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|author=Edited By Rajendra Awasthy|title=Selected Malayalam Short Stories|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFRUn0IyhMQC&pg=PA53|year=2004|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-288-0479-3|pages=53–|chapter=Nishaganthi (short story by S, K. Pottekkatt (full text)}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=79999&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatt: Jeevithavum Krithiyum |last=Krishnan P. |date=1985 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/memories/2295/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604084656/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/memories/2295/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-04 |title=നൂറ് തികഞ്ഞ യാത്ര |date=2013-06-04 |access-date=2019-03-01 |quote=Excerpts from Pottekkatt Diaries}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80996&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatt: Padanavum Anusmaranavum |date=1982 |publisher=Poorna Publications |editor= A. P. P. Namboothiri |location=Calicut |language=ml}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=106926&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Folklore elements in S K Pottekkatt's works: a comparative study |last=S. Susmitha |date= 2012|publisher=University of Calicut |location=Calicut |language=ml}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=235607&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatt Rashtreeyasancharapadham |last=P. M. V. Panicker |date=2014 |publisher=Sahithya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |isbn=9789384571450 |location=Kottayam |language=ml}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=236294&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkattinte Sthalanirmmithi: Vishakanyaka, Nadanpremam, Oru Theruvinte Kadha Ennee Novelukale Munnirthiyulla Padanam |last=K. Afsina |date=2017 |publisher=Department of Malayalam, University of Calicut |location=Calicut |language=ml}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=305792&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=Pottekkatt: Vyakthiyum Sahithyakaranum |date=1984 |publisher=D.C.Books |editor-last=George Irumpayam |location=Kottayam |language=ml}}
*{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=309198&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520S.%2520K.%2520Pottekkatt |title=S K Pottekkatt: Yathra, Ezhuthu, Kazhcha |date=2014 |publisher=Kerala Bhasha Institute |isbn=9788176389662 |location=Trivandrum |language=ml}}


==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commons category|S. K. Pottekkatt}}
* {{cite book|editor=Rajendra Awasthy|title=Selected Malayalam Short Stories|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFRUn0IyhMQC&pg=PA53|year=2004|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books |isbn=978-81-288-0479-3|pages=53–|chapter=Nishaganthi (short story by S, K. Pottekkatt (full text)}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/memories/2295/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604084656/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/memories/2295/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-04 |title=നൂറ് തികഞ്ഞ യാത്ര |date=2013-06-04 |access-date=2019-03-01 |quote=Excerpts from Pottekkatt Diaries}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/interview/2706/#storycontent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823085149/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/interview/2706/#storycontent |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 August 2015 |title=അനുഭവങ്ങള്‍, ഭാവനകള്‍ |date=2013-06-04 |access-date=2019-03-01 |quote=Interview with S. K. Pottekkatt: Excerpts from the book ''Malayalathinte Jnanapeeda Prabhashanangal'' edited by R. Arsu}}
* {{IMDb name|10434070}}
* {{IMDb name|10434070}}
* https://kaitholil.com/?product=malayalam-novel-kabeena-sk-pottakkad-published-by-mathrubhumi-books
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottakkatPage.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-03-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-01}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/SKPottakkat/Html/SKPottakkatPage.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-03-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-01}}
* [http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/interview/2706/#storycontent Interview with Pottekkatt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823085149/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/interview/2706/#storycontent |date=23 August 2015 }} from ''Mathrubhumi''
* [[Ambikasuthan Mangad]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131217023254/http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/2504 Review of the famous story "Pulliman"]. ''Madhyamam Weekly''.
* [[Ambikasuthan Mangad]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131217023254/http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/2504 Review of the famous story "Pulliman"]. ''Madhyamam Weekly.


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S. K. Pottekkatt
Born(1913-03-14)14 March 1913
Calicut, Madras Presidency, British India
Died6 August 1982(1982-08-06) (aged 69)
Calicut, Kerala, India
Occupation
  • Teacher
  • writer
  • politician
GenreNovel, travelogue, short story, plays, essay, poetry
Notable works
Notable awards
Spouse
Jayavalli
(
m. 1950)
[1]
Children4[1]
Relatives
  • Kunjiraman (father)
  • Kittuli (mother)

Sankarankutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, traveller, and politician from Kerala. Best known for his travelogues, he has authored nearly 60 books, which include 10 novels, 24 collections of short stories, three anthologies of poems, 18 travelogues, four plays, a collection of essays and a couple of books based on personal reminiscences.

He is a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel, Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jnanpith Award. His works have been translated into English, Italian, Russian, German and Czech, besides all major Indian languages.

Early life[edit | edit source]

A bust of Pottekkatt facing S. M. Street in Kozhikode (Calicut).

S. K. Pottekkatt was born on 14 March 1913, in Calicut (Kozhikode) in a Thiyya family to Kunjiraman Pottekkat, an English school teacher and his wife, Kittuli.[2] After early schooling at Ganapath School, he matriculated from Zamorin's High School in Calicut in 1929 and passed the intermediate examination from Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut in 1934 but could not find a job for three years, a period which he utilised for studying classics from Indian and western literature. In 1937, he joined Calicut Gujarati School as a teacher where he taught for almost three years.[3] He was involved with activities of the Indian National Congress and attended the Tripuri session of 1939 for which he resigned from the job as the school authorities did not allow him to leave of absence. Subsequently, he moved to Bombay and Lucknow where he stayed until 1945, doing many jobs.[2]

After returning to Kerala in 1945, he travelled to many parts of India and went on his first overseas tour in 1949 when he visited Africa, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France and England. In 1952, he again went overseas to visit Ceylon, Malaya, and Indonesia.[3]

Literary career and travels[edit | edit source]

Pottekkatt published his first story, "Rajaneethi", in the college magazine of Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College in 1928.[4] "Makane Konna Madyam" (poem published in Athmavidya Kahalam) and "Hindu Muslim Maithri" (story published in Deepam) were some of his notable early works. The story "Vydyutha Shakthi" came in the February 1934 issue of Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly. He wrote his first novel, Naadanpremam, a romantic story set in Mukkam, a small hamlet in Kozhikode district,[5] in 1939 while he was in Bombay and the novel was eventually published in 1941.[3][6] This was followed by Yavanikakku Pinnil, a short story anthology, and the second novel Vishakanyaka; the latter would receive a prize from the Madras government in 1949.[3] Two travelogues were the next two publications, Kappirikalude Naattil (In the Land of the Negroes) and Innathe Europe (The Europe Today), both based on his first overseas tour.[7] He published Oru Theruvinte Katha in 1960 and his magnum opus, Oru Desathinte Katha, in 1971.[8][9]

Pottekkatt was a writer of strong social commitment and ideals, possessing an individualistic vision.[3] He is reported to be the pioneer of the genre of travelogues in India[10] and its most notable practitioner in Malayalam literature[11] which earned him the moniker, the John Gunther of Malayalam.[12] Poetry anthologies like Sanchariyude Geethangal and Premashilpi, Achan (play), novels like Premashiksha and Moodupadam, short story anthologies such as Nishagandhi, Pulliman and Chandrakatham, travelogues viz. Simhabhoomi, Nile Diary and Pathira Sooryante Nattil as well as memoirs like Ponthakkadukal and Samsarikkunna Diarykurippukal are some of his other major works.[13]

His works have been translated into English, Italian, Russian, German and Czech, besides all major Indian languages.[2] An Italian anthology of The Best Short Stories of the World published from Milan in 1971 included his Braanthan Naaya (Mad Dog). A collection of eleven of his short stories in Russian had a sensational sales of one hundred thousand copies in two weeks.[1] His stories have made into feature films in Malayalam; Naadan Premam,[14] Moodupadam,[15] Pulliman[16] and Njavalppazhangal are some of them.[17] Kadavu, a 1991 film written directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair based on his short story "Kadathuthoni", received prizes at several international film festivals.[18] The 2015 film Manikyam was an adaptation of the novel Prema Shiksha.[19][20]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Pottekkatt on a 2003 India Post stamp

Pottekkatt contested twice as independent candidate in elections to Indian Parliament from Thalassery under the banner of the Communist Party of India,[21] the first in 1957 to the 2nd Lok Sabha when he lost to M. K. Jinachandran by 1000 votes and the next in 1962 to the 3rd Lok Sabha when he defeated Sukumar Azhikode by a margin of 66,000 votes; he served out his term until 1967.[2]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Pottekkatt married Jayavalli in 1950 and the couple had two sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1980 and two years later, he suffered a paralytic stroke in July 1982, and he died on 6 August 1982, in a private hospital in Calicut.[1]

Awards and honours[edit | edit source]

Oru Theruvinte Katha (The Story of a Street), a novel based on Mittai Theruvu, a popular street in Kozhikode known for sweetmeat and halvah stalls, received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1961.[22] His biographical novel, Oru Desathinte Katha was selected for the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972.[23] Eight years later, in 1980, the novel earned Pottekkatt the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour in India.[24][25] In 1982, the University of Calicut honoured him with the honoris causa degree of the Doctor of Letters.[26] India Post issued a commemorative postal stamp on him in 2003, as a part of their Jnanpith Award Winners.[27] Malayala Manorama and Madhyamam issued festschrifts on Pottekkatt on the occasion of his birth centenary.[28][29]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Novels[edit | edit source]

Year Title Publisher Notes Ref.
1937 Vallikadevi
1941 Naadan Premam Calicut: Mathrubhumi
1945 Prema Shiksha Calicut: P. K. Brothers
1948 Moodupadam Calicut: Mathrubhumi
[30]
1948 Vishakanyaka Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
[31]
1958 Karamboo Calicut: Kerala
[32]
1960 Oru Theruvinte Katha Kottayam: S.P.C.S. Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel
1971 Oru Desathinte Katha Kottayam: S.P.C.S. Jnanpith Award, Sahitya Akademi Award
1976 Kurumulaku Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
[33]
1979 Kabeena Trivandrum: Upasana ISBN 9788182656215
[34]
1988 Bharathappuzhayude Makkal Kottayam: S.P.C.S. Described as Novatakam, a combination of novel and play
[35]
—
 North Avenue Template:— Incomplete work

Short stories[edit | edit source]

Year Title Publisher Notes Ref.
1945 Manimalika Thrissur: Mangalodayam Collection of 5 stories
1945 Rajamalli Kottayam: S.P.C.S. Collection of 13 stories
1945 Nisshagandhi Thrissur: Mangalodayam Collection of 9 stories
1945 Pulliman Thrissur: Sundarayyar & Sons Collection of 6 stories
[36]
1945 Meghamala Kottayam: S.P.C.S. Collection of 8 stories
1946 Chandrakantham Wadakkancherry: Arunodayam Collection of 5 stories
1946 Jalatharangam Calicut: P. K. Brothers Collection of 7 stories
1946 Vaijayanthi Thrissur: Mangalodayam Collection of 7 stories
[37]
1947 Pournami Calicut: P. K. Brothers Collection of 5 stories
ISBN 9788130006345
[38]
1947 Padmaragam Kottayam: S.P.C.S. Collection of 6 stories
1947 Indraneelam Calicut: K. R. Brothers Collection of 6 stories
1948 Rangamandapam Thrissur: Mangalodayam Collection of 7 stories
1948 Himavahini Thrissur: Mangalodayam Collection of 5 stories
1949 Prethabhoomi Calicut: K. R. Brothers Collection of 5 stories
[39]
1952 Yavanikkakku Pinnil Calicut: P. K. Brothers Collection of 6 stories and a radio drama
1954 Kallippookkal Thrissur: Mangalodayam Collection of 6 stories and a radio drama
[40]
1954 Vanakaumudi Thrissur: Mangalodayam Collection of 4 stories and a radio drama
1955 Kanakaambaram Calicut: P. K. Brothers Collection of 7 stories
1960 Antharvahini Calicut: Kerala Collection of 5 stories
ISBN 9788182654877
[41]
1962 Ezhilam Pala Kottayam: S.P.C.S. Collection of 7 stories
[42]
1967 Thiranjedutha Kathakal Kottayam: S.P.C.S. Collection of 36 stories; With an introduction by M. R. Chandrasekharan
1968 Vrindavanam Calicut: Poorna Collection of 8 stories
1970 Kattuchembakam
[43]
1978 S. K. Pottekkattinte Cherukathakal Calicut: Jaya
[44]
1981 S. K. Pottekkattinte Cherukathakal Calicut: Mathrubhumi
[45]
1999 Katha: Pottekkatt
[46]
2004 Sthree Calicut: Mathrubhumi ISBN 9788182640948
[47]
2006 S. K. Pottekkattinte Kathakal Sampoornam Calicut: Poorna Complete short stories in three volumes
2010 Ottakavum Mattu Pradhana Kathakalum Kottayam: DC Books
[48]
2014 S. K. Pottekkattinte Kathakal Sampoornam Kottayam: DC Books Complete short stories in two volumes
ISBN 9788126440184
[49]
2014 Sthree: Sthreekale Kurichu Kure Kathakal Calicut: Poorna ISBN 9788130018003
[50]

Travelogues[edit | edit source]

Year Title Publisher Notes Ref.
1947 Kashmir Thrissur: Mangalodayam
1948 Yathrasmaranakal Calicut: P. K. Brothers Based on the journeys to historical places in India
[51]
1951 Kappirikalude Nattil Thrissur: Mangalodayam ISBN 9788171307937
[52]
1954 Simhabhoomi Calicut: K. R. Brothers 1949 journey to Bagamoyo, Tanga, Kenya and Uganda
[53]
1954 Nile Diary Thrissur: Mangalodayam ISBN 9788171803149
[54]
1954 Malaya Nadukalil Thrissur: Mangalodayam
[55]
1955 Innathe Europe Kottayam: S.P.C.S. 1950 journey to Europe and Britain; Later editions titled Europiloode
ISBN 9788126403547
1955 Indonesian Diary Kottayam: S.P.C.S. 1953 journey to Indonesia; originally published in two volumes; combined volume first published by S.P.C.S. in 1964
1955 Soviet Diary Thrissur: Mangalodayam
[56]
1956 Pathira Sooryante Nattil Calicut: P. K. Brothers 1955 journey to Finland
[57]
1958 Bali Dweep Kottayam: S.P.C.S. 1953 journey to Bali
ISBN 9788171309047
[58]
1959 Simhabhoomi Cochin: Parishath Expanded version of the 1954 book and published in two volumes; combined volume first published by S.P.C.S. in 1968
[53]
1960 Bohemian Chithrangal Thrissur: Current Books
[59]
1967 Himalaya Samrajyathil Thrissur: Mangalodayam Based on the journey to Haridwar and Badrinath in May 1966
ISBN 9788171803576
[60]
1969 Nepal Yathra Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
[61]
1970 London Notebook Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
[62]
1974 Cairo Kathukal Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
1976 Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol. 1 – Africa Irinjalakuda: Vivekodayam Kappirikalude Nattil, Simhabhoomi, Nile Diary, Cairo Kathukal, Cleopatrayude Nattil
[63]
1977 Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol. 2 – Europe Irinjalakuda: Vivekodayam Europiloode (Innathe Europe), London Notebook, Pathira Sooryante Nattil, Soviet Diary, Bohemian Chithrangal
[64]
1977 Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol. 3 – Asia Irinjalakuda: Vivekodayam Yathrasmaranakal, Kashmir, Himalaya Samrajyathil, Nepal Yathra, Malaya Nadukalil, Indonesian Diary, Bali Dweep
[65]
1977 Cleopatrayude Nattil Irinjalakuda: Vivekodayam
[66]

Poetry[edit | edit source]

Year Title Publisher Notes Ref.
1936 Prabhatha Kanthi Calicut: K. R. Brothers 14 poems
1946 Sanchariyude Geethangal Calicut: P. K. Brothers 14 poems; with an introduction by G. Sankara Kurup
[67]
1958 Prema Shilpi Thrissur: Current Books 5 poems
2015 S. K. Pottekkattinte Kavithakal Calicut: Lipi ISBN 9788188017935
[68]

Drama[edit | edit source]

Year Title Publisher Notes Ref.
1945 Achan Alleppey: T. K. Varghese Vaidyan
1948 Achanum Makanum Template:— Included in Himavahini
1954 Althara Template:— A radio play included in Vanakaumudi
1954 Theevandi Odunnu Template:— A radio play included in Kallipookkal

Others[edit | edit source]

Year Title Publisher Notes Ref.
1947 Ponthakkadukal Calicut: Mathrubhumi Collection of humour essays published in various newspapers and magazines under the name Arunan
ISBN 9788182656239
1949 Gadhyamekhala Calicut: P. K. Brothers Collection of 8 essays
1975 Ente Vazhiyambalangal Kottayam: N.B.S. Memoirs
1978 Muhammed Abdurahiman Calicut: Mathrubhumi Political biography of Muhammed Abdurahiman
Co-authored with P. P. Ummer Koya, N. P. Mohammed and K. A. Kodungallur
1981 Samsarikkunna Diarykurrippukal Calicut: Mathrubhumi Diary
1995 Pottekkattinte Kathukal Calicut: P. K. Brothers Letters
2013 Paryadanam Calicut: Mathrubhumi Diary

Translations into other languages[edit | edit source]

Films[edit | edit source]

  • Moodupadam (1963) (based on the novel Moodupadam)
  • Naadan Premam (1972) (based on the novel Naadan Premam)
  • Pulliman (1972) (based on the story "Pulliman")
  • Njavalppazhangal (1976) (based on the story "Njavalppazhangal")
  • Ottakam (1978) (based on the story "Ottakam")
  • Thaala (1988)
  • Kadavu (1991) (based on the story "Kadathuthoni")
  • Manikyam (2015) (based on the novel Prema Shiksha)

References[edit | edit source]

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