Cherukad

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Cherukad
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BornCherukat Govinda Pisharodi
(1914-08-26)26 August 1914
Chemmalasseri, Perinthalmanna, Madras State, British India
Died28 October 1976(1976-10-28) (aged 62)
OccupationWriter, political activist, teacher
LanguageMalayalam
NationalityIndian
GenrePlay, novel, short story, poetry, essay, Autobiography
Literary movementProgressive literature
Notable worksJeevithappatha, Muthassi, Manninte Maaril
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi (26 August 1914 – 28 October 1976), commonly known as Cherukad, was a Malayalam-language playwright, novelist, poet and political activist, associated with the Communist movement in Kerala state, India.[1]

Biography[edit]

Cherukad was born in Chemmalasseri in Perinthalmanna taluk to Kizheettil Pisharath Karunakara Pisharody and Cherukad Pisharath Narayani Pisharasiar.[1] He got elementary training in Sanskrit from Guru Gopalanezhuthachan. After completing high school education, he joined as a teacher in Chemmala Aided Mappila School.[1] He passed Vidvan Examination from Madras and worked in many schools as teacher before joining Pattambi Sanskrit College as Lecturer.[1]

In 1936, Cherukad married Kizheettil Pisharath Lakshmi Pisharasiar.[1] Their son K. P. Mohanan is a noted writer.[1]

Cherukad's politically charged writing was influential in defining the Malayalam literature of the fifties and sixties.[2] His political life was connected with the lives of the leading politicians and patriots of Kerala. Cherukad was one of the founding members of the Deshabhimani Study Circle, a progressive literary movement in Kerala and the predecessor of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham.[1] Some of his important works are Jeevithappatha, Tharavaditham, Manushyabandhangal, Namal Onnu, Manushya Hridayangal, Janmabhumi, Devalokam, Manninte Maril (On the Bosom of the Soil), Muthassi and Sanidasa.[1] His autobiography Jeevithappatha (1974) received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977.[3]

Cherukad died on 28 October 1976.[1] The Cherukad Award is an annual literary award given in his memory.[4]

Works[edit]

Novel[edit]

  • Muthassi
  • Manninte Maaril
  • Bhooprabhu
  • Maranapathram
  • Sanidasa
  • Devalokam

Play[edit]

  • Snehabandhangal
  • Manushyahridayangal
  • Kutti Thampuran
  • Vaalnakshatram
  • Visuddha Nuna
  • Chittu Vilakku
  • Tharavaditham
  • Nammalonnu
  • Swathanthra
  • Mulankoottam
  • Adima
  • Janmabhumi
  • Anakkettu
  • Rakteswari
  • Kodumkaattu
  • Kutti Thampuratti
  • Doctor Kachan
  • Odukkathe Onam

Short story[edit]

  • Chekkuthante Koodu
  • Theruvinte Kutti
  • Mudra Motiram
  • Chuttan Moori
  • Oru Divasam
  • Cherukadinte Kathakal

Poetry[edit]

  • Manushyane Maanikkuka
  • Anthappuram
  • Methaapp
  • Aradhana
  • Thiramala

Autobiography[edit]

  • Jeevithappatha

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "ചെറുകാട് ഗോവിന്ദപ്പിഷാരഡി" [Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi] (in മലയാളം). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "Remembering Mundassery, Cherukad". The Hindu. Kozhikode, India. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Amaresh Datta (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Vol. 2. p. 1846.
  4. ↑ "Cherukad Award presented". The Hindu. 30 October 2005. Archived from the original on 9 November 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

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