K. P. Ramanunni

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K. P. Ramanunni
Kp ramanunni 001.jpg
Born1955
Ponnani, Malabar District, Madras State, India
OccupationWriter
Administrator, Thunjan Memorial Trust, Tirur
Spouse(s)Raji
ChildrenSreedevi

K. P. Ramanunni (Malayalam:കെ.പി.രാമനുണ്ണി) is a novelist and short-story writer from Kerala, India.[1] His first novel Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said) won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1995 and the novel Daivathinte Pusthakam (God's Own Book) won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017. Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (Book of Life) won the 2011 Vayalar Award.[2][3]

Life[edit]

K.P. Ramanunni was born in 1955 in Culcutta where his father, Sri. P. Damodaran Nair was an officer in the State Bank of India. After the untimely demise of his father when Ramanunni was just three and half years old, his mother Smt. Janaki D. Nair moved to Ponnani, their ancestral village in Malabar, Kerala. Wife – Raji, daughter- Sridevi Ramanunni. His school education was in AV High School, Ponnani. He graduated in English literature from Malabar Christian College, Calicut and took his Masters Degree in English in Mysore University. He worked as assistant Manager in SBI and took voluntary retirement from his service to fully engage in literary works. After the long years in the bank Ramanunni had a one year tenure as the magazine editor of Madhyamam weekly. He served Thunchan Memorial Trust, Tirur as Administrator for 22 years. Presently he is the Adjunct Professor of Thunchat Ezhuchachan Malayalam University, Tirur. He lives at Poovattuparmbu, Calicut.

Ramanunni’s very first novel Sufi Paranja Katha won two prestigious awards for Malayalam Literature - The Kerala Sahitya Akademi award and the Edassery award. Sufi Paranja Katha has been translated to nine languages - English, French, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Konkani and Bengali. The Hindi and Kannada versions were published by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. After reading the English version of the novel – What the Sufi Said, a French Philologist Mr. Luc Roger invited Ramanunni to Europe for the translation of the novel to French. In 2008 Edition Kailash, Paris has brought out the French version of ‘Sufi Paranja Katha’ as ‘Tharavad, ce que disait le Soufi’ and it was well accepted in the French speaking countries of the world.

His debut novel Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said) was serialised in Kalakaumudi weekly with the accompaniment of illustrations by the acclaimed Artist Namboothiri. It was published as a book in 1990. Its story revolves around the love and marriage between Mamootty, a Muslim and Karthy, a Nair Hindu. Though converted to Islam, Karthy is unable to resist the primeval tug of her original religion. The novel speaks about religious feelings and relationships and the mystic reach of these aspects. Sufi Paranja Katha has been translated to nine languages - English, French, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Konkani and Bengali. The Hindi and Kannada versions were published by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. After reading the English version of the novel – What the Sufi Said, a French Philologist Mr. Luc Roger invited Ramanunni to Europe for the translation of the novel to French. In 2008 Edition Kailash, Paris has brought out the French version of ‘Sufi Paranja Katha’ as ‘Tharavad, ce que disait le Soufi’ and it was well accepted in the French speaking countries of the world. Priyanandanan adapted the novel into a film of the same name in 2010. K. P. Ramanunni himself wrote the dialogue and script of the film.

It took nearly four years for Ramanunni to produce his next novel, Charama Varshikam (Death Anniversary).Oxford University Press has brought out his second novel Charamavarshikam in English as Death Anniversary.[4] And five years more to write his next novel Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (Book of life). The theme of the novel is woven around the life of a bank officer in the grip of amnesia. It was urban hypocrisy and the rural benevolence that he tried to portray in it. Experiences from his own life had added colour to the story, he says.[5] Critics have hailed Jeevithathinte Pusthakam as a significant contribution to Malayalam literature.[6] ‘DaivathintePusthakam’ bagged the distinguished National literary award of India in 2017. (Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award.) The novel had also received Sadbhavana Award, Basheer Award Abudhabi Sakthi Award and Agar Ali Engineer National Award.[7]

Ramanunni’s short stories which appeared in various leading Malayalam journals have been published in fifteen collections. His very first short story Shavasamskaram won the Prize for the best Short story from Samastha Kerala SahityaParishad. Another Short Story Mukalakshanam was awarded the V.P. Sivakumar Smaraka Keli Award. The Shrot Story JatiChodikkuka won the Padmarajan Puraskaram and Katha award, New Delhi. The Short Story Manushyan Mrugam Eninganne was awarded Bahrain Keraleya Samajam Prize. His collection of short stories PurushaVilapam won AbudabiSakthi Award and the Short Story collection Jadhi Chodikukka won Kalakkad Award. His selected Short Story collection has bagged C.V. Sreeraman Award of 2009 & T.V. Kochubava Award of 2009.[8]

Ramanunni has participated in many National and International Literary Seminars.[9] As a senior fiction writer in Malayalam he has represented the language in the international Katha Seminar in New Delhi. He has visited America three times on invitation from Federation of Kerala Associations in North America. He has also visited England, Europe, U.A.E, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Bangkok, Iraq, Jordhan, Egypt and Singapore on invitation from different Malayalee organizations. K.P. Ramanunni was the member of writers’ delegation sent to China by Kendra Sahitya Akademi in 2007. K.P. Ramanunni was the Malayalam advisory board member of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. He was also the member of Kerala Sahitya Akademi and curriculum committee. Now he is the governing body member of Malayalam Mission.

Ramanunni is an activist working in the field of communal harmony and Mother tongue movement in Kerala. He led so many campaigns against the communal division of the society. He has addressed the communal problems from the standpoint of a real believer. His initiative in this field has been duly acknowledged throughout India.[10]

Works[edit]

Novels[edit]

  • Sufi Paranja Katha (What the Sufi Said)
  • Charama Varshikam (Death Anniversary)
  • Jeevithathinte Pusthakam (Book Of Life)
  • Daivathinte Pusthakam (God's Own Book)

Short story collections[edit]

  • Vidhathavinte Chiri
  • Vendapettavante Kurish
  • Purusha Vilapam[11]
  • Jathi Chodikkuka
  • Selected Short Stories of K.P. Ramanunni
  • achyuthammama
  • Entrance Ezhuthunnakutty (Balasahityam)
  • Priyappetta Kathakal
  • Fokso
  • Grama Kathakal
  • Prakasamparathunna Aankutti
  • Aval Mozhiyukayanu
  • Tanthappratheyyam
  • Pranayaparvam
  • Kurks

Collection of Essays[edit]

1. Kriminal Kuttamakunna Rathi 2. Shirshasanam 3. Anubhavam, Orma, Yathra 4. Jeevitham Oru Arthikarante Kayyil 5. Oruviswasiyude Mathethara Chinthakal 6. Manas Malayalam

Screenplay[edit]

Awards[edit]

K. P. Ramanunni has won several awards and recognitions for his contributions towards Malayalam literature:

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "HugeDomains.com - OlivePublications.com is for sale (Olive Publications)". www.olivepublications.com. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. ↑ "Vayalar award for K.P. Ramanunni". The Hindu. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "manorama online-english". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Death Anniversary". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. ↑ R. Ramabhadran Pillai (October 13, 2008). "A master story-teller". The Hindu. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ R. Madhavan Nair (February 27, 2007). "A perception of life". The Hindu. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ Admin (18 January 2020). "K. P. Ramanunni wins the Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award". Centre for Study of Society and Secularism. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Renowned Malayali writer KP Ramanunni threatened by fundamentalists bags Akademi award". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "K. P. Ramanunni - Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2020| Keralaliteraturefestival.com". keralaliteraturefestival.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  10. ↑ Rajeev, Lekshmy (25 February 2010). "Voice for religious unity". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ↑ "കെ.പി. രാമനുണ്ണിക്ക് കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാരം". Malayala Manorama.
  13. ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Vayalar award for K.P. Ramanunni". The Hindu. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "Page not found News". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018 – via www.thehindu.com. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  16. ↑ Admin (18 January 2020). "K. P. Ramanunni wins the Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award". Centre for Study of Society and Secularism. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  17. ↑ Admin (18 January 2020). "K. P. Ramanunni wins the Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award". Centre for Study of Society and Secularism. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  18. ↑ Admin (18 January 2020). "K. P. Ramanunni wins the Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award". Centre for Study of Society and Secularism. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  19. ↑ Admin (18 January 2020). "K. P. Ramanunni wins the Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award". Centre for Study of Society and Secularism. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

External links[edit]

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