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C. V. Balakrishnan

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C. V. Balakrishnan (born 24 September 1952) is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature.{{cite web | url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2021/01/19/translation-of-aayusinte-austhakam-to-release-as-book-of-passing-shadows-in-english.html | title='ആയുസ്സിന്റെ പുസ്തകം' ഇനി ഇംഗ്ലിഷിലും }} His novels and short stories encompass the emotional issues related to mass culture, sexual politics, fate of the marginalised and institutionalised religions. An author of more than 60 literary works along with a few film scripts and film criticisms, his best known work is the novel Ayussinte Pusthakam (The Book of Passing Shadows).{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/dense-with-desire-cs-venkiteswaran-reviews-cv-balakrishnans-the-book-of-passing-shadows/article37922333.ece | title=C.S. Venkiteswaran reviews C.V. Balakrishnan's 'The Book of Passing Shadows' | newspaper=The Hindu | date=11 December 2021 | last1=Venkiteswaran | first1=C. S. }} He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award thrice{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw3.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |access-date=28 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045103/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw3.htm |archive-date=24 September 2017 |url-status=dead }} and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in 2002 for Cinemayude Idangal. In 2014, he won the Padmaprabha Literary Award.{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/novelist-c-v-balakrishnan-chosen-for-padmaprabha-award-114092400357_1.html | title=Novelist C V Balakrishnan chosen for Padmaprabha award | newspaper=Business Standard India | date=24 September 2014 | agency=Press Trust of India }}{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/malayalam-novelist-c-v-balakrishnan-chosen-for-padmaprabha-literary-award/articleshow/43313478.cms?from=mdr | title=Malayalam novelist C V Balakrishnan chosen for Padmaprabha literary award | newspaper=The Economic Times }}

Biography

Balakrishnan was born in Payyannur, Kannur district, Kerala.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/columns/beyond-the-frames-photo-feature-by-madhuraj-column-cv-balakrishnan-1.7951185|title=പൊളിച്ചു മാറ്റിത്തുടങ്ങിയ തറവാടിന്റെ വരാന്തയിൽ, കണ്ഠമിടറി കഥാകാരൻ..|website=Mathrubhumi|date=12 October 2022 |accessdate=31 December 2022}} After completing his school education, he took training in teaching and worked in various schools before shifting to Calcutta in 1979 where he worked as a freelance journalist. It was in Calcutta he began writing Ayussinte Pusthakam.

''Ayussinte Pusthakam'' (The Book of Passing Shadows)

{{Main|Ayussinte Pusthakam}}

Ayussinte Pusthakam is considered one of the major works in the post-modernist Malayalam literature. Balakrishnan began writing this novel when he moved to Calcutta in late-1970s. An old edition of the Bible at St. Paul's Cathedral in Calcutta triggered the book in him. It took him three years to complete the novel. Says the author: "All the characters and villages of Christian settlers were in my mind long before I began thinking about writing Ayussinte Pusthakam. The characters are based on people I met during my course as a school teacher in a village in Kasaragod. I wrote Ayussinte Pusthakam at a time when I was going through an emotionally difficult period; my relation with my father was strained and I was feeling very lonely. Ayussinte Pusthakam is about loneliness." The book is also about sin and sadness, written in a style and language that have been judiciously borrowed from The Bible."{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/05/16/stories/2008051650140300.htm|title=The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Interview : Book of life|date=20 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720072910/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/05/16/stories/2008051650140300.htm |accessdate=31 December 2022|archive-date=20 July 2013 }}

The novel was successfully adapted for the stage by suveeran in 2008. It won many Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Awards including one for the best play.

Bibliography

=Novels=

  • Ayussinte Pusthakam (Kottayam: DC Books, 1984)
  • Aathmavinu Sariyennu Thonnunna Karyangal (Kottayam: DC Books, 1997)
  • Avanavante Anandam Kandethanulla Vazhikal (Kottayam: DC Books, 2006)
  • Disa (Kottayam: DC Books, 2001){{cite web |author1=Pramod P. Seban |title=അസാധ്യമായ സ്വപ്നങ്ങൾ |url=https://www.puzha.com/blog/magazine-pramod_seban-book_asadyamaya/ |publisher=Puzha.com |access-date=7 February 2023 |language=ml |date=1 August 2011}}{{cite web |author1=Rahul Radhakrishnan |title=അശാന്തിയുടെ ഭൂവിടം |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/books/reading-disha-a-novel-by-cv-balakrishnan-qtz6aw |publisher=Asianet |access-date=7 February 2023 |language=ml |date=31 May 2021}}
  • Ennum Njayarazhcha Aayirunnenkil (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2018){{cite journal | url=https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/malayalam-vaarika/essays/2019/jun/15/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A-%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D-58501.html | title=എന്നും ഞായറാഴ്ച ആയിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍: സിവി ബാലകൃഷ്ണന്റെ നോവലിനെക്കുറിച്ച് |journal=Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika |date=15 June 2019 |author=K. B. Prasannakumar |access-date=7 February 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookcategories/others/2019/02/25/ennum-njayarazhcha-aarunnenkil.html | title=എന്നും ഞായറാഴ്ച ആയിരുന്നെങ്കിൽ }}
  • Jeevithame Nee Enthu? (Kottayam: DC Books, 1987)
  • Kannadikkadal (Kottayam: DC Books, 1990)
  • Kamamohitham (Valapad: August Books, 1994)
  • Kalamezhuthu (Kottayam: N.B.S., 1981)
  • Librarian (Kottayam: DC Books, 2014)
  • Uparodham (Trivandrum: Chintha, 1981)
  • Varu Daivame Varu (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2016)
  • Arul (Manorama Books, 2023){{cite web | url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/2023/11/15/book-review-of-arul-book-written-by-cv-balakrishnan.html | title=അവന്റെ രക്തത്തിന്റെ ശബ്ദം ഭൂമിയിൽ നിന്ന് എന്നോടു നിലവിളിക്കുന്നു }}

=Novellas=

  • Aadhi
  • Aavanakkinte Oru Poovu Allenkil Erikkinter Oru Poovu
  • Aagola Grameenar
  • Ozhiyabadhakal (Calicut: Poorna, 1996)
  • Drushti
  • Asthikalile Venal
  • Eenthappanayude Thottam
  • Ellinpadangal Poovidumbol (Trivandrum: Prabhath, 1999)
  • Globinte Ee Vasath
  • Irattakkuttikalude Achan
  • Parimalaparvatham (Kottayam: DC Books, 2003)
  • Vilakkumadam
  • Manassinu Ethra Thiraseelakal
  • Manjuprathima
  • Meen Pidikkaan Poya Gabriel
  • Narthanasala
  • Amen Amen
  • Prappitiyan
  • Sari, Pisachineppatti Samsarikkam
  • Tharangaleela
  • Vishadakala
  • Viva Goa (Kottayam: DC Books, 2012)
  • Vellivelichathil
  • Ithivritham (Trichur: Current, 1994)
  • Kadal Guhakal
  • Oru Gothra Katha, Oru Charitra Katha, Oru Chalachitra Katha
  • Maranam Ennu Perullavan
  • Ottakkoru Penkutty (Trichur: Current, 1989)
  • Jwalakalapam (Kottayam: DC Books, 1996)
  • Etho Rajavinte Prajakal (Trichur: Current, 1985) (collection of five novelettes)
  • Ente Pizha Ente Pizha Ente Valiya Pizha (Kottayam: DC Books, 1985) (collection of novelettes: Mazha Nanayunna Pavam, Daivame Ente Pizha Ente Pizha)
  • Bhavabhayam (Kottayam: DC Books, 1997)
  • Rathisandratha{{cite web | url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/rathisandratha.html | title=രതിസാന്ദ്രത അവസാനിക്കുന്നില്ല }}

=Short story collections=

  • Bhumiye Patti Adhikam Parayanda (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 1993)
  • Daivam Piano Vaayikkumbol (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2020){{cite web | url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/excerpts/cv-balakrishnan-malayalam-book-study-1.4803061 | title=ദൈവവും പിശാചും മനുഷ്യരും പിയാനോ വായിക്കുമ്പോൾ | date=4 June 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/reviews/cv-balakrishnan-malayalam-book-review-1.4845839 | title=പിയാനോ മീട്ടുന്ന അദൃശ്യവിരലുകൾ | date=20 June 2020 }}
  • Edwin Paul (Trichur: Current, 2016){{cite news |author1=Pramod P. Seban |title=എഡ്വിനും പോളും സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നതെങ്ങനെ? |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/edvin-paul.html |work=Malayala Manorama |access-date=7 February 2023 |language=ml |date=26 October 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://currentbooksonline.in/product/edwin-paul/ | title=Edwin Paul |publisher= Current Books }}
  • Ente Bhranthan Kinavukal (Kottayam: DC Books, 2021){{cite web | url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/2021/05/06/ente-bhranthan-kinavukal-book-by-cv-balakrishnan.html | title=ചങ്ങലയുടെ ഭാരമില്ലാത്ത ഭ്രാന്തൻ കിനാവുകള്‍ }}
  • Ente Priyapetta Kathakal (Kottayam: DC Books, 2009) (20 selected stories)[https://www.dcbooks.com/5th-edition-of-ente-priyappetta-kathakal-by-c-v-balakrishnan.html "സി.വി ബാലകൃഷ്ണന്റെ 20 ചെറുകഥകള്‍"]. DC Books. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  • Katha (Calicut: Mulberry, 1999) (23 selected stories)
  • Kulirum Mattu Kathakalum (Calicut: Poorna, 1999)
  • Malakhamar Chiraku Veesumbol (Quilon: Imprint, 1994)
  • Makkalum Mattu Kathakalum (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 2000)
  • Mamool (Trivandrum: Prabhath, 1999)
  • Marukara (Calicut: Mulberry, 1987)
  • Pranayakalam (Calicut: Mulberry, 1996)
  • Sareeram Ariyunnathu
  • Snehavirunnu (Trichur: Current, 1991)
  • Thiranjedutha Kathakal (Kottayam: DC Books, 2014) (51 selected stories)[https://dcbookstore.com/books/thiranjedutha-kathakal-c-v-balakrishnan "THIRANJEDUTHA KATHAKAL - C V BALAKRISHNAN"]. DC Books. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  • Ulkrushtaraaya Manushyarum Undu{{cite web | url=https://www.spcsindia.com/book/ulkrushtaraaya-manushyarum-undu | title=SPCS - NBS - National Book Stall - Kottayam }}
  • Urangan Vayya
  • Vishudha Chumbanam (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2014)

=Autobiography=

  • Paralmeen Neenthunna Paadam (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2012){{cite web | url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/cv-balakrishnan-paranmeen-neenthunna-paadam.html | title=ഓർമ്മകളുടെ പരൽമീൻ }}

=Memoirs=

  • Saannidhyam
  • Sugandha Sasyangalkidayiloode
  • Vaathil Thurannitta Nagarathil{{Cite web|url=https://dcbookstore.com/books/vathil-thurannitta-nagarathil|title=You are being redirected...|website=dcbookstore.com|accessdate=31 December 2022}}
  • Aathmaavinodu Cherunnathu{{cite web | url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/excerpts/nn-kakkad-memory-cv-balakrishnan-mathrubhumi-books-1.7693005 | title=അർബുദമെന്ന ശത്രുവിനോട് യുദ്ധംചെയ്ത് തന്റെ ശക്തിയൊക്കെ പോയെന്ന് പരിഭവിച്ച കക്കാട് | date=14 July 2022 }}

=Travelogues=

  • Ethetho Saranikalil{{cite web | url=https://archives.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-details/ethetho-saranikalil-by-c-v-balakrishnan-1.4301521 | title=പുസ്തകപരിചയം: ഏതേതോ സരണികളിൽ | date=22 November 2019 }}
  • Yathrapathangalil
  • Scottish Dinarathrangal{{cite web | url=https://www.mbibooks.com/product/scottish-dinarathrangal/ | title=സ്‌കോട്ടിഷ്‌ ദിനരാത്രങ്ങൾ }}

=Translations=

=Others=

  • Cinemayude Idangal (Essays on Film)
  • Mechilsthalangal (Essays)
  • Thathyakal Mithyakal (Essays)
  • Nerkazhchakalude Neru (Selected Journalism)
  • Orma Mathram (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2012) (Screenplay){{cite web | url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/ormma-mathram/3814/ | title=ഓര്‍മ്മ മാത്രം സി വി ബാലകൃഷ്‌ണന്‍ |publisher=Kerala Book Store |date= |author= |access-date=7 February 2023}}

Filmography

; Story, screenplay and dialogues

; Story

  • Irattakuttikalude Achan (1997)
  • Kottaram Veettile Apputtan (1998)
  • Thoramazhayathu (2010)
  • Segment Puzha in the anthology Cheraathukal{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2021/mar/23/cheraathukal-a-new-malayalam-anthology-2280097.html|title=Cheraathukal: A new Malayalam anthology|website=The New Indian Express|date=23 March 2021 |accessdate=31 December 2022}} (2021)

Awards

References

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Further reading

  • C V Balakrishnan: Ezhuthinte Disakal (C V Balakrishnan: The directions of writings), edited by A. M. Sreedharan (DC Books, 2017){{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/writer-c-v-balakrishnan-honoured/articleshow/60305683.cms | title=Writer C V Balakrishnan honoured | Kozhikode News - Times of India | website=The Times of India | date=31 August 2017 }}
  • [https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/malayalam-vaarika/essays/2018/oct/18/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A5-%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8Dzwj-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8Dzwj-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81-35809.html "കഥ എന്ന സഹയാത്രികന്‍: സിവി ബാലകൃഷ്ണന്‍ സംസാരിക്കുന്നു"] (Interview). Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika. (in Malayalam).

External links

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