Cherukad
{{Short description|Indian writer and activist}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Cherukad
| image = Cherukad.jpg
| birth_name = Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|08|26}}
| birth_place = Chemmalasseri, Perinthalmanna, Madras State, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|10|28|1914|08|26}}
| occupation = Writer, political activist, teacher
| language = Malayalam
| nationality = Indian
| genre = Play, novel, short story, poetry, essay, autobiography
| movement = Progressive literature
| notableworks = Jeevithappatha, Muthassi, Manninte Maaril
| awards = Sahitya 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.{{Cite web |title=ചെറുകാട് ഗോവിന്ദപ്പിഷാരഡി |trans-title=Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi |language=ml |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi }}
Biography
Cherukad was born in Chemmalasseri in Perinthalmanna taluk to Kizheettil Pisharath Karunakara Pisharody and Cherukad Pisharath Narayani Pisharasiar. He got elementary training in Sanskrit from Guru Gopalanezhuthachan. After completing high school education, he joined as a teacher in Chemmala Aided Mappila School. He passed Vidvan Examination from Madras and worked in many schools as teacher before joining Pattambi Sanskrit College as Lecturer.
In 1936, Cherukad married Kizheettil Pisharath Lakshmi Pisharasiar. Their son K. P. Mohanan is a noted writer.
Cherukad's politically charged writing was influential in defining the Malayalam literature of the fifties and sixties.{{Cite news |date=26 October 2012 |title=Remembering Mundassery, Cherukad |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Kozhikode, India |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/remembering-mundassery-cherukad/article4033477.ece |access-date= 11 June 2013}} 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. 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. His autobiography Jeevithappatha (1974) received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977.{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature |volume=2 |author=Amaresh Datta |year=1988 |page=1846}}
Cherukad died on 28 October 1976. The Cherukad Award is an annual literary award given in his memory.{{Cite news |date=30 October 2005 |title=Cherukad Award presented |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103008610300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109005110/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103008610300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2006 |access-date= 11 June 2013}}
Bibliography
=Novel=
- Manninte Maaril (Calicut: Prabhatham, 1954)
- Muthassi (Calicut: Kairali Sahakarana Sangham, 1959) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.277887 Read online]
- Sanidasa (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1959) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.277889 Read online]
- Pramani (Trichur: Current, 1962)
- Marumakal (Cochin: CICC, 1963)
- Muthassi: Part II (Trichur: Current, 1964)
- Devalokam (Trichur: Current, 1971)
- Bhooprabhu (Trivandrum: Sakthi, 1976)
- Maranapathram (Trivandrum: Chintha, 1977)
=Play=
- Snehabandhangal (Quilon: Prabhatham, 1954, 2nd edition)
- Tharavaditham (Trichur: Mangalodayam, 1954)
- Swathanthra (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1955)
- Manushyahridayangal (Trichur: Current, 1955)
- Rakteswari (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1956)
- Visuddha Nuna (Trichur: Current, 1956)
- Odukkathe Onam (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1956)
- Janmabhumi (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1958)
- Mulankoottam (Trichur: Current, 1958)
- Anakkettu (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1958)
- Kutti Thampuran (Trichur: Current, 1958)
- Kutti Thampuratti (Calicut: P. K. Brothers)
- Vaalnakshatram (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1960)
- Chittu Vilakku (Trichur: Current, 1960)
- Kodumkaattu (Palghat: Udaya, 1966)
- Nammalonnu (Trichur: Current, 1969, Revised edition)
- Adima (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1969, 2nd edition)
- Doctor Kachan (Palghat: Udaya, 1970)
=Poetry=
=Short story=
- Jeevikkan (Calicut: P. M. Mohammed, 1954)
- Mudra Motiram (Calicut: Prabhatham, 1954)
- Cherukadinte Cherukathakal (Trichur: Current, 1954)
- Theruvinte Kutti (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1956)
- Chekkuthante Koodu (Trichur: Current, 1958)
- Chuttan Moori (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1962)
=Children's literature=
- Karuppan Kutty (Trivandrum: Balan, 1962, 2nd edition)
- Oru Divasam (Trichur: Current, 1960)
- Thanthra Kurukkan (Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi, 1968)
=Autobiography=
- Jeevithappatha (Pattambi: Sakthi, 1974)
=Miscellaneous=
- Menonte Meni (Ottappalam: published by the author, 1945) (Ottan Thullal)
- Society President (Calicut: Deshabhimani, 1946) (Ottan Thullal)
- Vella Chantha (Calicut: Marxist Books, 1952) (Ottan Thullal)
- Onam Varunnu (Cochin: Prabhatham, 1955) (Onam songs)
References
External links
- [http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/c/1926846?fb_comment_id=fbc_482393438542244_2713569_482393541875567#f320dc0a2 Article by C Radhakrishnan]
- Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 11 April 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm]
- [http://www.deshabhimani.com/vnews-vaarika-19.html Deshabhimani Weekly special issue on the birth centenary of Cherukad]
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