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M. Sukumaran

{{Short description|Malayalam writer}}

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{{Infobox writer

| name = M. Sukumaran

| image = M.SukumaranImage.jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1943}}

| birth_place = Chittoor, Palakkad, Kerala, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|3|16|1943|1|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

| occupation = Writer

| nationality = Indian

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| genre = Short story, novel

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| notableworks = {{ubl|Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal|Seshakriya|Chuvanna Chihnangal|Janithakam|Para|Azhimukham}}

| spouse = Meenakshi

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| children = Rajni Mannadiar

| relatives = {{ubl|Narayana Mannadiar (father)|Meenakshi Amma (mother)}}

| influences =

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| awards = {{ubl|1976 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story|1981 Kerala State Film Award for Best Story|1992 Padmarajan Award|1995 Kerala State Film Award for Best Story|2003 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions|2006 Sahitya Akademi Award}}

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M. Sukumaran (1943 – 16 March 2018) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, best known for his novels and short stories with political undertones. Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal, Seshakriya, Chuvanna Chihnangal and Janithakam feature among his works and five of his stories have been adapted into films. A two time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Story, Sukumaran received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 1976 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006.

Biography

M. Sukumaran was born in 1943 at Chittur in Palakkad District of the south Indian state of Kerala to Narayana Mannadiar and Meenakshi Amma.{{Cite web |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/03/16/m-sukumaran-dead-sahitya-academy-winner-award.html |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away |website=OnManorama |access-date=2019-03-28}} After completing his school education, he started his career at a sugar factory.{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/eminent-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away-1.2676492 |title=Eminent writer M Sukumaran passes away |website=Mathrubhumi |date=16 March 2018 |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}} Moving to Thiruvananthapuram in 1963,{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/remembering-malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-year-after-his-passing-98510 |title=Remembering Malayalam writer M. Sukumaran a year after his passing |website=www.thenewsminute.com |date=18 March 2019 |access-date=2019-03-28}} he joined the Accountant General's office as a clerk, after which he was also active in trade union activities as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). His political activities led to his termination i 1974,{{Cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away/1272524 |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away - Outlook |website=outlookindia.com/ |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/mar/17/malayalam-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away-at-76-1788325.html |title=Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passes away at 76 |website=The New Indian Express |date=17 March 2018 |access-date=2019-03-28}} reported to be the first time a central government employee was terminated by a Presidential order.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/m-sukumaran-dead/article23274982.ece |title=M. Sukumaran dead |author=Staff Reporter |date=2018-03-16 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-28}} Later, he was known to have been disappointed with the left-wing politics and his portrayal of a disillusioned politician in his novel, Seshakriya, resulted in his expulsion from the party in 1982.{{Cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/iFMCvlib76oQVD7zuLWdPM/M-Sukumaran-the-Kerala-writer-who-mirrored-whats-left-of.html |title=M. Sukumaran, the Kerala writer who mirrored what's left of the Left, dies at 75 |last=M.K |first=Nidheesh |date=2018-03-17 |website=livemint.com |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}}

Sukumaran was married to Meenakshi and the couple had a daughter, Rajani.{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/170318/noted-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away.html |title=Noted writer M Sukumaran passes away |date=2018-03-17 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}} He died on March 16, 2018, aged 75, at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram where he was undergoing treatment for heart-related illnesses. Rajani, is also a writer, writing under the name, Rajni Mannadiar.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/lr/2004/08/01/stories/2004080100010100.htm |title=Simple and silent |last=Ramachandran |first=The new poetry being written in Malayalam today moves away from ideology towards experience, says THACHOM POYIL RAJEEVAN P. P. |date=2004-07-29 |pages=01 |website=The Hindu |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Legacy

{{quotebox|align = left|width=22em|Have I slipped into sleep even before the story has ended? The crows have started cawing. The roosters are also crowing. The night of the one in custody is ending. The night of the one to be caught is beginning. One is interested to know. How long for the sun to rise? Excerpts from a Sukumaran story.{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-death-of-an-author-5137586/ |title=The Death of an Author |date=2018-04-15 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-28}}}}

{{quotebox|align = right|width=22em|I can hear around me the question as to why I stopped writing. I had to end my career because of a strong and ceaseless inner voice telling me that I have written whatever I had to write in this life and if I write again I will just be repeating what I have already written. An artist should never accept the fate of a bullock going round and round an oil-press. And no one else can share or resolve the dilemmas in a writer's creative life. Sukumaran wrote when he decided to quit writing in 1982.}}

Sukumaran, who was known to have started writing from the age of 16, published his first story, Mazhathullikal, in Malayala Manorama, in 1963, when he was 20 years. He continued writing until his death, occasionally taking long breaks in between, to publish three novels and over 50 short stories which include Sheshakriya, Chuvanna Chihnangal, Janithakam, Thookkumarangal Njangalkku, Marichittillaathavarude Smaarakangal, Para, Azhimukham and Vanchikkunnampathi.{{Cite web |url=http://english.dcbooks.com/noted-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away.html |title=Noted writer M. Sukumaran passes away - DC Books |date=2019-03-28 |website=English News Portal |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-28 |archive-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328083957/http://english.dcbooks.com/noted-writer-m-sukumaran-passes-away.html |url-status=dead }} Five of his stories have been adapted into films, viz. Sanghaganam, Sheshakriya, Kazhakam, Margam and Unarthupattu{{Cite web |url=https://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=M%2520Sukumaran&limit=4 |title=Profile of Malayalam Story Writer M. Sukumaran |date=2019-03-28 |website=en.msidb.org |access-date=2019-03-28}} of which he wrote the screenplay for Sheshakriya.{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1332 |title=Sheshakriya (1982) |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-03-28}} He also wrote a biographical book, Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdur Rahiman, which featured the biographies of Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai, K. Kelappan and Mohammed Abdur Rahiman, as a part of a biographical series, Mahacharithangaliloode.{{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=5314 |title=Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdurahman |last=M. Sukumaran |publisher=Kairali Publications |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-7152-089-3}}

Awards and honours

Sukumaran received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 1976 for his short story anthology, Marichittillathavarude Smarakam.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story |date=2019-03-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154727/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }} The film, Sheshakriya fetched him his first Kerala State Film Award for Best Story in 1981;{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234213/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title= STATE FILM AWARDS 1981 |date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2019-03-28}} he would receive the award again in 1995 for the film, Kazhakam.{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234157/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=STATE FILM AWARDS 1995 |date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2019-03-28}} In between, he received the inaugural Padmarajan Award for his book, Pithru Tharpanam.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Padmarajan Award |date=2019-03-28 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-03-28}} Kerala Sahitya Akademi honoured him again in 2003 with the award for overall contributions in 2003{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/total.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions |date=2019-03-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |access-date=2019-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154814/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/total.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }} and Sahitya Akademi selected his short story anthology, Chuvanna Chinnangal, for their annual award in 2006.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gktoday.in/question/m-sukumaran-the-renowned-malayalam-author-passed-a |title=M Sukumaran, the renowned Malayalam author passed away |website=www.gktoday.in |access-date=2019-03-28}}

Bibliography

= Novels =

  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205948&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Janithakam |last=Sukumaran. M |date=1994 |publisher=Current Books, Kottayam |location=Current Books, Kottayam}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=99684&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Seshakriya |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=2010 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=9788171300075 |location=Kottayam}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98358&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Chuvanna chihnangal |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=2011 |publisher=D C Books |isbn=9788126414574 |location=Kottayam}}

= Short story anthologies =

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  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103370&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Thookkumarangal Njangalkku |last=Sukumaran M |date=1973 |publisher=Author}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=75347&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520M%2520Sukumaran |title=Charithra ghadha |last=Sukumaran M |date=1976 |publisher=Shakti Publishers}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212649&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Marichittillathavarude Smarakangal |last=Sukumaran. M |date=1979 |publisher=Kottayam Sahitya pravartaka saha: sangam |location=Kottayam Sahitya pravartaka saha: sangam}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77581&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Asura sankeerthanam |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=1981 |publisher=D.C. Books |location=Kottayam}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327374&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=M. Sukumarante kathakal |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=1992 |publisher=Current Books |location=Kottayam}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327377&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Pithrutharpanam |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=1994 |publisher=Imprint Books |location=Kollam}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=223218&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Kunjappuvinte dhuswapnangal |last=Sukumaran. M |date=1996 |publisher=Korus Books |location=Thiruvananthapuram}}
  • {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=285214&query_desc=au%253A%2522Sukumaran%2520M.%2522 |title=Ente priyapetta kathakal |last=Sukumaran |first=M. |date=2006 |publisher=H&C |location=Thrissur}}

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= Non fiction =

  • {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=5314 |title=Swadeshabhimani, Kelappan, Abdurahman |last=M. Sukumaran |publisher=Kairali Publications |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-7152-089-3}}

Filmography

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! scope="col" style="width:25%" | Film

! scope="col" style="width:25%" | Contribution

! scope="col" style="width:15%" | Director

1979SanghaganamstoryP. A. Backer
1980UnarthupattustoryP. A. Backer
1982Sheshakriyastory, screenplayRavi Alummoodu
1996KazhakamstoryM. P. Sukumaran Nair
2003MargamstoryRajiv Vijay Raghavan

See also

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References

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Further reading

  • {{Cite web |url=https://indianculturalforum.in/2018/03/30/m-sukumaran-satchidanandan/ |title=Remembering M Sukumaran (1943-2018): The One who Asked Questions |last=K. Satchidanandan |website=Indian Cultural Forum |date=30 March 2018 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-28}}

External links

  • {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3qyUECminY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/-3qyUECminY |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=M Sukumaran Passes Away |last=Mathrubhumi News |website=YouTube |date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}}
  • {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxt0XusSgLs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Pxt0XusSgLs |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=M. Sukumaran passed away |last=asianetnews |website=YouTube |date=2018-03-16 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}}
  • {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roQJZdGKcXk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/roQJZdGKcXk |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=പ്രമുഖ സാഹിത്യകാരന്‍ എം.സുകുമാരന് അന്ത്യാഞ്ജലി M Sukumaran |last=Manorama News |website=YouTube |date=2018-03-17 |access-date=2019-03-28}}{{cbignore}}

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