V. P. Sivakumar
{{Short description|Indian writer and translator (1947–1993)}}
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| birth_place = Mavelikkara, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India
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Vazhappilliyil Padmanabhan Nair Sivakumar (1947–1993), commonly identified as V. P. Sivakumar, was an Indian writer and translator, known for bringing in a new sensibility in Malayalam literature through his short stories. Besides four short story anthologies, he published a compilation of satirical articles and translated several works of Jorge Luis Borges and Eugène Ionesco into Malayalam.
Biography
V. P. Sivakumar was born on 15 May 1947 at Mavelikkara, in Alappuzha district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Pozharamath Padmanabhan Nair and Thekke Vazhappilliyil Janaki Amma.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-23 |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/Writers/PROFILES/VPSIVAKUMAR/Html/VPSivakumarPage.htm |access-date=2019-03-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal}} After completing his schooling in Pandalam and Mavelikkara, he joined St. Berchmans College to earn a graduate degree from the University of Kerala. Subsequently, he started his career in 1966 by joining the telephones department but his stay there was short as he was terminated from service for participating in a workers' strike. He utilised this opportunity to study further and after securing a master's degree in Malayalam with first rank, he worked as a lecturer in various government colleges in Kerala.
Sivakumar was married to Geetha and the couple had two sons. He died on 27 July 1993, at the age of 46, succumbing to cancer.
Legacy and honours
Sivakumar's body of work comprises four short story anthologies, starting with the 1979 publication, Thiruvithamkoor Kathakal, followed by Karayogam Otta and V. P. Sivakumarinte Kathakal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/VPSIVAKUMAR/Html/VPSivakumarBooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-03-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-23}} He also published Thalasthanathe Hanuman, a compilation of some of his satirical articles.{{Cite book |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=16851 |title=Thalasthanathe Hanuman |last=V. P. Sivakumar |publisher=Mulberry Publications |year=1995 |location=Kozhikode}} Borges Kathakal is an anthology of short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, translated into Malayalam by Sivakumar.{{Cite book |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44317 |title=Borges Kathakal |last=V. P. Sivakumar |publisher= Paridhi Publications |year=1983}} Three plays of Eugene Ionesco were also translated by him. His writings have been subjected to study by several critics{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7t60hVIMI8 |title=V. P. Sivakumar - Malayalam Short Story Writer - A Discussion |last=W Media |date=2017-11-18 |access-date=2019-03-23}} and V. P. Sivakumar, written by D. Pradeep Kumar, is one among them.{{Cite book |url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/v-p-sivakumar/10980/ |title=V. P. Sivakumar |last=D. Pradeep Kumar |publisher=Kerala Bhasha Institute |year=2016 |isbn=9788120038547 |language=en}} Smarana (Remembrances), is a festschrift published on him in 2003.{{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Smarana-VP-Sivakumar-V-P-Sivakumar/dp/B007E4WTHC/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1553319741&sr=1-2&refinements=p_27%253AV.P.Sivakumar |title=Smarana -V. P. Sivakumar |date=2003 |publisher=DC Books |asin=B007E4WTHC}} A literary award, V. P. Sivakumar Memorial Keli Award, has been instituted in his honour and the recipients of the award include K. R. Meera,{{cite book|author=K R Meera|title=The Gospel of Yudas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYQ_DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT88|date=13 June 2017|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-86057-15-0|pages=88–}} Subhash Chandran,{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/subhash-chandran-wins-keerthi-mudra-award-english-news-1.1278730 |title=Subhash Chandran wins Keerthi Mudra Award |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-23}} S. Hareesh{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2018/speakers/s-hareesh-1.2549784 |title=S Hareesh |website=Mathrubhumi |access-date=2019-03-23}} and Ambikasuthan Mangad.{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2019/speakers/ambikasuthan-mangadambikasuthan-mangad-mbifl-2019-1.3477495 |title=Ambikasuthan Mangad |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-23}}
Bibliography
= Short story anthologies =
- {{Cite book |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=43300 |title=Thiruvithamkoor Kathakal |last=V. P. Sivakumar |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society |year=1979 |location=Kottayam}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=78078&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520V.%2520P.%2520Sivakumar |title=Karayogam |last=Sivakumar V. P. |date=1983 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangam |location=Kottayam}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81390&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520V.%2520P.%2520Sivakumar |title=Otta |last=Sivakumar V. P. |date=1987 |publisher=DCB |location=Kottayam}}
- {{Cite book |title=V. P. Sivakumarinte Kathakal |last=V. P. Sivakumar |publisher=DC Books |year=1995 |isbn=978-8171305599}}
= Translations =
- {{Cite book |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=44317 |title=Borges Kathakal |last=V. P. Sivakumar |publisher= Paridhi Publications |year=1983}}
= Articles =
- {{Cite book |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=16851 |title=Thalasthanathe Hanuman |last=V. P. Sivakumar |publisher=Mulberry Publications |year=1995 |location=Kozhikode}}
= Books on V. P. Sivakumar =
- {{Cite book |url=http://keralabookstore.com/book/v-p-sivakumar/10980/ |title=V. P. Sivakumar |last=D. Pradeep Kumar |publisher=Kerala Bhasha Institute |year=2016 |isbn=9788120038547 |language=en}}
- {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Smarana-VP-Sivakumar-V-P-Sivakumar/dp/B007E4WTHC/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1553319741&sr=1-2&refinements=p_27%253AV.P.Sivakumar |title=Smarana -V. P. Sivakumar |date=2003 |publisher=DC Books |asin=B007E4WTHC}}
See also
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External links
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/VPSIVAKUMAR/Html/VPSivakumar.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-03-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-23}}
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Category:20th-century Indian short story writers
Category:Writers from Alappuzha district
Category:University of Kerala alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Kerala