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V. R. Sudheesh

{{short description|Malayalam–language short story writer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}

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V. R. Sudheesh is an Indian writer, screenwriter, translator and academic, who writes in Malayalam. He is a two-time recipient of the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award.

Life

Sudheesh was born in Vadakara near Kozhikode in the south Indian state of Kerala.{{Cite web |title=V. R. Sudheesh - Veethi profile |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/v._r._sudheesh-profile-14512-25.htm |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=veethi.com}} He did his pre degree from farook college and graduated in history from Madappally Government College and earned an MA in Malayalam literature from Government Brennen College, Tellicherry.{{Cite web |title=V R SUDHEESH |url=https://dcbookstore.com/authors/v-r-sudheesh |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=dcbookstore.com}} He has completed M.Phil. from Madras University. Subsequently, He became a teacher in colleges under SN Trust. and retired from service as the principal of Sree Narayana Guru College, Chelannoor in 2018.{{Cite web |title=V R Sudheesh- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2020 |url=http://keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=MTgwOA== |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=keralaliteraturefestival.com}} The writer was booked for insulting and threatening a Kozhikode-based woman publisher in June 2022.

Literary career

Sudheesh started writing at a very young age and his early works were published in the children's column of Mathrubhumi Weekly and later in Chandrika Weekly and Deshabhimani Weekly.{{Cite web |title=സുധീഷ് വടകരയിൽനിന്നു വി.ആർ. സുധീഷിലേക്ക് |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2021/02/15/about-malayalam-writer-vr-sudheesh.html |access-date=2021-02-15 |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml}}

Awards

Sudheesh received the Kerala State Television Award for screenplay in 2005. His short story anthology, Bhavana Bhedanam fetched him the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story in 2014.{{cite press release |author= |title=2014 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202014_new.pdf |location=Trichur |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=29 February 2016 |access-date=24 January 2019}} Three years later, he received the 2017 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature for his work, Kurukkan Mashinte School{{cite news |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced/article26073815.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=24 January 2019 |access-date=24 January 2019}} and in 2020, he was awarded the Thoppil Ravi Award for the work, Kadukkachi Manga.{{Cite web |title=V R Sudheesh's latest collection of stories 'Kadukkachi Manga' available now |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/v-r-sudheesh-s-latest-collection-of-stories-kadukkachi-manga-available-now-1.5042148 |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}} He is also a recipient of C. V. Sreeraman Award, T. V. Kochubawa Award and Bheema Bala Sahitya Award. In 2020, he received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award in story category for his work Kadukkachi Manga.{{Cite news |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/abu-dhabi-sakthi-award/1006252 |title=എം കെ സാനുവിനും പി രാജീവിനും സി എൽ ജോസിനും അബുദാബി ശക്തി അവാർഡ്‌ |newspaper=Deshabhimani |date=9 March 2022 |access-date=3 January 2023 }}

List of works

= Fiction =

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  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/dc000909 |title=Priyappetta Kathakal |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Kadukkachi Maanga |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2020 |isbn=9789390234691 |page=100}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Ente Pranaya Kathakal |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2019 |isbn=9788182679702 |page=164}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Sreekrishnan |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2018 |isbn=9788182675124 |page=100}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Ente Gramakathakal |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2018 |isbn=9789387334144 |page=184}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Maya |publisher=DC Books |year=2018 |isbn=9789352821723 |page=72}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Ksheerapatham |publisher=Logos Books |year=2017 |isbn=9789386744012 |page=118}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Vakkukal Sangeethamakunna Kalam Varunnundu |publisher=Sapiens Literature |year=2017 |isbn=9788193421307 |page=200}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Oru Valarthu Poochayude Jeevithakatha |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2017 |isbn=9789385288999 |page=86}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Puli |publisher=DC Books |year= |isbn= |page=100}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Priyappetta Kathakal |publisher=DC Books |year= |isbn= |page=120}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Swathanthriathinu Vayassakunnu |publisher=Chintha Publications |year=2015 |isbn=9789385018947 |page=140}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Kathakal - V R Sudheesh I |publisher=National Book Stall |year= |isbn=9788182664906 |page=350}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Kathakal - V R Sudheesh II |publisher=National Book Stall |year= |isbn= |page=400}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Cheriya Cheriya Kathakal |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2014 |isbn=9789383756384 |page=130}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Bhavanabhedanam |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2011 |isbn= |page=100}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Vamsanantharathalamura |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2013 |isbn=9788182656437 |page=96}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Pranayapadangal |publisher=DC Books |year=2019 |isbn=978-9352826285 |page=216}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Madhyashala |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2013 |isbn=978-9382934479 |page=178}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Daivathinte Oru Poovu |publisher=Progress Publishers |year=2014 |isbn=978-8192812694 |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Ente Priya Novelettukal |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2014 |isbn=978-9383756407 |page=170}}
  • {{Cite web |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Thiranjedutha Kathakal |url=https://www.indulekha.com/thiranjedutha-kathakal-sudheesh-stories-v-r-sudheesh?author_id=&page=2 |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=www.indulekha.com}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Kroora Phalithakkaran Daivam |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Cholamarappathakal |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Vimathalaingikam |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Oru Ezhuthukari Ariyunnu |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Rajavinte Meenukal |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Thiyyakuttikal Innum Vicharikkunnu |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Sankadamaram |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Katha Parayum Katha Maman |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Marakkoottangalkkidayile Nananja Mannu |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Sudheeshinte Kathakal |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}

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= Children's literature =

  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Kurukkan Mashinte School |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2016 |isbn=9788182667709 |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Ambilippootham |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2018 |isbn=9789387334403 |page=164}}

= Non-fiction =

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  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/dc002111 |title=Ottakkadhapadanangal |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/dc002295 |title=Aathmaganam (Memoirs) |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/dc002401 |title=Alliyambalkkadavu |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/ch.13632 |title=Anubhavam Orma Yathra |publisher=Olive Books |year=2010}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/ch.11882 |title=Novel Velichangal |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=1997}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Enne Nee Eppozhum Kanunna Pole |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2017 |isbn=9780000102041 |page=240}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Ezhuthiya Kalam |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2010 |isbn=9788182648418 |page=96}}
  • {{Cite book |editor-last=Sudheesh |editor-first=V. R. |title=Malayalathinte Pranayakathakal |publisher=DC Books |year=2016 |asin=B01MY6UXVW |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Kathantharam |publisher=National Book Stall |year=2014 |isbn=978-0000196323 |page=198}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Sambhashanangal - M T and V R Sudheesh |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2012 |isbn=978-9382934288 |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Oru Valarthu Poochayute Jeevitha Katha |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2017 |asin=B07GPRTGC4 |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |editor-last=Sudheesh |editor-first=V. R. |title=Malayalathinte Pranayakavithakal |publisher=DC Books |year=2014 |asin= |page=207}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Pranayachandrakantham |publisher=Olive Publications |year=2011 |isbn=978-9381788004 |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Sudheesh |first=V. R. |title=Samudra Vipanchika |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |editor-last=Sudheesh |editor-first=V. R. |title=Pranayapusthakom |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |editor-last=Sudheesh |editor-first=V. R. |title=Sambhashanam |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}
  • {{Cite book |editor-last=Sudheesh |editor-first=V. R. |title=Kathakal: Pranayathinte, Maranathinteyum |publisher= |year= |isbn= |page=}}

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References

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External links

  • {{Cite web |last=M |first=Athira |date=2017-04-13 |title=Waxing lyrical about romance |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/vr-sudheeshs-book-dedicated-to-romantic-songs-from-malayalam-movies/article17946568.ece |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}
  • {{Cite web |title=മദ്യപാനം ജീവിതത്തിന് ഹാനികരം - വി.ആര്‍. സുധീഷ്, മനില സി. മോഹന്‍|url=https://truecopythink.media/v-r-Sudheesh-interview-with-manila-c-mohan-on-writers-drinking-habits |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=truecopythink.media |date=2 August 2020 |language=ml}}
  • {{Cite web |title=മൂസക്കുട്ടിയുടെ ചിരി, കെ.സി. ഫ്രാന്‍സിസിന്റെ കവിത - വി.ആര്‍. സുധീഷ്|url=https://truecopythink.media/vr-sudheesh-talks-about-kc-francis |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=truecopythink.media |date=25 July 2020 |language=ml}}
  • {{Cite web |title=എന്‍.എന്‍. കക്കാടിന്റെ സഫലമീയാത്ര വി.ആര്‍. സുധീഷ് ആലപിക്കുന്നു |url=https://truecopythink.media/vr-sudheesh-recites-nn-kakkads-safalamee-yatra |access-date=2021-01-28 |website=truecopythink.media |date=16 June 2020 |language=ml}}

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