Cherukad Explained

Cherukad
Birth Name:Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi
Birth Date:1914 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Chemmalasseri, Perinthalmanna, Madras State, British India
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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

Cherukad died on 28 October 1976. The Cherukad Award is an annual literary award given in his memory.[4]

Bibliography

Novel

Play

Poetry

Short story

Children's literature

Autobiography

Miscellaneous

References

  1. Web site: ചെറുകാട് ഗോവിന്ദപ്പിഷാരഡി . Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi . ml . .
  2. News: 26 October 2012 . Remembering Mundassery, Cherukad . . . 11 June 2013.
  3. Book: Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature . 2 . Amaresh Datta . 1988 . 1846.
  4. News: 30 October 2005 . Cherukad Award presented . . https://web.archive.org/web/20061109005110/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103008610300.htm . dead . 9 November 2006 . 11 June 2013.

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