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K. B. Sreedevi
Birth Date:1940 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Vaniyambalam, Malabar district, Madras Province, British India
Death Place:Tripunithura, Kerala, India
Occupation:Writer
Spouse:Brahmadathan Namboodiripad
Children:3
Parents:Narayanan Bhattathippad
Gowri Antharjanam
Awards:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
Kerala State Film Award for Story

K. B. Sreedevi (1 May 1940 – 16 January 2024) was an Indian writer, who wrote in Malayalam, under the genre of children's literature. She received several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions and the Kerala State Film Award for Story.

Her granddaughter Ranjana K. made her novel Yajnam into a forty-five-minute film with the same title. Her story Shilpe-rupini was translated into English by Gita Krishnankutty as Woman of Stone (1990).[1] When her work Niramala was made into a film, she did its screenplay, too.

Biography

K. B. Sreedevi was born on 1 May 1940, in Vellakattumana in Vaniyambalam in present-day Malappuram district to V. M. C. Narayanan Bhattathippad and Gowri Antharjanam.[2] She was educated at Tripunithura Girls' High School and Varavoor Government School.[2] She studied up to tenth class. Sreedevi also studied music and Sanskrit. Later she did higher studies in Sanskrit under Panditharaja P. S. Subbarama Pattar.[2] For three years she practiced Veena under Naravath Devakiamma.

Sreedevi wrote her first story, about the death of a bird, at the age of thirteen. She published many novels and short stories through publications like Ezhuthachan Masika, Jayakeralam and Mathrubhumi.[3]

She married Brahmadathan Namboodiripad at the age of sixteen. While living with her husband, in 1960 she founded a Mahila Samajam (group of women). Formed for the upliftment of women and children, the group had more than 100 members. The group organized education classes to make women literate, cultural activities for women, and job training for women. She was active with the group until she shifted to Thrissur.

Personal life

Sreedevi and her husband Brahmadathan Namboodiripad of Koodalloor Mana had 3 children.[4] Sreedevi, who lived in Thrissur for many years, later lived in Tripunithura in Ernakulam district.[5]

K. B. Sreedevi died on 16 January 2024, at the age of 83.[6]

Notable works

Short story collections

Screenplays

Works on Indian mythology and folklore

Plays

Studies

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. August 2021. Protest of Woman through Silence in Sreedevi's "Shilpe-rupini". Literary Horizon. 1. 3. 139–144.
  2. Web site: admin. 10 May 2020. ശ്രീദേവി കെ.ബി. 5 February 2022. Keralaliterature.com. en-US.
  3. Web site: Amritakeerti Puraskaram for K B Sreedevi and Vattapparambil Gopinatha Pillai. 6 February 2022. Mathrubhumi. en. 6 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220206004607/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/amritakeerti-puraskaram-for-k-b-sreedevi-and-vattapparambil-gopinatha-pillai-1.4133923. dead.
  4. Book: ശാന്തം ഈ സാഹിത്യജീവിതം. Malayalam Weekly. 27 November 2007. January 2003. 73. Malayalam.
  5. News: Menon. Anasuya. 13 December 2019. 'This is to tell the world that KB Sreedevi was here'. en-IN. The Hindu. 5 February 2022. 0971-751X.
  6. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/writer-kb-sreedevi-passed-away-1.9243798 Renowned Malayalam writer KB Sreedevi no more
  7. Web site: കെ ബി ശ്രീദേവി. 5 February 2022. M3DB.COM. en.
  8. Web site: മകളെ തൊട്ടാൽ ഭ്രഷ്ടാക്കപ്പെടുന്ന അമ്മയുടെ നോവ് പൊള്ളിച്ചു: രഞ്ജന കെ.. 5 February 2022. ManoramaOnline. ml.
  9. Web site: വി.ടി. പുരസ്കാരം കെ.ബി. ശ്രീദേവിക്ക് സമ്മാനിച്ചു. 5 February 2022. Mathrubhumi. ml.
  10. https://www.namboothiri.com/articles/awards.htm "Awards, Trusts and Scholarships: 2. Deviprasaadam Trust"
  11. Web site: ഡെസ്ക്. വെബ്. 13 February 2021. ജ്ഞാനപ്പാന പുരസ്കാരം കെ.ബി. ശ്രീദേവിക്ക് Madhyamam. 5 February 2022. www.madhyamam.com. ml.
  12. Web site: prabeesh. രൈക്വഋഷി പുരസ്കാരം മനു മാസ്റ്റർക്ക്. 5 February 2022. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. ml.
  13. Web site: Award for litterateurs KB Sreedevi and Gopinatha Pillai. 5 February 2022. The New Indian Express. 24 September 2019 .

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