K. N. Ezhuthachan Explained

Birth Date:1911 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Cherpulassery in Malabar District, British India
Birth Name:Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan
Death Place:Malappuram, Kerala, India
Nationality:Indian
Citizenship:Indian
Education:
Occupation:Poet, Teacher, Critic, Essayist, Translator
Notable Works:Keralodayam Mahakavyam
Spouse:Late Mrs. Janaki Amma (Retd. Teacher, Govt. School, Pattambi)
Children:Late. Adv. K. Durga Das (Advocate, Ottapalam), Late Dr. Jayam (Retd. Professor, Providence College, Calicut), Late Dr. Ajitha (Retd. Professor, Medical College, Thrissur)
Parents:Kudiyirikkal Krishnan Ezhuthachan, Lakshmi Amma
Awards:

Kudiyirikkal Narayanan Ezhuthachan (21 May 1911 – 28 October 1981) was an Indian writer and scholar of Malayalam literature. He was one among the principal followers of the idea of social impact on literature. Ezhuthachan supported Marxist literary criticism and interpreted Indian literary works based on Marxist aesthetics. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his work Keralodayam, a long narrative poem written in Sanskrit. He is the first Malayali to win Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit.[1] [2] He died on 28 October 1981 while delivering a lecture at Calicut University.[3]

Early life

K. N. Ezhuthachan was born in the village Cherpulassery in Palakkad district, Kerala, as the son of eye specialist and Sanskrit scholar Kudiyirikkal Krishnan Ezhuthachan and Lakshmi amma on 21 May 1911. He studied basics of Sanskrit from father's Sanskrit school.[4] After passing the Vidwan examination Ezhuthachan began his career as a teacher and taught at two schools. He also worked as a clerk and stenographer in Bombay for a brief period. Later, he took his master's degrees in Malayalam, Sanskrit, and English. Besides he learned languages like Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi.[5] In 1953, he joined Madras University as Lecturer and simultaneously worked for his PhD in the same university. After completing his PhD on Bhashakautaleeyam, Ezhuthachan joined University of Calicut as a Lecturer. He also served as a Senior Research Officer at Kerala State Institute of Languages, Research Fellow of Dravidian Linguistics Association and visiting professor at University of Calicut.[6]

K. N. Ezhuthachan had worked for the formation of institutions like Thaaliyola grantha library: a library for old Palm-leaf manuscript, Which was established in 1971 under Malayalam Departement of the University of Calicut.[7] And Vallathol educational trust, A trust formed in 1977 in memory of Vallathol Narayana Menon.[8]

Literary career

Dr.K. N. Ezhuthachan was the author of many books in Malayalam, including short stories, poems, and essays. His book, The history of the grammatical theories in Malayalam published in 1975, is considered to be a seminal work in the field of Malayalam grammar.[9] [10] He has also authored a research thesis on Thunchath Ezhuthachan's Adhyathma Ramayanam and scholarly article about Kilippattu.

Works

Biography

Stories

Poems

Essays

In addition to these about twenty articles which published in Mathrubhumi weekly, Deshabhimani etc.The essence of Ezhuthachan's essay is radical thinking, logic and simplicity. His essays are best examples for presenting most things in least words with obvious manner.[1] He was co-author for a Malayalam - Kannada Dictionary also.[12]

Main Translations

Other research papers

Articles which added in encyclopedia

K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram

K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram is an award given by organisation Samskara pattambi in memory of K. N. Ezhuthachan. It was first given in 2014 to Sunil P. Ilayidom.[13] Malayalam short story writer T. P. Venugopalan received K. N. Ezhuthachan Smaraka puraskaram in the year 2016 for his work Kunnumpuram kaarnival(A compilation of Malayalam short stories).[14]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. K. N. Ezhuthachan Kerala sahityaakademi website. Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 24 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081145/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Profiles/KNEzhuthachan/Html/KNEzhuthachanpage.htm. 1 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Awards & fellowships - Akademi Awards. Sahitya Akademi, India's National Akademi of Letters. 29 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090331234109/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10318.htm . 31 March 2009 .
  3. Akhilavijnanakosam (an encyclopaedia in Malayalam), Vol. 4, D.C. Books.
  4. Book: Prof. Aanappaya Sethumadhavan. 1999. ml:ഡോ. കെ. എൻ. എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ. ḍo. ke. en. eḻuttacchan. Thiruvananthapuram. Department of Cultural publications, Government of Kerala. 81-86365-81-8.
  5. Web site: DEPICTION OF FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN SANSKRIT WORKS OF KERALA AUTHORS . Shodhganga:a reservoir of Indian theses . 28 April 2018.
  6. Web site: University of Calicut – Department of Malayalam and Kerala Studies . . 2009-06-30.
  7. News: കാലിക്കറ്റ് താളിയോല ഗ്രന്ഥ ലൈബ്രറി ഡിജിറ്റൽവൽക്കരണം. 21 June 2018. Thejas news online. 30 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180621044422/http://www.thejasnews.com/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B2-%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A8.html/. 21 June 2018.
  8. Web site: Vallathol Vidyapeetham website. 21 June 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171023194050/http://vallatholtrust.org/page.php?page=vallathol-educational-trust. 23 October 2017.
  9. Book: Ezhuthachan , K. N. . The history of the grammatical theories in Malayalam . 1975 . Dravidian Linguistics Association . Trivandrum . 19427581M.
  10. Book: Ezhuthachan , K. N . K. N. Ezhuthachan. History Of Grammatical Theories In Malayalam(Part 1). 2008. Dravidian linguistics association. Trivandrum .
  11. Web site: C.B.Kumar Endowment . Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 2018-02-22. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141104021727/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ksa/Awards/Endowments/CBKumar.htm. 4 November 2014 .
  12. Web site: Malayalam Kannada nighandu . University of Calicut, Library catalog . 18 May 2018 . dead . https://archive.today/20180518093646/http://library.uoc.ac.in/find/Record/266594 . 18 May 2018 . dmy-all.
  13. News: കെ എൻ എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ പുരസ്കാരം സുനിൽ പി ഇളയിടത്തിന്. 21 June 2018. Deshabhimani online. 8 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20180621032748/http://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/latest-news/414700. 21 June 2018.
  14. News: കെ.എൻ. എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ സ്മാരക പുരസ്‌കാരം സമ്മാനിച്ചു. 21 June 2018. Mathrubhumi online. 9 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409130046/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/palakkad/malayalam-news/pattambi-1.981865. 9 April 2016.

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