K. P. Sudheera Explained

K. P. Sudheera
Birth Place:Kozhikode district, Kerala
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Writer, translator
Spouse:T. M. Raghunath(Late)
Children:Amith, Athul
Parents:K. C. Padmanabhan
Sarada
Awards:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions

K. P. Sudheera is a Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India. She has published 86works in various genres, including novels, poetry, travelogues, biographies, memoirs, translations, letters, and children's literature. Many of her works have been translated to Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages. Kerala Sahitya Akademi has honoured Sudheera in 2022 awarding her Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions.[1]

Biography

K. P. Sudheera was born on 1958, at Kalathil house in Puthiyara, Kozhikode, the daughter of K. C. Padmanabhan and Sarada.[2] Sudheera's father's Tharavad is situated in Chavakkad, near Guruvayur, Thrissur district.[3] After studying in BEM Girls' High School, Kozhikode, she received her Bachelor's Degree in Zoology from Govt. Arts & Science College and Providence College. She is currently the manager of North Malabar Gramin Bank, Regional Division, Kozhikode.[4] T. M. Raghunath(Late), Retd. Superintendent, Provident Fund Office, Kozhikode is her husband and they have two children, Amit and Atul.[5] [6] [4] Now, Sudheera and her family live in their house Visranthi in Kozhikode.[2]

Sudheera, who started writing at a young age, won a prize in an all-Kerala story competition while studying in college.[7] Later, after joining in Gramin Bank, she became more active in writing. Renowned writer and literary critic M. Krishnan Nair wrote a very good comment about a story of her published at that time, that was her inspiration to write more.[7] She has published 80[8] books in various genres, including novels, poetry, travelogues, biographies, memoirs, translations, letters, and children's literature. Many of her works have been translated to Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.[9]

Prabhakaran Hebbar Illam received the award Balakrishna Goenka Anoodith Sahitya Puraskaram for his Hindi translation of K. P. Sudheera's Ganga.[10]

Selected works

Short story collections

Novels

Children's literature

Biography

Poetry collection

Memoirs

translations

Travelogues

Article collection

Awards

International level awards

National level awards and awards from other states

State level and other awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards announced . mathrubhumi. 30 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230630115558/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/books/kerala-sahitya-akademi-awards-announced-v-shinilal-s-sambarkkakranthi-wins-best-novel-1.8688660 . 2023-06-30 .
  2. Web site: K P Sudheera . greenbooksindia.com.
  3. Web site: ഓർമയുടെ ഓഹരി . facebook. https://web.archive.org/web/20230813082216/https://www.facebook.com/Kpsudheera/posts/1380866098622379/ . 2023-08-13 .
  4. News: From Azerbaijan with love . The New Indian Express.
  5. Web site: കെ.പി. സുധീരയുടെ ഭർത്താവ് ടി.എം. രഘുനാഥ് നിര്യാതനായി. 2023-02-09. keralakaumudi. https://web.archive.org/web/20230807154208/https://keralakaumudi.com/news/news.php?id=1003514&u=obit-kozhikode-1003514 . 2023-08-07 . ml.
  6. Web site: ഫോട്ടോഗ്രാഫർ ടി.എം രഘുനാഥ് അന്തരിച്ചു. 2023-02-09. madhyamam. https://web.archive.org/web/20230209082607/https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/photographer-raghu-prasad-obit-newsa-1126829 . 2023-02-09 . ml.
  7. Web site: മാതിരപ്പളളി . മനോജ്‌ . കഥകളിൽ സംഗീതവുമായി കെ.പി.സുധീര പുഴ.കോം - നവസംസ്കൃതിയുടെ ജലസമൃദ്ധി . August 2011 .
  8. News: Memoir pays tribute to SPB on his first death anniversary . English.Mathrubhumi . en.
  9. News: Menon . Jayashankar . KP Sudheera's two Malayalam books release on November 1 at SIBF 2019 . The Indian News . 29 October 2019 . en . 4 May 2022 . 28 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220628040006/https://www.theindian.news/sibf-2019-malayalam-writer-dr-k-p-sudheera-authored-two-books-will-be-released-on-november-1/ . dead .
  10. News: Kamala Goenka Awards for Hindi Litterateurs . The New Indian Express.
  11. News: ലേഖകൻ . മാധ്യമം . എസ്.പി.ബി വ്യത്യസ്തനായിരുന്നു. ഗൃഹാതുരതയോടെയല്ലാതെ എനിക്കദ്ദേഹത്തെ ഓർക്കാനാവുന്നില്ല Madhyamam . www.madhyamam.com . 28 January 2022 . ml.
  12. News: Staff Reporter . Reading Week fete inaugurated . The Hindu . 19 June 2015 . en-IN.
  13. News: 11 വനിതകൾ‌ക്ക് സർക്കാരിന്റെ വനിതാരത്നം പുരസ്കാരം . ManoramaOnline.
  14. Web site: ഡോ.കെ.പി.സുധീര, Author at തസറാക് . തസറാക് . 18 July 2019.
  15. Web site: ഒ.വി.വിജയന്‍ സ്മാരക സമിതി സാഹിത്യ മത്സര വിജയികള്‍ I&PRD : Official Website of Information Public Relations Department of Kerala . prd.kerala.gov.in.

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