Omchery N. N. Pillai
Omchery N. N. Pillai | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, novelist and poet |
Spouse | |
Children | 2, including Deepti Omchery Bhalla |
Awards | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award - 1972, 2010 Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam - 2020 |
Omchery N. N. Pillai (born 1 February 1924) is an Indian Malayalam–language playwright, novelist and poet from Kerala. He has written nine full-length plays, more than 80 one-act plays and a few novels. His plays are noted for their bold experiments in form and technique as well as the uncommon vision inherent in many of the themes. Pillai won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award twice: in 1972 for the play Pralayam and in 2010 for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature. In 2022, he was honoured with Kerala Prabha Award, second highest civilian award given by the Kerala Government.
Biography
Pillai was born in
After working in the Chief Censors Office and the Food Corporation of India, Pillai retired from the Central Service on February 1, 1989.[1] He later joined the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and worked there till December 2019.[1]
Pillai wrote his first play Ee Velicham Ningaludethakunnu (This Light is Ours) at the behest of A. K. Gopalan who was then the Leader of Opposition in the Indian parliament. Members of Parliament K. C. George, P. T. Ponnoose, E. K. Imbichi Bava, V. P. Nair etc. acted in the play. Omchery has written nine full-length plays and more than 80 one-act plays. He founded the theatrical organisation 'Experimental Theatre' in 1963. DC Books published a collection of his 26 selected plays on 27 November 2011. Besides being a regular presence in Kerala's literary and cultural fields, Omchery is now the Principal of the Delhi Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's College of Communication Management. He was married to Leela Omchery, a well-known singer and sister of famous Malayalam singer, Kamukara Purushothaman.[2] Leela Omcheri was from the Mankoyikkal Nair Tharavadu in Thiruvattar, near the Aadhikeshava Permual Temple. The couple had a son, S. D. Omchery and a daughter, famous classical dancer, Deepti Omchery Bhalla.[3]
Works
Plays
- Ee Velicham Ningaludethakunnu
- Pralayam
- Cherippu Kadikkilla
Novels
- Pralayam
- Thevarude Aana
- Kallan Kayariya Veedu
- Daivam Veendum Thettiddharikkappedunnu
Awards
- 1972: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Pralayam
- 2010: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature[4]
- 2013: Pravasi Kalaratna Award[5]
- 2020: Sahitya Akademi Award, for Aakasmikam[6]
- 2022: Kerala Prabha, second highest civilian award of Kerala
References
- ^ a b c d arunraj. "2020ലെ എറ്റവും മികച്ച മലയാള കൃതിക്കുള്ള കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാരം ഓംചേരി എൻഎൻ പിള്ളയ്ക്ക്". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "PROF. DR. LEELA OMCHERY | Musician, Musicologist and Author". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "My Family | PROF. DR. LEELA OMCHERY". Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contribution to Malayalam Literature". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "An award that feels like home". The Hindu. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi announces 2020 Odia, Malayalam awards". The Hindu. 24 August 2021.