Unnikrishnan Puthur

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Unnikrishnan Puthur
Trichur, Kingdom of Cochin
DiedApril 2, 2014(2014-04-02) (aged 80)
Chavakkad, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter
LanguageMalayalam
Notable awardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Odakkuzhal Award

Unnikrishnan Puthur (20 July 1933 – 2 April 2014) was a

Odakkuzhal Award in the year 2010 for the book Anubhavangalude Ner Rekhakal.[2]

Life

Born in the village of

Guruvayur Sreekrishna temple Devaswom office as a clerk and retired as head of the establishment wing of the Guruvayur Devaswom Library in the year 1987.[3] He was a trade union leader and a socialist. He was nominated to the Temple Managing Committee as the representative of the temple employees.[3]

He also served as the president of the Sahitya Pravarthaka Cooperative Society, member of the executive committee of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi and the general council of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, and founder-member of the editorial committee of Bhakthapriya magazine.[3]

He died on 2 April 2014 at Raja hospital in Chavakkad, a town near his hometown, aged 80.[1] He had been undergoing treatment for age-related ailments for quite some time.[4] He was cremated with full state honours at the premises of his home in Guruvayur.[5]

Writing

His works include Jalasamadhi, Dharmachakram, Gajarajan Guruvayur Kesavan, Puthurinte Kathakal, Thallaviral, Akashavani, Kuttasammatam, Atmaviboothi, Aanappaka, Amruthamadhanam, Karayunna Kalpadukal, Nashtapetta Ponnonam, Kamsan, Dylan Thomasinte Ganam, Sundari Cheriamma, and Kalpakapoomazha (collection of poems).[3]

His novels and scores of short stories narrated the tales of ordinary men and women bound to the famous Guruvayur temple, unnoticed in the hustle and bustle of the pilgrim town visited by thousands from outside. It was his novels like Balikkallu and Anappaka that brought to light the plight of men and women destined to eke out a living by doing menial chores for the rich temples, as mahouts and charwomen. Nazhikamani records the rituals and life around Guruvayur temple, where he worked for 32 years. Balikkallu too emerged from this experience. Aattukattil documents the growth and break-up of the

Mathrubhumi Weekly had stirred a huge controversy in Kerala literary circles.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

  • Rescue Shelter (
    Trichur
    : Current Books, 1967)
  • Balikkallu (Kottayam: SPCS, 1968)
  • Manasse Santhamakoo (Kottayam: SPCS, 1968)
  • Aattukattil (Kottayam: SPCS, 1970)
  • Aanappaka (Kottayam: SPCS, 1976)
  • Pavakkinavu (Kottayam: DC Books, 1976)
  • Vidhi Chakram (Kottayam: SPCS, 1978)
  • Amrutamathanam (Kottayam: SPCS, 1981)
  • Indra Kalpana (Kottayam: SPCS, 1982)
  • Kuthira Vela (Kottayam: Current Books, 1985)
  • Vadiya Chembakapookkal (Kottayam: Current Books, 1985)
  • Marakkanum Porukkanum (Kottayam: SPCS, 1989)
  • Mrithyu Yathra (
    Cochin
    : Poompatta, 1989)
  • Nazhikamani (Kottayam: SPCS, 1990)
  • Athmaviboothi (Kottayam: Current Books, 2001)
  • Jalasamadhi (Kottayam: DC Books, 2003)

Short story collections

  • Kettu Pinanja Jivita Bandham (
    Palghat
    : Modern, 1956)
  • Vedanakalum Swapnangalum (Kottayam: SPCS, 1957)
  • Premavum Vairupyavum (
    Calicut
    : P. K. Brothers, 1960)
  • Dylan Thomasinte Ganam (Kottayam: SPCS, 1961)
  • Nidra Viheenangalaya Rathrikal (Kottayam: Manorama, 1961)
  • Snehadarangalode (Kottayam: SPCS, 1962)
  • Oru Devalayathinu Chuttum (
    Trichur
    : Current Books, 1963)
  • Sundari Cheryemma (Kottayam: SPCS, 1964)
  • Charamavaranam (Trichur: Current Books, 1965)
  • Nakshatra Kunhu (Kottayam: SPCS, 1966)
  • Gopura Velicham (Kottayam: SPCS, 1967)
  • Akashavani (Kottayam: NBS, 1967)
  • Echumoppol (Kottayam: SPCS, 1968)
  • Chathuppu Nilam (Kottayam: SPCS, 1969)
  • Nee Thannu Nee Thiricheduthu (Kottayam: NBS, 1969)
  • Kuttasammatham (The Confession) (Kottayam: SPCS, 1970)
  • Utsavam (Children's stories)
  • Makante Bhagyam (Kottayam: SPCS, 1972)
  • Aswastatayude Chirakadi (Kottayam: SPCS, 1974)
  • Thiranjedutha Kathakal (Kottayam: SPCS, 1975)
  • Pallakkinte Saapam (Kottayam: SPCS, 1977)
  • Vicharana (Kottayam: SPCS, 1980)
  • Bhaga Pathram (Kottayam: SPCS, 1980)
  • Nashtapetta Ponnonam (Kottayam: SPCS, 1986)
  • Puthur Kathakal (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 1987)
  • Annadana Prabhu (Kottayam: SPCS, 1991)
  • Ellam Daivathinte Kayyil (Kottayam: SPCS, 1991)
  • Ente Nootonnu Kathakal (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 1996)
  • Kamsan (Kottayam: DC Books, 1996)
  • Kazhchakalkappuram (Kottayam: DC Books, 1999)
  • Dharmachakram (Kottayam: DC Books, 2002)
  • Kalathinte Kali (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2003)
  • Thallaviral (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2006)
  • Anubhavangalude Ner Rekhakal (Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi, 2009)

Others

  • Kalpaka Poomazha (Kottayam: SPCS, 1985, collection of 38 poems, with an introduction by Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon)
  • Guruvayurappante Kunnikurumala (Kottayam: SPCS, 1981, spiritual literature)
  • Gajarajan Guruvayur Kesavan (Kottayam: SPCS, 1989)

Notes

  1. ^ a b K. Santhosh (3 April 2014). "Unnikrishnan Puthur dead". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Odakkuzhal Award". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "ഉണ്ണിക്കൃഷ്ണന്‍ പുത്തൂര്‍". Keralaliterature.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Unnikrishnan Puthur is Dead". The New Indian Express. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Writer Unnikrishnan Puthur cremated with full state honours". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ K. Santhosh (13 July 2012). "The 'why' remains, 47 years later". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2014.

References

  • The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature by Amaresh Datta
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