Iyyamcode Sreedharan
Native name
ഇയ്യങ്കോട് ശ്രീധരൻ
BornSreedharan
(1941-07-04)4 July 1941
Iyyamcode near Nadapuram, Malabar district, British India
OccupationWriter, Playwright
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
GenreTravelogue, Poetry, Short story, Biography
Notable awardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award for travelogue
Kerala Kalamandalam Mukundaraja Award
Kerala Kalamandalam M. K. K. Nair Award
SpouseKomalavalli
Children3 including S. K. Kavitha
ParentsM. Narayana Kurup
M. P. Karthayani Amma

Iyyamcode Sreedharan (also spelled as Iyyamkode or Iyyamkodu) is a Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India. He is well known in various fields of literature such as travelogue writer, Aattakkatha writer, playwright, poet and biographer. He received several awards including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for travelogue, Kerala Kalamandalam Mukundaraja Award and Kerala Kalamandalam Award for outstanding contribution in the field of literature.

Biography

Sreedharan was born on 4 September 1941, in Puthiya veettil House in Iyyamcode near Nadapuram in present-day Kozhikode district of Kerala.[1][2] His father M. Narayana Kurup was a teacher, poet, painter and sculptor.[3] His mother, M. P. Karthayani Amma, is the sister of M. P. Narayanan Nambiar, a prominent leader of the Karshaka Sangham, a long-time farmers' movement in Kerala.[2] He had his primary education at Nadapuram C.C. UP School.[4] After passing tenth class from Kadathanad Rajas High School in Kozhikode District, he studied Kathakali chamayam (makeup of Kathakali artists) for three years at the Kerala Kalamandalam in Cheruthuruthy.[5] In 1961, he joined Kollankode Rajas High School in Palakkad district as a teacher in Kathakali chamayam and later became a descendant of poet P. Kunhiraman Nair, who was a colleague there.[5]

Sreedharan started writing poems at the age of fifteen. In 1962, he won the first prize in the Mathrubhumi Weekly poetry competition for students.[2] Subsequently, in 1964, he was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Samithi Poetry Award.[2] He brought together theatre artists from Kollengode and the surrounding areas, and formed a theater troupe in 1975 and performed plays all over Kerala.[1]

He was instrumental in establishing the P. Smaraka Kalakendram (P. Memorial Art Center) at Kollengode in In 1981, in memory of the poet P. Kunhiraman Nair. Iyyamcode has been the secretary of the art centre for the last forty years. In 1988, when he was the secretary of the Kerala Kalamandalam, he formed a Kathakali group named Kerala Kalabhavan and wrote three aattakkathas including 'Kinglier', and performed in many stages including in foreign countries.[5][2]

Iyankode Sreedharan, who has been one of the directors of the Kerala Institute of Children's Literature held several other positions including member of the Kerala Sahitya Samithi and the Vice President of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi.[6] He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi for seven years and was the state secretary of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangh, a group of progressive literary activists.[2] He represented India in World Ramayana Festival.[1]

Personal life

He and his wife Komalavalli have 3 children.[5] His daughter S. K. Kavitha is a Malayalam language poet.[1] They lives in their house 'Sakalya' in Vattekatte near Kollengode in Palakkad district.[5]

Literary works

Poetry collection

  • Mulakinkodi[2]
  • Njattu Paattu[2]
  • Perumbara[2]
  • Jaya He[2]
  • Sakshi Mozhi[2]
  • Patiyirangunna Daivam[2]
  • Sangha Ganam[2]
  • Njan Itha Padunnu Veendum[2]

Short story collection

  • Nizhalukalude Nritham (in Malayalam). Prabhatham Publishers. 2016.
  • Thalam Thettiya Kalaasangal[2]

Novels

Memoirs

  • V K N Kalari (in Malayalam). National Book Stall. 2012. ISBN 9789382654711. Memoirs about V. K. N.
  • Ormayile Sugandam (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahithya Akademi. 2012.
  • Ormakalile Sancharam (in Malayalam). UnmaPublications. May 2010.
  • Ormayile Kalamandalam (in Malayalam). National Book Stall. November 2015.
  • Varna Renukkal[2]
  • Mayil Peelikal[2]
  • Ormayile Mandasmeram[2]
  • Ornmayile Madhuryam[2]

Essays and studies

  • Hinduthwam Enna Avastha (in Malayalam). Chintha Publications. October 2016. ISBN 9789386112880.
  • Kalathinte Kalochakal (in Malayalam). Melinda Books. June 2015.
  • Kochukochu Varthamanangal[2]
  • Snehadarasamanwitham[2]

Dance Dramas

  • Malanadu[2]
  • Kavikal Paadiya Keralam[2]

Biographies

Plays

  • Ore vargam Ore margam[2]
  • Ithile[2]
  • Padayottam[2]

Aattakkathas

Studies and research

Travelogues

Books on him

  • Surendran, V. U. (2018). Iyyankodinte lokam (in Malayalam). Seed Books. ISBN 9788193697962.
  • P, Kunhiraman Nair (2009). Hridayam Thurakkunna Thakkolukal (First ed.). Tiruvanthapuram: Melinda Books. ISBN 9788188420681. Letters of Mahakavi P. Kunjiraman Nair to Iyyancode Sreedharan
  • Kalppadukal part 2 titled as Puram, S. K. Vasanthan's memoirs of friendships and cordial interactions with notable personalities including Sreedharan[7]

Awards and honors

  • Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions 2016.[8]
  • Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 2008 for his travelogue King Lierinte Europyan Sanchara Padangal[9]
  • Kerala Kalamandalam M. K. K. Nair Award for outstanding contribution in the field of literature.[10]
  • Kerala Kalamandalam 'Mukundaraja Award' for his contributions to Kathakali.[2]
  • Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award 1997- for poetry collection Sanghaganam.[2]
  • Arts Service International Book Development Committee Award Paris- for his Aattakkatha King Lear[2]
  • UNESCO Member International Book Committee Award- for his biography Swapnadanam.[2]
  • First literary award instituted by the Professor P. Meerakutty Foundation for his autobiography Swapnadanam.[11]
  • First Kaliyachan Award instituted by Cheruthuruthy Kathakali School in memory of P. Kunhiraman Nair.[12]
  • K. P. Kesava Menon Award[5]
  • First prize in the Mathrubhumi Weekly poetry competition for students, 1962
  • Kerala Sahitya Samithi Poetry Award 1964

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "കവിതയുടെ പൂമരം". Malayalam News. 19 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "ഈയ്യങ്കോട് ശ്രീധരന്‍". Keralaliterature.com. 14 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "മൂന്നു ഗുരുസ്ഥാനീയര്‍". www.sivagiri.info.
  4. ↑ "സി.സി. യു.പി. സ്‌കൂൾ നവതി ആഘോഷം പുർവവിദ്യാർഥി സംഗമം ഇന്ന്". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ഇയ്യങ്കോടിന് ആരവങ്ങളില്ലാതെ എണ്‍പതാം പിറന്നാള്‍". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam).
  6. ↑ "അവശതകൾക്കിടയിലും മലയാളത്തിനൊപ്പം നടന്ന് കവി ഇയ്യങ്കോട്; അടുക്കിവയ്ക്കുന്ന ഓർമകൾ". Manoramanews (in Malayalam).
  7. ↑ "കാലത്തിന്റെ കയ്യൊപ്പുള്ള കാൽപ്പാടുകൾ". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam).
  8. ↑ "സാവിത്രി രാജീവനും ടി.ഡി.രാമകൃഷ്ണനും എസ്.ഹരീഷിനും കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡ്". Indian Express Malayalam (in Malayalam).
  9. ↑ "യാത്രാവിവരണം, കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി പുരസ്കാരങ്ങള്‍". www.keralaculture.org (in Malayalam).
  10. ↑ Daily, Keralakaumudi. "കലാമണ്ഡലം പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങൾ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു ഇയ്യങ്കോട് ശ്രീധരന് സമഗ്ര സംഭാവനാ പുരസ്‌കാരം". Keralakaumudi Daily (in Malayalam).
  11. ↑ "പ്രൊഫസര്‍ മീരാക്കുട്ടി സ്മാരകസാഹിത്യ പുരസ്‌കാരം ഇയ്യങ്കോട് ശ്രീധരന്". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam).
  12. ↑ "കളിയച്ഛൻ പുരസ്കാരം ഇയ്യങ്കോട് ശ്രീധരന്". ManoramaOnline.
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