Veloor Krishnankutty

Veloor Krishnankutty

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Veloor Krishnankutty Profile

  • Name:
  • Veloor Krishnankutty
  • Born:
  • July 5, 1936
  • Died:
  • August 22, 2003
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Velur
  • Father:
  • N.n. Kunjunni
  • Mother:
  • Parvathi Amma

Veloor Krishnankutty Biography

Veloor Krishnankutty was a popular satirist and writer of Malayalam in the 20th century. Vela Manasilirikkatte is his celebrated work which won Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 1974. Many of his works have been made to films on Malayalam screen. A few of such works are Panchavadi Palam, Ambili Ammavan and Masappady Mathupillai, and they belong to satire genre. Veloor Krishnankutty is also a recipient of numerous literary honours including - Ganaka Maha Sabha Award, S.S. Unnithan Foundation Award, E V Krishna Pillai memorial Janma Satabdi award, Kottayam Nagarasabha Sahithya Award and K Karunakaran memorial Seva Sangham award. He published 159 books in Malayalam. His thought provoking works is a satire take on social evils and injustice that exist in the society, and are still relevant.

 

Well-known writer and literary humorist Veloor Krishnan Kutty was born on 5 July 1936 in Veloor (Velur) of Kottayam district. He was born to N. N. Kunjunni and Parvathi Amma. He studied at Kottayam M.D. Seminary, followed by the famous CMS College, Kottayam. After his college studies, he started his career as a journalist with Deepika magazine. He also worked as a columnist with pen name "Pathraparayanan" and later went on to become the Editor of Deepika weekly. He also served in the editor board of "Keraladhwani" for long eight years.

 

He passed away at a private hospital in Kottayam following a renal failure on 22 August 2003, aged 74. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son. Some of his popular works include - Aalkkoottathil Eliyamma, Ittoolyov, Masam Thikayatha February, Germaniyum Oru Madammayum, Vela Manasilirikkatte, Maasappadi Mathupilla and many more. He has published several collections of humourous short stories.

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Updated: February 20, 2016

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