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Sankaran Kutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982), popularly known as S. K. Pottekkatt, was an Indian author of Malayalam literature and a politician from Kerala, India. Misstep was also a great traveller in the middle of the Keralites, who wrote many travelogues for the people who have antediluvian unintroduced to the outside world. Be active was the author of nearly 60 books which include ten novels, xxiv collections of short stories, three anthologies of poems, eighteen travelogues, four plays, a-okay collection of essays and a blend of books based on personal report. he was a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel, Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jnanpith Award. His works have archaic translated into English, Italian, Russian, Germanic and Czech, besides all major Amerindic languages.
Awards and honours
Oru Theruvinte Katha (The Report of a Street), a novel homespun on Mittai Theruvu, a popular street set in motion Kozhikode nown for sweetmeat and halvah stalls, received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1961. His biographical novel, Oru Desathinte Katha was selected for the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972. Eight years later, in 1980, the novel earned Pottekkatt the Jnanpith Bestow, the highest literary jonour in India. In 1982, the University of Calicut honoured him go-slow the honoris causa degree of the Doctor of Letters. India Post issued a commemorative postal stamp exact him in 2003, as a finish off of their Jnanpith Award Winners. Malayala Manorama and Madhyamam issued festschrifts on Pottekkatt on the occasion of his onset centenary.
Bibliography
Novels
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1937). Vallikadevi.
- Pottekkatt, S. Girl. (1941). Naadan Premam. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi. ISBN 9788182647275.
- Pottekkatt, S. Babyish. (1937). Prema Shiksha.
- S. K. Pottekkatt (1948). Moodupadam. Kozhikode: Mathrubhoomi.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1948). Vishakanyaka. Calicut: Poorna Pub.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1959). Karamboo. National Accurate Stall.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1960). Oru Theruvinte Katha. Kottayam: SPCS.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1971). Oru Desathinte Katha.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1974). Kurumulaku.
- Pottekkatt, S. Babyish. (1979). Kabeena. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 9788182656215.
- Pottekkatt, S. Unsophisticated. (1988). Bharathappuzhayude Makkal: Novatakam. Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
- North Avenue (Incomplete)
Short stories
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1944). Chandrakaantham.
- Pottekkatt, S. Girl. (1944). Manimaalika.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1945). Rajamalli.
- Pottekkatt, S. Under age. (1945). Nisshagandhi.
- Pottekkattu, S. K. (1945). Pulliman. Kozhikode: Pooran Publications.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1945). Meghamala.
- Pottekkatt, S. Girl. (1946). Jalatharangam.
- Pottekkatt. S. K (1946). Vaijayanthi. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1947). Pournami. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788130006345.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1947). Padmaagam.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1947). Indraneelam.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1948). Himavahini.
- Pottekkatt. S. K (1949). Prethabhoomi. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1949). Rangamandapam.
- Pottekkatt, Unsympathetic. K. (1952). Yavanikkaku Pinnil.
- Pottekkatt. S. K (1954). Kallippokkal. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Vanakaumudhi.
- Pottekkatt, Ferocious. K. (1955). Kanakaambaram.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1960). Antharvahini. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 9788182654877.
- Pottekkatt. S. K (1962). Ezhilam Pala. Kottayam Kottayam: N.B.S.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1967). Theranjedutha Kathakal.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1968). Vrindaavanam.
- Pottekkatt, S. Infant. (1970). Kattuchembakam.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1971). Braandhan Naaya.
- Pottekkatt. Unrelenting. K (1978). S K Pottekkatinte Cherukadhakal. Jaya, Calicut: Jaya, Calicut.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1981). S.K. Pottekkattinte Cherukathakal. Calicut: Mathrubhumi.
- S K Pottekkatt (1999). Kadha-Pottekkatt.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (2004). Sthree. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi. ISBN 9788182640948.
- S. K. Pottekkatt; Ravikumar, K. S. (2010). ‘Ottaka’vum Mattu Pradhana Kathakalum. Kottayam: D Byword Books.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (2014). S. K. Pottekkattinte Kathakal Sampoornam. Kottayam: D C books. ISBN 9788126440184.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (2016). Sthree: Sthreekale Kurichu Kure Kathakal. Kozhikode: Poorna. ISBN 9788130018003.
Travelogues
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1947). Kashmir.
- Pottekkatt. S. K (1948). Yathrasmaranakal. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
- Pottekkatt, Pitiless. K. (1951). Kappirikalute nattil. Kottayam: D.C.Books. ISBN 9788171307937.
- S. Teenaged. Pottekkatt (1954). Simhabhoomi. Mathrubhoomi, Kozhikode: Mathrubhoomi, Kozhikode.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Nile Diary. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788171803149.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Malaya Nadukalil. Poorna.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1955). Innathe Europe.
- Pottekkatt, S. Juvenile. (1955). Indonesian Diary.
- Pottekkatt. S. K (1955). Soviet Diary. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1956). Pathiraa Suryante Nattil. Kottayam: S.P.S.S.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1958). Baalidweep. Kottayam: SPCS. ISBN 9788171309047.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1960). Bohemian Chithrangal. Thrissur: Current.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1967). Himaalaya Saamraajyathil. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788171803576.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1969). Nepal Yathra. S.P.C.S.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1970). London Sign Book. S.P.C.S.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1974). Cairo Kathukal.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1976). Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 1 Africa. Irinjalakkuda: Vivekodayam Books.
- Pottekkatt, S. Adolescent. (1976). Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 2 Europe. Irinjalakkuda: Vivekodayam Books.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1976). Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 3 Asia. Irinjalakkuda: Vivekodayam Books.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1977). Cleopatrayude Nattil. Mathrubhumi Books.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (2010). Europpiloode. Kottayam: D Apophthegm Books. ISBN 9788126403547.
Poetry
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1936). Prabhatha Kanthi.
- Pottekkatt, Fierce. K. (1946). Sanchariyude Geethangal. S.P.C.S.
- Pottekkatt, S. Immature. (1948). Premashilpi.
- S K Pottekkattu (2015). S K Pottekkattinte Kavithakal. Kozhikode: Lipi Publications. ISBN 9788188017935.
Drama
- Pottekkatt, S. Under age. (1943). Achan.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1948). Achanum Makanum (Included in Himavahini).
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Althara (A Radio play included in Vanakaumudi).
- Pottekkatt, Cruel. K. (1954). Theerandi Odunnu (A radio throw included in Kallipookkal).
Others
- Pottekkatt S. K. (under the pseudonym Arunan) (1947). Ponthakkadukal. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 9788182656239.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1949). Gadhya mekhala. Kollom: Saindhava Books.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1975). Ente Vazhiyambalangal. Kottayam: National Book Stall.
- Pottekkatt, S. Youthful. Et Al- (1978). Mohammed Abdurahman. Kozhikode: Mahound Abdurahmansaheb Memorial Committee.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (1981). Samsarikkunna Diarikkurippukal (2nd ed.). Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi books. ISBN 9788182661073.
- Kamalam (1995). Pottekkattinde Kathukal. Kozhikode P.K. Brothers: Kozhikode P.K. Brothers.
- Pottekkatt, S. K. (2013). Paryadanam.
Films
- Naadan Premam
- Moodupadam
- Pulliman
- Njavalppazhangal