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K. Surendran

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K. Surendran

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-02-22 （Ochira, Kollam district, Kerala, India）
Died
1997-08-09 age 76
Nationality
Indian
Languages
Malayalam
Residence History
Ochira, Kollam (Kerala), India

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1940-1997

Awards

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Novel)
1963
Work: Maya
Category: 小説
Organization: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Vayalar Award
1994
Work: Guru
Category: 小説
Organization: Vayalar Ramavarma Foundation (Vayalar Award)
Result: 受賞
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
1997
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Maya

1963 Novel

Maya is one of Surendran's acclaimed novels. It addresses human interiority and themes around the boundary between reality and illusion (detailed synopsis varies by source).

human naturereality vs. illusion

Guru

1994 Novel

Guru won the Vayalar Award in 1994. It is said to deal with mentor-disciple relationships and social themes, though detailed descriptions vary.

mentor-disciple relationshipsocial themes

Thalam

Novel

Jwala

Novel

Kattukurangu

Novel

Bibliography

  • Maya
  • Thalam
  • Jwala
  • Kattukurangu
  • Shakthi
  • Bhikshamdehi
  • Maranam Durbalam
  • Kshanaprabhachanchalam
  • Aruna
  • Seetayanam
  • Pataka
  • Guru
  • Bali (play)
  • Arakkillam (play)
  • Palunku Pathram (play)
  • Anaswaramanushyan (play)
  • Manushyavastha
  • Kumaruvinte Balyam
  • NovelSwaroopam
  • Surendrante Prabandhangal
  • Kumaran Asan
  • Tolstoyiyude Kadha
  • Dostoyevskyiyude Kadha
  • Kalayum Samanyajanangalum
  • Jeevitavum Njanum

Style & Themes

Literary Style
social realismpsychological prose
Recurring Motifs
human sufferingethics and faithsocial contradictions

Legacy

K. Surendran was an important novelist in Malayalam literature, winning the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1963) and the Vayalar Award (1994). He left numerous novels, plays and essays and influenced his contemporaries in the literary field.

Academic Societies

  • Kerala Sahitya Akademi

Trivia

  • Born 22 February 1921, died 9 August 1997.
  • Wrote in Malayalam; notable works include Maya and Guru.
  • Won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963 for Maya.
  • Won the Vayalar Award in 1994 for Guru.
  • Resigned from the Post & Telegraph Department in 1965 to become a full-time writer.
  • Conferred the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1997.