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V. R. Sudheesh

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V. R. Sudheesh

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Vadakara, Kerala, India
Nationality
India
Languages
Malayalam, English

Career

Occupations
Writer, Screenwriter, Translator, Academic
Affiliations
Sree Narayana Guru College, Chelannoor

Education

Farook College
Pre-degree
Country: India
Completed pre-degree
Madappally Government College
History
Degree: 学士(BA)
Country: India
Graduated with BA in History
Government Brennen College, Thalassery
Malayalam Literature
Degree: 修士(MA)
Country: India
MA in Malayalam literature
Madras University
Postgraduate / Research
Degree: M.Phil.
Country: India
Completed M.Phil.

Awards

Kerala State Television Award (Screenplay)
2005
Category: 脚本
Organization: Government of Kerala / Kerala State Television
Result: 受賞
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story
2014
Work: Bhavanabhedanam
Category: 短編集・短編
Organization: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature
2017
Work: Kurukkan Mashinte School
Category: 児童文学
Organization: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Thoppil Ravi Award
2020
Work: Kadukkachi Maanga
Organization: Thoppil Ravi Award
Result: 受賞
Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award (Story)
2020
Work: Kadukkachi Maanga
Category: 短編
Organization: Abu Dhabi Sakthi
Result: 受賞
C. V. Sreeraman Award
Result: 受賞
T. V. Kochubawa Award
Result: 受賞
Bheema Bala Sahitya Award
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bhavanabhedanam

2011 Short story collection / Fiction 100 pages

A collection of short stories exploring human relationships and inner lives, focusing on regional settings and ordinary people's emotions.

human relationshipsregional societyinterior life

Kadukkachi Maanga

2020 Short story collection / Fiction 100 pages

A collection of varied short stories combining social observation, humor and occasionally a cynical perspective on everyday life.

social critiquesatirehuman relations

Kurukkan Mashinte School

2016 Children's literature

A children's book depicting school life and growth through the perspective of children, focusing on community and learning.

coming of agefriendshipschool life

Priyappetta Kathakal

Short story collection 120 pages

A compilation of short stories centering on romance and everyday moments.

romanceeveryday life

Ente Pranaya Kathakal

2019 Essays / Fiction 164 pages

A book of short stories and essays on love, sometimes referencing film music and cultural touchstones.

romancecultural references

Bibliography

  • Priyappetta Kathakal
  • Kadukkachi Maanga
  • Ente Pranaya Kathakal
  • Sreekrishnan
  • Ente Gramakathakal
  • Maya
  • Ksheerapatham
  • Vakkukal Sangeethamakunna Kalam Varunnundu
  • Oru Valarthu Poochayude Jeevithakatha
  • Puli
  • Swathanthriathinu Vayassakunnu
  • Cheriya Cheriya Kathakal
  • Bhavanabhedanam
  • Vamsanantharathalamura
  • Pranayapadangal
  • Madhyashala
  • Daivathinte Oru Poovu
  • Ente Priya Novelettukal
  • Kroora Phalithakkaran Daivam
  • Cholamarappathakal
  • Vimathalaingikam
  • Oru Ezhuthukari Ariyunnu
  • Rajavinte Meenukal
  • Thiyyakuttikal Innum Vicharikkunnu
  • Sankadamaram
  • Katha Parayum Katha Maman
  • Marakkoottangalkkidayile Nananja Mannu
  • Sudheeshinte Kathakal
  • Ambilippootham
  • Ottakkadhapadanangal
  • Aathmaganam (Memoirs)
  • Alliyambalkkadavu

Style & Themes

Literary Style
strong regional voicerealist with satirical elementsconcise, dialogue-driven prose
Recurring Motifs
love and nostalgiavillage/small-town lifesocial and political observation

Legacy

V. R. Sudheesh is known as a prolific Malayalam short-story and children's writer, praised for his regional narratives and social observation. He has received multiple major literary awards and contributed to literary education as an academic.

Academic Societies

  • Kerala Sahitya Akademi

Trivia

  • Born in Vadakara, Kerala.
  • Two-time recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards (2014, 2017).
  • Retired in 2018 as principal of Sree Narayana Guru College, Chelannoor.
  • In June 2022 was reported to have been booked for insulting and threatening a woman publisher.