{{Short description|Indian poet and song-writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = Chandiroor Divakaran | image = Chandiroor Divakaran New DSW.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Kalathil Makki Divakaran | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|05|10}} | birth_place = Chandiroor, Kerala, British India | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|Year|Month|Day|Year|Month|Day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer, author, poet, songwriter | language = Malayalam | nationality = Indian | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genres = Fiction and poetry | subjects = | movement = | notableworks = <!-- or: | notablework = --> | spouse = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = 1965–present }} '''Kalathil Makki Divakaran''', also known by his pen name '''Chandiroor Divakaran''', is a Malayalam–language poet<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/police-station-reverberates-with-poetry/article3644456.ece News The Hindu 06 July 2012]</ref> and folk-song writer from Kerala, India. He was awarded the Ambedkar National Award in 2011 for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature.<ref name="Who">[https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA213 Who's Who of Indian Writers 1999], Vol. 1, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1999. {{ISBN|978-81-260-0873-5}} p. 213</ref>
==Works== {{BLP unreferenced section|date= April 2022}} * ''Radha'' – (1965) * ''Parnnupoya Inakkuyil'' – (1966) * ''Malsyaghandhi'' – (1968) * ''Sheriffa'' – (1969) * ''Udayavum Kathu'' – (1977) * ''Aazhathilodungiya Jeevithangal'' – (1980) * ''Madhya Durantham'' – (1982) * ''Kudumbini'' – (1990) (Short story) * ''Muzhakkuka Panjajanyam'' – (1991) * ''Chakara'' – (1994) (Children's poetry) * ''Pakal pakshiyude geetham'' – (1996) * ''Desapuranam'' – (1996) (Children's poetry) * ''Arani'' – (1999) * ''Pattini Theyyam'' – (2003) * ''Ulsavam'' – (2003) (Children's poetry) * ''Vishadhaparvam'' – (2004) * ''Viswakarmakeerthanangal'' – (2007) * ''Iniyethradhooram'' – (2008) * ''Mounanombaram'' – (2011) * ''Karnikaram'' – (2013)
==Awards== {{BLP unreferenced section|date= April 2022}} * ''Poppal Gana Award'' – (1976) * ''Jnanodhayam Sabha P.K.M Vayanasala Award'' – (1977) * ''DYFI Award'' – (Palluruthy Zone, 1978) * ''Chethana Award'' – (1979) * ''Mathrubhumi Award'' – (Thrissur District, 1981) * ''Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishath Award'' – (1985)<ref name="Who" /> * ''Yuvabhushanam Vayanasala Award'' – (1987) * ''Ujala Award'' – (1994) * ''Surendran Memorial Award'' – (1994) – ''Vishadha''<ref name="Who"/> * ''Padit Karuppan Sahithya Award'' – (1994) * ''Bodhi Sahithya Puraskaram'' – (2003) * ''Jusse Award'' – (2005) * ''Krishna Award'' – (2008) * ''P.K. Thevar Award'' – (2009) * ''Akshyadeepapuraskaram'' – (2010) * ''Ambedkar Award'' – (2011) * ''Kavi Thilakan Pandit KP Karuppan Smaraka Puraskaram'' – (2025)
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