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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cherukad > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cherukad.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherukad > Source revision: 1231883742 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Indian writer and activist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox writer | name = Cherukad | image = Cherukad.jpg | birth_name = Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|08|26}} | birth_place = Chemmalasseri, [Perinthalmanna](/source/Perinthalmanna), [Madras State](/source/Madras_State), [British India](/source/British_India) | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|10|28|1914|08|26}} | occupation = Writer, political activist, teacher | language = [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam) | nationality = Indian | genre = [Play](/source/Play_(theatre)), [novel](/source/novel), [short story](/source/short_story), [poetry](/source/poetry), [essay](/source/essay), [autobiography](/source/autobiography) | movement = Progressive literature | notableworks = ''Jeevithappatha'', ''[Muthassi](/source/Muthassi_(novel))'', ''Manninte Maaril'' | awards = [Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/Sahitya_Akademi_Award), [Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award) }} '''Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi''' (26 August 1914 – 28 October 1976), commonly known as '''Cherukad''', was a [Malayalam-language](/source/Malayalam) [playwright](/source/playwright), [novelist](/source/novelist), [poet](/source/poet) and political activist, associated with the [Communist](/source/Communism) movement in [Kerala state](/source/Kerala_state), India.{{Cite web |title=ചെറുകാട് ഗോവിന്ദപ്പിഷാരഡി |trans-title=Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi |language=ml |publisher=[Kerala Sahitya Akademi](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi) }} == Biography == Cherukad was born in Chemmalasseri in [Perinthalmanna taluk](/source/Perinthalmanna) to Kizheettil Pisharath Karunakara Pisharody and Cherukad Pisharath Narayani Pisharasiar. He got elementary training in [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit) from Guru Gopalanezhuthachan. After completing high school education, he joined as a teacher in Chemmala Aided Mappila School. He passed Vidvan Examination from [Madras](/source/Madras) and worked in many schools as teacher before joining [Pattambi](/source/Pattambi) Sanskrit College as Lecturer. In 1936, Cherukad married Kizheettil Pisharath Lakshmi Pisharasiar. Their son K. P. Mohanan is a noted writer. Cherukad's politically charged writing was influential in defining the [Malayalam literature](/source/Malayalam_literature) of the fifties and sixties.{{Cite news |date=26 October 2012 |title=Remembering Mundassery, Cherukad |newspaper=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu) |location=[Kozhikode, India](/source/Kozhikode%2C_India) |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/remembering-mundassery-cherukad/article4033477.ece |access-date= 11 June 2013}} His political life was connected with the lives of the leading politicians and patriots of Kerala. Cherukad was one of the founding members of the Deshabhimani Study Circle, a progressive literary movement in Kerala and the predecessor of the [Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham](/source/Purogamana_Kala_Sahitya_Sangham). Some of his important works are ''Jeevithappatha'', ''Tharavaditham'', ''Manushyabandhangal'', ''Namal Onnu'', ''Manushya Hridayangal'', ''Janmabhumi'', ''Devalokam'', ''Manninte Maril'' (''On the Bosom of the Soil''), ''[Muthassi](/source/Muthassi_(novel))'' and ''Sanidasa''. His autobiography ''Jeevithappatha'' (1974) received the [Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award) in 1975 and [Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_Malayalam) in 1977.{{Cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature |volume=2 |author=Amaresh Datta |year=1988 |page=1846}} Cherukad died on 28 October 1976. The '''[Cherukad Award](/source/Cherukad_Award)''' is an annual literary award given in his memory.{{Cite news |date=30 October 2005 |title=Cherukad Award presented |newspaper=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu) |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103008610300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109005110/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/30/stories/2005103008610300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2006 |access-date= 11 June 2013}} ==Bibliography== ===Novel=== * ''Manninte Maaril'' ([Calicut](/source/Calicut): Prabhatham, 1954) * ''[Muthassi](/source/Muthassi_(novel))'' (Calicut: Kairali Sahakarana Sangham, 1959) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.277887 Read online] * ''Sanidasa'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1959) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.277889 Read online] * ''Pramani'' ([Trichur](/source/Trichur): Current, 1962) * ''Marumakal'' ([Cochin](/source/Cochin): CICC, 1963) * ''Muthassi: Part II'' (Trichur: Current, 1964) * ''Devalokam'' (Trichur: Current, 1971) * ''Bhooprabhu'' ([Trivandrum](/source/Trivandrum): Sakthi, 1976) * ''Maranapathram'' (Trivandrum: Chintha, 1977) ===Play=== * ''Snehabandhangal'' ([Quilon](/source/Quilon): Prabhatham, 1954, 2nd edition) * ''Tharavaditham'' ([Trichur](/source/Trichur): Mangalodayam, 1954) * ''Swathanthra'' ([Calicut](/source/Calicut): P. K. Brothers, 1955) * ''Manushyahridayangal'' (Trichur: Current, 1955) * ''Rakteswari'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1956) * ''Visuddha Nuna'' (Trichur: Current, 1956) * ''Odukkathe Onam'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1956) * ''Janmabhumi'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1958) * ''Mulankoottam'' (Trichur: Current, 1958) * ''Anakkettu'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1958) * ''Kutti Thampuran'' (Trichur: Current, 1958) * ''Kutti Thampuratti'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers) * ''Vaalnakshatram'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1960) * ''Chittu Vilakku'' (Trichur: Current, 1960) * ''Kodumkaattu'' ([Palghat](/source/Palghat): Udaya, 1966) * ''Nammalonnu'' (Trichur: Current, 1969, Revised edition) * ''Adima'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1969, 2nd edition) * ''Doctor Kachan'' (Palghat: Udaya, 1970) ===Poetry=== * ''Aradhana'' ([Palghat](/source/Palghat): Vellinezhi, 1945) * ''Thiramala'' (Palghat: Vellinezhi, 1945) * ''Anthappuram'' ([Trichur](/source/Trichur): Mangalodayam, 1945) * ''Methaapp'' (Trichur: Mangalodayam, 1954) * ''Manushyane Maanikkuka'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1961) ===Short story=== * ''Jeevikkan'' (Calicut: P. M. Mohammed, 1954) * ''Mudra Motiram'' (Calicut: Prabhatham, 1954) * ''Cherukadinte Cherukathakal'' (Trichur: Current, 1954) * ''Theruvinte Kutti'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1956) * ''Chekkuthante Koodu'' (Trichur: Current, 1958) * ''Chuttan Moori'' (Calicut: P. K. Brothers, 1962) ===Children's literature=== * ''Karuppan Kutty'' ([Trivandrum](/source/Trivandrum): Balan, 1962, 2nd edition) * ''Oru Divasam'' ([Trichur](/source/Trichur): Current, 1960) * ''Thanthra Kurukkan'' (Trichur: [Kerala Sahitya Akademi](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi), 1968) ===Autobiography=== * ''Jeevithappatha'' ([Pattambi](/source/Pattambi): Sakthi, 1974) ===Miscellaneous=== * ''Menonte Meni'' ([Ottappalam](/source/Ottappalam): published by the author, 1945) ([Ottan Thullal](/source/Ottan_Thullal)) * ''Society President'' ([Calicut](/source/Calicut): [Deshabhimani](/source/Deshabhimani), 1946) (Ottan Thullal) * ''Vella Chantha'' (Calicut: Marxist Books, 1952) (Ottan Thullal) * ''Onam Varunnu'' ([Cochin](/source/Cochin): Prabhatham, 1955) (Onam songs) ==References== ==External links== * [http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/c/1926846?fb_comment_id=fbc_482393438542244_2713569_482393541875567#f320dc0a2 Article by C Radhakrishnan] * Public Relations Department, [Government of Kerala](/source/Government_of_Kerala). Retrieved 11 April 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm] * [http://www.deshabhimani.com/vnews-vaarika-19.html ''Deshabhimani Weekly'' special issue on the birth centenary of Cherukad] {{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}} {{authority control}} Category:1914 births Category:1976 deaths Category:Indian Marxist writers Category:Indian male short story writers Category:Indian political writers Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights Category:Indian Marxists Category:Poets from Kerala Category:Malayalam-language dramatists and playwrights Category:Malayalam-language novelists Category:Malayalam short story writers Category:Malayalam poets Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam Category:20th-century Indian novelists Category:20th-century Indian poets Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Category:20th-century Indian short story writers Category:People from Malappuram district Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Kerala Category:Novelists from Kerala Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cherukad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherukad) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherukad?action=history)). 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