{{short description|Indian author (1916–2001)}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox writer | name = Thikkodiyan | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = P. Kunjanandan Nair. | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|2|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Thikkodi, Kozhikode, Kerala, India | death_date = {{death date and age|2001|1|28|1916|2|15|df=y}} | death_place = Kozhikode, Kerala | occupation = Novelist, playwright, lyricist, screenwriter | nationality = Indian | period = | genre = | subject = | spouse = Parvathy | children = | parents = {{ubl|Kunjappa Nair|P. Narayani Amma}} | movement = | notableworks = {{ubl|''Arangu Kanatha Nadan''|''Chuvanna Kadal''|''Manjuthulli''|''Nirahara Samaram''}} | influences = | influenced = | awards = {{ubl|1974 Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay|1992 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography|1992 Odakkuzhal Award|1995 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award|1995 Vayalar Award|2000 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship|2001 Mathrubhumi Literary Award|Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad Award}} | signature = | website = }} '''P. Kunjanandan Nair''' (15 February 1916 – 28 January 2001), better known by his pseudonym, '''Thikkodiyan''', was an Indian playwright, novelist, lyricist and screenwriter of Malayalam. He was known for his contributions to the genre of radio plays and his autobiography, ''Arangu Kaanatha Nadan'' (''The actor who had never been on stage''), which detailed the socio-cultural development of Malabar in the post-independent period, fetched him a number of awards including the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography, Vayalar Award and the Odakkuzhal Award.
== Biography == Thikkodiyan was born P. Kunjanandan Nair, on 15 February 1916, at Thikkodi,{{Refn|group=note|His pseudonym is a variant of his birth place, as suggested by noted writer, Sanjayan<ref name="Thikkodiyan - Veethi profile" />}} a small hamlet in Kozhikode district, of the south Indian state of Kerala, to Puthiyedath Kunjappa Nair and P. Narayani Amma.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Thikkodiyan/Html/Thikkodiyangraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-04-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> He lost his parents while he was boy and was brought up by his grandfather, who was a theatre enthusiast.<ref name="Thikkodiyan - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/thikkodiyan-profile-3364-25.htm |title=Thikkodiyan - Veethi profile |date=2019-04-28 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> After schooling at Basel Mission Middle School, Koyilandy, he completed a teachers'training course and started his career as a teacher at his alma mater in 1936. There, he became involved in trade union activities and he was expelled from service when he participated in a strike in 1938. Later, he became associated with the ''Bharat Seva Sangham'' and the ''Devadhar Malabar Reconstruction Trust'' where he worked alongside K. Kelappan and V. R. Nayanar<ref name="DMRT and its Mission">{{Cite web |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/20517/12/12_chapter%205.pdf |title=DMRT and its Mission |date=2019-04-28 |website=Shodhganga |page=209 |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> and was also involved in ''Nayanar Balika Sadanam'', an orphanage founded by Nayanar in 1942.<ref name="District Collector visits Nayanar Balika Sadanam">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/district-collector-visits-nayanar-balika-sadanam/article7094790.ece |title=District Collector visits Nayanar Balika Sadanam |author=Staff Reporter |date=2015-04-12 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> It was during this time, he joined ''Dinaprabha'' daily and worked there until 1948. In 1950, he moved to the All India Radio as a script writer, and spent the rest of his official career there to superannuate from service in 1979 as a drama producer.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />
Thikkodiyan married Parvathy in 1942{{Refn|group=note|His wife died in 1949<ref name="Thikkodiyan - Veethi profile" />}} and the couple had a daughter, Pushpa.<ref name="Morning News - Guests - Pushpa (Daughter of Thikkodiyan) and Ratnakaran">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sx-poWKnXY |title=Morning News - Guests - Pushpa (Daughter of Thikkodiyan) and Ratnakaran |last=MediaoneTV Live |date=2016-07-13 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref><ref name="തിക്കോടിയന് വിശുദ്ധമായ മനസ്സിന്റെ ഉടമായിരുന്നുവെന്ന് എം.ടി">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediaonetv.in/kerala/2018/05/09/9689-MT-remembers-Thikkodiyan |title=തിക്കോടിയന് വിശുദ്ധമായ മനസ്സിന്റെ ഉടമായിരുന്നുവെന്ന് എം.ടി |website=mediaone |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> He died at his residence in Kozhikode on 28 January 2001, at the age of 84.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />
== Legacy == P. Kunhananandan Nair began his literary career using the pen name ''Anand'' and his first poem, ''Veendum Karayatte'' was published in Mathrubhumi. Later, he wrote satires<ref name="News of Thikkodiyan's death">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/01/29/stories/0429211u.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721082033/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/01/29/stories/0429211u.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=21 July 2006 |title=News of Thikkodiyan's death |website=The Hindu |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> and noted humourist, Sanjayan, who published a few of them in ''Vishwadeepam'' weekly, suggested the pseudonym, ''Thikkodiyan'' which he assumed for the rest of his career.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" /> He took to writing plays in the early 1950s, while serving as a scriptwriter at the Kozhikode station of the All India Radio. His friends, Uroob, S. K. Pottekkatt. N. V. Krishna Warrier, M. V. Devan, V. Abdulla and K. A. Kodungalloor encouraged him to write a play and he wrote ''Jeevitham'', which won a prize in a drama competition conducted by the Kendra Kala Samithy.<ref name="The Hindu : Thikkodian--a multi-faceted personality">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/01/29/stories/0429211u.htm |website=The Hindu |title=Thikkodian--a multi-faceted personality |access-date=2019-04-28}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It was the first of his plays, numbering over, 25, such as ''Pazhaya Bandham'', ''Attupoya Kanni'', ''Pushpavrishti'', ''Mahabharatham'' and ''Kanyadanam''.<ref name="List of works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Thikkodiyan/Html/ThikkodiyanBooks.htm |title=List of works |date=2019-04-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> Apart from plays, he had also written novels, including ''Chuvanna Kadal'', ''Aswahridayam'' and ''Pazhassiyude Padavaal''. Drawn against the background of the sea and the Portuguese invasion, ''Chuvanna Kadal'' was among the major historical novels in Malayalam. He was considered among the major writers of radio plays in Malayalam literature. He made a foray into cinema, writing the story, screenplay and dialogues for Kunchako's 1964 film, ''Pazhassi Raja'' and he write the screenplay and dialogues for five more films which included ''Uttarayanam'', the debut film of the award-winning director, G. Aravindan.<ref name="Profile of Malayalam Story Writer Thikkodiyan">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=Thikkodiyan |title=Profile of Malayalam Story Writer Thikkodiyan |date=2019-04-28 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> Two other films, ''Nrithasala'' and ''Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove'' were based on his stories.<ref name="List of Malayalam Movies written by Thikkodiyan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movieslist.php?s=1555 |title=List of Malayalam Movies written by Thikkodiyan |date=2019-04-28 |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> He also wrote a song, ''Appolum Paranjillee'', for the movie, ''Kadamba'' for which the music was scored by K. Raghavan.<ref name="List of Malayalam Songs from the movie Kadamba">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listsongs.php?m=1520 |title=List of Malayalam Songs from the movie Kadamba |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref>
Thikkodiyan, who was a part of a group of Kozhikode-based litterateurs, was also among the group of writers who regularly gathered in Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer's house in Beypore along with Uroob, M. V. Devan and M. T. Vasudevan Nair.<ref name="Muhammed Basheer’s wife Fabi Basheer passes away at 77">{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150716/nation-current-affairs/article/muhammed-basheer%E2%80%99s-wife-fabi-basheer-passes-away-77-0 |title=Muhammed Basheer's wife Fabi Basheer passes away at 77 |date=July 16, 2015 |website=Deccan Herald |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> He was known to have assisted many stage and film actors, such as Kunhandi and Balan K. Nair, in developing their careers.<ref name="Thikkodiyan a symbol of an age of optimism">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/thikkodiyan-a-symbol-of-an-age-of-optimism/article18733650.ece |title=Thikkodiyan a symbol of an age of optimism |author=Staff Reporter |date=2017-06-07 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> His autobiography. ''Arangu Kaanatha Nadan'' (The Actor Who Had Never Been on Stage), is considered one of the best among autobiographies written in Malayalam<ref name="Biography - Autobiography - Malayalam Literature">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/biography-autobiography-literature/553 |title=Biography - Autobiography - Malayalam Literature |date=2019-04-28 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> and the book fetched him several major literary awards.<ref name="Arangu Kanatha Nadan">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indulekha.com/arangu-kanatha-nadan-autobiography-thikkodian |title=Arangu Kanatha Nadan |date=2019-04-28 |website=www.indulekha.com |access-date=2019-04-28 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428124303/http://www.indulekha.com/arangu-kanatha-nadan-autobiography-thikkodian |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Awards== Thikkodiyan shared the 1974 Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay with G. Aravindan for the film, ''Uttarayanam'', which was the first of his several major awards.<ref name="KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS - 1974">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/files/State%20Awards.pdf |title=KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS - 1974 |date=2019-04-28 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> In 1992, his autobiography, ''Arangu Kaanaatha Nadan'', was selected for the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography;<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others.htm#Jeevacharithram |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography |date=2019-04-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> the same year, the book also won the Odakkuzhal Award.<ref name="Winners of Odakkuzhal Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/odakkuzhal-award/576 |title=Winners of Odakkuzhal Award |date=2019-04-28 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> Three years later, the book fetched him two more awards, the 1995 Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award<ref name="Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Kendra Sahitya Academy Awards (Malayalam) |publisher=Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=11 April 2011}}</ref> and the Vayalar Award (1995).<ref name="Winners of Vayalar Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/vayalar-award/575 |title=Winners of Vayalar Award |date=2019-04-28 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> The Kerala Sahitya Akademi inducted him as a distinguished fellow in 2000<ref name="Honorary Fellows - Kerala Sahitya Akademi">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Fellows/Html/HonoraryList.htm |title=Honorary Fellows - Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-04-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> and he received the inaugural Mathrubhumi Literary Award in 2001, the year of his death.<ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/mathrubhumi-literary-award/612 |title=Mathrubhumi Literary Award |date=2019-04-28 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the Deviprasadam Trust Award,<ref name="Deviprasadam Trust">[https://www.namboothiri.com/articles/awards.htm "Awards, Trusts and Scholarships: 2: Deviprasaadam Trust"]. Namboothiri.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.</ref> and Samastha Kerala Sahithya Parishad Award.<ref name="Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal" />
==Bibliography== === Plays === {{Div col|colwidth=40em}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/html/sfn-tkn-jeevitham-toc.html |title=Jeevitham |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1953 |publisher=Desaposhini Public Library |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=208293&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Niraharasamaram |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1954 |publisher=P. K. Brothers |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Daivam Snehamanu |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1955 |publisher=Kerala Book Depot |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Karshakante Kireedam |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1955 |publisher=K. R. Brothers |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-prasavikkatha-amma.pdf |title=Prasavikkatha Amma |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1955 |publisher=Kerala |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/71392 |title=Punyatheertham |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1955 |publisher=K. R. Brothers |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-attupoya-kanni.pdf |title=Attupoya Kanni |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1956 |publisher=Current Books |location=Trichur}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Oru Premaganam |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1956 |publisher=K. R. Brothers |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Kanyadanam |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1957 |publisher=Kerala Book Depot |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205655&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Shashti Poorthi |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1957 |publisher=Kerala Book Depot |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=223558&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Thikkodiyante Ekankangal |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1957 |publisher=Udhaya Publications |location=Palghat |quote=4 one-act plays}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=206350&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Pazhaya Bandham |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1959 |publisher=Desaposhini Public Library |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-rajamargam.pdf |title=Rajamargam |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1960 |publisher=Kerala Book Depot |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/71393 |title=Kannadi |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1961 |publisher=P. K. Brothers |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-puthiya-thettu.pdf |title=Puthiya Thettu |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1961 |publisher=Current Books |location=Trichur}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Haseena |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1963 |publisher=Gurudeva |location=Kandassankadavu, Trichur}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-pushpavrishtti.pdf |title=Pushpavrishti |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1963 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Trichur}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Nurse |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1964 |publisher=Current Books |location=Trichur}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-ore-kudumbam.pdf |title=Ore Kudumbam |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1964 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Trichur}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Ekankangal |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1965 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Trichur |quote=4 one-act plays}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Mithayi Maala |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1965 |publisher=P. K. Brothers |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-theeppori.pdf |title=Theepori |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1966 |publisher=Poorna Publications |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/205657 |title=Kanakam Vilayunna Mannu |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1967 |publisher=Current Books |location=Trichur}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Karutha Pennu |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1967 |publisher=Current Books |location=Trichur}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-puthuppanam-kotta.pdf |title=Puthuppanam Kotta |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1971 |publisher=S.P.C.S. |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=74898&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Panakizhi |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1972 |publisher=S.P.C.S. |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80217&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Thiranjedutha Nadakangal |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1986 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=206694&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Mahabharatham |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=2000 |publisher=DC Books |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=229963&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Asrupooja |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=2005 |publisher=Vayanasala Pub. |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=104366&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Thikkodiyante Sampoorna Natakangal |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=2010 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |isbn=9788182650336 |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Alkkarady |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date= |publisher= |location=}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Prethalokam |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date= |publisher= |location=}} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Yagashila |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date= |publisher= |location=}} {{div col end}}
=== Novels === {{Div col|colwidth=40em}} * {{Cite book |url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/71188 |title=Krishna sarpam |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1969}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-ashwahridayam.pdf |title=Aswahridayam |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1987 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=220994&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Madakkayathra |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1998 |publisher=S.P.C.S. |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=29666&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Thaalappizha |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1999 |location=Calicut |publisher= Olive Publications}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-chuvanna-kadal.pdf |title=Chuvanna Kadal |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=2016 |publisher=Eye Books Kerala |isbn=9788193074589 |location=Calicut}} * {{Cite book |title=Manjuthulli |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 }} * {{Cite book |url= |title=Pazhassiyude Padavaal |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date= |publisher= |location=}} {{div col end}}
=== Memoirs, essays, short stories, poetry === {{Div col|colwidth=40em}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=218718&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Namasthe |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1952 |publisher=P. K. Brothers |location=Calicut |quote=Poetry anthology}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=209902&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Poothiri |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1952 |publisher=K. R. Brothers |location=Calicut |quote=Satire}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=219293&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Theeppori |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1966 |publisher=Poorna Publications |location=Calicut |quote=Satire}} * {{Cite book |url=http://mgucat.mgu.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=23327&query_desc=au%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Paalakunnile yakshi |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1987 |location=Calicut |publisher= Amukham |quote=Short story anthology}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.sayahna.org/ml/pdf/tkn-arangukanatha.pdf |title=Arangu Kanatha Nadan |last=Thikkodiyan |author-mask=1 |date=1991 |publisher=S.P.C.S. |location=Kottayam|quote=Autobiography}} {{div col end}}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" border="9" width="75%" ! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Film ! scope="col" style="width:25%" | Contribution ! scope="col" style="width:10%" | Reference |- align="center" | 1964 | ''Pazhassi Raja'' | Story, screenplay, dialogues | <ref name="Pazhassiraaja [1964]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?86 |title=Pazhassiraaja [1964] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |- align="center" | 1972 | ''Nrithasala'' | Story | <ref name="Nrithasaala [1972]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3120 |title=Nrithasaala [1972] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |- align="center" | 1974 | ''Udayam Kizhakku Thanne'' | Story, screenplay, dialogues | <ref name="Udayam Kizhakku Thanne (Thalappizha) [1974]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1932 |title=Udayam Kizhakku Thanne (Thalappizha) [1974] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |- align="center" | 1974 | ''Uttarayanam'' | Story, screenplay, dialogues | <ref name="Utharayanam [1975]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1962 |title=Utharayanam [1975] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |- align="center" | 1979 | ''Sandhya Ragam'' | Story, screenplay, dialogues | <ref name="Sandhyaaraagam [1979]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2940 |title=Sandhyaaraagam [1979] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |- align="center" | 1983 | ''Kadamba'' | Lyrics | <ref name="List of Malayalam Movies containing Songs written by Thikkodiyan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/listmovies.php?l=1555&ln=en |title=List of Malayalam Movies containing Songs written by Thikkodiyan |date=2019-04-28 |website=www.malayalachalachithram.com |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |- align="center" | 1984 | ''Ithiri Poove Chuvanna Poove'' | Story | <ref name="Ithirippoove Chuvannapoove [1984]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?707 |title=Ithirippoove Chuvannapoove [1984] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |- align="center" | 1988 | ''Marikkunnilla Njan'' | Story, screenplay, dialogues | <ref name="Marikkunnilla Njaan [1988]">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?149 |title=Marikkunnilla Njaan [1988] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref> |}
== See also == {{Div col|colwidth=40em}} * List of Malayalam-language authors by category * List of Malayalam-language authors {{div col end}} {{Portal|India|Literature}}
== Notes == {{reflist|group=note}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{Cite web |url=https://books.sayahna.org/html/thikkodiyan-preface.html |title=A preface to Thikkodiayan's plays [തിക്കോടിയന്റെ നാടക സങ്കല്പം] |language=ml | last=N. P. Mohammed |date=1985 |publisher=Sayahna Foundation |location=}} * {{cite book |editor=Prof. K. Gopalakrishnan |title=Thikkodiyan: Vyakthiyum Sahithyavum: Critical Study of the Life and Works of Thikkodiyan |url=http://www.marymartin.com/web/selectedIndex?mEntry=136086 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130711080939/http://www.marymartin.com/web/selectedIndex?mEntry=136086 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2013 |year=2000 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society |location=Kottayam, India }} * {{cite book |author=Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri |title=Arangozhiyatha Thikkodiyan (Biography) |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=228931&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20Thikkodiyan |year=2008 |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |location=Kozhikode, India }} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=117508&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Thikkodiyan |title=Thikkodiyante kalam |last=Sajeevan |first=A. |date=2009 |publisher=Kerala Sahithya Akademi |location=Thrissur}}
== External links == * {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Thikkodiyan/Html/Thikkodiyan.htm |title=Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi |date=2019-04-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-23}} * {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/Thikkodiyan/Html/Thikkodiyanscript.htm |title=Handwriting |date=2019-04-23 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-23}} * {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/Fellows/Thikkodiyan/Thikkodiyan.htm |title=Conferring Fellowship on Thikkodiyan |date=2019-04-28 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-04-28}} * {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r153e9s3ALY |title=Smrithi Promo - Thikkodiyan |last=Safari |date=2017-12-15 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-04-28}} * {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofv96ciF3PA |title=Thikkodiyan |last=Manorama News |website=YouTube |date=2019-01-28 |access-date=2019-04-28}}
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