# Uroob > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Uroob > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Uroob.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroob > Source revision: 1353526540 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Indian writer (1915–1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox writer | name = P. C. Kuttikrishnan | image = Uroob.jpg | imagesize = 200px | birth_name = Parutholli Chalappurathu Kuttikrishna Menon | pseudonym = ''Uroob'' | occupation = [Novelist](/source/Novelist), [short story writer](/source/short_story_writer), [journalist](/source/journalist) | subject = Social aspects | movement = [Realism](/source/Realism_(arts)) | spouse = Devaki Amma | relatives = Parutholli Chalappurathu Karunakara Menon (father)
Parukutty Amma(Parvathy)(mother) | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|6|8}} | birth_place = [Ponnani](/source/Ponnani), [Malappuram](/source/Malappuram), [Kerala](/source/Kerala), India | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1979|7|10|1915|6|8}} | death_place = [Medical college](/source/Medical_college), [Kottayam](/source/Kottayam), [Kerala](/source/Kerala), India | awards = {{ublist|[Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/Sahitya_Akademi_Award)|[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Novel)}} | language = [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam) | notableworks = ''[Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum](/source/Sundarikalum_Sundaranmarum)'', ''[Ummachu](/source/Ummachu)'' }} '''Parutholli Chalappurathu Kuttikrishnan Karunakara Menon''', popularly known by his [pen name](/source/pen_name) '''Uroob''' (1915 – 1979) was an Indian writer of [Malayalam literature](/source/Malayalam_literature). Along with [Basheer](/source/Vaikom_Muhammad_Basheer), [Thakazhi](/source/Thakazhi), [Kesavadev](/source/Kesavadev), and [Pottekkatt](/source/S._K._Pottekkatt), Uroob was counted among the progressive writers in Malayalam during the twentieth century. He was known for his novels such as [Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum](/source/Sundarikalum_Sundaranmarum) and [Ummachu](/source/Ummachu), short stories like ''Rachiyamma'' and the screenplays of a number of Malayalam films including ''[Neelakuyil](/source/Neelakuyil)'', the first Malayalam feature film to receive the [National Film Award](/source/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Malayalam). He was a recipient of several honours including [Kendra Sahithya Academy Award](/source/Sahitya_Akademi_Award) and the inaugural [Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Novel). == Biography == Parutholli Chalappurathu Kuttikrishnan Karunakara Menon was born on June 8, 1915, to Parutholli Chalappurathu Karunakara Menon and Parukutty Amma(Parvathy) at Pallapram, a small village near [Ponnani](/source/Ponnani), in [Malappuram district](/source/Malappuram_district) of the south Indian state of [Kerala](/source/Kerala).{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PCKuttikrishnan/Html/PCKugraphy.htm |title=Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal |date=2019-02-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-01}} His early education was at A. V. High School, Ponnani and after [matriculation](/source/matriculation), he travelled for six years, working at various places in India.{{Cite book |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-ISBDdetail.pl?biblionumber=22376 |title=Mahacharithamala |publisher=DC Books |year=2005 |isbn=8126410663 |editor-last=Rajasekharan |editor-first=P. K. |volume=3 |pages=56–57 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202154020/http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-ISBDdetail.pl?biblionumber=22376 |url-status=dead }} During this period, he worked at a tea estate in the [Nilgiri hills](/source/Nilgiri_hills), a textile factory and K. R. Brothers Printers in [Kozhikode](/source/Kozhikode), ''Mangalodhayam'' monthly, and joined the Kozhikode station of the [All India Radio](/source/All_India_Radio) (AIR) in 1954.{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=Uroob |title=Profile of Malayalam Story Writer Uroob |date=2019-02-02 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-02-02 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202153850/https://malayalasangeetham.info/displayProfile.php?category=story&artist=Uroob |url-status=dead }} After retiring from service as a producer of AIR in 1975, he served as the editor of Kunkumam weekly for a while before joining [Malayala Manorama](/source/Malayala_Manorama) in 1976 where he worked as the chief editor of ''Malayala Manorama weekly'' and [Bhashaposhini](/source/Bhashaposhini). He also served as the president of the [Kerala Sahitya Akademi](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi). Kuttikrishnan married Devaki Amma, the sister-in-law of [Edasseri Govindan Nair](/source/Edasseri_Govindan_Nair), in 1948. He died on July 10, 1979, at the age of 64, while he was being treated at the [Government Medical College, Kottayam](/source/Government_Medical_College%2C_Kottayam). == Literary and film career == Kuttikrishnan joined a literary group in Ponnani in the 1930s which had [Edasseri Govindan Nair](/source/Edasseri_Govindan_Nair), [Kuttikrishna Marar](/source/Kuttikrishna_Marar), [Akkitham](/source/Akkitham_Achuthan_Namboothiri), [Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan](/source/Kadavanad_Kuttikrishnan), and Moothedath Narayanan Vaidyar as its members and it was during this time he wrote his first short story, ''Velakkariyude Checkkan''.{{Cite web |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/literature-articles/uroob/2017/jul/12/290576 |title=Uroob, the Immortal |date=July 12, 2017 |website=Madhyamam |access-date=2019-02-02}} He assumed the pen name, ''Uroob'' which means ''eternal youth'' in [Persian language](/source/Persian_language) and ''dusk'' in [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language),{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/uroob-profile-2241-25.htm |title=Profile on Veethi |date=2019-02-02 |website=Veethi |access-date=2019-02-02}} for an article he wrote on K. Raghavan, a noted music director of [Malayalam cinema](/source/Malayalam_cinema), to conceal his identity as the music director was his colleague at AIR and he continued with the pseudonym thereafter.{{Cite web |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/art-and-culture/a-timely-tribute-to-uroob-malayalam-literature.html |title=A timely tribute to Uroob |date=June 8, 2015 |website=OnManorama |access-date=2019-02-02}} His first short story anthology, ''Neerchalukal'' was published in 1945 and three years later, ''Amina'', his first novel was published. His body of work included 8 novels, 27 short story anthologies, three plays, 3 poetry anthologies and three essay compilations.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PCKuttikrishnan/Html/PCKuttikrishnanBooks.htm |title=List of Works |date=2019-02-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-01}} ''[Ummachu](/source/Ummachu)'' published in 1954, ''Mindappennu'', published in 1956 and ''[Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum](/source/Sundarikalum_Sundaranmarum)'' (''The Beautiful and the Handsome'') published in 1958 among novels and ''Gopalan Nayarude Thadi'', ''Rachiyamma'' and ''Thurannitta Jalakam'' among short stories are some of his most notable works. [M. Krishnan Nair](/source/M._Krishnan_Nair_(author)), a known Malayalam literary critic, counted ''Rachiyamma'' among the best stories of world literature.{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/literaryworld/2017/10/26/uroobinte-sthreekal.html |title=Uroob who Viewed Woman as an Enigma |date=October 26, 2017 |website=ManoramaOnline |access-date=2019-02-02}} ''[Ummachu](/source/Ummachu)'' has been translated into English under the title, ''The Beloved''.{{Cite web |url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/beloved/author/oroob-uroob/ |title=Beloved by Oroob Uroob - AbeBooks |date=2019-02-02 |website=www.abebooks.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-02}} Several of his works have strong female characters and he was known to be an advocate of gender equality. Three of his anthologies, ''Ankaveeran'', ''Mallanum Maranavum'' and ''Appuvinte Lokam'' are children's literature and he is considered by many as one of the greats of that genre in Malayalam literature. In 1954, When [Ramu Kariat](/source/Ramu_Kariat) decided to make a feature film based on Uroob's story, [Neelakuyil](/source/Neelakuyil), under the same name, he co-wrote the screenplay with [P. Bhaskaran](/source/P._Bhaskaran). The film went on become a landmark in Malayalam cinema and was the first feature film to receive national recognition by winning the [National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam](/source/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Malayalam).{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/neelakuyil-1954/article1427604.ece|title=Neelakuyil 1954|author=B. Vijayakumar|work=The Hindu|date=25 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016055336/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/neelakuyil-1954/article1427604.ece|archive-date=16 October 2016}} His association with P. Bhaskaran continued to yield four more films, [Rarichan Enna Pauran](/source/Rarichan_Enna_Pauran) (1956),{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156009/ |title=Rarichan Enna Pauran |date=2019-02-02 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-02-02}} [Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu](/source/Nairu_Pidicha_Pulivalu) (1958),{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155899/ |title=Nair Pidicha Pulival |date=2019-02-02 |website=IMDb |access-date=2019-02-02}} [Kurukshetram](/source/Kurukshethram_(1970_film)) (1970){{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4862 |title=Kurukshethram [1970] |date=2019-02-02 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-02-02}} and [Ummachu](/source/Ummachu_(film)) (1971).{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4362 |title=Ummaachu [1971] |date=2019-02-02 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-02-02}} In between, he wrote the screenplay for [Mindapennu](/source/Mindapennu), a film by [K. S. Sethumadhavan](/source/K._S._Sethumadhavan) in 1970.{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3976 |title=Mindaapennu [1970] |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-02-02}} He wrote the screenplays for two more films, [Thrisandhya](/source/Thrisandhya) in 1972{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4572 |title=Thrisandhya [1972] |date=2019-02-02 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-02-02}} and [Aniyara](/source/Aniyara) in 1978, the latter a film by [Bharathan](/source/Bharathan).{{Cite web |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4989 |title=Aniyara [1978] |date=2019-02-02 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |access-date=2019-02-02}} == Awards and honours == Uroob received three awards from the [Government of Tamil Nadu](/source/Government_of_Tamil_Nadu) (then Government of Madras), for ''Kathir Katta'' in 1948, ''Thurannitta Jalakam'' in 1949 and ''Kumbedukkunna Mannu'' in 1951. [Kerala Sahitya Akademi](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi) instituted [an annual award](/source/Kerala_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_for_Novel) for Novel in 1958, ''[Ummachu](/source/Ummachu)'' was selected for inaugural award.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/novel.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel |date=2019-02-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-01}} He received [Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_Malayalam) in 1960 for his work, ''[Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum](/source/Sundarikalum_Sundaranmarum)'', in 1960,{{Cite web |url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10311.htm |title=Awards & Fellowships-Akademi Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828042835/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10311.htm#malayalam |archive-date=2009-08-28 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-10-17}} the same year as he received the M. P. Paul Award for ''Gopalan Nayarude Thady''. In 1971, he received the [Kerala State Film Award for Best Story](/source/Kerala_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Story) for the [film adaptation of Ummachu](/source/Ummachu_(film)).{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232254/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawares.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=State Film Awards |date=2019-02-02 |website=Dept. of Information & Public Relations, Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-02-02}} Two years later, ''[Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum](/source/Sundarikalum_Sundaranmarum)'' won him another honour, the Ashan Centenary Award. The Government of Kerala set up a museum, ''Uroob Memorial Literary Museum'', in his honour at the premises of Kiliyanad School in [Kozhikode](/source/Kozhikode).{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/07/stories/2008060751230300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610115447/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/07/stories/2008060751230300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-06-10 |title=Writers visit Uroob museum |date=2008-06-07 |work=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu) |access-date=2008-11-15}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/13/stories/2008061354950300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624134818/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/13/stories/2008061354950300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-06-24 |title=Facelift likely for Uroob museum |date=2008-06-13 |work=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu) |access-date=2008-11-15}} ==Major works== === Novels === {{Div col|colwidth=50em}} * {{Cite book |title=Aamina |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1948 |isbn=978-8130016979}} * {{Cite book |title=Kunjammayum Koottukarum |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1952 |isbn=978-8130001579}} * {{cite book|author=Uroob|title=[Ummachu](/source/Ummachu)|year=1954|publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham|isbn=978-81-7130-230-7}} * {{Cite book |title=Mindappennu |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1956 |isbn=978-8171800865}} * {{cite book|author=Uroob|title=[Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum](/source/Sundarikalum_Sundaranmarum)|year=1958|publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham|isbn=978-81-264-0727-9}} * {{Cite book |title=Chuzhiku Pimbe Chuzhi |last=Uroob |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |year=1967 |asin=B007E4VI7E}} * {{cite book|author=Uroob|title=Aniyara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_W5GwAACAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-8130008646}} * {{cite book|author=Uroob|title=Ammini|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrcOAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-8171804672}} {{div col end}} === Short stories === {{Div col|colwidth=50em}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=227451&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Neerchalukal |last=Uroob |date=1945 |publisher=Poorna |location=Kozhikode |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423100108/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=227451&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |url-status=dead }} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=76454&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Navonmesham |last=Uroob |publisher=Poorna |year=1946 |location=Kozhikode}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85895&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Thurannitta Jalakam |last=Uroob |date=1949 |publisher=Poorna |isbn=9798171805722 |edition=2nd. |location=Calicut |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423141240/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85895&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |url-status=dead }} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84722&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Neelamala |last=Uroob |date=1950 |publisher=Poorna Publications |isbn=9788171806355 |location=Kozhikode |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423161113/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84722&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |url-status=dead }} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=74938&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Koompedukkunna Mannu |last=Uroob |publisher=S.P.C.S |year=1951 |location=Kottayam |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423100101/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=74938&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |url-status=dead }} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71297&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Ullavarum%2520Illathavarum |title=Ullavarum Illathavarum |last=Uroob |publisher=Current Books |year=1952 |location=Thrissur}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77226&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Neelavelicham |last=Uroob |date=1952 |publisher=Poorna |location=Calicut |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423161119/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77226&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |url-status=dead }} * {{Cite book |title=Moulaviyum Changathimarum |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1954 |isbn=978-8171809264}} * {{Cite book |title=Thamarathoppi |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1955 |isbn=978-8130001555}} * {{Cite book |title=Velutta Kutti |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1958 |isbn=978-8171806300}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214842&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Thenmullukal |last=Uroob |date=1962 |publisher=Mangalodayam |location=Mangalodayam}} * {{Cite book |title=Gopalan Nayarude Thadi |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1963 |isbn=978-8171806270}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85879&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Mukhammoodikal |last=Uroob |date=1966 |publisher=Poorna |isbn=9788171801169 |edition= 2nd |location=Kozhikode}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=73148&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=3334nte charithram |last=Uroob |date=1968 |publisher=Poorna Publications}} * {{Cite book |title=Rachiyamma |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1969 |isbn=978-8171804610}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=202786&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20uroob |title=Vasanthayude Amma |last=Uroob |publisher=Amina Book Stall |year=1972 |language=ml}} * {{Cite book |url=http://kslc.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=10015&query_desc= |title=Nilavinte Rahasyam |last=Uroob |year=1974 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=217261&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Manjin Marayile Sooryan |last=Uroob |date=1976 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=National Book Stall, Kottayam |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423141122/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=217261&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |url-status=dead }} * {{Cite book |title=Reserve Cheyyatha Berth |last=Uroob |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=1980 |isbn=978-8130001548}} * {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Neelakkuyil-Uroob/dp/B007E4WJGI/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549096838&sr=1-22&refinements=p_27%3AUroob |title=Neelakkuyil |last=Uroob |publisher=Current Books |year=2004 |asin=B007E4WJGI}} * {{cite book|author=Uroob|title=Uroobinte Krithikal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4hZPgAACAAJ|date=2006|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-1210-5}} * {{cite book|author=Uroob|title=Uroobinte Kuttikkathakal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eU-jYe8eg60C|year=2007|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-0131-4|edition=4th}} * {{Cite book |title=Malayalathinte Suvarnakathakal |last=Uroob |publisher=Green Books |year=2008 |isbn=978-8184232158}} * {{Cite book |title=Uroobinte Theranjedutha Kathakal |last=Uroob |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=2011 |isbn=978-8130009100 |volume=1}} * {{Cite book |title=Uroobinte Theranjedutha Kathakal |last=Uroob |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=2011 |isbn=978-8130009100 |volume=2}} * {{Cite book |title=Uroob Sthreekathakal |last=Uroob |publisher=H and C Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-9382776307}} * {{Cite book |title=Aval |last=Uroob |publisher=H and C Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-9382776314}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=234022&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Navarasakadhakal |last=Uroob |date=2013 |publisher=Kairali Books |isbn=9789381649824 |location=Kannur}} *''Kathir-Katta'' *''Lathiyum Pookalum'' {{div col end}} === Plays (theatre) === * {{Cite book |title=Mannum Pennum |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham |year=1954 |isbn=978-8171800407}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=205659&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Miss Chinnuvum Lady Januvum |last=Uroob |date=1961 |publisher=Current Books |location=Current Books}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212963&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Theekondu Kalikkaruthu |last=Uroob |date=1970 |publisher=N.B.S |location=Kottayam |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423212937/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=212963&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |url-status=dead }} === Essay compilations === * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65176&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Kavi Sammelanam |last=Uroob |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |year=1969}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207821&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Uroobinde Shaniyazhchakal |last=Uroob |date=1980 |publisher=D.C. Books, Kottayam |location=D.C. Books, Kottayam}} *''Uroobinde Lekhanangal'' === Children's stories === * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306338&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Appuvinte Lokam |last=Uroob |date=1979 |publisher=National Book Stall |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/mallanum-maranavum-/9653/ |title=Mallanum Maranavum |last=Uroob |publisher=Poorna Publications |year=1966 |isbn=9788171805181}} * {{Cite book |title=Ankaveeran |last=Uroob |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1967 |isbn=978-8171809325}} === Translations in other languages === * "One Death turned back", translated from the Malayalam by Narayana Menon, publ. in ''The Illustrated Weekly of India'', Bombay, September 29, 1963, pp. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.101059/page/n47/mode/2up 44]-46 * {{Cite book |url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/beloved/author/oroob-uroob/ |title=The Beloved |last=Uroob |publisher=Hind Pocket Books |year=1974 |isbn=9780882536965 |translator-last=Raghava R. Menon |quote=(English translation of Ummachu)}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=41902&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=The Beautiful and the Handsome |last=Uroob |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Academy |year=1982 |location=Thrissur |translator-last=Susheela Mishra |asin=B0006EEXJO}} === Poems === * {{Cite book |url=http://122.165.117.71/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=18584&query_desc=au%253A%2522Uroob(%2520P.%2520C.%2520Kuttikrishnan)%2522 |title=Pirannal |last=Uroob |date=1947 |edition= 0 |language=ml}} * ''Nizhalattam'' * ''Maamoolinte Mattoli'' === Screenplays === {{Div col|colwidth=50em}} *''[Neelakuyil](/source/Neelakuyil)'' *''[Rarichan Enna Pouran](/source/Rarichan_Enna_Pouran)'' *''[Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu](/source/Nairu_Pidicha_Pulivalu)'' *''[Kurukshetram](/source/Kurukshetram_(1977_film))'' *''[Ummachu](/source/Ummachu_(film))'' *''Thrisandhya'' *''[Aniyara](/source/Aniyara)'' {{div col end}} === Short film === *''Rachiyamma'' == Works on Uroob == * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=94541&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Al Urooba li shir al muhajir |last=Abdul Rahim Mahmood Zalat |date=1972 |publisher=Darul Fikkrul Arabi |location=Cairo |language=ar}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=226199&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Uroobinte Novelukal |last=Sivaraman |first=Koomulli |date=1975}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65005&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Uroob: Vyakthiyum Saahithyakaaranum (Uroob: The Man and the Writer) |last=George Irumpayam |date=1983 |publisher=DC books |location=Kottayam |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423141328/https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65005&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |url-status=dead }} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=221307&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Anaswaranaya Uroob |last=Tharakan |first=K. M. |date=1986 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co.op. Society Ltd., Kottayam |location=Sahitya Pravarthaka Co.op. Society Ltd., Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=110742&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Uroobinte lokam: Sthree vaada sameepanam (The World of Uroob) |last=Padmini |first=P. |date=2003 |publisher=University of Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=110743&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Tamil poetics: Theory and its application- A study based on the major works of Uroob and M T Vasudevan Nair |last=Sreedharan |first=P. M. |date=2005 |publisher=University of Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=117437&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Uroobinte sthreethwa darsanam |last=Jyothilakshmi |first=P. S. |date=2008 |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |isbn=9788176901574 |location=Thrissur}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=233987&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Uroob padanangal |date=2014 |publisher=Current Books |isbn=9788124019863 |editor-last=[Panmana Ramachandran Nair](/source/Panmana_Ramachandran_Nair) |editor-first= |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=115669&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Uroobinte Chiri |last=Nithya P Viswam |date=2016 |publisher=Vallathol vidyapeedam |isbn=9789383570577 |series=Vallathol vidyapeedam Prabandhaavali |location=Edappal}} ==References== {{reflist}} == Further reading == * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77619&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Mahacharithamala 20: O.Chanthu Menon, C.V Raman Pillai, Uroob |last=Thomas |first=M. V. |date=1981 |publisher=Kairali Childrens Book Trust |location=Kottayam}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=110731&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Sthreesattha purusharajanakalil Uroob, M .T., Vasudevan Nair, M. Mukundan and O.V. Vijayan evarude rajanakale munnirthi oru paddanam |last=Jissa Jose |date=2000 |publisher=University of Calicut}} * {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=117455&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520uroob |title=Naveena sahitya padanangal: KT Muhammed, Uroob, T Pathmanabhan and Sughathakumari |last=Unithiri |first=N. V. P. |date=2012 |publisher=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |isbn=9788176902366 |location=Thrissur}} == External links == * {{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/PROFILES/PCKuttikrishnan/Html/PCKuttikrishnanpage.htm |title=Portrait on Kerala Sahitya Aademi portal |date=2019-02-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Aademi |access-date=2019-02-01}} * {{Cite web |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=kw&q=uroob |title=Uroob - listing in Calicut University Libraries catalog |date=2019-02-02 |publisher=Calicut University Libraries catalog |language=en |access-date=2019-02-02}} {{Sahitya Akademi Award For Malayalam}} {{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}} Category:Novelists from Kerala Category:Malayalam-language novelists Category:Writers from Malappuram district Category:Kerala State Film Award winners Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Malayalam Category:1915 births Category:1979 deaths Category:20th-century Indian novelists Category:Poets from Kerala Category:Dramatists and playwrights from Kerala --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Uroob](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroob) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroob?action=history)). 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