V. M. Devadas

{{short description|Indian poet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox writer  | name = V. M. Devadas | image = Devadas V.M Malayalam Novelist from Kerala.jpg| | native_name = | birth_date = March 1981 | birth_place = Wadakkancherry, Thrissur, Kerala, India | occupation = Novelist, short story writer | language = Malayalam | nationality = Indian | genre = Novel, short story, essays | subject = | notableworks = Pannivetta, Shalabhajeevitham | website = [http://devadasvm.blogspot.com Official blog] }}

'''V. M. Devadas''' (born March 1981) is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and screenwriter from Wadakkancherry, Kerala, India.

==List of works== ===Novels=== * ''Dildo: Aaru Maranangalude Pulp Fiction Patapusthakam'' (Palghat: Logos, 2009)<ref>[https://www.logosbooks.in/product/%e0%b4%a1%e0%b4%bf%e0%b5%bd%e0%b4%a1%e0%b5%8b-dildo/ "ഡിൽഡോ Dildo"]. Logos Books. Retrieved 19 January 2023.</ref> * ''Pannivetta'' (Trivandrum: Chintha, 2010) * ''Cheppum Panthum'' (Kottayam:DC Books, 2017) * ''Eru'' (Kottayam:DC Books, 2021)<ref>[https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/2021/06/01/eru-book-written-by-devadas-vm.html "ഓര്‍ക്കാപ്പുറത്ത് ഓര്‍മപ്പെടുത്തലുകളാകുന്ന കല്ലേറുകള്‍"]. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2023.</ref>

===Short story collections=== *''Marana Sahayi'' (Kottayam:DC Books, 2011) *''Salabha Jeevitham'' (Trivandrum: Chintha, 2014)<ref>[https://www.puzha.com/blog/shalabhajeevitham/ "ശലഭജീവിതം"]. Puzha.com. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2023.</ref> *''Avanavan Thuruthu'' (Kottayam:DC Books, 2016) *''Vazhi Kanupidikkunnavar'' (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2018) *''Kadinu Nadukkoru Maram'' (Kottayam:DC Books, 2021) *''Katha'' (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 2021)

==Screenwriter== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Name ! Year ! Production ! Director |- | '' Garass''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3604126/ |title=Garass |trans-title= Hindi Short Film }}</ref> | 2014 | Pune Film Institute | Sanju Surendran |- |- | '' Nadakantham''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ficocc.com/winners10 |title=FICOCC- Short Film Awards. |language=en |date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180118074612/https://www.ficocc.com/winners10 |archive-date=18 January 2018 |access-date=1 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> | 2017 | Tungsten Brains | Vishnuprasad |- |}

==Awards== * 2010: Malayala Manorama Novel Carnival Award – ''Pannivetta''<ref name="auto">{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/award-for-vm-devadas/article2318067.ece |title=Award for V.M. Devadas |newspaper=The Hindu |date=3 August 2011 |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> * 2011: Nooranad Haneef Memorial Award – ''Pannivetta''<ref name="auto"/> * 2011: Chandrika Katha Puraskaram – ''Tibet (Story)''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/gets-award/article1717413.ece |title=Gets award |newspaper=The Hindu |date=22 April 2011 |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/896911/2011-04-20/kerala |title='ചന്ദ്രിക' കഥാ പുരസ്‌കാരം വി.എം.ദേവദാസിന് |language=ml |website=Mathrubhumi |date=20 April 2011 |access-date=25 July 2015 |archive-date=25 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725150500/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/896911/2011-04-20/kerala |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2015 : Ettumanoor Kavya Vedhi Puraskaram – ''SalabhaJeevitham'' *2016 : Kerala Sahitya Akademi's Geetha Hiranyan Endowment Award 2014 – ''MaranaSahayi''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202016_new.pdf |title=Kerala Sahithya Akademi Awards-2014|language=ml |website=Kerala Sahithya Akademi |date=29 February 2016 |access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/736004/Thrissur/1-march-2016#page/14/2 |title=Kerala Sahithya Akademi Awards-2014|language=ml |website=Mathrubhumi |date=1 March 2016 |access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref> *2016 - Mazhavil Sahitya Puraskaram – ''Chaavusakshyam''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deshabhimani.com/images/epapper/slice-img/thrissur_local_pages_01-12-2016_12-54083-slice5.jpg|title=മഴവിൽ സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്ക്കാരം വി എം ദേവദാസിന് – ദേശാഭിമാനി ദിനപ്പത്രം, 01-December-2016|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220082534/http://www.deshabhimani.com/images/epapper/slice-img/thrissur_local_pages_01-12-2016_12-54083-slice5.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2017 – Ankanam Sahitya Puraskaram – SalabhaJeevitham<ref>{{cite news |url=http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/1071572/Thrissur/15-Jan-2017#page/12 |title=Ankanam Award for V.M Devadas and Arya Gopi |language=ml |website=Mathrubhumi |date=15 January 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170116071711/http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/c/16136325#page/12 |archive-date=16 January 2017 |access-date=16 January 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/antony-calls-for-new-social-reform-movements/article17416243.ece |title= A.K. Antony presenting Anganam literary awards |website=The Hindu|date=6 March 2017 }}</ref> * 2017 – Manoraj KathaSamahara Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mangalamepaper.com/index.php?edition=34&dated=2017-09-20&page=14 |title=വി.എം. ദേവദാസിന്‌ മനോരാജ്‌ കഥാപുരസ്‌കാരം |language=ml |website=Mangalam |date=20 September 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170920072644/http://mangalamepaper.com/upload/news/2017-09-20/1505843050cp.jpg |archive-date=20 September 2017 |access-date=20 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2017 – C.V Sreeraman Smrithi Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu<ref>{{cite news|url=http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/1373143/Thrissur/27-September-2017#page/12|title=സി.വി. ശ്രീരാമൻ സ്‌മൃതി പുരസ്കാരം വി.എം. ദേവദാസിന്.|language=ml|website=Mathrubhumi|date=27 September 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170927083611/http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/1373143/Thrissur/27-September-2017%23page/12|archive-date=27 September 2017|access-date=28 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – Yes Press Books Novel Award – Cheppum Panthum<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-kerala-19-11-2017/686795 |title=യെസ് പ്രസ് ബുക്സ് നോവല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് വി എം ദേവദാസിന്. |language=ml |website=Deshabhimani |date=19 November 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171120081949/http://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-kerala-19-11-2017/686795 |archive-date=20 November 2017 |access-date=20 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://mangalamepaper.com/index.php?edition=34&dated=2017-11-20&page=45 |title=വി.എം ദേവദാസിന് പുരസ്‌കാരം. |language=ml |website=Mangalam |date=20 November 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171120082532/http://mangalamepaper.com/upload/news/2017-11-20/1511114683cp.jpg |archive-date=20 November 2017 |access-date=20 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2018 – Five Continents International Film Festival – Best Drama Short Film – Nadakantham<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ficocc.com/winners10 |title=2017-December´s Winners. |website=FICOCC|date=2 January 2018 }}</ref> * 2018 – Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai award for best short film script at K.P.A.C International Fim Fest – Nadakantham * 2018 – Karur Neelakanta Pillai Smaraka Katha Puraskaram – Panthirukulam<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/panthirukulam-wins-short-story-award/article22913522.ece |title=Panthirukulam wins short story award |language=ml |website=thehindu.com |date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180302210540/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/panthirukulam-wins-short-story-award/article22913522.ece |archive-date=2 March 2018 |access-date=2 March 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2018 – Swami Vivekananda Yuva Prathibha Award instituted by the Kerala State Youth Welfare Board – Avanavan Thuruthu<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/youth-welfare-board-awards-declared/article23249754.ece |title=Youth welfare board awards declared |website=The Hindu|date=15 March 2018}}</ref> *2018 – K.V. Sudhakaran Katha Puraskaram – Avanavan Thuruthu<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dcbooks.com/k-v-sudhakaran-memorial-award-for-v-m-devadas.html |title=പ്രഥമ കെ.വി സുധാകരന്‍ കഥാപുരസ്‌കാരം വി.എം ദേവദാസിന് |language=ml |website=DC Books News|date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180928155140/http://www.dcbooks.com/k-v-sudhakaran-memorial-award-for-v-m-devadas.html| archive-date=28 September 2018}}</ref> *2019 – Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Malayala Padhanakendram Award – Cheppum Panthum<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dcbooks.com/k-v-sudhakaran-memorial-award-for-v-m-devadas.html |title=വൈക്കം മുഹമ്മദ് ബഷീര്‍ മലയാള പഠനകേന്ദ്രം സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങള്‍ സമ്മാനിച്ചു |language=ml |website=DC Books News|date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190708085357/http://www.dcbooks.com/basheer-malayala-padanakendram-awards.html| archive-date=8 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/ernakulam/news/kochi-1.3924627 |title=ബഷീർ അനുസ്മരണവും പുരസ്‌കാരദാനവും നാളെ. |language=ml |website=Mathrubhumi |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=8 July 2019 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708090257/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/ernakulam/news/kochi-1.3924627 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2019 – D Sreeman Namboothiri Sahithya Puraskaram – Cheppum Panthum<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/ernakulam/news/moovattupuzha-1.4375991 |title=ഡി. ശ്രീമാൻ പുരസ്‌കാരം വി.എം. ദേവദാസിന് |language=ml |website=Mathrubhumi News|date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191223131957/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/ernakulam/news/moovattupuzha-1.4375991| archive-date=23 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://epaper.deshabhimani.com/c/47200016 |title=അജു ഫൗണ്ടേഷൻ പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾ സമ്മാനിച്ചു |language=ml |website=Deshabhimani|date=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191226092955/https://epaper.deshabhimani.com/c/47200016| archive-date=26 December 2019}}</ref> *2021 – K.A. Kodungallur Madhyamam Sahitya Puraskaram - Keezhkkamthookku<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/culture/literature/ka-kodungallur-madhyamam-literary-award-894093 |title=K.A. Kodungallur Madhyamam Sahitya Puraskaram |language=ml |website=Madhyamam Daily|date=17 December 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211222063646/https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/mills-responsibility-for-rice-quality-food-minister-withdraws-order-following-madhyamam-news-894864?infinitescroll=1| archive-date=22 December 2021}}</ref> *2022 – Thoppil Ravi Smaraka Sahithya Puraskaram - Eru<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dcbooks.com/devadas-vm-received-thoppil-ravi-award.html |title=Thoppil Ravi Smaraka Sahithya Puraskaram |language=ml |website=DC Books|date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220216152908/https://www.dcbooks.com/devadas-vm-received-thoppil-ravi-award.html| archive-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> *2022 – Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story Collection - Vazhi Kandupidikkunnavar<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-27 |title=kerala sahithya academy award announced. |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/state-sahitya-akademi-fellowships-for-vaisakhan-kp-sankaran/article65689827.ece |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.thehindu.com |language=en-US}}</ref> *2023 – O. V. Vijayan Literary Award - Kadinu Nadukkoru Maram<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ov-vijayan-awards-for-mathews-devadas-nidhin/article66463747.ece |title=O.V. Vijayan awards for Mathews, Devadas, Nidhin |website=thehindu.com|date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230209094117/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ov-vijayan-awards-for-mathews-devadas-nidhin/article66463747.ece| archive-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>

==External links== * {{Cite journal |url=http://malayalamvaarika.com/2014/January/10/story.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081816/http://malayalamvaarika.com/2014/January/10/story.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |title=കുളവാഴ – കഥ, ദേവദാസ് വി എം |trans-title=Kulavazha – Story by Devadas V. M |journal=Malayalam Vaarika |language=ml }} * {{Cite web |url=http://devadasvm.blogspot.com |title='മേശപ്പുറം'- ദേവദാസിന്റെ ബ്ലോഗ് |trans-title=Devadas's Blog |language=ml }} * {{IMDb name | id= 6366394 }}

==References==

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devadas, V. M.}} Category:1981 births Category:Writers from Thrissur district Category:Screenwriters from Kerala Category:Malayalam-language novelists Category:Malayalam short story writers Category:21st-century Indian novelists Category:Living people Category:21st-century Indian short story writers Category:Indian male short story writers Category:21st-century Indian male writers Category:Novelists from Kerala Category:21st-century Indian screenwriters