V. R. Sudheesh

V. R. Sudheesh is a Malayalam–language short story writer from Kerala, India.

Life

Sudheesh was born in Vadakara near Calicut, Kerala. He graduated in history from Madappally Government College and earned an MA in Malayalam literature from Government Brennen College, Tellicherry. He has completed M.Phil from Madras University. He then became a teacher in colleges under SN Trust. He now works at SN College, Chelannur. He is married and has a daughter named vipanchika.

Literary career

Sudheesh started writing at a very young age and his early works were published in the children's column of Mathrubhumi Weekly and later in Chandrika Weekly and Deshabhimani Weekly. He also published an inland magazine called Layam. While he was a student of Madappally College, he won the prize in short story competition at the Calicut University Arts Festival. Sudheesh's early stories were published when Malayalam short stories were undergoing a transformation in form and content. He was one of the proponents of this transformation and is now regarded as an important writer in postmodern Malayalam literature. He is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (twice), Thoppil Ravi Puraskaram, Ayamanam-C. V. Sreeraman Puraskaram. His stories are part of curriculum in schools and universities in Kerala.

List of works
  • Kroora Phalithakkaran Daivam
  • Daivathinu Oru Poovu
  • Vamshananthara Thalamura
  • Cholamarappathakal
  • Vimathalaingikam
  • Oru Ezhuthukari Ariyunnu
  • Vakkukal Sangeethamakunna Kaalam Varunnundu
  • Rajavinte Meenukal
  • Thiyyakuttikal Innum Vicharikkunnu
  • Sankadamaram
  • Katha Parayum Katha Maman
  • Ksheerapatham
  • Marakkoottangalkkidayile Nananja Mannu
  • Sudheeshinte Kathakal
  • Priyappetta Kathakal
  • Bhavana Bhedanam
  • Novel Velichangal (study)
  • Kathantharam (study)
  • Athmagaanam (Memoirs)
  • Samudra Vipanchika (essay)
  • Ottakkatha Patanangal (study)
  • Ezhuthiya Kaalam (Memoirs)
  • Malayalathinte Pranayakathakal (editor)
  • Malayalathinte Pranayakavithakal (editor)
  • Pranayapusthakom (editor)
  • M.T. (editor)
  • Sambhashanam (editor)
  • Kathakal: Pranayathinte, Maranathinteyum (editor)
  • Anubhavam, Orma, Yathra
  • Pranayachandrakantham (essay)
  • Kurukkan Mashinte School (children's literature)

Awards
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References
  1. "Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. "2014 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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