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- His full name is “SANKARAN KUTTY KUNJIRAMAN .
- He was an INDIAN WRITER and POLITICIAN from GODS OWN COUNTRY KERALA,INDIA.
- His works have been translated into English ,Russian ,German, and Italian Language’s .
- He Loved travelling and wrote lots of books based on his travelling.
“A WALK THROUGH HIS LIFE”
- He was born on 14th March 1913 in CALICUT (NOW KOZHIKODE).
- His parents were KITTULI (MOTHER)and KUNJIRAMAN POTTEKKATT (FATHER).
- After his school education he did his higher studies at “ZAMORIN’S GURUVAYURAPPAN COLLEGE”,CALICUT.
- He published his first story “RAJANEETHI” in ZAMORINS” GURUVAYURAPPAN COLLEGE MAGAZINE”
- In 1937 ,he joined “CALICUT GUJARATI SCHOOL” as a Teacher.
- In 1939,he Resigned his job as a Teacher to join the activities of “INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS”.
- Then he moved to Bombay and Lucknow where he had done lots of jobs.
- In 1939 he wrote his first novel “Naadan premam”(ROMANTIC NOVEL) when he was in Bombay.
- In 1945 he returned back to KERALA and with the money he earned he visited Kashmir and other places.
- In 1949,He started his abroad travels and traveled to Africa, America,France,Germany,England,etc….
- In 1952 he went to Malaysia,Sri Lanka,Indonesia.
- His main travel Book were *LONDON NOTE BOOK *KAPPIRIKALUDE NATTIL *NEPAL YATHRA *BALI DWEEBP *PATHIRA SURYANTE NATTIL
- In 1961,he received “KERALA SAHITYA ACADEMY Award”for his story “ORU THERUVINTE KATHA”(THE STORY OF MITTAYI THERUVU,KOZHIKKODE)
- In 1962,He contested election and was selected to LOK SABHA when he defeated “SUKUMARAN AZHIKKODU”
- In 1972,He received “KERALA SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD” and “KENDARA SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD “for his story “ORU DESHATHINTE KATHA”
- He died on 6th AUGUST 1982 due to paralytic stroke.
PROFILE
NAME-SANKARAN KUTTY KUNJIRAMAN POTTEKKATT DATE OF BIRTH -14th MARCH 1913 PLACE OF BIRTH-CALICUT (KOZHIKODE),KERALA NATIONALITY- INDIAN LIFE PARTNER- JAYA VALLI FAMOUS WORKS- ORU DESHATHINTE KATHA -ORU THERUVINTE KATHA -KAPPIRIKALUDE NATTIL -NAADAN PREMAM AWARDS- KERALA SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD (1961) -KENDARA SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD (1972) -NJANAPEEDAM(1980) DIED-6th AUGUST 1982 (AGED 69) PLACE OF DEATH- CALICUT,KERALA.
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