Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
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Sooranad P. N. Kunjan Pillai (24 June 1911 – 8 March 1995) was an Indian researcher,
Biography
Sooranad Kunjan Pillai was born on 26 November 1911 in
Pillai started his professional career as an
Kunjan Pillai was married to C. Bhagavathi Amma (of the Panniyarathala family in Jagathy, d. 2007), the marriage taking place in 1935. He died on 8 March 1995, at the age of 83, survived by his wife, three daughters and a son.[1]
Legacy
Kunjan Pillai was known to have written books in Malayalam, English and Sanskrit his oeuvre covered such genres as novels, short stories, poems, biographies, history, essays, lexicon and grammar.[7] He also had some knowledge of Tamil and Hindi. He published his first work Smashanadeepam (Collected Poems) in 1925 when he was still in school. He has prepared more than 150 textbooks for high school classes. He has written more than 1000 forewords for the books of many contemporary writers of Malayalam. He led a team which compiled a Malayala nikhandu (Malayalam Dictionary),[8] though the work could not be completed during his time.[9] The work, started in 1953 and by the time the first and second volumes were published bu 1970, the team of scholars had examined all important available texts from eleventh century to 19th century.[3] He also compiled the Malayalam translation of Kathasaritsagara, a book of fables and legends in Sanskrit.[10]
Awards and honours
The
]An annual award, Sooranad Kunjan Pillai Award, has been instituted for recognizing excellence in Malayalam literature and M. Leelavathy is among the writers who have received the award.[16]
Selected bibliography
Novels
- Amba Devi (Novel) 1930
- Kalyana Sowdam (Novel) 1936
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranadu. Pushpanjali. Thiruvananthapuram: V V Book Depot.
Poems
- Smashanadeepam (Collected poems) 1930
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranadu (1954). Vathil thurappathukal. Thiruvananthapuram.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Kunjan Pillai, Sooranadu (1956). Kuchelavrutham. Thiruvananthapuram.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Kunjan Pillai, Sooranadu (1956). Unniyatee charitam. Thiruvananthapuram: Manuscript Library.
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranadu (1957). Sabhapravesampan. Thiruvananthapuram: Author.
- Hridayarpanam (Collected poems) 1971
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranattu (1962). Ramayanam irupathnalu vrutham. Vidhya vilasini: Vidhya vilasini.
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranadu, ed. (2011). Leelathilakam (3rd ed.). Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Bhasha Institute. ISBN 9788176389860.
Short stories
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranadu (1947). Sourabhan. Thiruvananthapuram: P. Govinda Pillai.
- Ratnasamragyam (Stories) 1948
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranattu (1968). Ponnirathalkadha. University of kerala: University of kerala.
- Panchathantrakathamanigal (Stories)
Biography
- Prachinakeralam (Biographies)1931
- Veeraraghavashasanam (Biography) 1954
- Thiruvuthankoorile Mahanmar (Biographies) 1946
- Kunjan pillai, Sooranad (1989). Sree swati thirunal Rama Varma Maharajavu. Kendreeya Mahatmakkal. Trivandrum, Govoernment of Kerala.
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Lexicon
- Suranad Kunjan Pillai, ed. (1965). Malayalam lexicon : a comprehensive Malayalam--Malayalam-English dictionary on historical and philological principles (in Malayalam). London: Distributed by Books from India.
Drama
- Kunjan pillai, Sooranad (1957). Asokavanikankam (in Malayalam). Trivandrum, Government of Kerala: Manuscript Library.
Essays and literary criticism
- Thiruvuthankoor - Kochi Charithra Kathakal, 1932
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranad (1938). Thirumulkazcha. Trivandrum.
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- Malabar in the Eyes of Travellers, 1940
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranad (1954). Varnavidhikal. Trivandrum.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Kunjan Pillai, Sooranad (1955). Kalarividya. Bhasha Grandhavali. Trivandrum.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Bhashadeepika, 1955
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranad (1956). Nhaanmuthumaala. Bhasha Grandhavali. Trivandrum.
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- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranadu (1962). Malayala kavya ratnakaram. Thrissur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
- Kairali Pooja (Collected Essays) 1962
- Hridayaramam, 1966
- Malayala Lipi parishkaram- Chila Nirdeshangal, 1967
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranad (1954). Mathrupooja. Trivandrum.
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- Bharathapooja, 1983
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranad (1979). Kairalee Samaksham Adhava Agrapooja. Trivandrum, Jaya Printets.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Kunjan Pillai, Sooranad. Sahitya pravesika. Trivandrum: Govinda Pillai.
- Kunjan Pillai, Sooranad. Veera raghava sasanam. Trivandrum: Vidyavilasini.
- Sahithyabhooshanam (Collected Essays)
- Krisishastram
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Biography on Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal". Kerala Sahitya Akademi portal. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Sooranad Birth Centenary Fete Inaugurated". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ S2CID 161861578. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "About Mali - Mali Foundation". 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Important Personalities". www.keralawindow.net. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Annual Conference of Dravidian Linguists". www.ijdl.org. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "List of works". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ Suranad Kunjan Pillai, ed. (1965). Malayalam lexicon : a comprehensive Malayalam--Malayalam-English dictionary on historical and philological principles (in Malayalam). London: Distributed by Books from India.
- ^ "Semantics, Phonetics and the Lexicographer's art". Times of India Blog. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Kathasarithsagaram". onlinestore.dcbooks.com. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Padma Awards - Interactive Dashboard". www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards". www.keralaculture.org. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Literary Awards". kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Ezhuthachan award for M Mukundan". Keralakaumudi Daily. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "2015 Sooranad Kunjan Pillai Award for M Leelavathi". Current Affairs for Exams. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
Further reading
- Sooranadu Rajasekharan (2011). Sooranattu Kunjan Pilla: arivinte prakasa gopuram. Thiruvananthapuram: State Institute of Languages.
- Sooranadu Rajasekharan (2008). Arivu, anveshanam: sooranadu Kunjanpillayude sambhavanakal. Edappal: Vallathol Vidyapeedam.
External links
- "Portrait commissioned by Kerala Sahitya Akademi". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- "Handwriting". Kerala Sahitya Akademi. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- Oommen Chandy (2 August 2011). "Centinary Celebrations of Sooranad Kunjan Pillai". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2019.