Sippy Pallippuram is an Indian writer of children's literature in

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who has won several awards including Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and

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. His novel about the memories of Kunjunni Mash ''Oridathoru Kunjunni'' won the national award for children's literature by Kendra Sahitya Akademi. His book ''Unnikalkku Noottiyettu Gurudeva Kathakal'' received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature in 2013. A teacher by profession, he has over 80 (as of 2008) poetries and stories to his credit in the children's category of

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. Sippy has been into children's literature for more than four decades. He is a native of Pallippuram, Vypeen,

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, and was born on 18 May 1943 in a Keralan Latin Catholic family and belongs to the Diocese of Kottapuram. List of awards Sippy has received over the years

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1943 births Indian male novelists Malayalam novelists Malayalam-language writers Living people Indian children's writers Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 20th-century Indian novelists Writers from Kochi 21st-century Indian novelists Novelists from Kerala 20th-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian male writers {{India-writer-stub