Sivaraman Cheriyanad was a

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language writer from

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

, India. He wrote short stories, novels and children's literature, besides contributing to scholarly literature including studies on the works of

Parappurath Kizhakkepainummoodu Easo Mathai, better known by his pen name Parappurath (1924–1981), was an Indian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter who wrote in the Malayalam language. His body of work comprises 20 novels, 14 short story antho ...

and

Malayattoor Ramakrishnan K. V. Ramakrishna Iyer, better known by his pen name, Malayattoor Ramakrishnan (27 May 1927 – 27 December 1997), was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, cartoonist, lawyer, Magistrate, judicial magistrate, and Indian Administrative Servi ...

. He received the

Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award is a literary award instituted by UAE-based Abu Dhabi Sakthi Theatres and awarded to writers in Malayalam literature Malayalam, the lingua franca of the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep an ...

and A. P. Kalakkad Award. He was also a school teacher and a recipient of the National Teachers Award.

Life

Sivaraman was born on 13 December 1941 in

Cheriyanad Cheriyanad is a village in Kerala state of India. It lies in the Central Travancore Region, and specifically comes under Chengannur tehsil, taluk in Alappuzha District.The very famous Cheryanadu Balasubrahmanya temple is located here. The Kava ...

near

Chengannur Chengannur () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipalityhttps://lsgkerala.gov.in/system/files/2017-10/localbodies.pdf in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. It is located south east of the district headquarters in Alappuzha and about ...

in the present-day

Alleppey district Alappuzha district (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed as Alleppey district on 17 August 1957, the name of the district being changed to ''Alappuzha'' in 1990. Alappuzha is the smallest district of Kerala ...

. He started his career as an upper primary school teacher. He was a teacher in

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, Malabar and

Alleppey Alappuzha (, आलप्पुळ) or Alleppey is a municipality and town on the Laccadive Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is the district headquarters of the district, and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvana ...

, and retired from Government Girls Higher Secondary School,

Mavelikkara Mavelikkara () is a municipality in the Onattukara Region of Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Alappuzha and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 ...

. He received the National Teachers Award in 1989. The same year, he received the

for the year 1988 for his short story collection ''Peruchazhikalude Maalam''. He received a scholarship from the

Kerala Sahitya Akademi The Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam Literature is an autonomous body established to promote the Malayalam language and Malayalam literature, literature. It is situated in the city of Thrissur, Kerala in India. History The acad ...

in 1990-91 for the study of the works of the writer

. He received the A. P. Kalakkad Award in 2009. He was the president of

Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society (SPCS) or Sahithya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangham is a cooperative society of writers in the south Indian state of Kerala for publication and sales of books. It was founded in 1945 by a group of twelve ...

for nine years. He also served as the vice president of

A. R. Raja Raja Varma A. R. Raja Raja Varma (1863–1918) was an Indian poet, grammatician and Professor of Oriental Languages at Maharaja's College (present University College Thiruvananthapuram. Life A. R. Raja Raja Varma was part of the royal family of erstwhi ...

Memorial Committee, office-bearer of

Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham (Progressive Arts & Literary Organisation), also known as the PuKaSa, is an organization of artists, writers, and art and literature enthusiasts based in Kerala. The association was formed on August 14, 1981, under t ...

, and an executive member of the publication wing of

. He died on 12 September 2019 at a private hospital in Kollakadavu near Cheriyanad. His wife Sarasamma had predeceased him. The Sivaraman Cheriyanad Award, instituted in his memory in 2023, is given annually to the best short story collection in Malayalam. The inaugural award was received by T. P. Venugopalan for his work ''Thunnalkkaran''.

Works

Short story collections

Novels

Children's literature

Scholarly literature

Awards

* 1988:

– ''Peruchazhikalude Maalam'' * 1989: National Teachers Award * 2009: A. P. Kalakkad Award

References

{{reflist, 1 1941 births 2019 deaths Malayali people Malayalam short story writers Malayalam-language novelists Indian children's writers Writers from Alappuzha Recipients of the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award