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T. Padmanabhan
T. Padmanabhan
	T. Padmanabhan
Born	January 1, 1931 (age 93); Kannur, Kerala State, Indien
Occupation	Short story writer
Awards	Ezhuthachan Award; Vallathol Award; Vayalar Award; Odakkuzhal Award (Refused); Lalithambika Andharjanam Award; Kendra Sahitya Academy Award (Refused); Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Refused); Kerala Sahitya Academy Fellowship; C.V. Kunhuraman Literary Prize; Muttath Varkey Award

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Thinakkal Padmanabhan, popularly known as T. Padmanabhan, is a short story writer in Malayalam.

Leben

T. Padmanabhan was born 1931 in Kannur, Kerala in a poor family as the youngest of the four children. His father died when he was still a baby and it was his mother and the eldest brother who looked after him during his childhood^[1].

During his early schooling in Kannur, Padmanabhan was active in student politics, participating in the Independence struggle. Subsequently, he graduated in Law and started his practice in Thalassery and Kannur courts. By this time, he had already established himself as a budding writer and M. K. K. Nair^[2], a known arts enthusiast and then Chairman and Managing Director of F A C T, invited him to join the company. Padmanabhan joined F.A.C.T. and slowly rose to be the head of Materials Division and retired in 1989 as its Deputy General Manager. In between, he had a string of legal tussles with the company after M. K. K. Nair left F A C T ((Reminiscences on Television)^[3].

Padmanabhan is married and the couple has no children. He now lives a retired life in Kannur.

Literary career

He started writing at the age of 19 ^[4] and has written more than 170 stories. Prakasam Parathunna Oru Penkutty (The Girl Who Spreads Radiance, 1955), Oru Kathakrithu Kurishil (A Story Writer being Crucified, 1956), Makhan Singhinte Maranam (The Death of Makhan Singh, 1958), Kala Bhairavan and Gouri (1993) are some of his major works. His stories have been translated in almost every Indian languages and foreign languages such as Russian, French and English. He received the Vayalar Award in 2001 for his story Puzha Kadannu Marangalude Edayileku. He has also received Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Vallathol Award and Lalithambika Andharjanam Award.

T. Padmanabhan has been credited with bringing the modern Malayalam short story nearer to the subjective intensity of the lyric. It is said that when the short story reached a saturation point as a result of the repeated depiction of romantic idealism and social commitment that T. Padmanabhan emerged on the scene with arguably a unique and highly individualistic idiom^[5].

Major literary awards

T. Padmanabhan has a habit of declining awards. Nevertheless he has won a great number of awards including the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards for his works.

2014: C.V. Kunhuraman literary prize^[6]
2012: Kerala Sahitya Academy Fellowship^[7]
2007: Muttath Varkey Award^[8]
2003: Ezhuthachan Award^[9]
2001: Vallathol Award
2000: Vayalar Award
1995: Odakkuzhal Award for Kadal (Refused)
1998: Lalithambika Andharjanam Award^[10]
1996: Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for Gowry (Refused)
1973: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Saakshi (Refused)

Major works

Prakasam Parathunna Oru Penkutty (The Girl Who Spreads Light) (1955)
Oru Kathakrithu Kurishil (A Story Writer On the Crucifix) (1956)
Makhan Singhinte Maranam (The Death of Makhan Singh) (1958)
T. Padmanabhante Thiranjedutha Kathakal (Selected Stories of T. Padmanabhan) (1971)
Saakshi (The Witness) (1973)
Harison Sayvinte Naaya (Mr. Harison's Dog) (1979)
Veedu Nashtappetta Kutty (The Child Who Lost His Home) (1983)
Kalabhairavan (Lord Siva) (1986)
Nalinakanthi (The Beauty of the lotus) (1988)
Gowry (1991)
Kadal (The Sea) (1994)
Padmanabhante Kathakal (Stories of Padmanabhan) (1995)

References

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[1] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9Iupz0mFY

[2] ttp://www.nairs.in/bio_n.htm

[3] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4sBxA2Og-s

[4] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a86Z1ZBRQWc%7C60years of writing

[5] ttp://www.seasonsindia.com/art_culture/lit_malayalam_sea.htm#padmanabhan

[6] ttp://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Literary-Award-for-T-Padmanabhan/2014/04/02/article2144845.ece

[7] ttp://www.kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=22611

[8] ttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/muttathu-varkey-award-presented-to-padmanabhan/article1848804.ece

[9] The Hindu : Ezhuthachan award for T. Padmanabhan

[10] website of INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT

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 T. Padmanabhan was born 1931 in [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]] in a poor family as the youngest of the four children. His father died when he was still a baby and it was his mother and the eldest brother who looked after him during his childhood<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV9Iupz0mFY</ref>.
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 He started writing at the age of 19 <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a86Z1ZBRQWc|''60years of writing''</ref> and has written more than 170 stories. ''Prakasam Parathunna Oru Penkutty'' (The Girl Who Spreads Radiance, 1955), ''Oru Kathakrithu Kurishil'' (A Story Writer being Crucified, 1956), ''Makhan Singhinte Maranam'' (The Death of Makhan Singh, 1958), ''Kala Bhairavan'' and ''Gouri'' (1993) are some of his major works. His stories have been translated in almost every Indian languages and foreign languages such as [[Russian language|Russian]], [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]]. He received the [[Vayalar Award]] in 2001 for his story ''Puzha Kadannu Marangalude Edayileku''. He has also received [[Kendra_Sahitya_Academy_Award|Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Vallathol Award|Vallathol Award]] and [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Lalithambika Andharjanam Award|Lalithambika Andharjanam Award]].
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 {{Sahitya Akademi Award For Malayalam}}

v t e Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam
1955–1975	R. Narayana Panickar (1955) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1957) K. P. Kesava Menon (1958) Uroob (1960) G. Sankara Kurup (1963) P. Kesavadev (1964) Balamani Amma (1965) Kuttikrishna Marar (1966) P. Kunhiraman Nair (1967) Edasseri Govindan Nair (1969) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1970) Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1971) S. K. Pottekkatt (1972) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (1973) Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1974) O. N. V. Kurup (1975)
1976–2000	Cherukad (1976) Lalithambika Antharjanam (1977) Sugathakumari (1978) N. V. Krishna Warrier (1979) Punathil Kunjabdulla (1980) Vilasini (1981) V. K. N. (1982) S. Guptan Nair (1983) Ayyappa Paniker (1984) Sukumar Azhikode (1985) M. Leelavathy (1986) N. Krishna Pillai (1987) C. Radhakrishnan (1988) Olappamanna (1989) O. V. Vijayan (1990) M. P. Sankunni Nair (1991) M. Mukundan (1992) N. P. Mohammed (1993) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (1994) Thikkodiyan (1995) T. Padmanabhan (1996) Anand (1997) Kovilan (1998) C. V. Sreeraman (1999) R. Ramachandran (2000)
2001–present	Attoor Ravi Varma (2001) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2002) Sara Joseph (2003) Zacharia (2004) Kakkanadan (2005) M. Sukumaran (2006) Sethu (2007) K. P. Appan (2008) U. A. Khader (2009) M. P. Veerendra Kumar (2010) M. K. Sanu (2011) K. Satchidanandan (2012) M. N. Paloor (2013) Subhash Chandran (2014) K. R. Meera (2015) Prabha Varma (2016) K. P. Ramanunni (2017) S. Ramesan Nair (2018) V. Madhusoodanan Nair (2019) Omchery N. N. Pillai (2020) George Onakkoor (2021) M. Thomas Mathew (2022) E. V. Ramakrishnan (2023)

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