M. K. Sanu

M.K. Sanu
Born	(1928-10-27) 27 October 1928 Thumboli, Alappuzha, Travancore
Occupation	Writer, critic, poet
Language	Malayalam
Ethnicity	Malayali
Citizenship	Indian
Genre	Poetry, essay, biography

M. K. Sanu is a prominent Malayalam literary figure. He is a retired professor, critic, biographer, editor, translator, journalist, orator, social activist and humanist. He has authored over thirty-six books, translated four and edited ten. He is a permanent member of International body for Human rights. He is also the founding member of Mithram, School for Mentally Handicapped, in Mulanthuruthy village, Ernakulam District, Kerala.

In 2011, M. K. Sanu won the Padmaprabha Literary Award.^[1]

Chronology

• 1928 – Born at Thumpoli in Alappuzha, Kerala
• 1939 – Death of Father
• 1953 – Married to Retnamma
• 1955 – Joined Sree Narayana College, Kollam as Lecturer
• 1956 – Joined Maharaja's College, Ernakulam as Lecturer
• 1958 – Published first book of Translation, "Anchu Sastra Nayakanmar"
• 1960 – Published first book of Criticism, "Kaattum Velichavum"
• 1962 – Published first book of Biography, "Asthamikkatha Velicham"
• 1981 – Death of Mother
• 1981 – SPCS Award for the best Biography for the book "Sahodaran. K. Ayyappan"
• 1983 – Retired from College Service
• 1984 – Elected President of Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham
• 1985 – Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the best Critical work for "Avadhaaranam"
• 1985 – Appointed as Director, Sree Narayana Study Centre, University of Kerala
• 1987 – Elected as MLA from Ernakulam Assembly Constituency
• 1988 – Abudabi Sakti Award for "Changampuzha Krishnapilla: Nakshatrangalude Snehabhajanam"
• 1989 – Kusumam Award for the Art of Editing for the work "Kusumathinte Kritikal"
• 1991 – Ezhukon Sivasankaran Award for "Changampuzha Krishnapilla: Nakshatrangalude Snehabhajanam"
• 1991 – Joined as Chief Editor, Kumkumam Weekly, Kollam
• 1992 – Vayalar Award for "Changampuzha Krishnapilla: Nakshatrangalude Snehabhajanam"
• 1992 – Sree Narayana Samskarika Award instituted by Sree Narayana Samskarika Samithi
• 1993 – Sree Narayana Jayanthi Award for the Biography "Narayana Guru Swami"
• 1994 – K.T Achuthan Award for the Best Cultural Activist
• 1997 – Asan Award for the Biography "Mruthyunjayam Kavyajeevitham"
• 1997 – Appointed to Sree Narayana Chair, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
• 2002 – Sahodaran Award for the Biography "Sahodaran. K. Ayyappan"
• 2003 – Vyloppilly Award for the Biography "M.Govindan"
• 2005 – Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for total contribution to Malayalam Literature
• 2005 – Elected President, Vayalar Ramavarma Trust
• 2006 – K.C.B.C. Award for contribution to Malayalam Literary Criticism for the work "Asaanthiyilninnu Sannthiyilekku"
• 2007 – Kerala Sahitya Akademi's Eminent Membership
• 2009 – V.K. Rajan Award for the best Social Activist
• 2009 – Sree Narayana Award for Propagation of Sree Narayana ideals
• 2011 – Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for the biography "Basheer: Ekantha Veedhiyile Avadhoothan"^[2]
• 2012 – Pavanan foundation India's Award for 2011 for his Autobiography "Karmagathi"
• 2013 – Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the highest literary honour given by the Kerala government^[3]
• 2014 – Father Vadakkan Puraskaram^[4]

Works

Autobiography

• Karmagathi – 2010

Children's literature

Criticism

Interpretations

Travelogues

Biographies

Memoirs

Collected essays

Translations

Edited works

References

External links

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• Mithram
• PRD Kerala awards

Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam language
1955-1975	R. Narayana Panikkar (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)