C. N. Sreekantan Nair

C. N. Sreekantan Nair
Born 1928
Kollam, Kerala, India
Died 17 December 1976
Occupation Writer, playwright
Awards Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award
M. P. Paul Prize

C. N. Sreekantan Nair (1928–1976) was a Malayalam writer and playwright.

He is probably best known for his Ramayana trilogy – Kanchana Sita, Saketham and Lankalakshmi – based on the epic Ramayana.[1][2] Poet and scholar Ayyappa Panicker had observed that Lankalakshmi brought out the playwright in Sreekantan Nair, while Saketham and Kanchana Sita highlighted the poet and the philosopher in the playwright.[3] He received the Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in 1962 for Kanchana Sita. It was later adapted into a film with same name by G. Aravindan.[4] His another major work was Nashtakkachavadam which won the M. P. Paul prize.

Sreekantan Nair experimented successfully with stage direction and concepts of theatre.[5] He has also written some short stories.

Works

  • Kanchana Sita (1961)
  • Lankalakshmi (1974)
  • Saketham
  • Nashtakkachavadam
  • Aa Kani Thinnaruth
  • Aettile Pashu
  • Madhuvidhu
  • Sindoorappottu
  • Thilakkunna Ponnu
  • Pichippoo
  • Puliyilakkara Neryath
  • In the Shade of Sahyadri

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Suganthy Krishnamachari (12 February 2010). "Dialogue was its forte". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  2. ↑ K. Venkiteswaran (21 August 2005). "Retelling the Ramayana". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Anand Haridas (14 January 2011). "The King of Lanka". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  4. ↑ Sashi Kumar (2–15 January 2010). "Aravindan's art". Frontline. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/epic-moments/article3188727.ece

Further reading

  • C. N. Sreekantan Nair; Sarah Joseph (2005). Retelling the Ramayana. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566623-2.
  • Rakhi, K.R., M.A., PhD (2013). Treatment of Myth in C N Sreekantan Nair's Kanchana Sita. Oxford University Press. ISSN 1930-2940.
  • Lankalakshmi – English Translation by Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan
  • Abhilash Pillai (2007). C. N. Sreekantan Nair – Vision & Mission of a theatre Activist. Sahitya Akademi. ASIN B004RC2Y42.
  • C. N. Sreekantan Nair (2013). In the shade of Sahyadri. OUP India. ISBN 9780198092179.


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