K. Sreekumar
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K. Sreekumar | |
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| Born | 31 December 1967 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Maharaja's College, Kochi |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Notable awards | |
| Spouse | R. Indu |
| Children | 2 |
K. Sreekumar a Malayalam language writer and journalist from Kerala, India. His book Malayalam Sangeetha Nataka Charitram, a book on Malayalam musical dramas won four awards, including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Scholarly Literature (2003) and the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award. For overall contribution to children's literature, he received the Bal Sahitya Puraskar, the children's literature award of Sahitya Akademi in 2012, and the C G Santhakumar Award, instituted by the Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature, in 2016. In 2023, he received Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2022, for his children's book Chakkkaramampazham.
Personal life
K. Sreekumar was born in Chottanikkara in Ernakulam district to K. M. Lakshmanan Nair and A. S. Visalakshi, on 31 December 1967.[1][2] His parents were teachers.[3] After completing his M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed. degrees in Malayalam literature and a P.G. Diploma in Journalism, he obtained a doctorate degree for research on Malayalam musical dramas.[4]
Sreekumar's writing career was influenced by his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Malayalam at Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, under distinguished teachers such as Thuravoor Viswambharan, M. Thomas Mathew, K. G. Sankara Pillai, and George Irumbayam.[3] After his studies, he worked as a journalist in Mathrubhumi from 1993 to 2016.[4][5] During this period, he was also responsible for many publications under the Mathrubhumi Group, including the Mathrubhumi weekly and Sunday special editions of newspaper.[2]
He is currently the coordinator of the Tirur Thunchan Memorial Trust and a consultant editor at Poorna Publications, Kozhikode.[3]
Sreekumar and his wife R. Indu, who is also the principal of Balussery G.G.H.S.S. school, have two children, Vyshakhan, a software engineer, and Nayanathara, an archaeology student.[3] They lives in Balussery in Kozhikode district now.[2]
