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K. B. Sreedevi

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K. B. Sreedevi
Born(1940-05-01)1 May 1940
Vaniyambalam, Malabar district, Madras Province, British India
Died16 January 2024(2024-01-16) (aged 83)
Tripunithura, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter
Notable awardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
Kerala State Film Award for Story
SpouseBrahmadathan Namboodiripad
Children3
ParentsNarayanan Bhattathippad
Gowri Antharjanam

K. B. Sreedevi (1 May 1940 – 16 January 2024) was an Indian writer, who wrote in Malayalam, under the genre of children's literature. She received several awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions and the Kerala State Film Award for Story.

Her granddaughter Ranjana K. made her novel Yajnam into a forty-five-minute film with the same title.[1] Her story Shilpe-rupini was translated into English by Gita Krishnankutty as Woman of Stone (1990).[2] When her work Niramala was made into a film, she did its screenplay, too.

Biography

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K. B. Sreedevi was born on 1 May 1940, in Vellakattumana in Vaniyambalam in present-day Malappuram district to V. M. C. Narayanan Bhattathippad and Gowri Antharjanam.[3] She was educated at Tripunithura Girls' High School and Varavoor Government School.[3] She studied up to tenth class.[1] Sreedevi also studied music and Sanskrit.[1] Later she did higher studies in Sanskrit under Panditharaja P. S. Subbarama Pattar.[3] For three years she practiced Veena under Naravath Devakiamma.

Sreedevi wrote her first story, about the death of a bird, at the age of thirteen.[1] She published many novels and short stories through publications like Ezhuthachan Masika, Jayakeralam and Mathrubhumi.[4]

She married Brahmadathan Namboodiripad at the age of sixteen.[5] While living with her husband, in 1960 she founded a Mahila Samajam (group of women).[5] Formed for the upliftment of women and children, the group had more than 100 members.[5] The group organized education classes to make women literate, cultural activities for women, and job training for women.[5] She was active with the group until she shifted to Thrissur.[5]

Personal life

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Sreedevi and her husband Brahmadathan Namboodiripad of Koodalloor Mana had 3 children.[5] Sreedevi, who lived in Thrissur for many years, later lived in Tripunithura in Ernakulam district.[6]

K. B. Sreedevi died on 16 January 2024, at the age of 83.[7]

Notable works

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  • Moonnam Thalamura (in Malayalam). Chintha Publications. March 2013. ISBN 978-9382808091.[3]
  • Yajnjam (in Malayalam). H and C Books.[3]
  • Chanakkallu (in Malayalam) (2 ed.). H and C Books. March 2017. ISBN 978-9386208415.[3]
  • Mukhathodu Mukham (in Malayalam). Poorna Publications. 1 January 2007. ISBN 978-8130007199.
  • Thiriyuzhichil (in Malayalam). NationalBookStall. November 2012.[6]
  • Kuttithirumeni. Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society. 1980.

Short story collections

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Screenplays

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Works on Indian mythology and folklore

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Plays

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Studies

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  • Pracheena Gurukulangal Kerala Samskarathinu Nalkiya Sambhavana, study on contributions of ancient scholars to Kerala with scholarship from Department of Human Resources, Government of India[8]
  • Study on woman writers of Kerala with grant in aid from Kerala Sahitya Akademi[8]

Awards and honours

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  • Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
  • Kerala State Film Award 1975 for Story, Niramala[6]
  • Kumkumam Award 1974, for the novel Yajnam[1]
  • Nalapadan Award(2000) (Nalapat Narayana Menon- given by Nalapadan Memorial Cultural Society, Punnayurkulam) for Moonnam Thalamura[6]
  • VT Award.[9]
  • Rotary Award 1982for Story, Niramala[8]
  • Deviprasadam Trust Award, 2009[10]
  • Njanappana Award 2021, considering her comprehensive contributions to the field of literature over six decades[11]
  • Raikva Rishi Award 2014[12]
  • Amritakeerti Puraskar 2018[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "മകളെ തൊട്ടാൽ ഭ്രഷ്ടാക്കപ്പെടുന്ന അമ്മയുടെ നോവ് പൊള്ളിച്ചു: രഞ്ജന കെ". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Protest of Woman through Silence in Sreedevi's "Shilpe-rupini"" (PDF). Literary Horizon. 1 (3): 139–144. August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h admin (10 May 2020). "ശ്രീദേവി കെ.ബി". Keralaliterature.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Amritakeerti Puraskaram for K B Sreedevi and Vattapparambil Gopinatha Pillai". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f ശാന്തം ഈ സാഹിത്യജീവിതം (in Malayalam). 27 November 2007. p. 73. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ a b c d Menon, Anasuya (13 December 2019). "'This is to tell the world that KB Sreedevi was here'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ Renowned Malayalam writer KB Sreedevi no more
  8. ^ a b c d e f "കെ ബി ശ്രീദേവി". M3DB.COM. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  9. ^ "വി.ടി. പുരസ്കാരം കെ.ബി. ശ്രീദേവിക്ക് സമ്മാനിച്ചു". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Awards, Trusts and Scholarships: 2. Deviprasaadam Trust". Namboothiri.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  11. ^ ഡെസ്ക്, വെബ് (13 February 2021). "ജ്ഞാനപ്പാന പുരസ്കാരം കെ.ബി. ശ്രീദേവിക്ക് | Madhyamam". www.madhyamam.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  12. ^ prabeesh. "രൈക്വഋഷി പുരസ്കാരം മനു മാസ്റ്റർക്ക്". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Award for litterateurs KB Sreedevi and Gopinatha Pillai". The New Indian Express. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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