POTTEKKAT S K

Sankaran Kutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982), popularly known as S. K. Pottekkatt, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a politician from Kerala, India. He was also a great traveller among the Keralites, who wrote many travelogues for the people who have been unintroduced to the outside world. He was the author of nearly sixty books which include ten novels, twenty-four collections of short stories, three anthologies of poems, eighteen travelogues, four plays, a collection of essays and a couple of books based on personal reminiscences. he was a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel, Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jnanpith Award. His works have been translated into English, Italian, Russian, German and Czech, besides all major Indian languages.

Awards and honours

Oru Theruvinte Katha (The Story of a Street), a novel based on Mittai Theruvu, a popular street in Kozhikode nown for sweetmeat and halvah stalls, received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1961. His biographical novel, Oru Desathinte Katha was selected for the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972. Eight years later, in 1980, the novel earned Pottekkatt the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary jonour in India. In 1982, the University of Calicut honoured him with the honoris causa degree of the Doctor of Letters. India Post issued a commemorative postal stamp on him in 2003, as a part of their Jnanpith Award Winners. Malayala Manorama and Madhyamam issued festschrifts on Pottekkatt on the occasion of his birth centenary.

Bibliography

Novels

Pottekkatt, S. K. (1937). Vallikadevi.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1941). Naadan Premam. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi. ISBN 9788182647275.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1937). Prema Shiksha.
S. K. Pottekkatt (1948). Moodupadam. Kozhikode: Mathrubhoomi.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1948). Vishakanyaka. Calicut: Poorna Pub.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1959). Karamboo. National Book Stall.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1960). Oru Theruvinte Katha. Kottayam: SPCS.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1971). Oru Desathinte Katha.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1974). Kurumulaku.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1979). Kabeena. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 9788182656215.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1988). Bharathappuzhayude Makkal: Novatakam. Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
North Avenue (Incomplete)

Short stories

Pottekkatt, S. K. (1944). Chandrakaantham.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1944). Manimaalika.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1945). Rajamalli.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1945). Nisshagandhi.
Pottekkattu, S. K. (1945). Pulliman. Kozhikode: Pooran Publications.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1945). Meghamala.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1946). Jalatharangam.
Pottekkatt. S. K (1946). Vaijayanthi. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1947). Pournami. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788130006345.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1947). Padmaagam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1947). Indraneelam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1948). Himavahini.
Pottekkatt. S. K (1949). Prethabhoomi. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1949). Rangamandapam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1952). Yavanikkaku Pinnil.
Pottekkatt. S. K (1954). Kallippokkal. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Vanakaumudhi.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1955). Kanakaambaram.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1960). Antharvahini. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 9788182654877.
Pottekkatt. S. K (1962). Ezhilam Pala. Kottayam Kottayam: N.B.S.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1967). Theranjedutha Kathakal.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1968). Vrindaavanam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1970). Kattuchembakam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1971). Braandhan Naaya.
Pottekkatt. S. K (1978). S K Pottekkatinte Cherukadhakal. Jaya, Calicut: Jaya, Calicut.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1981). S.K. Pottekkattinte Cherukathakal. Calicut: Mathrubhumi.
S K Pottekkatt (1999). Kadha-Pottekkatt.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (2004). Sthree. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi. ISBN 9788182640948.
S. K. Pottekkatt; Ravikumar, K. S. (2010). ‘Ottaka’vum Mattu Pradhana Kathakalum. Kottayam: D C Books.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (2014). S. K. Pottekkattinte Kathakal Sampoornam. Kottayam: D C books. ISBN 9788126440184.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (2016). Sthree: Sthreekale Kurichu Kure Kathakal. Kozhikode: Poorna. ISBN 9788130018003.

Travelogues

Pottekkatt, S. K. (1947). Kashmir.
Pottekkatt. S. K (1948). Yathrasmaranakal. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1951). Kappirikalute nattil. Kottayam: D.C.Books. ISBN 9788171307937.
S. K. Pottekkatt (1954). Simhabhoomi. Mathrubhoomi, Kozhikode: Mathrubhoomi, Kozhikode.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Nile Diary. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788171803149.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Malaya Nadukalil. Poorna.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1955). Innathe Europe.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1955). Indonesian Diary.
Pottekkatt. S. K (1955). Soviet Diary. Mangalodayam: Mangalodayam.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1956). Pathiraa Suryante Nattil. Kottayam: S.P.S.S.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1958). Baalidweep. Kottayam: SPCS. ISBN 9788171309047.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1960). Bohemian Chithrangal. Thrissur: Current.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1967). Himaalaya Saamraajyathil. Kozhikode: Poorna Publications. ISBN 9788171803576.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1969). Nepal Yathra. S.P.C.S.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1970). London Note Book. S.P.C.S.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1974). Cairo Kathukal.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1976). Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 1 Africa. Irinjalakkuda: Vivekodayam Books.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1976). Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 2 Europe. Irinjalakkuda: Vivekodayam Books.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1976). Sanchara Sahithyam: Vol 3 Asia. Irinjalakkuda: Vivekodayam Books.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1977). Cleopatrayude Nattil. Mathrubhumi Books.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (2010). Europpiloode. Kottayam: D C Books. ISBN 9788126403547.

Poetry

Pottekkatt, S. K. (1936). Prabhatha Kanthi.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1946). Sanchariyude Geethangal. S.P.C.S.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1948). Premashilpi.
S K Pottekkattu (2015). S K Pottekkattinte Kavithakal. Kozhikode: Lipi Publications. ISBN 9788188017935.

Drama

Pottekkatt, S. K. (1943). Achan.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1948). Achanum Makanum (Included in Himavahini).
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Althara (A Radio play included in Vanakaumudi).
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1954). Theerandi Odunnu (A radio play included in Kallipookkal).

Others

Pottekkatt S. K. (under the pseudonym Arunan) (1947). Ponthakkadukal. Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 9788182656239.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1949). Gadhya mekhala. Kollom: Saindhava Books.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1975). Ente Vazhiyambalangal. Kottayam: National Book Stall.
Pottekkatt, S. K. Et Al- (1978). Mohammed Abdurahman. Kozhikode: Mohammed Abdurahmansaheb Memorial Committee.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (1981). Samsarikkunna Diarikkurippukal (2nd ed.). Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi books. ISBN 9788182661073.
Kamalam (1995). Pottekkattinde Kathukal. Kozhikode P.K. Brothers: Kozhikode P.K. Brothers.
Pottekkatt, S. K. (2013). Paryadanam.