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Sivaraman Cheriyanad
Sivaraman Cheriyanad
Native name	ശിവരാമന്‍ ചെറിയനാട്
Born	13 December 1941; Cheriyanad, Chengannur, Travancore
Died	12 September 2019 (aged 77); Kollakadavu, Cheriyanad
Language	Malayalam
Genre	Short story, novel, children's literature, scholarly literature

Sivaraman Cheriyanad was a Malayalam-language writer from Kerala, India. He wrote short stories, novels and children's literature, besides contributing to scholarly literature including studies on the works of Parappurath and Malayattoor Ramakrishnan. He received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award and A. P. Kalakkad Award. He was also a school teacher and a recipient of the National Teachers Award.

Life

Sivaraman was born on 13 December 1941 in Cheriyanad near Chengannur in the present-day Alleppey district of Kerala.^[1] He started his career as an upper primary school teacher. He was a teacher in Tamil Nadu, Malabar and Alleppey, and retired from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Mavelikkara.^[2] He received the National Teachers Award in 1989.^[1] The same year, he received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for the year 1988 for his short story collection Peruchazhikalude Maalam.^[3] He received a scholarship from the Kerala Sahitya Akademi in 1990-91 for the study of the works of the writer Parappurath.^[4] He received the A. P. Kalakkad Award in 2009.^[5] He was the president of Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society for nine years.^[6] He also served as the vice president of A. R. Raja Raja Varma Memorial Committee, office-bearer of Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham,^[7] and an executive member of the publication wing of Kerala Sahitya Akademi.^[1] He died on 12 September 2019 at a private hospital in Kollakadavu near Cheriyanad.^[1]^[5]^[2] His wife Sarasamma had predeceased him.^[1]

The Sivaraman Cheriyanad Award, instituted in his memory in 2023, is given annually to the best short story collection in Malayalam. The inaugural award was received by T. P. Venugopalan for his work Thunnalkkaran.^[8]

Works

Short story collections

Year	Title	Title in Malayalam	Publisher
	Peruchazhikalude Maalam	പെരുച്ചാഴികളുടെ മാളം
2000	Puthiya Padangal	പുതിയ പാഠങ്ങള്‍	Trivandrum: Chintha
1997	Oru Pavam Kazhutha	ഒരു പാവം കഴുത	Trichur: Current Books
1996	Ingane Oro Vidditham	ഇങ്ങനെ ഓരോ വിഡ്ഢിത്തം	Trichur: Current Books
1992	Asidhara	അസിധാര	Alleppey: Janajagruti
1988	Valiyavarude Maranam Valiya Maranam	വലിയവരുടെ മരണം വലിയ മരണം	Kottayam: N.B.S.
1980	Neethipeedathile Kurudan	നീതിപീഠത്തിലെ കുരുടന്‍	Kottayam: N.B.S.
1977	Vietnam Kathakal	വിയറ്റ്നാം കഥകള്‍	Kottayam: Vidyarthi Mithram
1977	Kattinte Niram	കാറ്റിന്റെ നിറം	Trivandrum: Kerala Grandhasala Sangham
2006	Kallan Vasullayude Shashtipoorthi Smaranika: Oru Mukhakurippu	കള്ളന്‍ വാസൂള്ളയുടെ ഷഷ്ടിപൂര്‍ത്തി സ്മരണിക: ഒരു മുഖകുറിപ്പ്	Trivandrum: Chintha
1978	Udaya Geetham	ഉദയഗീതം	Calicut: Deshabhimani
	Bhranthillatha Bhranthan	ഭ്രാന്തില്ലാത്ത ഭ്രാന്തന്‍
	Daivathinte Kala	ദൈവത്തിന്റെ കാള
	Thiranjedutha Kathakal	തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത കഥകള്‍

Novels

Year	Title	Title in Malayalam	Publisher
1983	Adheham	അദ്ദേഹം	Kottayam: N.B.S.
1981	Koda	കോട	Calicut: Deshabhimani
1979	Tholu	തോല്	Calicut: Deshabhimani
2005	Bhagavathitheruvile Kattu	ഭഗവതിത്തെരുവിലെ കാറ്റ്	Calicut: Haritham Books

Children's literature

Year	Title	Title in Malayalam	Publisher
1978	Cheppukudathile Chenkadal	ചെപ്പുകുടത്തിലെ ചെങ്കടല്‍	Kottayam: Vidyarthi Mithram
1984	Koodu Veedu	കൂട് വീട്	Trivandrum: Bala Sahitya Institute
1999	Sundarapuri	സുന്ദരപുരി	Trivandrum: Bala Sahitya Institute
1985	Thenvarikka	തേന്‍വരിക്ക	Kottayam: S.P.C.S.
1999	Neyyappam	നെയ്യപ്പം	Kottayam: N.B.S.
1981	Anubombinte Pithavu	അണുബോംബിന്റെ പിതാവ്	Trivandrum: Chintha
	Munibalan	മുനിബാലന്‍
1980	Ammayude Kannuneer	അമ്മയുടെ കണ്ണുനീര്‍	Trivandrum: KANFED

Scholarly literature

Year	Title	Title in Malayalam	Publisher
1995	Parappurath: Onakattukarayude Kathakaran	പാറപ്പുറത്ത്: ഓണാട്ടുകരയുടെ കഥാകാരന്‍	Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi
	Malayattoor: Jeevithavum Krithikalum	മലയാറ്റൂര്‍: ജീവിതവും കൃതികളും