K. P. Sankaran
K. P. Sankaran is a Malayalam–language literary critic from Kerala, India. Born in Painkulam in Trichur district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin, he was a teacher at Changanacherry S.B. College, Trichur Kerala Varma College and Mysore Regional Institute of Education from where he retired in 2001. He resides with his wife Kamala Devi in Kottapparambu near Chelavoor, Calicut since 2019. He has authored around 30 books.
Works
Sameepanam. Calicut: Poorna PublicationsRithuparivarthanam. Calicut: Poorna PublicationsNavakam. Calicut: Poorna PublicationsAnuseelanam. Trichur: Current BooksAbhivadhyam. Trichur: Kerala Sahitya AkademiThriveni. Trichur: Current BooksSapthakam. Trichur: Kerala Sahitya AkademiC. S. Nair: Nammude Sahitya Vimarshanathinte Sukranakshatram. Sukapuram: Vallathol VidyapeethamMattoru Vailoppilly. Sukapuram: Vallathol VidyapeethamAkkithaperuma. Sukapuram: Vallathol VidyapeethamKavitha HridayamGandhi Kavithakal: PathanamAdhyatma Ramayanam: Samshodhanam, VyakhyanamHari Nama Keerthanam: VyakhyanamMahabharatam: Oru Punarvayana- ''Jnanappana: Vyakhyanam''
Awards
- 2004: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism
- 2008: Deviprasadam Trust Award
- 2012: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
- 2017: Cherukad Award
- 2019: S. Guptan Nair Award
- 2019: Vyloppilli Jayanthi Award
- 2021: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
- 2023: Akkitham Award
- K. P. Narayana Pisharody Award
- Dr. C. P. Menon Memorial Award