K. P. Sasidharan


K. P. Sasidharan was a professor of English literature, critic, creative writer and translator in Malayalam. He was a winner of the Soviet Land Nehru Award and the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award. He was equally proficient in English and Malayalam literature. His contributions to Malayalam literature include several novels, short stories, studies, and translations from English to Malayalam.

Education

His schooling was in Monkombu, Kerala's Alappuzha district, where he studied at the Avittam Thirunal High School, following which he studied at the Sanatana Dharma College, located in Alappuzha between 1955 and 1957 to complete his Intermediate. He completed his B A degree in English Language and Literature at the University College Thiruvananthapuram. He obtained a Doctorate in the year 1991 from the University of Calicut.

Professional career

He began his career as a Lecturer in English at St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry in the year 1960. In the following year, he moved to the Government Victoria College, Palakkad, where he continued to work until 1971. In the year 1971, he became the Professor and Head of the English Department at Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, where he continued in that position until 1990. He took over as the Principal of the Government College, Manimalakkunnu, located in Koothattukulam in the year 1991. He remained there until he moved to the Kerala Bhasha Institute, a State Government academic publishing house as its Director.

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