K. P. Sankaran

K. P. Sankaran (born 15 May 1939) is a Malayalam–language literary critic from Kerala, India. Born in Painkulam in Trichur district of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin (now part of India), 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 (1970). Calicut: Poorna Publications Rithuparivarthanam (1972). Calicut: Poorna Publications Navakam (1988). Calicut: Poorna Publications Anuseelanam (2002). Trichur: Current Books Abhivadhyam (2005). Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Thriveni (2005). Trichur: Current Books Sapthakam (2009). Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi C. S. Nair: Nammude Sahitya Vimarshanathinte Sukranakshatram (2013). Sukapuram: Vallathol Vidyapeetham Mattoru Vailoppilly (2015). Sukapuram: Vallathol Vidyapeetham Akkithaperuma (2022). Sukapuram: Vallathol Vidyapeetham Kavitha Hridayam Gandhi Kavithakal: Pathanam Adhyatma Ramayanam: Samshodhanam, Vyakhyanam Hari Nama Keerthanam: Vyakhyanam Mahabharatam: Oru Punarvayana Jnanappana: Vyakhyanam

Awards 2004: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism (Anuseelanam) 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