S. V. Venugopan Nair

S. V. Venugopan Nair (18 April 1945 – 23 August 2022) was an Indian writer, who wrote in Malayalam. He has won many awards including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story.

Biography He was born on 18 April 1945, to P. Sadasivan Thampi and J. V. Vishalakshiamma, in Neyyattinkara, in the present-day Trivandrum district of Kerala, India.

He completed his education from Kulathoor High School in Neyyattinkara and University College, Trivandrum. Nair completed Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Malayalam literature.

List of works Short story collections Mruthithalam (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 1979) Adiseshan (Kottayam: N.B.S., 1983) Rekhayillatha Oraal (Chirayinkeezhu: Saritha, 1984) Garbhasreeman (Kottayam: S.P.C.S.) Rekhayillatha Oral (Chirayinkeezhu: Saritha, 1984) Thiktham, Theekshnam, Thimiram (Kottayam: N.B.S., 1983, collection of three novelettes) Bhoomiputhrante Vazhi (Kottayam: DC Books, 1987) Ottappalam (Kottayam: Vidyarthi Mithram, 1990) Madyakala Kathakal (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 1994) Kathakaladisadaram (Kottayam: Current Books, 1996, 12 stories) Ente Paradaivangal (Kottayam: DC Books, 1997, 18 stories) Veedinte Nanartham (Trivandrum: Chintha, 1998) Kamatheertham (Trivandrum: Maluben, 2001, 23 stories written between 1967 and 2001) 51 Thiranjedutha Kathakal (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 2010, 51 stories) S.V.yude Kathakal Sampoornam (Trivandrum: Maluben, 2018, complete collection of short stories)

Other Jim Prabhu (Kottayam: DC Books, 1983, Translation of Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim) Aa Manushyan (Kottayam: DC Books, 1984, Translation of Amrita Pritam's That Man) Chuvanna Akathalathinte Kinavu (Kottayam: DC Books, 1985, Translation of Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber) Vātsalyarasaṃ C. V. Yude Akhyāyikakaḷil (Kottayam: Current Books, 1995, Study on C. V. Raman Pillai's works) Hāsyam Novel Silpathil (Trivandrum: Maluben, 1997, Study on the works of C. V. Raman Pillai, O. Chandhu Menon, Basheer and O. V. Vijayan) Malayāla Bhāsha Charitram (Trivandrum: Maluben, 2000, History of Malayalam language) Swadeshabhimani (Neyyattinkara: Swadeshabhimani Books, 2016, drama)

Awards 2017: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama – Swadeshabhimani 2003: Padmarajan Award – "Bandhanasthanaya Anirudhan" (published in Kalakaumudi, 2003) 2000: Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award - Veedinte Nanartham 1990: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story – Bhoomiputhrante Vazhi 1984: Edasseri Award – Rekhayillatha Oral