K. B. Sreedevi

K. B. Sreedevi is a Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India. She made literary contributions in the fields of story, novel, study, children's literature and drama. Most of her works on Indian mythology and folklore comes under the genre children's literature. She received several awards including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions and Kerala State Film Award for Story.

K. B. Sreedevi
Born (1940-05-01) 1 May 1940
Vaniyambalam, Malabar district, British India
Occupationwriter
Notable awardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions
Kerala State Film Award for Story
SpouseBrahmadathan Namboodiripad
Children3
ParentsNarayanan Bhattathippad
Gowri Antharjanam

Her granddaughter Ranjana K. made her novel Yajnam to a forty five minute film with same title.[1] Her story Shilpe-rupini was translated into English by Gita Krishnankutty as Woman of Stone (1990).[2] When her work Niramala was made into a film, she done its screenplay also.

Biography

K. B. Sreedevi was born on May 1, 1940, in Vellakattumana in Vaniyambalam in present-day Malappuram district to V. M. C. Narayanan Bhattathippad and Gowri Antharjanam.[3] She was educated at Tripunithura Girls' High School and Varavoor Government School.[3] She studied up to tenth class.[1] Sreedevi studied music and Sanskrit also.[1] Later she done higher studies in Sanskrit under Panditharaja P. S. Subbarama Pattar.[3] For three years she practiced Veena under Naravath Devakiamma.

Sreedevi wrote her first story at the age of thirteen, it was about the death of a bird.[1] She has published many novels and short stories through publications like Ezhuthachan Masika, Jayakeralam and Mathrubhumi.[4]

She married Brahmadathan Namboodiripad at the age of sixteen.[5] while living with husband, in 1960 she found a Mahila Samajam (group of women).[5] Formed for the upliftment of women and children, the group had more than 100 members.[5] The group organized education classes to make women literate, cultural activities for woman, and job trainings to women.[5] She was active with the group until she shifted to Thrissur.[5]

Personal life

She and her husband Brahmadathan Namboodiripad of Koodalloor Mana have 3 children.[5] She who lived in Thrissur for many years is now living in Tripunithura in Ernakulam district.[6]

Notable works
  • Moonnam Thalamura (in Malayalam). Chintha Publications. March 2013. ISBN 978-9382808091.[3]
  • Yajnjam (in Malayalam). H and C Books.[3]
  • Chanakkallu (in Malayalam) (2 ed.). H and C Books. March 2017. ISBN 978-9386208415.[3]
  • Mukhathodu Mukham (in Malayalam). Poorna Publications. 1 January 2007. ISBN 978-8130007199.
  • Thiriyuzhichil (in Malayalam). NationalBookStall. November 2012.[6]
  • Kuttithirumeni. Sahitya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society. 1980.

Short story collections

Screenplays

Works on Indian mythology and folklore
  • Bi Śr̲Īdēvi, Ke (2016). Bhāgavataparyaṭanaṃ : purāṇaṃ (in Malayalam). Ayyanthole, Thrissur, Kerala. ISBN 978-93-80884-11-0. OCLC 1126353641.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), stories based on Bhagavata Purana
  • Njanappana. GREEN Books. 2019. ISBN 978-93-80884-09-7. OCLC 1130764814., Elaborated writing of Njanappana by Poonthanam
  • Parayi Petta Panthirukulam (in Malayalam). H and C Books. 1 January 2018. ISBN 978-9387911529.
  • Agnihothram (in Malayalam). H and C Books. 1 January 2017. ISBN 978-9386531827.[3]
  • Vaduthala Nair (in Malayalam). H and C Books. October 2015.
  • Uppukottan (in Malayalam) (2 ed.). H and C Books. 1 January 2015. ISBN 978-9385916052.
  • Naranathu Bhranthan (in Malayalam) (1 ed.). H and C Books. 1 January 2014. ISBN 978-9384736149.
  • Perunthachan (in Malayalam). H and C Books. 1 January 2015. ISBN 978-9385175756.
  • Karakkalamma (in Malayalam). H and C Books. 1 January 2015. ISBN 978-9385175305.
  • Vallon (in Malayalam). H and C Books. 1 January 2015. ISBN 978-9384321789.
  • Pananar (in Malayalam). H and C Books.
  • Akavur Chathan (in Malayalam). H and C Books. ISBN 978-9385916304.
  • Rajakan (in Malayalam). H and C Books. 1 January 2015. ISBN 978-9385554469.
  • Pakkanar (in Malayalam). H and C Books. 1 January 2015. ISBN 978-9384736798.
  • Mezhathur Agnihothri (in Malayalam). H and C Books.
  • Sreekrishna Katha (in Malayalam). H and C Books. 25 September 2021.
  • Dasharatham[7]
  • Devahooti[7]
  • Vrathasuran[7]
  • Karinkali, Research novel on 'Karinkali', the farming goddess of the early adivasis of Ernad

Plays

Studies
  • Pracheena Gurukulangal Kerala Samskarathinu Nalkiya Sambhavana, study on contributions of ancient scholars to Kerala with scholarship from Department of Human Resources, Government of India[7]
  • Study on woman writers of Kerala with grant in aid from Kerala Sahitya Akademi[7]

Awards and honors

References
  1. "മകളെ തൊട്ടാൽ ഭ്രഷ്ടാക്കപ്പെടുന്ന അമ്മയുടെ നോവ് പൊള്ളിച്ചു: രഞ്ജന കെ". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  2. "Protest of Woman through Silence in Sreedevi's "Shilpe-rupini"" (PDF). Literary Horizon. 1 (3): 139–144. August 2021.
  3. admin (2020-05-10). "ശ്രീദേവി കെ.ബി". Keralaliterature.com. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  4. "Amritakeerti Puraskaram for K B Sreedevi and Vattapparambil Gopinatha Pillai". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  5. ശാന്തം ഈ സാഹിത്യജീവിതം. 27 November 2007. p. 73. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. Menon, Anasuya (2019-12-13). "'This is to tell the world that KB Sreedevi was here'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  7. "കെ ബി ശ്രീദേവി". M3DB.COM. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  8. "വി.ടി. പുരസ്കാരം കെ.ബി. ശ്രീദേവിക്ക് സമ്മാനിച്ചു". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  9. "Awards, Trusts and Scholarships: 2. Deviprasaadam Trust". Namboothiri.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  10. ഡെസ്ക്, വെബ് (2021-02-13). "ജ്ഞാനപ്പാന പുരസ്കാരം കെ.ബി. ശ്രീദേവിക്ക് | Madhyamam". www.madhyamam.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  11. prabeesh. "രൈക്വഋഷി പുരസ്കാരം മനു മാസ്റ്റർക്ക്". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  12. "Award for litterateurs KB Sreedevi and Gopinatha Pillai". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
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