S. Sivadas
Prof. S. Sivadas | |
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| Native name | എസ്. ശിവദാസ് |
| Born | 19 February 1940 |
| Occupation | Writer, teacher |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Education | MSc. Chemistry |
| Alma mater | CMS College Kottayam |
S. Sivadas (born 19 February 1940) is an Indian children's writer in Malayalam. He is the author of around 200 books which include popular science, contemporary ecology, short stories, novels and other fictional stories with an emphasis on scientific outlook.[1] He was a chemistry professor at CMS College Kottayam. He is a three-time recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.
Biography
[edit]Sivadas was born on 19 February 1940 in Ullala village near Vaikom in Kottayam district of Kerala. He was a professor at CMS College Kottayam from 1962 to 1995. He was the founder secretary of the Kottayam district committee of Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad. He edited the Malayalam magazines Eureka, Sasthra Keralam, Balasastram, Engane Engane and Labour India. He also served as the chairman of Parishad's publication division, consulting editor of Sarvavijnanakosam, and the chairman of the Chemistry Post Graduate Board of Studies at Mahatma Gandhi University.[2][3][4]
Awards
[edit]- 1974: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature – Rasatantra Kathakal[5]
- 1997: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue – Munichile Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum[6]
- 2000: Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature's C. G. Santhakumar_Award – Overall contribution[7]
- 2007: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature – Pustaka Kalikal[8]
- 2015: Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature – Overall contribution[9]
- 2014: P. T. Bhaskara Panicker Emeritus Fellowship[10]
- 2021: Tata Trusts's Big Little Book Award – Overall contribution[1][11]
Selected works
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (February 2023) |
- Niagara Muthal Sahara Vare
- Carbon Enna Mantrikan
- Jayikkan Padikkam
- Sastra Kalikal
- Kadankathakal Kondu Kalikkam
- Puthiya Sastra Viseshangal
- Padikkan Padikkam
- Bau Bau Kathakal
- Ningalude Makkale Engane Midukkanmarakkam
- Kanjeem Cureem Kalikkam
- Kuttikalude Science Projectukal
- Padana Projectukal: Oru Vazhikatti
- Sasyalokam Albuthalokam
- Pustaka Kalikal
- Kuttikalkk Moonnu Natakangal
- Keeyo Keeyo
- Munichile Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum
- Ganitavum Sastravum Padikkendathengane
- Mathan Mannira Case
- Galileo
- Pustaka Malakhayude Katha
- Kuttikalude Science Kit
- Nani Ammayude Aduppu
- Swargathinte Thakkol
- 101 Sastra Lekhanangal
- Aara Mama Ee Viswanammavan
- Oru Bhranthan Kandalinte Kathu
- Rasatantra Sagaram
- Rasatantra Kathakal
- Prakriti Ammayude Albutha Lokathil
- Koottaymayude Suvisesham
- Vayichalum Vayichalum Teeratha Pustakam
- Orayiram Kokkukalum Oru Santhipravum
- Valarunna Sastram
- Oru Madhura Mambazhakatha
- Randu Kantharikuttikal Agniparvathathil
- Manya Madam Curie Aya Katha
- Sachinum Koottarum Padipicha Vijaya Mantrangal
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Prof. S. Sivadas and Deepa Balsavar announced as Winners of the Big Little Book Award 2021". Tata Trusts. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "പ്രൊഫ. എസ് ശിവദാസ്". Chintha Publishers (in Malayalam). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "എണ്പതിന്റെ നിറവില് പ്രൊഫ.എസ്.ശിവദാസ്". DC Books (in Malayalam). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "പ്രൊഫ. എസ്. ശിവദാസ്: വായിച്ചാലും വായിച്ചാലും തീരാത്ത പുസ്തകം". Madhyamam (in Malayalam). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature" (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue" (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "സമഗ്ര സംഭാവന പുരസ്കാരം". Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "ബാലസാഹിത്യം / ശ്രീപത്മനാഭസ്വാമി സമ്മാനം" (in Malayalam). Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi Announces Bal Sahitya Puraskar". Outlook. 24 June 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "പി.ടി. ഭാസ്കരപ്പണിക്കര് എമിററ്റസ് ഫെലോഷിപ്പ് പ്രൊഫ. എസ്. ശിവദാസിന്". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Kottayam native Prof S Sivadas wins Big Little Book Award for contribution to children's literature". The New Indian Express. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.