1. Malayattoor Ramakrishnan received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1967.
13 Facts About Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan was a recipient of the Vayalar Award in 1979.
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan's schooling was at various schools in Kerala, traveling with his father whose work carried him to many places in the state and he started his college education at Union Christian College, Aluva where he had the opportunity to study under the known critic, Kuttipuzha Krishna Pillai.
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan served in various positions during administrative service career until he resigned from service to concentrate on writing.
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan died on 27 December 1997, at Thiruvananthapuram, at the age of 70, survived by his wife and two children.
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan's wife outlived him for two more years and died in 1999.
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Besides his administrative career, Malayattoor Ramakrishnan's contributions cover the fields of journalism, literature, cartoons and films.
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan translated a few Sherlock Holmes novels as well as Dracula into Malayalam, his was the first Malayalam translation of Bram Stoker's novel.
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan wrote the award winning novel, Verukal in 1965, a semi-autobiographical work which tells the story of a family of Tamil speaking Iyers who settled in Kerala.
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan was the director of the 1982 movie, Odukkam Thudakkam, produced by M O Joseph which was based on his own story and he himself wrote the screenplay and dialogues for the film.
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Malayattoor Ramakrishnan received the Vayalar Award in 1979 for the novel, Yanthram.
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Malayatoor Ramakrishnan Charitable Trust, an eponymous charitable organization, have instituted two awards, the Malayattoor Painting and Sculpture Award for recognising excellence in fine arts and the Malayattoor Award for honouring literary excellence in Malayalam language.
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Devan, the noted painter and sculptor, was one among the many recipients of the Malayattoor Painting and Sculpture Award while Prabha Varma, T D Ramakrishnan and Perumbadavam Sreedharan feature among the literary award winners.