# Sivaraman Cheriyanad

Sivaraman Cheriyanad was a Malayalam-language writer from Kerala, India. He wrote short stories, novels and children's literature, besides contributing to scholarly literature including studies on the works of Parappurath and Malayattoor Ramakrishnan. He received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award and A. P. Kalakkad Award. He was also a school teacher and a recipient of the National Teachers Award.

## Life

Sivaraman was born on 13 December 1941 in Cheriyanad near Chengannur in the present-day Alleppey district of Kerala. He started his career as an upper primary school teacher. He was a teacher in Tamil Nadu, Malabar and Alleppey, and retired from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Mavelikkara. He received the National Teachers Award in 1989. The same year, he received the Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for the year 1988 for his short story collection Peruchazhikalude Maalam. He received a scholarship from the Kerala Sahitya Akademi in 1990-91 for the study of the works of the writer Parappurath. He received the A. P. Kalakkad Award in 2009. He was the president of Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society for nine years. He also served as the vice president of A. R. Raja Raja Varma Memorial Committee, office-bearer of Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham, and an executive member of the publication wing of Kerala Sahitya Akademi. He died on 12 September 2019 at a private hospital in Kollakadavu near Cheriyanad. His wife Sarasamma had predeceased him.
The Sivaraman Cheriyanad Award, instituted in his memory in 2023, is given annually to the best short story collection in Malayalam. The inaugural award was received by T. P. Venugopalan for his work Thunnalkkaran.

## Works
### Short story collections

| Year | Title | Title in Malayalam | Publisher |
| | Peruchazhikalude Maalam | പെരുച്ചാഴികളുടെ മാളം | |
| 2000 | Puthiya Padangal | പുതിയ പാഠങ്ങള്‍ | Trivandrum: Chintha |
| 1997 | Oru Pavam Kazhutha | ഒരു പാവം കഴുത | Trichur: Current Books |
| 1996 | Ingane Oro Vidditham | ഇങ്ങനെ ഓരോ വിഡ്ഢിത്തം | Trichur: Current Books |
| 1992 | Asidhara | അസിധാര | Alleppey: Janajagruti |
| 1988 | Valiyavarude Maranam Valiya Maranam | വലിയവരുടെ മരണം വലിയ മരണം | Kottayam: N.B.S. |
| 1980 | Neethipeedathile Kurudan | നീതിപീഠത്തിലെ കുരുടന്‍ | Kottayam: N.B.S. |
| 1977 | Vietnam Kathakal | വിയറ്റ്നാം കഥകള്‍ | Kottayam: Vidyarthi Mithram |
| 1977 | Kattinte Niram | കാറ്റിന്റെ നിറം | Trivandrum: Kerala Grandhasala Sangham |
| 2006 | Kallan Vasullayude Shashtipoorthi Smaranika: Oru Mukhakurippu | കള്ളന്‍ വാസൂള്ളയുടെ ഷഷ്ടിപൂര്‍ത്തി സ്മരണിക: ഒരു മുഖകുറിപ്പ് | Trivandrum: Chintha |
| 1978 | Udaya Geetham | ഉദയഗീതം | Calicut: Deshabhimani |
| | Bhranthillatha Bhranthan | ഭ്രാന്തില്ലാത്ത ഭ്രാന്തന്‍ | |
| | Daivathinte Kala | ദൈവത്തിന്റെ കാള | |
| | Thiranjedutha Kathakal | തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത കഥകള്‍ | |

### Novels

| Year | Title | Title in Malayalam | Publisher |
| 1983 | Adheham | അദ്ദേഹം | Kottayam: N.B.S. |
| 1981 | Koda | കോട | Calicut: Deshabhimani |
| 1979 | Tholu | തോല് | Calicut: Deshabhimani |
| 2005 | Bhagavathitheruvile Kattu | ഭഗവതിത്തെരുവിലെ കാറ്റ് | Calicut: Haritham Books |

### Children's literature

| Year | Title | Title in Malayalam | Publisher |
| 1978 | Cheppukudathile Chenkadal | ചെപ്പുകുടത്തിലെ ചെങ്കടല്‍ | Kottayam: Vidyarthi Mithram |
| 1984 | Koodu Veedu | കൂട് വീട് | Trivandrum: Bala Sahitya Institute |
| 1999 | Sundarapuri | സുന്ദരപുരി | Trivandrum: Bala Sahitya Institute |
| 1985 | Thenvarikka | തേന്‍വരിക്ക | Kottayam: S.P.C.S. |
| 1999 | Neyyappam | നെയ്യപ്പം | Kottayam: N.B.S. |
| 1981 | Anubombinte Pithavu | അണുബോംബിന്റെ പിതാവ് | Trivandrum: Chintha |
| | Munibalan | മുനിബാലന്‍ | |
| 1980 | Ammayude Kannuneer | അമ്മയുടെ കണ്ണുനീര്‍ | Trivandrum: KANFED |

### Scholarly literature

| Year | Title | Title in Malayalam | Publisher |
| 1995 | Parappurath: Onakattukarayude Kathakaran | പാറപ്പുറത്ത്: ഓണാട്ടുകരയുടെ കഥാകാരന്‍ | Trichur: Kerala Sahitya Akademi |
| | Malayattoor: Jeevithavum Krithikalum | മലയാറ്റൂര്‍: ജീവിതവും കൃതികളും | |

## Awards

* 1988: Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award – Peruchazhikalude Maalam
* 1989: National Teachers Award
* 2009: A. P. Kalakkad Award