page_title: Sukumar Azhikode
section_title: Literary career
hierarchical_section_title: Sukumar Azhikode / Literary career
caption_attribution_description: English: well known thinker living in kerala..giving his talk in the occasion of fokkana award distribution to ramesan blathur at thiruvananthapuram on 1993
context_page_description: Sukumar Azhikode was an Indian academic, orator, critic and writer of Malayalam literature, known for his contributions to Malayalam language and insights on Indian philosophy. He was a scholar in Sanskrit, Malayalam, and English languages and his work, Tatvamasi, published in 1984, is a notable work for its detailed interpretation of Indian philosophy, Vedas and Upanishads. He was a recipient of several honours including Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award, Vayalar Award, Vallathol Award and Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the highest literary award of the Government of Kerala. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2007, which he refused citing the award was a discrimination.
context_section_description: Sukumar Azhikode, considered by many as the leading Malayalm literary critic after the era of Joseph Mundassery, M. P. Paul and Kuttikrishna Marar and one of the greatest Malayalam orators, wrote a number of books on literary criticism, philosophy and social issues, including Thatvamasi, a treatise on Indian philosophy, Vedas and Upanishads which received 12 awards; the book also paved way for another book, Thathwamasi Prabhashanangal, a compilation of four speeches made by Azhikode on the book. Six of his books are on Malayalam literature,; Malayala Sahityavimarsanam (Criticism of Malayalam Literature) and Malayala Sahitya Patanangal (Studies on Malayalam Literature) are general studies, two others, Shankarakkuruppu Vimarshikkappedunnu (Sankara Kurup Critiqued) and Mahakavi Ulloor (The Great Poet Ulloor) are studies of the works of G. Sankara Kurup and Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer while the remaining two, Aasaante Seethaakaavyam (Asan's Seetha Kavyam) and Ramananum Malayalakavitayum (Ramanan and Malayalam Poetry) are critical analysis of two classic poems, Chinthavishtayaya Seetha of Kumaran Asan and Ramanan of Changampuzha Krishna Pillai. Besides several studies on various topics, he also published a book compiling some of his orations under the title, Azhikodinte Prabhashanangal(Orations of Azhikode) and Azhikodinte Phalithangal (Jokes of Azhikode) which narrates his jokes and their situations. He also translated Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn into Malayalam under the title, Huckleberry Finninte Vikramangal.
caption: a public speech
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