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| Born | (1955-11-28)28 November 1955 Kattoor, Thrissur,Kerala, India |
| Died | 25 November 1999(1999-11-25) (aged 43) Kozhikode, Kerala |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Spouse | Zeenath |
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T. V. Kochubava (1955–1999) was an Indian writer ofMalayalam literature, known for his novels and short stories. He published twenty three books covering the genres of novels, short stories, translations and plays and was a recipient of a number of awards including theKerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 1996, besides several other honours.
Kochubava was born on 28 November 1955 atKattoor village inThrissur district of the south Indian state ofKerala to Veeravu, a coir merchant and his wife, Beevathu, in a family with limited financial resources.[1] After early schooling at St. George's Convent UP School,Karanchira and Pompei St. Mary's High Secondary School, Kattoor, he graduated fromSree Narayana College, Nattika before moving toSharjah to work at a private company for the next two decades.[2] On his return to India, he joinedGulf Voice as its editor and settled in Kozhikode.[1]
Kochubava was married to Zeenath and the couple had a son and a daughter.[3] He died on 25 November 1999, at the age of 43, of a heart attack.[1]
He authored 23 books, including a play, novels and short story anthologies.[4]Vridhasadanam, theKerala Sahitya Akademi Award winning novel, short story anthologies such asEppozhethumo Entho andPrarthanakalode Nilkkunnu andCheckuthan Arrestil, a play, feature among his notable works.[5] He also wrote one screenplay,Balloon, which won the first prize in the screenplay competition conducted byNana Film Weekly in 1981.[1] It was adapted into a movie the next year under the same name, in whichMukesh made his acting debut.[6]Jalamalika, his short story anthology, is a prescribed text for BA Malayalam course atPondicherry University.[7]
Kochubava received the Ankanam Award in 1989 for his anthology,Soochikkuzhayil Oru Yacob, the book also received theState Bank of Travancore Literary Award the next year.[2] He received one more award in 1995, theCherukad Award for his novel,Vridhasadanam;[8]Kerala Sahitya Akademi also picked the book for theirannual award for novel in 1996.[9] He received two more award in 1997, the Thoppil Ravi Award for his novel,Upajanmam and the V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award for the anthology,Jalamalika.[2]
T. V. Kochubava Literary Award is an eponymous award instituted in his memory, for recognising excellence in Malayalam literature; the recipients includeAkbar Kakkattil,[10]Sandeep Pampally[11] andK. Rekha.[12] Balachandran Vadakkedath, a writer friend of Kochubava, published a book,Janmasradham, in 2014, which features his biography as well as a critical study of his works.[4] Vadakkedath also published another book on Kochubava, under the title,Kochubhava Kathayum Kaalavum.[13]
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