Uroob (1915 – 1979) was a famous Malayalam writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 from Kerala state, South India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

. He along with writers like Basheer

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was a Malayalam fiction writer from the state of Kerala in India. He was a humanist, freedom fighter, novelist and short story writer. He is noted for his pathbreaking, disarmingly down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary critics as well...

, Thakazhi, Kesavadev

Kesavadev

P. Kesava Pillai , better known by his pen-name P. Kesavadev, was a novelist and social reformer of Kerala state, South India...

, and Pottekkatt

S. K. Pottekkatt

Sankaran Kutty Pottekkatt , popularly known as S. K. Pottekkatt, was a famous Malayalam writer from Kerala state, South India...

 formed the progressive writers in Malayalam during the twentieth century. Uroob is a recipient of Kendra Sahithya Academy Award

Sahitya Akademi Award

Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...

 (Malayalam) for his novel Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum.

Career

Uroob is the penname of P. C. Kuttikrishnan. He was a prominent member of the literary circle that had formed in the 1930s in Ponnani

Ponnani

Ponnani/Ponani is an ancient port, a coastal town and a municipality in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 9.32 km2. Ponnani taluk is the smallest Taluk in Malappuram district. This tiny, picturesque town is bounded by the Arabian Sea on the west...

. Others in the group are the eminent critic Kuttikrishna Marar

Kuttikrishna Marar

Kuttikrishna Marar was an Indian essayist and literary critic born in Pattambi, Kerala. Perhaps he was an odd personality who showed courage to question anything that he felt wrong in the field of literary criticism. He never hesitated to show his antipathy to adoration and imitation in the...

, young poets Edasseri Govindan Nair

Edasseri Govindan Nair

Edasseri Govindan Nair is a prominent Malayalam poet. His works include 19 books and over 300 poems in 10 anthologies, 6 books of plays and a collection of essays....

, Akkitham

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri , popularly known as Akkitham, is a Malayalam poet. He was born in 1926 at Kumaranallur in Palakkad District, Kerala and lives there. He is a well known Malayalam poet, essayist, editor and a highly decorated literary personality among contemporary Malayalam writers...

, Kadavanad Kuttikrishnan, and Moothedath Narayanan Vaidyar. Uroob had spent the best years of his creative life in Kozhikode

Kozhikode

Kozhikode During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikkode was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District...

 where he was working in All India Radio

All India Radio

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. He, later went to Thiruvanathapuram as editor of Kunkumam magazine and from there to Kottayam

Kottayam

Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...

 to work as editor of Bhashaposhini

Bhashaposhini

Bhashaposhini is an Indian monthly magazine. It is one of the oldest Malayalam literary review magazines.Bhashaposhini was first published in 1892. After a long break, this publication has been revived by the Malayala Manorama group of Publications...

 published by Malayala Manorama

Malayala Manorama

Malayala Manorama is a daily news paper, in Malayalam language, published in the state of Kerala, India. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 16 million . The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer"...

 group.

One of the most progressive novels in Malayalam, Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum (The Beautiful and the Handsome) was authored by Uroob. His other notable works include Ummachu

Ummachu

Ummachu is a Malayalam novel written by Uroob in 1954. Ummachu along with Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum are considered the best works by Uroob and are ranked among the finest novels in Malayalam. In Ummachu, Uroob explores the ramifications of human relationships in a village.-Theme:Ummachu is a saga...

and Aniyara.

Uroob Memorial Literary Museum at the Kiliyanad School in Kozhikode

Kozhikode

Kozhikode During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikkode was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District...

 is named in his honor.

Major works

Novels

• Aamina(1948)
• Kunjammayum Koottukarum(1952)
• Ummachu
  Ummachu
  Ummachu is a Malayalam novel written by Uroob in 1954. Ummachu along with Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum are considered the best works by Uroob and are ranked among the finest novels in Malayalam. In Ummachu, Uroob explores the ramifications of human relationships in a village.-Theme:Ummachu is a saga...
  
  (1954)
• Mindappennu(1956)
• Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum (1958)
• Chuzhiku Pimbe Chuzhi(1967)
• Aniyara(1968)
• Ammini(1972)

Short stories

• Gopalan Nayarude Thaddi
• Velutha Kutti
• Manjinmarayile Sooryan
• Rachiyamma
• Neer Chalukal
• Navonmesham
• Kathir-Katta
• Thurannita Jalakam
• Neela Mala
• Kumbedukunna Mannu
• Ullavarum Ellathaverum
• Thamara Thopi
• Lathiyum Pookalum
• Mukham Mudikal
• Vasandhayude Amma
• Moulavium Changathimarum
• Nilavinde Rahasyam
• 3334-enta Charithum
• Reserve Chayyatha Berth

Poems

• Pirannal

Plays (theater)

• Mannum Pennum
• Theekondu Kalikaruth
• Miss Chinnuvum Lady Januvum

Essay compilations

• Kavi Samelanam
• Uroobinde Shaniazhichakal
• Uroobinde Lekhanangal

Children's stories

• Anka Veeran
• Apuvinde Lokam
• Mallanum Maranavum

Screen plays

• Neelakuyil
• Rarichan Enna Pouran
• Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu
  Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu
  Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu is a 1958 Malayalam film directed by P. Bhaskaran and written by Uroob based on his own story Business. Ragini and Sathyan play the lead roles, with Prema, Pankajavalli and T. S. Muthayya in major supporting roles. It received a certicifcate of merit at the National Film...
  
  
• Ummachu
  Ummachu (film)
  Ummachu is a 1971 Malayalam film directed by P. Bhaskaran and written by Uroob. It is an adaptation of Uroob's highly acclaimed and popular novel of the same name . The cast includes Sheela as Ummachu, Madhu as Mayan and Nellikode Bhaskaran as Beeran...
  
  
• Kurukshetram
• Thrisandhya

Short film

• Rachiyamma

Awards

• Madras Govt. Award (1948) (Kathir-katta)
• Madras Govt. Award(1949) (Thurannu eta jalakam)
• Madras Govt. Award(1951) (Kuumbedukuna manu)
• President of India's silver medal for story & screen play(1954) (Neelakuyil)
• Kerala Sahithya Academy
  Kerala Sahithya Academy
  Kerala Sahitya Akademi or Academy for Malayalam literature is an autonomous body established to promote Malayalam language and literature. It is situated in Thrissur, Kerala in India. The academy was inaugurated on October 15, 1956, by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the former king of...
  
   Award(1959) (Ummachu)
• M.P. Paul award(1960) (gopalan nayarude thady)
• Sahitya Akademi Award
  Sahitya Akademi Award
  Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
  
   (New Delhi
  New Delhi
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  ) (1960) (Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum)
• Kerala State Film Award
  Kerala State Film Award
  The Kerala State Film Awards are the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, India....
  
  for Story writer (1971) (Ummachu)
• Ashan centinary award (1973) (Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum)