Cherukad biography of william

CHERUKAD:

Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi (August 26, 1914 - October 28, 1976), commonly known as Cherukad, was a Malayalam-language playwright, novelist, poet and political activist, associated with the Communist movement in Kerala.

 

Cherukad was born in Chemmalasseri(Pulamanthol) in Valluvanad  taluk to Kizheettil Pisharath Karunakara Pisharody and Cherukad Pisharath Narayani Pisharasiar.

He got elementary training in Sanskrit from Guru Gopalanezhuthssan. After completing high school education, he joined as a teacher in Chemmalassery Aided Mappila School. He passed Vidvan Examination from Madras and worked in many schools as teacher before joining Pattambi Sanskrit College as Lecturer.

Cherukad's politically charged writing was influential in defining the Malayalam literature of the fifties and sixties. His political life was connected with the lives of the leading