Talk:Susmesh Chandroth

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Request for update - Editor of MERISTEM MAGAZINE and new books

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1. Update Lead Paragraph - Add: Susmesh Chandroth is an Indian writer in Malayalam and Editor of MERISTEM MAGAZINE, a book review magazine based in Kolkata. He has been settled in Kolkata for the last 13 years. He has authored around 40 books across novels, stories, children's literature, essays and blog writings.

2. Update Awards Section - Please add with citations:

DC Books Novel Carnival Award (2004) for debut novel D
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Geetha Hiranyan Endowment (2010) for story collection Swarnamahal
Kerala State Television Award for Best Screenplay (2011) for Athira 10 C
Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2011) for story collection Maranavidyalayam
Malayala Manorama Book of the Year (2012) for novel Paper Lodge
Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Poorva Mekhala Pravasi Amateur Drama Award (2018) for play Aanidevam
His play Adimavamsam was broadcast by All India Radio Kerala stations during the 2007 Akhila Kerala Natakolsavam.

3. Update Literary Activities: In October 2010, he represented Malayalam at Kendra Sahitya Akademi's symposium "Historical legacy and writing in the Commonwealth" held in Delhi in connection with Commonwealth Games. In 2010, he participated in Yuva Lekhak Sammelan at Shantiniketan organized by Kendra Sahitya Akademi in connection with Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary. In September 2015, he represented Malayalam at the North-East and Southern Writers' Meet organized by Kendra Sahitya Akademi in Pondicheri.

4. Update Filmography:

Wrote screenplay for the film Pakal (2006)
Wrote and directed biographical documentaries Padmini (2018) based on painter T. K. Padmini and Nalinakanthi (2023) based on writer T. Padmanabhan
His stories including Maranavidyalayam and others have been adapted into films including National Award-winning film Oru Pathira Swapnam Pole

5. Updated Complete Bibliography:

Novels:

D (D C Books)
9 (Green Books)
Paper Lodge (Mathrubhumi Books)
athmachaya (Mathrubhumi Books)
Desathinte Rathihasam (Manorama Books)
Kattupayakmappal (Manorama Books)
Vazhichenda (Mathrubhumi Books, 2024) - considered one of the biggest novels in recent Malayalam literature

Short Story Collections: Add these books.

Sujatha (Mathrubhumi Books, 2019)
Bharathettan (Manorama Books, 2024)
Kadanakuthoohalam (SPCS, Kottayam, 2025)
Mathanga Vithukalude Vilapavum Mattu Mathakalum (Green Books, 2026)

Essays: Add this too.

Unnesoppookkalirikkunna Pustakangalum Mattu Lekhanangalum (SPCS, Kottayam)

His works have been translated into various Indian languages and included in textbooks. He has lived in Kochi and Bengaluru and is now based in Kolkata.

Sources: Kendra Sahitya Akademi, Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Mathrubhumi Books, Manorama Books, SPCS and MERISTEM MAGAZINE.

Thank you. ~2026-57448-45 (talk) 05:56, 27 October 2026 (UTC)Reply