S. K. Pottekkatt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

S. K. Pottekkatt

Indian politician and writer

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1913

Place of Birth: Kozhikode, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1982

Profession: writer, poet, politician, author, diarist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sankaran Kutty Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982), popularly known as S.
K.
Pottekkatt, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a politician from Kerala, India.
He was the author of nearly sixty books which include ten novels, twenty-four collections of short stories, three anthologies of poems, eighteen travelogues, four plays, a collection of essays and a couple of books based on personal reminiscences.
he was a recipient of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel, Sahitya Akademi Award and the Njanapeedam.
His works have been translated into English, Italian, Russian, German and Czech, besides all major Indian languages.