UROOB

Uroob (P. C. Kuttikrishnan) (1915–1979) was born on June 8, 1915, in Paruthulli Chalappuram House in Pallippuram village near Ponnani. After completing his high school education, he wandered across various parts of South India without a clear direction, taking on diverse jobs such as compounder, teacher, clerk, supervisor in a banyan company, reader at K. R. Brothers, and editorial board member of Mangalamodayam magazine. From 1950 to 1975, he worked at All India Radio, Kozhikode, as a staff artist and producer. Later, he served as the editor of Kumkumam weekly and then the Malayala Manorama weekly magazine. His novel Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum received the Sahitya Akademi Award. Uroob authored around forty works, spanning novels, short stories, poems, plays, children’s literature, and essays. He also wrote the story and screenplay for Neelakkuyil, the first Malayalam film to win a national award. Uroob passed away on July 10, 1979, while serving as the editor of the Malayala Manorama weekly.