Sreekumari Ramachandran ശ്രീകുമാരി രാമചന്ദ്രൻ | |
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Born | P. Sreekumari 1950 (age 73–74) Cochin, Kerala |
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | Visharad by Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha |
Alma mater | University of Kerala |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, Short Story Writer, Dancer, orator, columnist |
Years active | 1988 – present |
Known for | Malayalam Literature – Writer |
Spouse | C. Ramachandra Menon |
Children | Reghu, Mohan |
Parent | Mr. V.K. Prabhakara Menon & Mrs Seetha Devi |
Sreekumari Ramachandran (Malayalam: ശ്രീകുമാരി രാമചന്ദ്രൻ) is a Malayalam–language novelist, short story writer, orator, columnist, trained dancer and an accomplished singer from Kerala, India.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Sreekumari was born and brought up in Cochin. She is a graduate in Economics and is a Visharad in Hindi language. From a very early age, she was trained in Karnatic music and dance.
At the age of 10, in 1960 she won the 1st prize for folk dance in the Kerala State School Youth Festival. In the year 1962, she again won the 1st prize for Bharatanatyam and in 1964, won 1st prize for Music. IN 1966, won Ramankutty Menon Gold Medal for Karnatic Music from Maharaja's College Ernakulam.
After an early marriage to Adv.C.Ramachandra Menon, she chose to live the quite life of a homemaker for nearly twenty years. She started writing in the year 1988. By 1992 she got auditioned by the All India Radio and was subsequently elevated to B High grade in music.[7] Since then she has presented Sugam Sangeet and Bhakthi Sangeeth on A.I.R Trichur and Doordarshan Trivandrum.[8] She is the Founder President of Indian Society of Authors (Kerala Chapter),[9] President of Toon Arts India, New Delhi and was the member of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy from 2002 to 2005. She has also served as a jury member of Kerala State Film Award Committee, Mathrubhumi – Medimix Film Award Committee and Filmfare Awards Committee.
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