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{{Short description|Indian academic and critic (1926–2012)}}
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'''Koloth Thattarath Sukumaran''', popularly known as '''Sukumar Azhikode''' (26 May 1926 – 24 January 2012) was an Indian academic, orator, critic and writer of [[Malayalam literature]], known for his contributions to [[Malayalam language]] and insights on [[Indian philosophy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/02/stories/2004110206260500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041104071045/http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/02/stories/2004110206260500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2004|title=Ezhuthachan Puraskaram for Sukumar Azhikode|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 November 2004|access-date=23 March 2009}}</ref> He was a scholar in [[Sanskrit]], Malayalam, and English languages and his work, ''Tatvamasi'', published in 1984, is a notable work for its detailed interpretation of [[Indian philosophy]], [[Vedas]] and [[Upanishads]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Renowned-Kerala-writer-Sukumar-Azhikode-passes-away/articleshow/11611159.cms|title=Renowned Kerala writer Sukumar Azhikode passes away|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=24 January 2012|access-date=24 January 2012}}</ref> He was a recipient of several honours including [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sahithya Akademi Award]], [[Vayalar Award]], [[Vallathol Award]] and [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], the highest literary award of the Government of Kerala. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2007, which he refused citing the award was a discrimination.

== Biography ==
Sukumar Azhikode was born on 12 May 1926, at [[Azhikode and Azhikkal|Azhikode]], a coastal village in the [[Kannur district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]], to Vidwan Panankavil Damodharan, a teacher, and his wife, Koloth Thattarathu Madhaviyamma, as the fourth of their six children.<ref name="Azheekodinte Athmakadha Sampoornam">{{Cite book |title=Azheekodinte Athmakadha Sampoornam |author=Sukumār Azhikode |date=2012 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=9788126436699 |location=Kottayam |oclc=829071738}}</ref> His early schooling was at Azhikode South Elementary School, and he passed the intermediate examination from Rajas High School [[Chirakkal, Kannur|Chirakkal]] in 1941 before studying [[ayurveda]] at Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Patasala for one year. Subsequently, he joined [[St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)|St. Aloysius College, Mangalore]], from where he graduated in commerce in 1943. 

Azhikode started his career as a clerk at the Kannur branch of [[Indian Overseas Bank]] but soon quit the job to pursue a teaching career for which he completed the teachers' training course from Government College of Teacher Education, [[Kozhikode]] (GCTE) and joined his alma mater, Rajas High School, Chirakkal, as a teacher in 1948.<ref name="Dr Sukumar Azhikode passes away - Doolnews">{{Cite web |url=http://english.doolnews.com/dr-sukumar-azhikode-passed-away-10722.html |title=Dr Sukumar Azhikode passes away - Doolnews |date=January 24, 2012 |website=english.doolnews.com |access-date=2019-02-06 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207130337/http://english.doolnews.com/dr-sukumar-azhikode-passed-away-10722.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> While serving as a teacher, he continued his studies through distance education and earned master's degrees in [[Sanskrit]] and [[Malayalam]] languages. He followed it up with a bachelor's degree in education from GCTE in 1952. During the next three and a half decades, he worked at various institutions, starting with [[St. Joseph's College, Devagiri]], and [[St. Aloysius College (Mangalore)|St. Aloysius College, Mangalore]], as a lecturer, as the principal at SNM Training College, [[Moothakunnam]], before joining the [[University of Calicut]] as the founder head and professor of the department of Malayalam.<ref name="Sukumar Azhikode: A great voice is stilled - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Sukumar-Azhikode-A-great-voice-is-stilled/articleshow/11611797.cms |title=Sukumar Azhikode: A great voice is stilled - Times of India |date=January 24, 2012 |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> In between, he secured a PhD in Malayalam literature in 1981 for his thesis, ''Western Influence in Malayalam Literary Criticism''. Later, he served as the pro vice chancellor and acting vice chancellor of the university.<ref name="Azheekodinte Athmakadha Sampoornam" />

Azhikode lived a bachelor throughout his life; his relationship with Vilasini teacher, to whom he had proposed, did not result in a marriage.<ref name="അഴീക്കോട് അപകീര്‍ത്തിപ്പെടുത്തി:വിലാസിനി ടീച്ചര്‍">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2011/08/24/kerala-vilasini-sends-legal-notice-to-ahikode-aid0031.html |title=അഴീക്കോട് അപകീര്‍ത്തിപ്പെടുത്തി:വിലാസിനി ടീച്ചര്‍ |last=Lakshmi |date=2011-08-24 |website=malayalam.oneindia.com |language=ml |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> He lived in [[Eravimangalam]], [[Thrissur]], towards the later part of his life and died on 24 January 2012, at [[Amala Institute of Medical Sciences]], [[Thrissur]].<ref name="Sukumar Azhikode passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://article.wn.com/view/2012/01/24/Sukumar_Azhikode_passes_away/ |title=Sukumar Azhikode passes away |website=article.wn.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> He was 85 years old and was suffering from bone cancer for which he had been hospitalized since 7 December 2011.<ref name="Renowned Kerala writer Sukumar Azhikode passes away - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Renowned-Kerala-writer-Sukumar-Azhikode-passes-away/articleshow/11611159.cms |title=Renowned Kerala writer Sukumar Azhikode passes away - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref name="Sukumar Azhikode: A great voice is stilled - Times of India" />

Azhikode had an accident in the early 2000s when he was returning to his Thrissur home after a speech. He had caught an auto from Thrissur railway station but had an accident resulting in a wound to the head. Since this happened in the early hours of the morning, the auto driver drove him to some of the private hospitals in Thrissur. Unfortunately, since this was an accident case and Azhikode had blood over his white kurta, he was refused treatment. The staff that refused him treatment did not realize his identity in the early morning hours. After a few failed attempts, Azhikode himself requested the auto driver to drive him to his friend's house at Punkunnam. This friend was Dr. T.I. Radhakrishnan, a renowned physician and neurologist. This is the same doctor who had looked after some of the other literary and cultural giants such as Vailopilli, G Kumarapillai, MK Menon Vilasini, and Krishnankutty Poduval of Kathakali, etc. Azhikode was provided with all necessary care, including Dr. Nalini Radhakrishnan suturing his forehead wound. Azhikode stayed at his friend Dr. Radhakrishnan’s clinic for a few weeks before going home. They remained very close friends until his death.

== Literary career ==
[[File:Sukumar azhikkod.jpg|thumb|235px|left|a public speech]]
[[File:Sukumar Azheekod Speaks in laloor.jpg|thumb|Sukumar Azhikode Speaks in [[Laloor]].]]
Sukumar Azhikode, considered by many as the leading Malayalam literary critic after the era of [[Joseph Mundassery]], [[M. P. Paul]] and [[Kuttikrishna Marar]]<ref name="The conscience-keeper of our age">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/the-consciencekeeper-of-our-age/article2827844.ece |title=The conscience-keeper of our age |last=Santhosh |first=K. |date=2012-01-24 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> and one of the greatest Malayalam orators, wrote a number of books on literary criticism, philosophy and social issues,<ref name="Azhikode a Unique Orator: PSC Chief">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2015/may/13/azhikode-a-unique-orator-psc-chief-759962.html |title=Azhikode a Unique Orator: PSC Chief |date=2019-02-06 |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref name="Renowned Malayalam writer dead - UCAN India Mobile Site">{{Cite web |url=http://m.ucanindia.in/news/renowned-malayalam-writer-dead-16655.html |title=Renowned Malayalam writer dead - UCAN India Mobile Site |date=2019-02-06 |website=m.ucanindia.in |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref><ref name="Litterateur Sukumar Azhikode passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/Litterateur-Sukumar-Azhikode-passes-away/article20388353.ece |title=Litterateur Sukumar Azhikode passes away |last=PTI |website=@businessline |language=en |access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> including ''Thatvamasi'',<ref name="Thathwamasi">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80136&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Thathwamasi |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1984 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}</ref> a treatise on [[Indian philosophy]], [[Vedas]] and [[Upanishads]] which received 12 awards;<ref name="Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode dead">{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/malayalam-writer-sukumar-azhikode-dead/story-OmdEFp7bCvc0bkHkA4f7AN.html |title=Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode dead |date=2012-01-24 |website=hindustantimes.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> the book also paved way for another book, ''Thathwamasi Prabhashanangal'',<ref name="Thathwamasi Prabhashanangal">{{Cite book |title=Thathwamasi Prabhashanangal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-81-264-6168-4}}</ref> a compilation of four speeches made by Azhikode on the book.<ref name="Azhikode a Unique Orator: PSC Chief" /> Six of his books are on Malayalam literature,; ''Malayala Sahityavimarsanam'' (Criticism of Malayalam Literature)<ref name="Malayala Sahitya Vimarsanam">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77566&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Malayala Sahitya Vimarsanam |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1981 |publisher=Vallaththol Vidya Peetdam |location=Sukapuram}}</ref> and ''Malayala Sahitya Patanangal'' (Studies on Malayalam Literature)<ref name="Malayala Sahitya Patanangal">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306471&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Malayala Sahitya Patanangal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1986 |publisher=D.C.Books |location=Kottayam}}</ref> are general studies, two others, ''Shankarakkuruppu Vimarshikkappedunnu'' (Sankara Kurup Critiqued)<ref name="Sankara Kuruppu Vimarsikkappedunnu">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65184&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Sankara Kuruppu Vimarsikkappedunnu |last=Sukumar Azhikode}}</ref> and ''Mahakavi Ulloor'' (The Great Poet Ulloor) are studies of the works of [[G. Sankara Kurup]] and [[Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer]] while the remaining two, ''Aasaante Seethaakaavyam'' (Asan's Seetha Kavyam)<ref name="Aashaante Seethaakavyam">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=72934&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Aashaante Seethaakavyam |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1970 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangam |location=Kottayam}}</ref> and ''Ramananum Malayalakavitayum'' (Ramanan and Malayalam Poetry)<ref name="Ramananum Malayala Kavithayum">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=202510&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Ramananum Malayala Kavithayum |last=Sukumar Azhikode |publisher=Ahammadkunchu & Brothers |location=Ahammadkunchu & Brothers}}</ref> are critical analysis of two classic poems, ''Chinthavishtayaya Seetha'' of [[Kumaran Asan]] and ''[[Ramanan (play in verse)|Ramanan]]'' of [[Changampuzha Krishna Pillai]]. Besides several studies on various topics, he also published a book compiling some of his orations under the title, ''Azhikodinte Prabhashanangal''(Orations of Azhikode)<ref name="Azheekodinde Prabashanangal">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=223319&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Azheekodinde Prabashanangal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1995 |publisher=Thrissur Current |location=Thrissur Current}}</ref> and ''Azhikodinte Phalithangal'' (Jokes of Azhikode) which narrates his jokes and their situations. He also translated [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' into Malayalam under the title, ''Huckleberry Finninte Vikramangal''.<ref name="Huckleberry Finninte Vikramangal">{{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=285025&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Huckleberry Finninte Vikramangal |last1=Twain |first1=Mark |last2=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2009 |publisher=Green books |isbn=9788184231540 |location=Thrissur}}</ref>

== Social activism and controversies ==
Sukumar Azhikode was an active commentator on the changes in the society and his speeches on the [[demolition of the Babri Masjid]] were reported to have been notable; his speeches regularly featured comments on historical figures such as [[Buddha]], [[Jesus Christ]], [[Muhammad]], Gandhiji and [[Ram Manohar Lohia]].<ref name="Sukumar Azhikode: A great voice is stilled - Times of India" /> He was also vocal on contemporaries including [[V. S. Achuthanandan]],<ref name="Sukumar Azhikode - Veethi profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/sukumar_azhikode-profile-2174-25.htm |title=Sukumar Azhikode - Veethi profile |date=2019-02-07 |website=veethi.com |access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> [[G. Sankara Kurup]] and [[K. Karunakaran]], among others.<ref name="Renowned Malayalam writer dead - UCAN India Mobile Site" /> His war of words with [[Mohanlal]], the Malayalam film actor, drew public interest, and led to Azhikode serving a legal notice on the actor.<ref name="Mohanlal and Azhikode patch up">{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/mohanlal-and-azhikode-patch-up-427644.html |title=Mohanlal and Azhikode patch up |website=News18 |date=12 December 2011 |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> He was also involved in public exchanges of differences with Vellapally Natesan, the general secretary of [[Sree Narayana Trust]]<ref name="Author Sukumar Azhikode: a man of the masses">{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/books/author-sukumar-azhikode-a-man-of-the-masses-440253.html |title=Author Sukumar Azhikode: a man of the masses |website=News18 |date=24 January 2012 |access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> and [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]], the film actor<ref name="അഴീക്കോടുമായി തര്‍ക്കിക്കണം: ഇന്നസെന്റ്">{{Cite web |url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2011/12/17/kerala-innocent-visits-sukumar-azhikode-hospital-aid0032.html |title=അഴീക്കോടുമായി തര്‍ക്കിക്കണം: ഇന്നസെന്റ് |last=Babu |first=Ajith |date=2011-12-17 |website=malayalam.oneindia.com |language=ml |access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> and contested an election to the Lok Sabha, unsuccessfully, the only time he was involved in active politics.<ref name="Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/malayalam-writer-sukumar-azhikode-passes-away/20120124.htm |title=Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode passes away |website=Rediff |access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
[[File:Sukumar Azhikode Memorial Payyambalam.jpg|thumb|Sukumar Azhikode memorial at [[Payyambalam Beach]], Kannur]]
Sukumar Azhikode received the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism|literary criticism]] in 1984 for his work, ''Malayala Sahitya Vimarshanam'';<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Criticism_Studies.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism |date=2019-02-07 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-07}}</ref> a year later, Akademi honoured him again with their [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works|award for miscellaneous works]]; ''Thatvamasi'' earning him the award.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/others.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Miscellaneous Works |date=2019-02-06 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> ''Thatvamasi'' received another honour the next year in the form of 1985 [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Malayalam Writers|Sahitya Akademi Award]],<ref name="Literary Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |title=Literary Awards |date=2007-05-24 |access-date=2019-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524212356/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/awards.htm |archive-date=24 May 2007 }}</ref> followed by yet another award, [[Vayalar Award]] in 1989.<ref name="Winners of Vayalar Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/vayalar-award/575 |title=Winners of Vayalar Award |date=2019-02-06 |website=keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> He was the recipient of the 1997 ''DALA Award'' of the Dubai Art Lovers Association.<ref name="Dala Award winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Dala Award winners |date=2019-02-06 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> The Government of Kerala awarded him for their highest literary honour, the [[Ezhuthachan Puraskaram]], in 2004<ref name="Sukumar Azhikode: A great voice is stilled - Times of India" /> and the Government of India selected him for the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2007.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2019 | access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref> However, Azhikode refused the award, citing that the gradation of civilian honours were a form of discrimination.<ref name="Azhikode rejects award">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/27/stories/2007012707930400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117140444/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/27/stories/2007012707930400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2012 |title=Azhikode rejects award |date=27 January 2007 |access-date=13 August 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=India}}</ref> He was also a recipient of the [[Vallathol Award]] which he received in 2007<ref name="Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Vallathol Literary Awards |date=2019-02-06 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> and the Rajaji Award.<ref name="Rajaji Award Winners">{{Cite web |url=https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/12080-rajaji-award |title=Rajaji Award Winners |date=2019-02-06 |website=www.goodreads.com |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> The Government of Kerala acquired the property of Sukumar Azhikode in 2013 and set up a memorial for him. The memorial holds a museum where his books and personal belongings are on display.<ref name="The state government will take over late Sukumar Azhikode's house and property in Thrissur at a value of Rs.51.25 lakhs and it will be converted into a cultural memorial. All the books belonging to Azhikode will be preserved at this memorial">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-state-government-will-take-over-late-Sukumar-Azhikodes-house-and-property-in-Thrissur-at-a-value-of-Rs-51-25-lakhs-and-it-will-be-converted-into-a-cultural-memorial-All-the-books-belonging-to-Azhikode-will-be-preserved-at-this-memorial-/articleshow/18831373.cms |title=The state government will take over late Sukumar Azhikode's house and property in Thrissur at a value of Rs.51.25 lakhs and it will be converted into a cultural memorial. All the books belonging to Azhikode will be preserved at this memorial |date=2013 |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> Another memorial for the writer has been set up at [[Payyambalam Beach]] by Sukumar Azhikode Cultural Center<ref name="Memorial for Azhikode on Payyambalam beach is illegal - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Memorial-for-Azhikode-on-Payyambalam-beach-is-illegal/articleshow/18126732.cms |title=Memorial for Azhikode on Payyambalam beach is illegal - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> and a [[Kannur]]-based cultural association has instituted an annual award, ''Sukumar Azhikode Memorial Award''; [[M. Mukundan]], [[K. Jayakumar]] and [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] are some of the recipients of the award.<ref name="Lyricist Sreekumaran Thampi bags Sukumar Azhikode Memorial Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.uniindia.com/lyricist-sreekumaran-thampi-bags-sukumar-azhikode-memorial-award/states/news/1006445.html |title=Lyricist Sreekumaran Thampi bags Sukumar Azhikode Memorial Award |date=October 2, 2017 |website=United News of India}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
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* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=202510&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Ramananum Malayala Kavithayum |last=Sukumar Azhikode |publisher=Ahammadkunchu & Brothers |location=Ahammadkunchu & Brothers}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=80136&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Thathwamasi |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1984 |publisher=S.P.C.S |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77566&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Malayala Sahitya Vimarsanam |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1981 |publisher=Vallaththol Vidya Peetdam |location=Sukapuram}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=65184&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Sankara Kuruppu Vimarsikkappedunnu |last=Sukumar Azhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=72934&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Aashaante Seethaakavyam |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1970 |publisher=Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakarana Sangam |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81224&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Viswasahitya Padanangal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1986 |publisher=DCB |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81222&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Khandanavum Mandanavum |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1986 |publisher=DCB |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=81221&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Thathwavum Manushyanum |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1986 |publisher=DCB |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=77761&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Purogamana Sahithyavum Mattum |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1980 |publisher=Poorna Publications |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=71662&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Mahathmavinte Margam |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1968 |publisher=S.P.C.S}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86222&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Bharathiyatha |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2007 |publisher=D.C. Books |isbn=9788171309931 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84252&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Priyappetta Azhicodinu: Letters |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2001 |publisher=Current Books |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85792&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Darsanam, Samooham, Vyakthi |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2007 |publisher=Lipi |isbn=9788188011476 |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85355&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Azheekodinte Lekhanangal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2006 |publisher=Matrubhoomi |isbn=9788182642430 |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85303&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Nattellu Enna Gunam |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2006 |publisher=Olive Publications |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=84743&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Guruvinte Dukham |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2002 |publisher=Lipi |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=201661&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Akasham Nashtapedunna India |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1996 |publisher=P.K. Brothers |location=Calicut}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=103819&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Vayanayude Swargathil |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1980}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=214587&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Pathakal Kazhchakal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1997 |publisher=Manadavady Phinix |location=Manadavady Phinix}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=299522&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Indian Avasthakal |last=Sukumar |first=Azhikode |date=2011 |publisher=New Books |edition= 1st |location=Kannur}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=257653&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Janalakkazhchakal |last=Azhikode |first=Sukumar |date=2009 |publisher=LIPI books |isbn=9788188013180 |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=306471&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Malayala Sahitya Patanangal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1986 |publisher=D.C.Books |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |title=Thathwamasi Prabhashanangal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-81-264-6168-4}}
* ''Entinu Bharatadare''
* ''Azhikodinte Phalitangal'' (Jokes of Azhikode)
* ''Mahakavi Ulloor'' (The Great Poet Ulloor)
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=== Memoirs and personal writings ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=98282&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Arangukaliloode |last1=Sukumar Azheekode |last2=Jayprakash Peringottukurissi |date=2011 |publisher=D C Books |isbn=9788126430086 |location=Kottayam}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=215703&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Oru Koottam Pazhaya Kathukal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1963 |publisher=Mathrubhumi |location=Mathrubhumi}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=223319&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Azheekodinde Prabashanangal |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=1995 |publisher=Thrissur Current |location=Thrissur Current}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85790&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Vaayichu Valarnna Katha |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2007 |publisher=Lipi |isbn=9788188801008 |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86039&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Azheekodinte Lokathil: Dr. Sukumar Azheekodumayulla Abhimukham |last=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2008 |publisher=Current Books |location=Thrissur}}

=== Translations ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=285025&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Azhikode |title=Huckleberry Finninte Vikramangal |last1=Twain |first1=Mark |last2=Sukumar Azhikode |date=2009 |publisher=Green books |isbn=9788184231540 |location=Thrissur}}

== See also ==
* [[List of Indian writers]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yua16G4LHQE  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/yua16G4LHQE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title="Vaakkinte Kadal"-Special Program on Sukumar Azhikode Part 1 |last=asianetnews |date=January 23, 2012 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-02-06}}{{cbignore}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o85eIjPpWfk  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/o85eIjPpWfk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title="Vaakkinte Kadal"-Special Program on Sukumar Azhikode Part 2 |last=asianetnews |date=January 23, 2012 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-02-06}}{{cbignore}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8C5mZzxCXI  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/x8C5mZzxCXI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Sukumar Azhikode - Life and Work (Malayalam) |last=TK Kochunarayanan |date=May 2, 2016 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-02-06}}{{cbignore}}

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