K. Shankar Pillai
(Dialihkan dari K. shankar pillai)
Kesava Shankara Pillai (31 Juli 1902 – 26 Desember 1989), yang lebih dikenal sebagai Shankar, adalah seorang kartunis asal India. Ia dianggap merupakan bapak kartun politik di India.[1] Ia mendirikan Shankar's Weekly, Punch cabang India pada tahun 1948. Shankar's Weekly juga memproduksi kartunis-kartunis seperti Abu Abraham, Ranga dan Kutty. Ia menutup majalah tersebut pada Masa Darurat India pada 25 Juni 1975. Dari situ, ia beralih menjadi penghibur anak-anak.
| K. Shankar Pillai | |
|---|---|
| Lahir | 31 Juli 1902 Kayamkulam, Kerala |
| Meninggal | 26 Desember 1989 (umur 87) |
| Almamater | University Science College, Trivandrum |
| Pekerjaan | kartunis, penulis |
| Tahun aktif | 1932–1986 |
| Dikenal atas | Shankar's Weekly Children's Book Trust Shankar's International Dolls Museum |
| Penghargaan | Padma Vibhushan (1976) |
Ia dianugerahi Padma Vibhushan pada 1976, penghargaan sipil tertinggi kedua yang diberikan oleh Pemerintah India.[2] Saat ini, ia banyak dikenang karena mendirikan Children's Book Trust yang didirikan pada 1957 dan Museum Boneka Mancanegara Shankar pada 1965.[3]
Daftar pustaka sunting
- Shankar (1937), 101 Cartoons from the Hindustan Times. Dehli: Printed at the Hindustan Times Press. One hundred and one cartoons from the Hindustan Times; With a foreword by Jawaharlal Nehru.
- Shankar (1965), Life with grandfather. New Delhi, Children's Book Trust. Written and illustrated by Shankar: An orphan Indian boy being raised by his grandparents tells stories about his life.
- Shankar (1983), Don't spare me Shankar: Jawaharlal Nehru. New Delhi: Children's Book Trust. Reproduction of 400 selected cartoons from the Shankar's weekly, 20 June 1948 – 17 May 1964.
- Khanduri. 2014. Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History of the Modern World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/authors/246935
Bacaan tambahan sunting
- K. Shankar Pillai Our Leaders, Volume 11. Children's Book Trust, ISBN 81-7011-955-3. P 149-174.
Referensi sunting
- ^ Khorana, Meena (1991). The Indian subcontinent in literature for children and young adults. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-25489-3.
- ^ Padma Vibhushan Awardees
- ^ Tribute to Shankar The Hindu, 2 August 2002.
Pranala luar sunting
- Shankar at Children's Book Trust
- The Ingenious Cartoonist with an Aching Heart Diarsipkan 2010-08-29 di Wayback Machine.
- Shankar's International Dolls Museum Diarsipkan 2009-05-02 di Wayback Machine.
- Shankar's Works at WorldCat