Punathil Kunjabdulla
Punathil Kunjabdulla | |
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Born | Vatakara, Kozhikode |
Occupation | Writer, short-story writer |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Novel, poet |
Punathil Kunjabdulla (born 1940) is a well-known Malayalam language novelist and poet from Kerala state, South India. He is a medical doctor by profession. Kunjabdulla is a modernist in Malayalam literature.[1][2] His novel Smarakasilakal (Memorial Stones) won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award (Malayalam) in 1980.[3]
Profession
Born in Vatakara in Kozhikode district, Kunjabdulla received a bachelor's degree from Brennen College, Thalassery and an MBBS degree from Aligarh Muslim University. He is a registered medical practitioner and has been running a hospital in Vatakara.
Awards
- Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (Malayalam) (1980) – for Smarakasilakal[3]
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1978) – for Smarakasilakal[4]
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1980) – for Malamukalile Abdulla[5]
- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2010)[6]
- Muttathu Varkey Award (1999)[7]
- Vishwadeepam Award – for Marunnu
Selected works
Novels
- Smarakasilakal (DC Books, 1977)
- Marunnu (DC Books)
- Paralokam (DC Books)
- Punathilinte Novellakal (DC Books)
- Kanyavanangal (DC Books)
- Navagrahangulude Thadavara (with Sethu) (DC Books)
- Agnikinavukal (DC Books)
- Ammaye Kaanan (Children's novel, Mathrubhumi Books)[8]
Short stories
- Aligarh Kathakal (Mathrubhumi Books, 2012)[9]
- Ente Priyapetta Kathakal (DC Books)
- Kshethravilakkukal (Mathrubhumi Books)[10]
- Kure Sthreekal (Mathrubhumi Books)
- Malamukalile Abdulla (Mathrubhumi Books, 1974)[11]
- Marichupoya Ente Appanammamarkku (Poorna Publications, 1997)
- Neelaniramulla Thottam
- Pranaya Kathakal (Mathrubhumi Books)[12]
- Punathilinte 101 Kathakal
- Ente Kamukimarum Mattu Kathakalum
- Kathi (Mathrubhumi Books)[13]
Others
- Atmaviswasam Valiya Marunnu (memoirs & essays, Mathrubhumi Books)[14]
- Kaippunyam Athava Chila Adukkalakkaryangal (cookery, Mathrubhumi Books)[15]
- Nashtajaathakam (autobiography, DC Books)
- Puthiya Marunnum Pazhaya Manthravum (memoirs, Mathrubhumi Books)[16]
- Randaam Chemmeen (memoirs, Manorama Books, 2012)
- Volgayil Manju Peyyumbol (travelogue, Mathrubhumi Books)[17]
References
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- ↑ Rajan, P. K. (1989). The Growth of the Novel in India, 1950–1980. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 81-7017-259-4.
- ↑ Natarajan, Nalini (1996). The Handbook of twentieth-century literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28778-3.
- 1 2 Awards & Fellowships-Akademi Awards
- ↑ Kerala Sahithya Academy Award – Novel (in Malayalam)
- ↑ Kerala Sahithya Academy Award – Short story (in Malayalam)
- ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards presented". The Hindu. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ↑ Literary awards
- ↑ Ammaye Kaanan
- ↑ "Aligarh Kathakal released"
- ↑ Kshethravilakkukal
- ↑ Malamukalile Abdulla
- ↑ Pranaya Kathakal
- ↑ Kathi
- ↑ Atmaviswasam Valiya Marunnu
- ↑ Kaippunyam Athava Chila Adukkalakkaryangal
- ↑ Puthiya Marunnum Pazhaya Manthravum
- ↑ Volgayil Manju Peyyumbol
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