Punathil Kunjabdulla

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Punathil Kunjabdulla
Punathil W.jpg
Born Vadakara, Kozhikode
Occupation Writer, short-story writer
Nationality Indian
Genre Novel, short story

Punathil Kunjabdulla (born 1940) is a well-known Malayalam language novelist and short-story writer 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 Vadakara 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 Vadakara.

Awards

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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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Awards & Fellowships-Akademi Awards
  4. ↑ Kerala Sahithya Academy Award – Novel (in Malayalam)
  5. ↑ Kerala Sahithya Academy Award – Short story (in Malayalam)
  6. ↑ "Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards presented". The Hindu. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Literary awards
  8. ↑ Ammaye Kaanan
  9. ↑ "Aligarh Kathakal released"
  10. ↑ Kshethravilakkukal
  11. ↑ Malamukalile Abdulla
  12. ↑ Pranaya Kathakal
  13. ↑ Kathi
  14. ↑ Atmaviswasam Valiya Marunnu
  15. ↑ Kaippunyam Athava Chila Adukkalakkaryangal
  16. ↑ Puthiya Marunnum Pazhaya Manthravum
  17. ↑ Volgayil Manju Peyyumbol
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