Gracy (writer)

Gracy is a Malayalam author.[1] Her first collection of short stories, Padiyirangippoya Parvati, was published in 1991.[2] Her awards include the Lalithambika Antharjanam Award (1995), the Thoppil Ravi Award (for Bhrrantan Pookkal, in 1997) and the Katha Prize for the best Malayalam short story of 1998 (‘Paanchaali’).[3] In 2001, she was honoured by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Her major works are Narakavaathil, Randu Swapna Darsikal, Kaveriyude Neru, Eezbu Penkathakal, Panikkannu and a collection, Gracyude Kathakal. Her stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Tamil and Oriya. She teaches Malayalam in U.C. College, Aluve.

Awards

  1. Lalithambika Antharjanam Award (1995)
  2. Thoppil Ravi Award (for Bhrrantan Pookkal, in 1997)
  3. Katha Prize for the best Malayalam short story (for Paanchaali, 1998)

She was the head of the Malayalam department, Al ameen college, Edathala, Aluva

Bibliography

  1. Padiyirangippoya Parvati (1991)
  2. Narakavaathil
  3. Randu Swapna Darsikal
  4. Bhraanthan Pookkal
  5. Kaveriyude Neru
  6. Eezhu Penkathakal (Editor)
  7. Panikkannu
  8. Gracyude Kathakal
  9. Moothrathikkara
  10. Oru Cheriya Jeevithathinte Sirorekhakal (Autobiography)

References

  1. ^ Natarajan, Nalini; Emmanuel Sampath Nelson (1996). Handbook of twentieth-century literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 198–199. ISBN 9780313287787. 
  2. ^ Jain, Jasbir (2007). Growing up as a woman writer. Sahitya Akademi. p. 352. ISBN 9788126025473. 
  3. ^ Dharmarajan, Geeta (1998). Katha prize stories, Volume 8. Katha Books. p. 305. ISBN 9788185586854.