Punathil Kunjabdulla
Punathil Kunjabdulla (Malayalam: പുനത്തില് കുഞ്ഞബ്ദുള്ള) (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 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
- Kendra Sahithya Academy Award (Malayalam) (1980) – for Smarakasilakal [3]
- Kerala Sahithya Academy Award (1978) – for Smarakasilakal [4]
- Kerala Sahithya Academy Award (1980) – for Malamukalile Abdulla [5]
- Muttathu Varkey Award (1999) [6]
- Vishwadeepam Award – for Marunnu
Selected works
Novels
- Smarakasilakal
- Marunnu
- Paralokam
- Punathilinte Novellakal short novels
- Kanyavanangal
- Navagrahangulude Thadavara (with Sethu)
Short stories
- Ente Priyapetta Kathakal
- Kure Sthreekal
- Malamukalile Abdulla
- Neelaniramulla Thottam
- Punathilinte 101 Kathakal
- Ente Kamukimarum Mattu Kathakalum
- Kathi
He has also written the autobiography titled Nashtajaathakam.
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