Punathil Kunjabdulla

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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Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam language
1955-1975	R. Narayana Panikkar (1955) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1957) K. P. Kesava Menon (1958) Uroob (1960) G. Sankara Kurup (1963) P. Kesavadev (1964) Balamani Amma (1965) Kuttikrishna Marar (1966) P. Kunhiraman Nair (1967) Edasseri Govindan Nair (1969) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1970) Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1971) S. K. Pottekkatt (1972) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (1973) Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1974) O. N. V. Kurup (1975)
1976-2000	Cherukad (1976) Lalithambika Antharjanam (1977) Sugathakumari (1978) N. V. Krishna Warrier (1979) Punathil Kunjabdulla (1980) Vilasini (1981) V. K. N. (1982) S. Guptan Nair (1983) Ayyappa Paniker (1984) Sukumar Azhikode (1985) M. Leelavathy (1986) N. Krishna Pillai (1987) C. Radhakrishnan (1988) Olappamanna (1989) O. V. Vijayan (1990) M. P. Sankunni Nair (1991) M. Mukundan (1992) N. P. Mohammed (1993) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (1994) Thikkodiyan (1995) T. Padmanabhan (1996) Anand (1997) Kovilan (1998) C. V. Sreeraman (1999) R. Ramachandran (2000)
2001-present	Attoor Ravi Varma (2001) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2002) Sara Joseph (2003) Zacharia (2004) Kakkanadan (2005) M. Sukumaran (2006) Sethu (2007) K. P. Appan (2008) U. A. Khader (2009) M. P. Veerendra Kumar (2010) M. K. Sanu (2011) K. Satchidanandan (2012) M. N. Paloor (2013) Subhash Chandran (2014) K. R. Meera (2015)