Punathil Kunjabdulla

Punathil Kunjabdulla
Born(1940-04-03)3 April 1940
Vatakara, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Kerala, India)
Died27 October 2017(2017-10-27) (aged 77)
Calicut, Kerala, India
OccupationWriter, medical practitioner
NationalityIndian
Alma materBrennen College, Thalassery
Aligarh Muslim University
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award (1980)
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (1978, 1980, 2001, 2010)

Punathil Kunjabdulla (3 April 1940 – 27 October 2017) was an Indian writer from Kerala. A medical doctor by profession, Kunjabdulla was a practitioner of the avant-garde in Malayalam literature.[1][2] His work includes more than 45 books, including 7 novels, 15 short story collections, memoirs, an autobiography and travelogues. His work Smarakasilakal (Memorial Stones) won the Central and State Akademi Awards.[3]

  1. ^ Rajan, P. K. (1989). The Growth of the Novel in India, 1950–1980. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 81-7017-259-4.
  2. ^ Natarajan, Nalini (1996). The Handbook of twentieth-century literatures of India. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28778-3.
  3. ^ Awards & Fellowships-Akademi Awards Archived 28 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine