U. K. Kumaran
U. K. Kumaran | |
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| Born | 11 May 1950 Payyoli, Kozhikode, Kerala |
| Pen name | U.K |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Genre | Novel, short story, essays |
| Notable awards | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |
U. K. Kumaran (Malayalam: യു.കെ. കുമാരന്; born 11 May 1950) is a Malayalam-language novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist from Kerala, India. He is a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and Vayalar Award.[1]
Biography
According to The Hindu, the short story "Chalanam" "is a comprehensive landscape, peopled with characters and nature. Each character should grow and reach a point where they move towards a climax well. You cannot leave them mid-way, unfinished."[2]
Awards
Kumaran has received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Policukarante Penmakkal (2011) and Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair Award for Thakshankunnu Swaroopam (2012).[3][4] Vayalar Award 2016.[5]
Works
 | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (September 2022) |
Novels
- Valayam
- Oridathum Ethathavar
- Mulappaal
- Aasakthi
- Ezhuthappettathu
- Ottavaakkil Oru Jivitam
- Thakshankunnu Swaroopam
- Kananullathalla Kazhchakkal
- Madutha kali
Short story collections
- Puthiya Irippidangal
- Madutha Kali
- Paavam Kallan
- Atayalangal Vannukondirikkunnu
- Rail Palathil Oru Kudumbam Dhyanikkunnu
- Achchan Urangunnilla
- Orale Thedi Oraal
- Ottakkoru Stri Odunnathinte Rahasyamenth?
- Onninum Orakalavumilla
- Veedu Samsarikkunnu
- Madhu Shaityam
- Madhye Ingane Kaanunna Nerath
- Matibhramangalude Kaalam
- Kudumba Museum
- Policukaarante Penmakkal
- Tiranjedutha Kathakal
- Sancharikkunna Govani
- Priyappetta Kathakal
- Kannadakalkkappurath
- Valanja Kaalulla Kuta
- Dambathya Katha
- Viraamasandhi
Novelettes
- Malarnnu Parakkunna Kakka
- Prasava Ward
- Ellam Kanunna Njan
- Oro Viliyum Kaathu
- Kaanaappurangal
- Addheham
- Bhoothakaala Sancharam
- A. T. M.
- Viralatayalangal Illathavarude Nagaram
- Priyappetta Novelettukal
- Dinaratrangalude Ennam
- Sanghaditham
Others
- Gandhiji (Biography)
- Oru Bandhu Kaathirukkunnu (Memoirs)
- Anubhavam, Orma, Yathra (Memoirs and Travel notes)
References
- ^ "UK Kumaran felicitated". Mathrubhumi. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ P. Anima (4 August 2012). "Matters of the mind". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ vayalar award (2017)"Sahitya Akademi awards announced". The Hindu. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "Award for U.K. Kumaran". The Hindu. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "Kumaran: U K Kumaran wins Vayalar award | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 October 2016.
External links
- Article on U. K. Kumaran (The Hindu)
- Valanja Kalulla Kuda (Story by U. K. Kumaran) (Madhyamam Weekly)
- A memoir by U. K. Kumaran from the book Adhyayana Yathra (Mathrubhumi Books)
- Review of Anubhavam, Orma, Yathra (Mangalam)
- U. K Kumaran won Cherukad Award 2014
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Malayalam-language novelists
- Malayalam short story writers
- People from Kozhikode district
- Novelists from Kerala
- Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
- Malayalam-language journalists
- 20th-century Indian short story writers
- Journalists from Kerala
- Indian male journalists
- Indian male novelists
- Indian male short story writers
- 20th-century Indian novelists
- 20th-century Indian male writers