Aymanam John (born 10 April 1953) is a Malayalam–language short-story writer. He hails from

Aymanam Aymanam is a village in the Kottayam, Kottayam District of Kerala, India. It is about 4 km from the railway station in Kottayam along the road to Parippu, and 85 km from the Cochin International Airport. Aymanam is the setting for Aru ...

, a small village in

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Kottayam district Kottayam () is one of List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Kerala, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettu ...

which was made famous by

Arundhati Roy Suzanna Arundhati Roy (; born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel ''The God of Small Things'' (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. ...

through her 1997 novel ''

The God of Small Things ''The God of Small Things'' is a domestic fiction written by the Indian author Arundhati Roy. It is a story about childhood experiences of the fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" prevalent in the 1960s in Kerala, Ind ...

''.

Writings

John has also written several stories of this village including a collection of memoirs titled ''Ennittumundu Thaamarappoikakal'', where he narrates his native place, the scenic countryside, the people and places and moments that he cherishes. His other famous books include ''Ithara Characharangalude Charitrapusthakam'', ''Christmas Marathinte Veru'' and ''Aymanam Johninte Kathakal'' (which won the 2017

Odakkuzhal Award Odakkuzhal Award () is an Indian literary award given every year to writers for a particular outstanding work of him/her in Malayalam–language. The award was founded in 1968 by poet G. Sankara Kurup to commemorate the Jnanpith Award The ...

). He received the 2017

Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story is an award given every year by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi (Kerala Literary Academy) to Malayalam writers for writing a narrative, story of literary merit. It is one of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award#A ...

References

1953 births Living people Writers from Kerala Writers from Kottayam district Indian male short story writers Malayalam-language writers Malayalam short story writers 20th-century Indian short story writers 20th-century Indian male writers {{India-writer-stub