E. P. Sreekumar is an Indian short story writer and novelist in

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. He received the

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in 2010 for his collection ''Parasya Sareeram''. He is also a recipient of

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, C. V. Sreeraman Award and Ulloor Award.

Biography

Sreekumar was born in Pallipuram near

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. He worked for 35 years at the People's Urban Cooperative Bank in

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and retired as its General Manager in 2014. He published a science fiction novel titled ''Maramudra'' in 2002 which a prize in a competition held as part of the golden jubilee of Current Books. His other works include the short story collections ''Parasya Sareeram'', ''Currency'' and ''Adhwanavetta'', and the novels ''Mamsapporu'' and ''Dravyam''.

Awards

Sreekumar is a recipient of several awards including: *

in 2011 for ''Parasya Sareeram'' *

in 2015 for ''Currency'' * K. R. Manoraj Award in 2015 for ''Currency'' * C. V. Sreeraman Award in 2018 for ''Adhwanavetta'' * Ulloor Award in 2019 for ''Adhwanavetta'' * Current Books Golden Jubilee Novel Award for ''Maramudra'' * T. V. Kochubava Award * S. K. Pottekkatt Award * SBT Literary Award

Works

Short story collections

* ''Parasya Sareeram'' (

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, 2008) * ''Currency'' (

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, 2014) * ''Kanneerppasu'' (Logos Books, 2017) * ''Adhwanavetta'' (

, 2017) * ''Khalasi'' (

, 2022)

Novels

* ''Maramudra'' (Current Books, 2002)"Literature: Maramudra"
. Retrieved 14 February 2023. * ''Mamsapporu'' (

, 2013) * ''Dravyam'' (

, 2021)

References

External links

"കണ്ണീർപ്പശു"
anneerppasu(Full text of the short story) at ''Puzha.com''
"ഖലാസി"

halasi Halasi (Kannada: ಹಲಸಿ, also Halsi or Halshi, in earlier times also called Halasige or Palasige) is a town in Khanapur Taluk, Belgaum District in Karnataka, India. It is 14 km from Khanapur and about 25 km from Kittur. As known ...

(Full text of the short story) at ''

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