''Manushyanu Oru Aamukham'' is a Malayalam

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Subhash Chandran Subhash Chandran (born 1972) is a Malayalam novelist, short story writer and journalist from Kerala, India. His work includes the 2010 novel '' Manushyanu Oru Aamukham'' and the stories "Vadhakramam", "Sanmargam", "Parudeesa Nashtam" and "Gupt ...

. The novel is set in Thachanakkara, a fictitious village in central Kerala, India, and has the central character named Jithendran. It was originally serialised in '' Mathrubhumi Weekly'' in 2009 and was published as a book by

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in 2010. The novel won the

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(2014),

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(2011), Odakkuzhal Award (2011),

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Award (2012), Bhasha Institute's Basheer Puraskaaram (2012), Kovilan Puraskaaram (2012) and

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(2015). The work was released in English translated by Dr Fathima E.V, Published by

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titled A Preface to Man

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