N Prabhakaran

N. Prabhakaran is a noted short story writer, novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, educationist, editor and columnist in Malayalam. He won the 2022 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. The eldest of the five children born to N Kunhambu and A Kalliani, Prabhakaran was born at Parassinikkadavu in Kannur district of Kerala on 30 December 1952. He spent his childhood days at Madayi. Prabhakaran studied at Madayi L P School, Govt. High School, Madayi, Payyannur College and Government Brennen College, Thalassery. He served as a lecturer at the Dept. of Malayalam of Lekshmipuram college of Arts and Science, Neyyoor, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, University College, Thiruvananthapuram, CKG Memorial Govt College, Perambra, and Govt Brennen College, Thalassery, and retired while serving as the Head of the Malayalam Department of Brennen College. The writer also served as a visiting professor of Malayalam at the University of Calicut. Prabhakaran resides at Dharmadam in Thalassery.

Literary career

Though N Prabhakaran began writing in 1966, he established himself as a writer with the short story "Ottayante Pappan", published in 1971. The story won the first prize in the short story competition for college students conducted by ''Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu'', the Malayalam general interest weekly, in connection with its Vishu special.

Now N Prabhakaran has 48 books, spanning a number of genres, to his credit.

N. Prabhakaran has also received the 2022 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.

List of works

; Short story collections
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* ''Marupiravi''
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* ''Parakkum Paravathani'' (1996)
* ''Katha''
* ''Mayamayan''
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* ''Bhoomiyude Attathu'' (2011)
* ''Ittarciyile Sooryan'' (2008)
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* ''Rameswaram'' (2015)
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* ''Marupiraviyum Mattu Kathakalum'' (Marupiravi and Other Stories) (2016)
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* ''Rameswaravum Mattu Kathakalum'' (''Rameswarm and Other Stories'') (2019)
* ''Sooryan Valare Aduthayirunnu'' (''Sun was so Close'') (2020)

; Novellas
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* ''Janthujanam'' (1987)
* ''Bhoothabhoomi'' (1995)
* ''Adrusyavanangal'' (1998)
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; Novels
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; Anthology of poems
* ''Kalnada'' (2004)
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* ''Kakka'' (2012)

; Play
* ''Pulijanmam'' (1987)
* ''Maranakkinar'' (1990)

; Travelogue
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; Screenplays
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* ''Pigman''

; Collections of essays
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* ''Maunathinte Muzhakkangal'' (2005)
* ''Nanmayute Mamaram'' (2007)
* ''Azhathil Vecha Kallukal'' (2012)
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* ''Kavithayude Kathal'' (2017)
* ''Ezhuthinte Swadesam'' (2018)

; Collections of speeches
* ''Pathu Prabhashanangal'' (2016)

; Memoirs

* ''Ittittipullu'' (2018)

; Autobiography
* '' Njan Mathramallatha Njan'' is being serialised from November 2020 in Truecopy Web Magazine.

; Children's literature
* ''Manas Enna Sanchari'' (A Traveller Called Manas) 2021.

; Literary Study
* ''Sathyathil Ninnum Soundharyathilekkulla Dhooram Ethrayanu?'' (How Far is Beauty from Truth?) (2021)

; Miscellaneous
* ''Atmavinte Annam'' (The Food of the Soul) (2021)

; Cultural Studies
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Edited works

* Editorial Core Committee Convener of Nammude Sahityam, Nammude Samooham (1901-2000) (Our Literature, Our Society (1901-2000) published by the Kerala Sahitya Akademy in 4 volumes.
* General Editor of the collected works of eminent scholar M.N.Vijayan, published by Current Books, Trichur, in 2001. The revised edition of the same work is to be published by the State Institute of Language soon.
* Editor of the souvenir published in connection with the 125th anniversary of Govt Brennen College, Thalassery, in 2016
* Guest Editor of Samayam Magazine published from Kannur

Awards

# "Ottayante Pappan" – won the first prize in the short story competition for college students conducted by ''Mathrubhumi'' weekly in connection with the Vishu Special (1971)
# ''Pulijanmam'' won the first prize in the state level drama competition conducted by ''Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi'' (1987)
# ''Pulijanmam'' won '' Cherukad Award'' and the ''Kerala Sahithya Akademi'' Award (1987)
# The film ''Pulijanmam'' based on the drama of the same name won the ''National Film Award for Best Feature Film'' in 2006
# The short story "Pigman" won the Katha (New Delhi) Award (1994)
# Pattiam Gopalan Smaraka Award (1995)
# The short story collection ''Rathrimozhi'' won ''Kerala Sahithya Akademi'' Award (1996)
# The short story collection ''Mayamayan'' won V.K.Unnikrishnan Memorial Award (2000)
# Novel ''Thiyyor Rekhakal'' won the first EMS Memorial Award of Munnad EMS Smaraka Trust (2005)
# U P Jayaraj Award (2007)
# Novel ''Jeevante Thelivukal'' won Melur Damodaran Sahithya Puraskaram (2008)
# ''Thiranjetutha Kathakal'' (Selected Stories) won the first ''Vaikom Muhammad Basheer'' Smaraka Sahithya Award (2009)
# Novel "Janakdha" bagged Malayattoor Award (2010)
# 21st ''Muttathu Varkey

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