Socrates Krishnan Valath, (born 1963) is an Indian novelist and short story writer, working in

Malayalam literature Malayalam, the lingua franca of the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puduchery, is one of the six Languages of India, Classical languages of India. Malayalam literature comprises ...

. His short story anthology, ''Nyayavithi'', was selected for the

Padmarajan Award Padmarajan Award (Padmarajan Puraskaram) is instituted by Padmarajan Memorial Trust in memory of author and filmmaker P. Padmarajan and is given for the best short story and best feature film produced in Malayalam language. Award for Short-stor ...

in 2014. He is also a recipient of the Kerala State Television Award in 2003, C. Ayyappan Award in 2015 and a Certificate of Merit at the Annual Akashvani Awards in 2017.

Biography

Socrates Valath was born in 1963 to the writer

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as the youngest of three sons, in

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. His entry into Malayalam literature was with a short story, ''Vala'', published in Mathrubhumi weekly in 1987. It preceded a number of books which include his novel, ''Aanandalahari'', and six short story anthologies. He has also published a book of interviews, ''Kathaantharangal'', which features a number of interviews he had with his fellow writers including S. Hareesh,

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, Santhosh Echikkanam and

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and

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. Valalth's entry into films was in 2003, when he directed ''Harappa to Pokhran'', a children's film which was aired in Surya TV. Subsequently, he wrote the screenplay and dialogues for two films, ''Thavalam'' in 2008 and ''KQ'' in 2013. He has also directed a documentary, ''And the Fight Goes On'', on the

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writer and historian,

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. Besides, he has compiled stories for ''Crime File'' for Surya TV and Jeevan TV, created content for the programmes, ''Vipani'' for

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, ''Business Watch'' for Asianet, and ''Haritha Keralam'' for Jeevan TV and scripted the tele-serials, ''Adaminte Santhathikal'' for Asianet and Ente Kuttikalude Achan for

Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam wo ...

. Valath lives in

North Paravur North Paravur. formerly known as Paravur or Parur, is a municipality and suburb in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a northern suburb of the city of Kochi and is situated around 20 km from the city centre. It i ...

, in Ernakulam district.

Awards and honours

''Harappa to Pokhran'', a Saljith P. R. production directed by Valath, was selected for the award for the best children's programme at the 2003 Kerala State Television Awards. A decade later, his short story anthology, ''Nyaayavithi'', fetched him the

in 2014. He received the C. Ayyappan Award for short story in 2015 and ''Janala'' (The Window), a

radioplay Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

he wrote for the

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and ...

station of the

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, was selected for the ''Certificate of Merit'' at the Akashvani annual competition in 2017.

Selected bibliography

Short story anthology

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Novel

* third edition 2022

Interviews

Notes

References

External links

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