Amal Pirappancode is a

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novelist, short story writer, illustrator, graphic novelist and C cartoonist from

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. His novel ''Vyasanasamuchayam'' has won the 2018

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and the Basheer Yuva Prathibha Award. He has also received several other awards including

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Geetha Hiranyan Endowment.

Biography

Amal was born in 1987 to Thenguvila veettil Maniraj and Baby at

Pirappancode Pirappancode is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala. Notable people * Amal Pirappancode, writer and artist *Pirappancode Murali Pirappancode Murali (born 12 June 1943) is a noted poet, lyricist, playwright, library activist and ...

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. He done his education at Pirappancode Government Primary School and Pirappancode Higher Secondary School. From childhood, he was interested in painting. He later became a cartoonist and his cartoons have been published in several magazines. He passed his graduation in painting from Mavelikkara Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts and Post Graduation in Art History from Visva-Bharati Santiniketan,

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. After Post Graduation, He first got teaching job at

Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, also known as H.H. The Maharaja's College for Arts, is one of the oldest undergraduate and postgraduate, coeducational college located in Trivandrum, Kerala. It was established in the year 1948. The c ...

. After 3 years working at Arts college, he lost his job and went into journalism and worked for an online media for some time. Then he joined as art history teacher at Raja Ravi Varma Center of Excellence for Visual Arts, Mavelikkara. He studied

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in Tokyo, Japan.

Family

His wife Kumiko Tanaka is a Japanese woman who studied with him in Kolkata

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. One of his brothers Jith Pirappancode is a production controller in the Malayalam film industry, another brother Amith Raj is an assistant-director.

Works

Short stories

*''Narakathinte tattoo'' (Meaning:Tattoo of Hell), 2011, D.C. Books, Kottayam, . *''Manja cardukalude suvishesham'' (Meaning: Gospel of Yellow Cards), 2015, Chintha Publishers, Thiruvananthapuram, . *''Parasyakkaran theruvu'' (Meaning: Advertiser Street), 2016, Poorna Publications, Kozhikode, . *''Keniyasan'', 2021, Mathrubhumi Books, Kozhikode, . *''Pathakam, vazha kolapathakam'', 2018, D.C. Books, Kottayam, . *Uruvam, 2022, DC Books, Kottayam

Novels

*''Kalhanan'', 2013, D.C. Books, Kottayam, . *''Vyasanasamuchayam'', 2015, D.C. Books, Kottayam, . *''Anweshippin kandethum'', 2018, Insight Publica, Kozhikode, . *''Bengali kalapam'', 2019, Mathrubhumi Books, Kozhikode,

Graphic novels and stories

*''Kallan Pavithran'', 2014, (Graphical representation of the work of

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) *''Dyoayartham'', 2015. *''Vimanam'', 2012 (Children's literature).

Cartoon collection

*Mullu

Others

* The story, dialogues and screenplay (jointly with Ambili) of Ambili S Rengan's Malayalam language film ''Idi Mazha Kaatu'' was done by him.

Awards and honors

* Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Award (2018). * Kerala Sahitya Akademi Geetha Hiranyan Endowment (2019) * Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer yuva prathibha (young talent) Award (2018). * Unyem Amikal The Mahi Award * E.P. Sushma Anganam Endowment (2016) * Thakazhi Story Award * M. Sukumaran Story Award * CV Sriraman Story Award (2017) * Mundur Story Award * A. Mahmood Story Award (2013) * Muttathu varky College Story Award (2008) * Rajalakshmi Story Award (2008) * Poorna Uroob College Story Award (2007) * First SBT College Story Award * Akam Story Award * Harishree Katha Award (2016) * Siddhartha Novel Award (2017) * K. Saraswati Amma Novel Award (2017) * Kolkata Malayalee Society Tirur Thunchanparambu Endowment (2012) * Kozhikode Dronacharya Yuva Pratibha Award for the story ''Manja cardukalude Suvishesham'' * ''Kadal Karayedukkunna Rathri'' was selected as one of the best stories in the MP Narayana Pillai story competition conducted by Samakalika Malayalam Weekly.

References

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