B. Murali (born 3 April 1971) is a

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

writer and a novelist. He is a journalist working in ''

Malayala Manorama ''Malayala Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew; it was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1888, and currently has ...

''.

Works

Collections of short stories

* Umberto Eco * Poomudikkettazhinjathum Pushpajalam Kozhinjathum * Kodathi Varanthayile Kafka * Protozoa * Haritha Vaisikam * Kaamuki * Panchami Bar * 100 stories

Novels

* Alakampadi * Ninte Chorayile Veenju * Agamyam

Collection of essays

* Writers Block

Awards for literature

* Sanskriti puraskaram for literature in Indian languages * Abudabi Sakthi award * V P Sivakumar memorial keli award * SBT literary award for short story and Children's literature * Pune Malayala Sabdam Award * Altlas Kairali Award * Ankanam Award * E.P. Sushama endowment

Award for journalism

* Pandalam Kerala Varma award for best Editorial.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murali, B. Living people 1971 births Malayalam-language writers Indian male novelists Indian male short story writers 21st-century Indian short story writers 21st-century Indian novelists Novelists from Kerala 21st-century Indian male writers