Karunakaran is an Indian poet, novelist, short story writer and essayist who writes in Malayalam. Known for an original style of writing, he has published a number of novels, short story anthologies, poetry anthologies, studies and essays. He was born in

Pattambi Pattambi is a town taluk and municipality in the Palakkad district of the state of Kerala, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Pattambi Taluk. Pattambi is located along the banks of Bharathappuzha river. A Mini Civil Station ...

, a town in

Palakkad district Palakkad District () is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. It was carved out from the southeastern region of the former Malabar District on 1 January 1957. It is located at the centre of Kerala. It is the largest district i ...

of the south Indian state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. His oeuvre comprises novels such as ''Yuvaavaayirunna Onpathu Varsham'' and short story anthologies like ''Paayakkappal'' and he is a recipient of the 2019 O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram. He lives in

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Selected bibliography

Novels

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Novellas

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Short story anthologies

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Poetry anthologies

Essays

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karunakaran Living people Writers from Kerala People from Palakkad district Indian male short story writers Malayalam-language writers Malayalam short story writers Malayalam novelists Indian male novelists Indian male essayists Indian male poets Malayalam poets Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)