Santhosh Aechikkanam ( ml, സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം) is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his short stories, which include ''Komala'' and ''Biriyani'' as well as for the screenplay of films such as Annayum Rasoolum and Bachelor Party.

Biography

Santhosh Aechikkanam was born in 2022 in a farmer's family in Bedadka, in Kasargod district of the Indian state of Kerala to A. C. Chandran Nair and Shyamala. After graduating in Malayalam and literature, he secured a post graduate diploma in Journalism and mass communication from

Kerala Press Academy Kerala Media Academy (formerly Kerala Press Academy), is an academy of journalists in Kerala. The academy was established on 19 March 1979. It is a joint venture of the Government of Kerala, Kerala Union of Working Journalists and Indian Newspap ...

. He has worked as a teacher at Durga Higher Secondary School, Kanhangad and was also associated with Akashvani. Aechikkanam received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story for his short story ''Komala'' (2008). He has also received several other honors, including

Padmaprabha Literary Award Padmaprabha Literary Award for contributions to the field of Malayalam literature is instituted by the Padmaprabha Foundation. A prestigious literary prize in Malayalam, the award was instituted in memory of freedom fighter and socialist Padmapra ...

, Karur Award, Pravasi Basheer Award, Abudhabi Sakthi Award, Cherukad Award, V. P. Sivakumar Keli Award, Kolkata Bhasha Sahithya Parishad Award, Delhi Katha Award and Kerala State Television Award for best story. Aechikkanam, who has been involved in a controversy on his allegedly casteist remarks at a literary festival, is married to Jalsa Menon, who is a medical practitioner, and the couple has a son, Mahadevan. The family lives in Ayyanthole in Thrissur district.

Bibliography

Short story anthologies

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Poems

*''Nanni'

Memoirs

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Literary criticism

Filmography

References

External links

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Komala by Santhosh Echikkanam
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